American lawyer.
Born in England to American Rev. James George Rodger and his British wife Mary Anna (Waddell) Rodger. Brother of Constance Rodger and Mrs. N. K. Stogdill.
Married 1) India-born British citizen Marjorie Beatrice Power on 6 Apr. 6, 1914 in at the Consulate General in Shanghai. The marriage was performed by Hewitt's father. Their union ended in divorce.
Married 2) Valentine Shick on Apr. 2, 1937 at Haig Court in Shanghai. Together they were parents of Diana Valentine (Rodger) Jovanovic. After his marriage, his widow remarried Sr. Aidar and lived in Brazil.
Although the American lawyer H.D. Rodgers was interned in Chapei Camp by the Japanese, his wife was a White Russian (stateless) and was not required to enter camp, but like many neutral wives, she elected to join her husband. Daughter Diana was born just before internment and was exempt from internment - probably cared for by relatives until liberation in August of 1945. Rodger owned a wonderful house, "Riverview" on the Whangpoo River outside of Shanghai, which was destroyed by the Japanese during the 1937 fighting.
Captives of Empire: The Japanese Internment of Allied Civilians in China, 1941-1945 by Greg Leck
Born in England to American Rev. James George Rodger and his British wife Mary Anna (Waddell) Rodger. Brother of Constance Rodger and Mrs. N. K. Stogdill.
Married 1) India-born British citizen Marjorie Beatrice Power on 6 Apr. 6, 1914 in at the Consulate General in Shanghai. The marriage was performed by Hewitt's father. Their union ended in divorce.
Married 2) Valentine Shick on Apr. 2, 1937 at Haig Court in Shanghai. Together they were parents of Diana Valentine (Rodger) Jovanovic. After his marriage, his widow remarried Sr. Aidar and lived in Brazil.
Although the American lawyer H.D. Rodgers was interned in Chapei Camp by the Japanese, his wife was a White Russian (stateless) and was not required to enter camp, but like many neutral wives, she elected to join her husband. Daughter Diana was born just before internment and was exempt from internment - probably cared for by relatives until liberation in August of 1945. Rodger owned a wonderful house, "Riverview" on the Whangpoo River outside of Shanghai, which was destroyed by the Japanese during the 1937 fighting.
Captives of Empire: The Japanese Internment of Allied Civilians in China, 1941-1945 by Greg Leck
American lawyer.
Born in England to American Rev. James George Rodger and his British wife Mary Anna (Waddell) Rodger. Brother of Constance Rodger and Mrs. N. K. Stogdill.
Married 1) India-born British citizen Marjorie Beatrice Power on 6 Apr. 6, 1914 in at the Consulate General in Shanghai. The marriage was performed by Hewitt's father. Their union ended in divorce.
Married 2) Valentine Shick on Apr. 2, 1937 at Haig Court in Shanghai. Together they were parents of Diana Valentine (Rodger) Jovanovic. After his marriage, his widow remarried Sr. Aidar and lived in Brazil.
Although the American lawyer H.D. Rodgers was interned in Chapei Camp by the Japanese, his wife was a White Russian (stateless) and was not required to enter camp, but like many neutral wives, she elected to join her husband. Daughter Diana was born just before internment and was exempt from internment - probably cared for by relatives until liberation in August of 1945. Rodger owned a wonderful house, "Riverview" on the Whangpoo River outside of Shanghai, which was destroyed by the Japanese during the 1937 fighting.
Captives of Empire: The Japanese Internment of Allied Civilians in China, 1941-1945 by Greg Leck
Born in England to American Rev. James George Rodger and his British wife Mary Anna (Waddell) Rodger. Brother of Constance Rodger and Mrs. N. K. Stogdill.
Married 1) India-born British citizen Marjorie Beatrice Power on 6 Apr. 6, 1914 in at the Consulate General in Shanghai. The marriage was performed by Hewitt's father. Their union ended in divorce.
Married 2) Valentine Shick on Apr. 2, 1937 at Haig Court in Shanghai. Together they were parents of Diana Valentine (Rodger) Jovanovic. After his marriage, his widow remarried Sr. Aidar and lived in Brazil.
Although the American lawyer H.D. Rodgers was interned in Chapei Camp by the Japanese, his wife was a White Russian (stateless) and was not required to enter camp, but like many neutral wives, she elected to join her husband. Daughter Diana was born just before internment and was exempt from internment - probably cared for by relatives until liberation in August of 1945. Rodger owned a wonderful house, "Riverview" on the Whangpoo River outside of Shanghai, which was destroyed by the Japanese during the 1937 fighting.
Captives of Empire: The Japanese Internment of Allied Civilians in China, 1941-1945 by Greg Leck
Gravesite Details
Information from Reports of Deaths of American Citizens Abroad 1948; WWI Draft Registration 1918; US Consular Registration Certificates; US Passport Applications 1917, 1920; US Consular Reports of Marriages 1914, 1937.
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