Dear Eve, A few months ago I assisted someone with their research concerning a rabbi who, in the 1860s traveled from America to Japan then to Hong Kong where he unfortunately died. He was buried there rather than being brought back to America. it's entirely possible because he had no family, he was buried there. It may well be a similar situation. The cost of bringing the body back from halfway around the world might have been prohibitive. Have you enquired as to whether there are any Jewish cemeteries in Singapore? The "Cemetery Scribes" website provides some details regarding Singapore Jewish cemeteries. I checked the website and there is a link to another site which offers photographs of all the remains of those buried in Orchard Road and Thomson Road Jewish Cemetery which were reinterred in Choa Chu Kung. One of the images is of an Edward Laurence who died in 1890. I'm sorry but I don't think I can help you with the Suez problem. Sincerely, Jeremy -- Jeremy G Frankel ex-London, England now Folsom, CA Searching for: FRANKEL: Plock, Poland; London, England GOLDRATH/GOLD: Praszka, Poland; London, England KOENIGSBERG: Vilkaviskis, Lithuania; London, England; NY, USA LEVY (later LEADER): Kalisz, Poland; London, England Pinkus, Poland; London, England PRINCZ/PRINCE: Krakow, Poland; London, England; NY, USA