Wheelock and Company was created from the purchase of
Wheelock and Marden Company Limited, a
British Hong founded as
Shanghai Tug and Lighter Limited in 1857 in
Shanghai by Captain Thomas Reed Wheelock (born
St. Stephen, New Brunswick, 1843 – died 1920, Shanghai, China). G.E. Marden founded Marden and Company in 1925 and merged with Wheelock's tug company to form Wheelock and Marden Company Limited in 1932. The new company operated other ships and later moved their operations to
Hong Kong following
World War II. The new company diversified from transportation to custom's clearing, container delivery, warehousing and travelling. Marden's son
John L. Marden was once the head of the company. It was acquired by local tycoon
Sir Yue-Kong Pao in 1985. Captain Wheelock married
Edith Haswell Clarke in 1872 and had several children, including Geoffrey Wheelock and
Florence Wheelock Ayscough. Wheelock came to China following his brother Robert. Wheelock retired in 1889 to spend time in
Boston and
St. Andrew, New Brunswick. Wheelock's departure from China was short and returned in 1897 died in 1920 in Shanghai. == Operations ==