Necropolis of Russian Shanghai (Некрополь русского Шанхая) record
- ID: 1916
- Surname: Van Schaff
- Forename and paternity: Emma
- Фамилия: Ван Шафф
- Имя и отчество: Эмма
- S: f
- Date of birth // Дата рождения: 1860 circa
- Date of death // Дата смерти: 1928-12-19
- Details of death // Детали смерти: Suicide by shooting
- Burial place // Место захоронения: Fake grave
- Obituary // Некролог: NCH 1928-12-22
- Notes // Примечания: Shot herself in the chest using the rifle that belonged to her grandson, Boris A. Speransky. The latter had been a member of the SVC and drowned less than a month prior, while shooting ducks in Yangtszepoo. Van Schaff (one paper rendered her name as Banschoffe) was known to frequent her grandson’s grave at Hungjao Road cemetery. She left letters saying that she was “unable to survive the death of her grandson” and that she feared “that the cemetery would soon be filled up and she wanted to die soon to assure her being beside her loved relative.” Van Schaff died in the General Hospital. She was survived by stepson L. Speransky who had lived with her for twenty years. Fake grave exists at Song Qingling Memorial Park.