--/--/---- I - Jacobus Aldons married Johanna Woutersz. He had by her:
1) Jacobus Carolus (Alexander Charles) Aldons born 05/06/1821 in Colombo and died 30/07/1878 in Colombo, married 25 Nov 1844 in the Dutch Reformed Church, Wolvendaal, Colombo Elizabeth Henrietta de Kretser, born 03/11/1825, Colombo, died 31/12/1874. He had by her:
1) Randoplh
Harris Aldons born 02/12/1845 Colombo, died 04/08/1867 Colombo.
2) Michael
Oliver Aldons born 17/04/1847 Colombo, died 1861.
3) Dr. Rowland
Cuthbert Aldons born 28/11/1848 Colombo, died 17/08/1910 Colombo. He married 16/08/1876 in
the Dutch Reformed Church,Wolvendaal, Colombo Winifred Amelia de Kretser born
06/03/1856 in Colombo, died 10/12/1932 in Colombo, daughter of Pieter de Kretser and Wilhelmina van Geyzel.
4) Rosamond Lydia Aldons born
08/07/1852 Colombo, died 29/01/1875 Colombo. She married 14/06/1871 William Michael Sansoni, Proctor, born 11/12/1845, died 11/04/1891
Colombo.
5) Edgar
Theobold Aldons
born 25/05/1854, died 21/09/1872 Colombo.
6) Alice
Rosalind Aldons born 03/04/1856 Colombo. She married 01/12/1873 Miliani Henry Sansoni, Proctor, born 13/08/1849 in Colombo, died
22/10/1907 Colombo, son of Joseph Sansoni and Sarah Staats.
7) Georgiana
Frances Aldons
born 03/03/1859, died 26/10/1873.
8) Matilda
Joseline Aldons born 10/05/1862, died 05/03/1878.
9) Hannah Edith Aldons, born 10/05/1862, Colombo, died xx/xx/1896. Married Harris Julian Foenander, born 20/08/1855, died 26/07/1903. She had by him:
1) Hope Siebel
Foenander, born 03/04/1889. Married at St. Stephen’s Church, Negumbo on
23/06/1920 Frederick Justin Schrader
born in Negombo, Ceylon.
10) Cicely Maud Aldons born 16/04/1864, died
07/07/1906 Colombo.
11) Constance Ida Aldons born 09/02/1867, died
07/09/1878 Colombo.
Magdalena Elizabeth Arndt married (a) Hendrik Steenkelder, son of Lieutenant Steenkelder and Betseba Schrader. (b) Christiaan Julius Schrader at Jaffna 02/12/1798
--/--/---- I - Johann Carel Arndt, of Westerhousen (Brandenburg), resident of Point Pedro married Antonetta Victoria de Melho. He had by her:
1) Bernard Christiaan Arndt, born 1771, sitting magistrate at Mullaitivu, died 1826, married at Jaffna on the 08/09/1799 Anna Elizabeth de Niesse, born 1771, died 1826
. He had by her:
1) Magdelena Elizabeth Arndt, born 06/12/1801 and died 29/04/1878 married George Justus Schrader, born at Colombo and died 26/10/1856
23/05/1863 I – Cyril Thomas Austin born in Colombo, a proprietary planter in Kegalle, died 13/06/1925 in Colombo. Married 24/05/1884 in Holy Trinity Church, Colombo Ada Lilian May van der Straaten, daughter of Philip van der Straaten and Sophia Spencer, born 06/05/1864 in Colombo, died 23/02/1943 in Colombo. He had by her:
1) Lester Cameron Austin born 01/05/1885,
Colombo, Ceylon, died Colombo.
2) Linda May Austin born 06/07/1887, Colombo,
Ceylon, died 1960, Colombo, Ceylon.
3) Roy Eversley Austin born 05/09/1891, Colombo,
Ceylon, died Chilaw, Ceylon.
4)
Clive Terence Austin born 17/11/1892, Colombo, Ceylon, died 11/01/1934,
Colombo, Ceylon.
5) Hubert Lorraine Austin born 13/12/1893 in Colombo, died 1970 in Brisbane Australia. Married 16/09/1929 in St. James, Chilaw, Ceylon, Christine May Martin, born 28/09/1909. He had by her:
1) Christine Lorraine Austin born 10/07/1931. Married 05/04/1952 in Baptist Church, Greenslopes, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Peter Gorden Cambridge.
2) Hubert Leonard Austin born 01/08/1941.
6) Agnes Estelle Austin born 15/02/1895,
Colombo, Ceylon, died Colombo, Ceylon.
7)
Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Llewellyn Spencer Austin born 30/12/1905,
Colombo, Ceylon, died 21/07/1971, Colombo, Ceylon. He married (a) Ruby Dagmar
Allay in Colombo, Ceylon. He had by her:
1) Ninette Ithalia Austin born 25/07/1930 in
Colombo, Ceylon.
(b) on 11/08/1941 in Colombo, Ceylon
he married Primrose Marie Swan, born 30/06/1912, died 1991 in Sheffield,
Yorkshire, England, daughter of Victor Leslie Sheldon 'Shelley' Swan and Primrose
Arlene Philomena Wright. He had by her:
1) Sondra-Marie (Sandy) Austin born 19/08/1942,
Colombo, Ceylon.
(c) He married Julia Horsfall in
1947, St Andrew’s Scots Kirk, Colombo, Ceylon. He had by her:
1) Cynthia Fae Austin born 24/03/1949, Colombo,
Ceylon.
--/--/---- I – Nathaniel James Cooke and Louisa Arnoldina Pierzz (6 sons and 1 daughter. He had by her:
1) Harriet Jane Cooke, born in Chilau, 23/08/1846, died 20/10/1918. She married in St Mary’s Church, Chilau, 11/11/1865 John Martin born in Linlithgow, Scotland 26/02/1826, arriving in Ceylon 1848, died in Chilau 20/01/1884. She had by him:
1) Thomasin Lily Martin, born 20/04/1868. She married 20/06/1888 in St Stephen’s Church, Negumbo, Ceylon, George Archibald Schrader, born 04/05/1858, died 21/03/1923.
--/--/1669 I - Don Simon de Melho Wannigakoon. He had:
1) Reverend Philip de Melho Wannigakoon born 1723, died 1790, a celebrated Divine Biblical translator and poet. The first Ceylonese to be admitted to the Christian Ministry. It earned him the title of "Rabbi de Melho" for his learning and indefatigable work in the cause of religious education and civilization. He was licensed to preach before the age of 21 and officiated in Dutch, Portuguese, and Tamil. He authored several books. Married Magdalene Jurgen Ondaatchi, 1744. He had by her:
1) Christina de Melho Wannigakoon, born 1745.
2) Rachel de Melho Wannigakoon, born 1748.
3) Susanna de Melho Wannigakoon, born 1750.
4) Simon John de Melho Wannigakoon, born 1751.
5) Antonia Victoria de Melho Wannigakoon, born 1752, married John Carl Arndt 1765. She had by him:
1) Magdalene Elizabeth Arndt, born. Married (a) Hendrick Steinkelder in 1786. (b) Reverend Christiaan Julius Schrader, born 1759, married 02/12/1798 at Jaffna, Ceylon.
6) Magdalene de Melho Wannigakoon born 1754.
7) William de Melho Wannigakoon born 1761.
2) Johanna de Melho Wannigakoon born 1725, died 1775.
3) John de Melho Wannigakoon born 1727, died1771.
4) Magdalene de Melho Wannigakoon born 1729,
died 1777.
5) John de Melho Wannigakoon born 1729, died1731.
6) Susanna de Melho Wannigakoon born 1733.
7) Simon de Melho Wannigakoon born 1741, died
1786, Mudaliyar of Jampettah Street.
--/--/1730 I - Benjamin de Niese, Scriba of the Land Court at Jaffna, Ceylon, and
later promoted to the rank of Assistant, according to a decision of the
Political Council of Ceylon, He had:
1) Abraham Lodewyk de Niese (who follows under II.).
2) Carel Benjamin de Niese,
born 1756 married Elizabeth
Dorothea Schrader, born 09/06/1764.
3) Frederick Gerard de Niese, born 1762.
4) William de Niese, born 1764.
5) Anna Elisabeth de Niese, born 1771, died 1826
. She married at Jaffna on the
08/09/1799 Bernard Christian Arndt, Sitting Magistrate, Mullaitivu, son of
Johann Carel Arndt of Westerhousen (Brandenburg), resident of Point Pedro, and Antonetta Victoria de Melho.
--/--/1752 II - Abraham Lodewyk de Niese. Junior Clerk in the service of the Dutch East India Company. He married Magdalena Elisabeth Maartensz, daughter of Louis Maartensz and Dorethea Magdalena Cramer. He had by her:
1) Carolina
Wilhelmina de Niese, born 1790, died 25/10/1850.
2) Godfried Ludevet de Niese (who follows under III).
3) John de
Niese, born 1794.
4) Gertruida de Niese, born 1798.
5) Bartholdus Cornelius de Niese, born 1804. He married
Anna Juliana Kerkenberg at the residence of the Reverend Joseph Knight at
Nellore, Ceylon on 12/07/1824, (by Govenors licence No. 487, dated the
25/05/1824).He had by her:
1) Maria Jane de Niese, born 08/12/1826. She married at Jaffna,
Ceylon on 07/02/1849 John George Koch, son of Cyrus Godfried Koch and Jacomina Bernadina
Touissant.
2) William Henry de Niese, born 13/12/1828.
3) John Edward de Niese, born 10/08/1830.
4) Charles Frederick de Niese, born 16/04/1832.
5) James Patrick, born 25/04/1834.
6) Henry Robert de Niese, born 02/05/1836.
7) Joseph (? Josephina) Charlotta de Niese, born 16/09/1839.
8) Elisabeth Anne de Niese, born 20/06/1842, died 02/09/1906. Married
in the Methodist Church, Pettah, Colombo, Ceylon on 20/05/1876 George Martin
Crozier, born 29/03/1851, died 31/07/1923, son of John Crozier, of Enniskillen,
County Fermanagh, Ulster, Ireland and Xavinia Bastiansz.
9) Frances Catherine de Niese, born 28/05/1845. She married in St
John’s Church, Chundikuli, Ceylon on 24/05/1865. (? Son of Peter Frederick
Touissant and Susanna Elizabeth Koch).
10) Thomas Alexander
de Niese, born 01/12/1848. He married in the Dutch Reformed Church, Wolvendaal,
Colombo, Ceylon on the 31/03/1879 Margaret Henrietta Mortier. He had by her:
1) Genista Charlotta Cameron de Niese born 13/06/1879. She married in
the Dutch Reformed Church, Wolvendaal, Ceylon 17/05/1899 Samuel Godfried Koch,
born 23/10/1862, son of James Francis Koch and Elizabeth ?
2) James Patrick Lawson Wace de Niese, born 14/06/1881.
6) Bernard de Niese,
born 1809.
7) Susan de Niese,
born 1811. She married at Jaffna, 21st July 1831 Frederick Balthazar Modder,
Proctor, son of William Jacob Modder and Maria Magdelana Kleef.
--/--/1793 III - Godfried Ludevet de
Niese. He married in St John's Church, Chuudikuli, Ceylon on the
04/08/1813 Geradina Petronella.....unk, she died 18/11/1866. He had by her:
1) Theodora Dorothea de Niese born. She married Peter Harridge.
2) William de Niese, born 1822
3) Charles Edward de
Niese, born 21/07/1829.
4) Anne Elisabeth de
Niese, born 22/12/1833.
--/--/---- I - Samuel
Pieter Foenander born 1799. He married Maria Elisabeth van der Straaten born
03/10/1806. He had by her:
1) Henry Adolphus Foenander. He married Maria Elizabeth Sansoni, daughter of Joseph Sansoni
and Maria Elisabeth Atkinson. He had by her:
1) Harris Eugene (Julian) Foenander, born: 20/08/1855 in Colombo, died 26/07/1903. He married Hannah Edith Aldons born 10/05/1862, died xx/xx/1896. He had by her:
1) Hope Siebel Foenander born 03/04/1889.
--/--/---- I - Jan Maartensz of Suchtelsn, Ensign,
married Gertruida Piertsz, daughter of Pieter
Huybrechtsz ( Huijbertsz ) of Rotterdam. He had by her a son, Jan, who was a
"Coopman", and who died at Pulicat, Madras, India leaving a son,
Anthony Maartensz, who follows.
--/--/---- II - Anthony Maartensz, Vrij burger of
Jaffnaputnam, Ceylon, died 1745. He married Magdelana Elisabeth Verwyk,
(Verwijk). He had by her three sons who died without issue, and:
1) Louis Maartensz,
Negotie Boekhouder (who follows under III).
2) Erasmus
Maartensz, Boekhouder (who follows under IV).
--/--/1730 III - Louis Maartensz, married (a) 11/02/1753 Dorethea Magdelana Cramer (Crammer), daughter of
Jurgen Cramer. He had by her:
1) Magdelana Elisabeth Maartensz, born. She married Lodewyk de Niese.
(b) 11/12/1769 he married Anna Christina ver Hagen, daughter of Jacobus ver
Hagen and Dorothea Schrader.
--/--/1736 IV - Erasmus Maartensz, married Maria Elisabeth Fransz. He had by her:
1) Anthony Maartensz
(who follows under V).
2) Johannes
Alexander Maartensz (who follows under VI).
01/11/1766 V - Anthony Maartensz, born at Jaffna, Ceylon,
Onder Koopman and Administrator of Trincomalee. He married 12/10/1795 Gertruida
Petronella Hartsz. He had by her:
1) Erasmus Hendrick
Maartensz (who follows under VII).
2) John George
Maartensz, born 1798, died young.
3) Louis Mattheus Maartensz (who follows under VIII).
4) Gerardus Jacobus
Maartensz, born at Trincomalee in 1803, married there in 1826, Mary Mistral
Dormieux, and left a daughter, who married ?.Stephen.
--/--/1770 VI - Johannes Alexander Maartensz, Boekhouder, born at Jaffna, Ceylon, married (a) 16/12/1798 Johanna Elisabeth van der Spar. He had by her:
1) Johan Adriaan
Maartensz born 03/05/1804.
(b) 16/09/1804 Susanna Elisabeth Hester Mooyart, born 15/10/1781, daughter of Wouter Christoffel Mooyart and Cornelia Anthonia Dormieux. He had by her:
1) Wouter Jacob
Nicholaas Maartensz (who follows under IX).
2) Johan Gerard
Maartensz, born 1809, died young.
3) Dorothea
Constantia Maartensz, born 1814, married 26/06/1834 Edward Christiaan Albrecht.
4) Maria Cornelia Maartensz, born 1818, married Johannes Michael Gratiaen, born 18/09/1805, died 28/07/1862, son of Gustavus Adolphus Gratiaen and Maria Euphrosina van der Sprinkle.
5) Harriet Carolina Maartensz, married 05/05/1846 Pieter Henry Lucian Koch born 05/05/1813, died 1887, son of Johann Godfried Koch and Susanna Isabella Brohier.
6) Ferdinand
Adolphus Maartensz, born 1824, sub-Collector of Customs, Point Pedro, married ?
Speldewinde.
--/--/1796 VII - Erasmus Hendrick Maartensz born at Jaffna, married at Trincomalee 25/08/1824 Marianne Adair. He had by her:
1) Henry Charles
Maartensz, married 18/11/1857 Sarah Hunter, and died in the Straits
Settlements, leaving issue.
2) John George Maartensz, (who follows under X).
--/--/1801 VIII - Louis Mattheus Maartensz, born at Trincomalee, married at Jaffna, Ceylon 25/07/1826 (a) Henrietta Anthionia de Niese, who died the same year. (b) at Trincomalee 20/12/1827 Angelina Schultsz, daughter of Fredrik Schultsz and Jose Baltina Hartsz. He had by her:
1) Alexander Godleib
Maartensz, born 1830, who follows under XI.
2) Daughter, married
? deWitt.
3) Susan Francis
Maartensz, born 1835, died at Trincomalee 20/08/1852.
--/--/1807 IX - Wouter Jacob Maartensz, married at Jaffna in 1849 Jane Margenout.He had by her:
1) Alexandrina Grace
Maartensz, married at Jaffna 30/11/1881 George Wallace Touissant, born
21/05/1854, son of John Henry Wallace Touissant and Mary Anne Gratiaen.
--/--/---- X - John George Maartensz, married Catherine Koch, born 02/03/1844, daughter of Louis Henry Koch and Louisa Maria Brechman. He had by her:
1) Catherine Clarice
Maartensz, born 16/04/1877.
27/11/1830 XI - Alexander Godleib Maartensz, Assistant Colonial Surgeon, Civil Medical Department, died 30/11/1902. He married (a) in the Dutch Reformed Church, Wolvendaal, 30/07/1862, Johannah Henrietta Wendt, born 22/03/1838, died 29/07/1879, daughter of Johan Frederick Wendt and Ninette Elisabeth Kriekenbeek. He had by her:
1) Eliza Alexandra
Maartensz, born 15/07/1863, she married (a) in St. Stephen's Church,
Trincomalee, 27/02/1879, Francis Adolphus Speldewinde, born 31/03/1849, died
20/05/1887, son of Simon John Speldewinde and Frances Ann Riberg. (b) in St.
Andrew's Church, Batticaloa, 28/04/1897, Edwin de Livera, MBCM., (Glas)
Provincial Surgeon, Civil Medical Department, born 25/05/1849.
2) Alexander Godleib
Maartensz, born 1864, (who follows under XII).
3) Isabella Louisa Maartensz, born 14/08/1866. She married in the
Dutch Reformed Church, Wolvendaal, on the 18/09/1889, Ernest Henley Joseph,
V.D., Lieutenant Colonel Commanding the Ceylon Garrison Artillery, Secretary of
the Municipal Council, Colombo, born 16/06/1868, died 13/04/1941, son of
Abraham Orlando Joseph, Proctor and Notary Public and Louisa Elisabeth Van
Langenberg. He had by
her:
1) Vernon Maartensz Joseph, married Constance Eileen Foenander born 18/08/1908, on the 17/02/1930 in the Dutch Reformed Church, Wolvendaal, Colombo, Ceylon.More to follow in generation XVIII.
4) Mary Frances
Ninetta Maartensz, born 22/06/1868, married in St. Stephen's Church,
Trincomalee, 13/10/1890, Reginald Cecil Buttery, born 21/10/1868, son of
William Henry Buttery and Caroline Sophia Roelofsz.
5) Jane Anna
Maartensz, born 08/06/1871, married at Kuala Lumpur, Malaya (Malayasia),
Spencer Colomb.
6) Clara Angelina
Maartensz, born 08/06/1873, married 13/10/1890, Theodore Caldera.
7) Lewis Mathew
Maartensz, born 1876, (who follows under XIII).
(b) in St. Stephen's Church, Trincomalee, 15/06/1881, Emmeline Agnes Buttery, born 26/09/1860, died 05/11/1896, daughter of William Henry Buttery and Caroline Sophia Roelofsz. He had by her:
1) Agnes Beatrice Maartensz, born 07/03/1882, married in St. Stephen's Church, Trincomalee, 10/12/1903, Arthur Justin Daniel, Government Surveyor, born 08/10/1869, died 11/03/1942, son of Peter Daniel, Proctor, and Jane Barbara Florence Christoffelsz.
2) Florence Eugenie
Maartensz, born 22/02/1885, died 08/09/1885.
3) Henry Hartsz
Maartensz, born 1885, who follows under XIV.
4) Cecil Anthony
Maartensz, born 1890, who follows under XV.
5) Wilhelm Karl
Maartensz, born 1893, who follows under XVI.
6) John George
Maartensz, born 1895, who follows under XVII.
02/06/1864 XII - Alexander Godlieb Maartensz, died 21/07/1935, married in the Dutch Reformed Church, Wolvendaal, Colombo, 26/01/1905, Edith Isabel Pereira, born 09/10/1874, daughter of James Alexander Pereira and Agnes Sophia van Cuylenburg. He had by her:
1) Edith Alexandra
Maartensz.
2) Ruth Kathleen Maartensz.
3) Hugh Alexander Maartensz, born 08/10/1915, died in infancy.
09/07/1876 XIII - Lewis Mathew Maartensz, Puisine Justice of the Supreme Court, Barrister at Law, Middle Temple, died 14/01/1942. Married in the Dutch Reformed Church, Matara, 06/07/1905, Alice Emmaline Clare Keuneman, born 18/07/1880, daughter of Gerald Edward Keuneman, J.P. Crown Proctor, Matara, and Alice Harriet Ernst. He had by her:
1) Aline Alice
Maartensz.
16/07/1885 XIV - Henry Hartsz Maartensz, Surveyor, married in Christ Church, Tangalla, 29/12/1909, Elaine Phenice de Zilwa, born 16/09/1882, daughter of James Henry de Zilwa and Catherine Leonora Daviot. He had by her:
1) Godleib Henry Hartsz Maartensz.
2) Elaine Lorna Maartensz.
3) Ivan Clive Hartsz Maartensz, born 20/08/1917, died 04/05/1918.
4) Phenice Leonora Louise Maartensz.
30/09/1890 XV - Cecil Anthony Maartensz, married (a) in St Paul's
Church, Milagiriya, 08/02/1921, Hannah Drieberg, born 13/10/1896, died
30/06/1926, daughter of Walter Dionysius Drieberg, Crown Council and Louisa
Theile. He had by her:
1) Louise Cecile
Maartensz, born 04/11/1923, died 25/11/1923.
(b) in the Dutch Reformed Church, Bambalapitiya, 15/09/1928, Louise Drieberg born 08/03/1898, sister of (a)
11/05/1893 XVI - Wilhelm Karl Maartensz, died 11/05/1924, married in St. Michael and All Angels Church, Colombo 05/09/1923, Lucy Helen Ohlmus Ebert, born 07/02/1903, daughter of James Dunbar Ebert and Adeline Ruth Ohlmus.
12/04/1895 XVII - John George Maartensz, married in the Dutch Reformed Church, Regent St. Colombo 14/06/1918, Gladys Lilian Jansz, born 23/12/1896, daughter of John William Jansz and Lilian Emile Rulach. He had by her ten other children and:
1) Yvonne Lilian Maartensz, born 28/12/1919, died 29/07/1932.
26/02/1826 I – John Martin born in Linlithgow, Scotland, arriving in Ceylon 1848, died in Chilau 20/01/1884, married Harriet Jane Cooke, born in Chilau, 23/08/1846, died 20/10/1918, in St Mary’s Church, Chilau, 11/11/1865,He had by her:
1) Thomasin Lily Martin, born 20/04/1868, married 20/06/1888 George Archibald Schrader born 04/05/1858, died 21/03/1923.
2) Samuel Algernon Martin, born 10/03/1879, Proctor, died 06/06/1931. Married 22/06/1903 in the Dutch Reformed Church, Wolvendaal, Colombo, Ceylon, Zillie Elfrida de Kretser, born 27/01/1883. He had by her:-
1) Christine May Martin, born 28/09/1909. Married 16/09/1929 in St. James, Chilaw, Ceylon, Hubert Lorraine Austin born 13/12/1893.
--/--/---- I - Rev. William Melder, of Holland married at the Dutch Reformed Church, Wolvendaal, Colombo, Ceylon on 03/04/1837 Petronella Perera. He had by her:
1) James Richardson Melder, born 05/08/1854 (who follows under II).
05/08/1854 II - James Richardson Melder, died 10/10/1899, married at the Baptist Church, Grandpass, Colombo in 1876 Emily Tabitha Pietersz. He had by her:
1) Victor Emmanuel Leopold Melder, born 05/08/1877 (who follows under III).
2) James Richardson (Richie) Melder, born 05/11/1879
3) Harold Pietersz William Melder, born 11/06/1882
4) Ernest Jubilee Melder, born 14/03/1887
5) Eleanor (Ella) Emily Melder
05/08/1877 III - Victor Emmanuel Leopold Melder, died 16/05/1926, married at Christ Church, Galle Face, Colombo 15/06/1903 Ellen Emily Newman, born 13/07/1880, died 29/08/1968, daughter of John Hall Newman and Amelia Ellen Martensz. He had by her:
1) Phyllis Faith (Bubsie) Melder
2) Randolph Joseph Churchill Griffith Melder, born 02/12/1906 (who follows under IV)
3) Michael Rexford (Mikey) Melder
4) A sister Melder, died young
5) Edna Doreen Melder, born 24/11/----, married Charles George van der Wall. She had by him:
1) Carmen Jeanette van der Wall, married at Church of Saints May and John, Nugegoda, Ceylon on 20/12/1950 Frederick Terese Schrader, born 25/03/1921 in Mutwal, Ceylon.
6) Irene (Erin) Violet Melder, born 30/06/1912
7) Therese (Tera) Melder, born 06/10/1916
8) Tony Melder, died young
02/12/1906 IV - Randolph Joseph Churchill Griffith Melder born in Nawalapitiya, Ceylon, died 26/12/1989 in Melbourne, married at Holy Rosary Church, Slave Island, Colombo, Ceylon 27/12/1934, Phyllis Dagmar Bulner, daughter of John Walter Bulner and Daisy Maud Jacobs. They migrated to Melbourne, Australia, in December, 1965. He had by her:
1) Randolph Johnny Victor Melder, born 16/09/1935 (who follows under V)
2) Mark Anthony Julian Melder, born 02/11/1937
3) Joseph Hilton Melder, born 10/07/1940
4) Patrick Trevor Melder, born 11/09/1942
5) Kevin Phillip Melder, born 28/02/1945
6) Derrick Christopher Melder, born 25/08/1946
7) Mary Anne Sharlie Melder, born 09/05/1948
8) Gerard Michael Melder, born 05/04/1952
9) Philomena Therese Melder, born 07/12/1953
10) Geralynn Maria Melder, born 04/06/1955
11) Trudy Antoinette Melder, born 11/09/1956
16/09/1935 V - Randolph Johnny Victor Melder, born Kandy, Ceylon. Married at All Saints Church, Borella, Colombo, Ceylon 18/01/1964 Esther Margaret Primrose Dunsford, daughter of Roy George Dunsford and Nora Nesta Rode. They migrated to Melbourne, Australia, on 13/03/ 1968. He had by her:
1) Frances Therese Geralyn Melder, born 29/10/1965 at Galle, Ceylon, married at The Pioneer Women’s Gardens, Melbourne, Australia on 29/10/1994 Cihan Yucedag, son of Ismail Yucedag and Neyime ? of Glenroy, Melbourne, Australia.
2) Richard Vivian Gerard Melder, born 02/10/1967 (who follows under VI)
3) Dianne Carol Rita Melder, born 30/08/1970 at Preston, Melbourne, married at St. Nektarios, Greek Orthodox Church, Fawkner, Melbourne, on 01/11/1997 John Vlahiotis, son of Nick Vlahiotis and Koula Kyriakidis of Marlynston, Melbourne.
4) Keith Jerome Melder, born 04/10/1971 at Preston, Melbourne.
5) Glen Paul, born 22/10/1978 at Essendon, Melbourne.
02/10/1967 VI - Richard Vivian Gerard Melder, born at Galle, Ceylon, married at St. Vincent DePaul’s Church, Strathmore, Melbourne on 21/09/1991 Jenny Lynn Nott, daughter of John David Nott and Diana Mary Forrest of Strathmore, Melbourne. He had by her:
1) Madeleine Victoria Melder, born 11/07/1992 at Liverpool, NSW, Australia.
2) Felix Melder, born 05/11/1998.
--/--/---- I - Frans Cornelisz Prins married Aletta Schlosser. He had by her:
1) Cornelius Arnoldus Prins married Gerda Van Hertz. He had by her:
1) Hendrik Prins. He married Dorothea Schrader, born 07/10/1713.
2) Francois Albertus Prins. He married (a) Johanna Cornelia Luyk. (b) Johanna Lydia Zeydewits.
--/--/1420 - Henricus Schrader. Married 1449 Ofelmia Brandes, born 1430.
02/01/1492 - Heinrich Schrader born in Braunschweig, died 03/11/1584. Married 1525 Fredeke Plaggemeyer in Braunschweig
--/--/1529 - Autor Schrader born in Braunschweig and died 20/07/1597 in Braunschweig. Married 1562 Catharina von Vechelde born 29/01/1541, died 10/08/1609
03/04/1581 - Conrad Schrader died 18/10/1622 in Benneckenbeck. Married 1607 Anna von Alemann, born 02/06/1588, died ? 1659
--/--/1615 - Helena Schrader died 26/12/1675. Married 14/07/1645 Kilian Weber born ? 1600 in Urbach.
May be a connection from above to below?
25/09/1683 I - Julius Schrader was born at Braunsweig, Germany and married at Jaffna, Christina Roeloffs who was born 16/08/1693, the daughter of Harmen Roeloffs who was a boekhouder and Maria. He had by her:
1) Dorothea Schrader, born 07/10/1713. Married Hendrik Prins, boekhouder.
2) Lucretia Schrader, born 24/01/1716. Married a) Cornelis Steenbrim. b) ? Garnier.
3) Johann Andreas Schrader, born 22/09/1717. D.S.P.
4) Elizabeth Schrader, born 17/07/1720. Married a) Frederick Saalfelt, boekhouder. b) Theodorus Mom.
5) Hendrik Schrader (who follows under II.)
6) Leonora Schrader, born 05/09/1723.
7) Anna Sophia Schrader, born 31/07/1727.
8) Betseba Schrader, born 23/02/1731. Married Lieut. Hendrik Steenkelder.
9) Dorothea Schrader, born 14/07/1733. Married Jacobus Verhagen, son of Johannes Verhagen and Maria Thiedeman. She had by him:
1) Anna Christina Verhagen. Married 11/12/1769 Louis Maartensz, born 1730. Son of Anthony Maartensz, died 1745 a Vrij Burgher of Jaffnaputnam, Ceylon and Magdelana Elizabeth Verwijk.
10) Anna Catherina Schrader, born 09/10/1736. Married ? Ditker, boekhouder, at Bimbilipatnaun.
08/03/1722 II – Hendrik Schrader was born, a boekhouder and married at Jaffna, Anna Catherina Cuyk van Mierop, the daughter of Christiaan Cuyk van Mierop and Catherina van der Meydern. He had by her:
1) Joost Schrader, born 16/02/1744, died 07/12/1748.
2) Anna Christina Schrader, born 02/10/1746, died 15/09/1768.
3) Hendrica Catharina Schrader, born at Jaffna 25/05/1751. Married at Jaffna 26/06/1766 Carl Frederik Ebell of Niew Rupin, Middlemark. Chief of Manaar, died 13/10/1768.
4) Anna Catharina Schrader, born 04/01/1754, died 28/11/1791. Married a) Nicolaas Lambertus Lasge, baptised at Galle 08/08/1740, son of Nicolaas Lasge and Magdelena van der Broeck. b) Marten Anthonisz.
5) Josia Cornelia Schrader, born 02/11/1756. Married Pieter Olivier de la Rambelge, died 01/06/1789.
6) Christiaan Julius Schrader, boekhouder, born at Jaffna 1759. Married at Jaffna 02/12/1798 Magdelena Elizabeth Arndt, widow of Hendrik Steenkelder, son of Lieut. Steenkelder and Betseba Schrader.
7) Hendrik Harmanus Schrader, beokhouder and Resident of the Wanni, born 23/06/1761.
8) Elizabeth
Dorothea Schrader, born 09/06/1764. Married Carel Benjamin de Niese, born 1756. Son of Benjamin de Niese, born about 1730, Scriba of
the Land Court at Jaffna, Ceylon, and later promoted to the rank of Assistant
according to a decision of the Political Council of Ceylon.
9) Frederik Justinus Schrader, beokhouder at Galle, born at Jaffna 28/05/1768. Married at Colombo 27/07/1794 Sara Cornelia Muller, born 14/11/1780, daughter of Carl Christiaan Muller and Anna Regina Meloth. He had by her:
1) Christian Hendrik Schrader (who follows under III.)
2) Julius Hermanus Schrader, born at Galle 22/08/1798. Baptised there 02/09/1798 and died 21/10/1798.
3) John Frederick Schrader, born at Colombo 06/12/1799, and died 17/04/1800.
4) George Justus Schrader (who follows under IV.)
5) Justinus Cornelis Schrader, born at Colombo 10/01/1805.
6) Haaje Elizabeth Schrader, born at Colombo 15/03/1808 and died at Jaffna 14/02/1811.
7) Bernard Hendrik Schrader, born at Jaffna 15/01/1810 and died 19/03/1811.
27/05/1797 III – Cristian Hendrik Schrader, born this day and married at St. Peters Church 27/01/1823 Jane Spencer, daughter of Robert Spencer and Johanna Slouw. He had by her:
1) Anna Carolina Schrader, born at Colombo 05/05/1824. Married a) John Henry de Vos, born at Galle 25/08/1821, son of Cornelis de Vos and Edith Elizabeth Petronella Smit. b) Richard Andree, surgeon.
2) Sara Frederica Schrader, born at Colombo 10/03/1826.
3) Frederick Justin Schrader (who follows under V.)
25/11/1801 IV – George Justus Schrader, born at Colombo and died 26/10/1856. He married Magdelena Elizabeth Arndt, born 06/12/1801 and died 29/04/1878, the daughter of Bernard Christiaan Arndt, born 1771, sitting magistrate at Mullaitivu, died 1826, son of Johann Carel Arndt of Westerhousen (Brandenburg), resident of Point Pedro and Antonetta Victoria de Melho, and Anna Elizabeth de Niese. He had by her:
1) George Justus Schrader, L.L.D. Archdeacon, Colombo, born 1829 and died at Galle 19/02//1875. Married at Jaffna 19/04/1855 Helena Susanna Cornelia Arndt, who died at Gampola on 16/11/1859, daughter of Jan Carl Arndt and Johanna Rudolphine van Hek, who was born at Galle 10/02/1812 and died at Jaffna 24/04/1852, daughter of Hendrik van Hek of Amsterdam and Margarita Maria Helena de Vos. He had by her:
1) George Justus Schrader, Clerk in Holy Orders, D.S.P.
17/01/1829 V – Frederick Justin Schrader was born at Jaffna and died 13/03/1897. Married at Colombo 19/01/1848 (a) Harriet Andree (first marriage). He Had by her:
1) Frederica Harriet Schrader, born 11/11/1848. Married 19/01/1869 Frank van der Smagt, surgeon.
2) Everhard Henry Schrader, born 11/11/1850, doctor, died at Bawana, Congo District of Africa 18/10/1885. Married 20/11/1884 Elizabeth Legge of Liverpool, England. He had by her:
1) Lily Elizabeth Harriet Schrader, B.A., who lived in Liverpool, England.
3) Elizabeth Jane Schrader, died young.
4) Charlotte Eliza Schrader, born 18/08/1853. Married 02/09/1873 Henry L. Daniel and died 02/09/1901.
5) Arthur Frederick Schrader, born 21/11/1854. Married 19/05/1883 Maria Frances Rudd and died at Sidney, Australia September 1919.
6) Robert Spencer Schrader, born 14/05/1856, Colombo and died 29/03/1904, Colombo. Married 26/07/1880 in Holy Trinity Church, Colombo, Louisa Charlotte Swan, born 29/06/1852. Colombo. He had by her:
1) Dulcie Harriet Spencer Schrader, born 02/04/1886.
2) Paul Frederick James Schrader, born 25/01/1888 and died 06/05/1888.
3) Robert Henly Spencer Schrader, born17/08/1889, Colombo. Married 23/07/1919 at St Michael's and All Angels' Church, Colombo, Ada Mildred LaBrooy, born 03/12/1893, Colombo.
4) Frederick Louis Spencer Schrader, born 22/01/1891. Married Ruth Dirle in 1917. He had by her:
1) Robert Frank Schrader, killed in World War II – R.A.F.
2) Joan Schrader.
3) Pamela Schrader.
5) Ronald Spencer Schrader, born 23/03/1895, died 27/03/1895.
7) George Archibald Schrader (who follows under VI.)
8) Mary Jane Schrader, born 24/07/1859. Married Ralph Rudd of Australia 24/11/1886 and died 15/11/1888.
9) Agnes Harriet Schrader, born 1861 and died 04/06/1868.
10) Gertrude Amelia Schrader, born 12/04/1862. Married 23/05/1894 John Dreiberg, surgeon and she had by him:
1. John Frederick Lorenz Dreiberg.
(b) Elizabeth Harriet Campbell, daughter of Alexander Campbell and ? Pereira (second marriage). He Had by her:
1) Bertha Marian Campbell, born 06/06/1876. Married 18/12/1908 Benjamin W. Bawa, K.C., son of Ahamadu Bawa, Proctor S.C., and Georgina Mathilda Ablett.
2) Harriet Ethel Campbell Schrader, born 28/12/1879. Married 10/06/1905 Percy Cook.
3) Frederick Alexander Campbell Schrader, born 30/07/1879. Married 20/01/1902 Grace Darling Garvin. He had by her:
1) Frederick Ronald Campbell Schrader, born 29/11/1906.
2) Harriet Grace Campbell Schrader, born 06/12/1912. Married Patrick Ramwell in 1950, living in Australia.
4) Dora Jane Campbell Schrader, born 05/06/1882. Married 12/06/1912 Allan Dreiberg, K.C.
5) Esther Constance Campbell Schrader, born 28/08/1887. Married Percy Keuneman, Proctor, Galle.
04/05/1858 VI – George Archibald Schrader was born, died 21/03/1923, he married 20/06/1888 in St Stephen’s Church, Negumbo, Thomasin Lily Martin, born 20/04/1868, daughter of John Martin born in Linlithgow, Scotland 26/02/1826, arriving in Ceylon 1848, died in Chilau 20/01/1884 and Harriet Jane Cooke, born in Chilau, 23/08/1846, died 20/10/1918 and married in St Mary’s Church, Chilau, 11/11/1865, daughter of Nathaniel James Cooke and Louisa Arnoldina Pierzz (6 sons and 1 daughter). He had by her:
1) Thomasin Gertrude Harriet Schrader, born 12/04/1889. Married 30/12/1908 Colonel Waldo Sansoni, born 12/01/1899. O.B.E for military service between 1935-1939, Colonel commanding the Ceylon Light Infantry, Advocate Ceylon Judicial Service, District Judge in Colombo and later Supreme Court Judge.
2) Lily May Schrader, born 11/04/1890. Married 1915 Henry Randolph Sansoni. She had by him:
1) Millicent Sansoni born 20/07/1928.
3) Frederick Justin Schrader (who follows under VII.)
4) George Justus Schrader, born 30/04/1895. Presently in Australia. Married (a) Beryl Lydia Martin (first marriage) ?/12/1916. He had by her:
1) Nathanial George Martin Schrader (R.A.F.). Married Patricia Tedder of Dunstable, England. He had by her:
1) Darryl Martin Schrader.
(b) Cecilia Isabel Wright (second marriage), born 29/08/1898. Married 28/12/1921. He had by her:
1) George Victor Frederick Schrader (Australia).
2) Thomasin Celia Schrader. Married Colin Deller, Wembley, England.
3) Everhard Schrader. Married Peggy ? (Australia).
4) Ronald Schrader. Married Merlin Jansz (Australia).
5) Marie Schrader. Married Ronald Toussaint (Australia).
5) Eileen Doris Schrader, born 04/09/1898. Married 23/09/1919 John F. Lorenz Dreiberg.
6) Charlotte Constance Marjorie Schrader, born 26/09/1901 and died 30/11/1905.
7) Everhard Rodney Douglas Schrader, born 01/05/1903.
8) Phylliss Kathleen Viola Schrader, born 13/08/1906.
26/06/1892 VII - Frederick Justin Schrader, Mum’s father was born in Negombo, Ceylon. He was a Lieut. in the Devonshire Regiment during the First World War. He returned to Ceylon 1919 and was a tea and rubber planter until his retirement. His race was Burgher. He married, at St. Stephen’s Church, Negumbo on 23/06/1920 Hope Siebel Foenander, born 03/04/1889, daughter of Harris Julian Foenander, born 20/08/1855, died 26/07/1903 and Hannah Edith Aldons, born 10/05/1862, died xx/xx/1896, daughter of Jacobus Carolus (Alexander Charles) Aldons and Elizabeth Henrietta de Kretsea. He had by her:
1) Frederick Terese Schrader (who follows under VIII.).
2) Lily Hope Schrader, born 11/01/1924. Met Edward Abesekera. She had by him:
1) Edward Reginald Schrader (who follows under IX.).
25/03/1921 VIII – Frederick Terese Schrader, born in Mutwal, Ceylon. Married at the Church of Saints Mary and John, Nugegoda 20/12/1950 Carmen Jeanette van der Wall, daughter of Charles George van der Wall and Edna Doreen Melder. Divorced 04/09/1969. Emigrated to Australia. He had by her:
1) Charmaine Dawn Schrader, born 02/01/1952. Married Annesley Webster. She had by him:
1) Craig Webster, born 03/10/1975.
2) Leigh James Webster, born 21/02/1980 at 2.30am weighing 7lb 8ozs in Bethlehem Hospital.
3) Grant Webster, born 13/07/1982.
2) Frederick Dale Schrader, (who follows under X.), a twin of Gail.
3) Gail Dianne Schrader, born 14/01/1953, married 21/11/77 Reg ?
4) Sheree Junette Schrader, born 31/01/1958, married (a)Lloyd Sinclair (anglo Indian) 09/12/1978. Separated 19/08/1992, divorced 19/08/1996. She had by him:
1) Kelly Louise Sinclair, born on the 31/03/1983
2) Kacey Jayne Sinclair, born on the 13/07/1984
3) Megan Lea Sinclair, born on the 06/12/1986.
(b) Kevin Keurntjes, (born in Australia, to Dutch parents), second marriage 17/11/1996, she had by him identical twin boys
1) Lucas Keurntjes, identical twin of Justin, born 06/05/1998
2) Justin Keurntjes (named after VII Frederick Justin Schrader)
5) Fearne Julaine Schrader, born 30/12/1960.
01/10/1958 IX – Edward Reginald Schrader, born at St Stephen’s Hospital, Fulham Road, London. Married Suzan Lilian Roberts, nee Billing, 31/01/81, divorced 1994. He had by her:
1) Jaime Reggie Page Schrader, nee J Robbie Roberts, born 14/06/1977 to Jamie Robbie Roberts, and adopted by Edward Reginald Schrader in October 1982.
2) Nathan Edward Albert Schrader (who follows under XI.).
3) Tabetha Charlotte Rose Hope Schrader, born 04/12/1986.
--/--/---- I – Charles George van der Wall born. Married Edna Doreen Melder. He had by her:
1) Carmen Jeanette van der Wall born. She married at Church of Saints Mary and John, Nugegoda 20/12/1950 Frederick Terese Schrader.
1) John Wright (John Michaux de Quintiones Wright), brother of Archibald Conrad Wright married Cecilia de la Harpe, daughter of Benjamin de la Harpe and Maria Sarah Anjou. He had by her:
1) John Victor Anthony Wright born 19/06/1867.
2) Victor Oswald Anjou Wright born 05/08/1869. He married Eleanor van Langenberg born 04/02/1878, daughter of Stephen Charles van Langenberg and Caroline Loos. He had by her:
1) Cecilia Isabel Wright born 29/08/1898, married Archdeacon George Justus Schrader born 30/04/1895, son of George Archibald Schrader and Thomasin Lilian Martin.
2) Mercia Prudence Wright born 31/07/1899. She married James Alfred Edward de Bruin born 10/08/1902, son of James Alfred de Bruin and Anna Caroline Oorloff.
3) Aileen Eleanor Mary Wright born 24/09/1900. She married Percival Evans Stanley, born 09/09/1897
4) Kathleen Mavourneen Leonora Wright b.11/02/1902. She married Allan Percy Lorensz Beven b.13/05/1893 son of Arthur Wilfred Beven and Eleanor Catherine Newman.
5) Fulham Sebastian Wright born 16/04/1903. He married Gertrude Blanche de Bruin born 01/06/1900, daughter of James Alfred de Bruin and Anna Caroline Oorloff.
6) Anthonius Wilfred George Wright born 12/10/1904. He married Millicent Sansoni born 20/07/1928, daughter of Hector Randolph Sansoni and Lily May Schrader.
7) Cyprian Lawrence Hugh Wright born 25/10/1906. He married Dorothy Edith Bartholomeusz born 19/08/1918, daughter of Everard Frederick Charles Bartholomeusz and Dorothy Isolene Kelaart.
8) Barbara Louise Wright born 05/08/1908. She married Frederick Carl Spittel born 21/02/1911, son of Clement Carl Spittel and Verbena Emelia Duckworth.
9) Quentin Sheldon Nicholas Wright born 10/09/1910. He married Phyllis Edith St. Clare Muller born 12/08/1915, daughter of Louis Ambrose Muller and Edith Eleanor Holsinger.
10) Francis John Wright born 03/12/1912. He married Verbena Frances Spittel born 05/06/1915, daughter of Clement Carl Spittel and Verbena Emelia Duckworth.
11) Joseph Derrick Beekmeyer Wright born 14/03/1919. He married Sheila Betty Gray.
3) Florence Mabel Wright born 27/09/1872. She married George Adolphus Hole, born 08/09/1868. She had by him:
1) Florence Evelyn Hole born 10/07/1897. She married Vernon Louis St. Clair 'Sinco' Swan born 19/03/1894, son of Dr. William Henry Swan and Rosalind Caroline Modder.
2) Glencora Mavis Hole born 18/08/1898. She married Wilhelm Loos Mack born 26/10/1899, son of William Edmund Mack and Ethel Sophia Loos.
2) Archibald Conrad Wright born 08/02/1853. He married Cecilia de la Harpe born 11 July 1849. He had by her:
1) Hyacinth Mary Elaine Wright born 11/12/1889.
2) Primrose Arlene Philomena Wright b.23/04/1891. She married Victor Leslie Sheldon 'Shelley' Swan, born 08/06/1887 son of Dr William Henry Swan and Rosalind Caroline Modder. She had by him:
1) Primrose Marie Swan born 30/06/1912. She married (a) Angus Charles Babbington Marks, (b) Gordon Llewellyn Spencer Austin born 30/12/1905 son of Cyril Thomas Austin and Ada May Lilian van der Straaten, (c) William Harry Bartlett.
2) Therese Genevieve Swan born 03/01/1916. She married (a) Clifford Kenneth Smith, (b) Peter Pieris, (c) Kenneth Smith.
3) Dorothy Joyce Swan born 29/04/1922. She married William James Stephen Poulier born 02/08/1915, son of Victor Ernest Augustus Poulier and Dorothy Florence de Niese.
4) Shelley Bernard St. Clair Swan born 31/12/1928. He married Irene Therese Paul born 19/02/1931, daughter of Anthony Paul.
3) Violet Estelle Mary Wright born 20/12/1894. She married (a) Hugh Cecil Weeresekere, and (b) Hubert Collin van Dort born 17/09/1885.