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My maternal grandmother was (Miss) Mary Annie Agnes Bulner, born 31 July 1903 at the Lying-in-Home, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). She married George Torrington de Hoedt (born 19.5.1904, died 14.3.1993) at All Saints Church, Borella, Ceylon on 7th June, 1928.She died 13th September, 1977. Buried at R.C. Section, Borella, Kanatte. (She had no brothers or sisters.)

Her father, William Reginald Bulner, born 14th February 1856, married Lydia Ursula Van Dort (born 11.4.1866) at the Roman Catholic church, Kalutara, on 23rd May 1888. He died at Nawalapitiya Hospital on 1.11.1945 and was buried at the Nawalapitiya Cemetery. Her father's father (i.e. her grandfather) was (or rather has been noted in her diary as) William Edward Godfrey Bulner, born 1830, died 1893.Married Annie Susan Bertus (born 1834, died 1886) on 29th March 1854 at the Dutch Reformed Church, Mannar, Ceylon. In the genealogy of the 'Bulner Family Tree', under I, No. 3, there is listed a 'William Ethelwald Godfrey, born 15 November 1829. Could this be one and the same person listed above (i.e. William Edward Godfrey Bulner, born 1830)? Perhaps my grandmother has incorrectly recorded this info in her notebook.

?? BULNER married ??, children:

  1. William Edward Godfrey BULNER (born 1830, died 1893)

Next Generation

William Edward Godfrey BULNER (born 1830, died 1893) married Annie Susan BERTUS (born 1834, died 1886) on 29th March 1854 at the Dutch Reformed Church, Mannar, Ceylon. Children:

  1. William Reginald Bulner (born 14th February 1856, died at Nawalapitiya Hospital on 1.11.1945 and was buried at the Nawalapitiya Cemetery.)

Next Generation

William Reginald BULNER, (born 14th February 1856, died at Nawalapitiya Hospital on 1.11.1945 and was buried at the Nawalapitiya Cemetery.) married Lydia Ursula Van Dort (born 11.4.1866) at the Roman Catholic church, Kalutara, on 23rd May 1888.  married ??, children:

  1. Mary Annie Agnes Bulner (born 31 July 1903 at the Lying-in-Home, Colombo, Ceylon)

Next Generation

Mary Annie Agnes BULNER (born 31 July 1903 at the Lying-in-Home, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), died 13th September, 1977. Buried at R.C. Section, Borella, Kanatte.)  married  George Torrington de Hoedt (born 19.5.1904, died 14.3.1993) at All Saints Church, Borella, Ceylon on 7th June, 1928.

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Info from Victor MELDER. Victor Melder Sri Lanka Library. 7, Benambra Street, Broadmeadows, Vic 3047, Australia. Tel: 61-03-9309-4040 E-Mail <tormel@dezzanet.net.au>  <tormel@hotmail.com> "The Service I Render Others Is The Rent I Pay For My Space On Earth".

 

Jacob BULNER of Osnaburg, Germany, married ??, had a son,

  1. Jacob Bulner, born in Ceylon,

Next Generation

Jacob BULNER, born in Ceylon, married Magdalena Elizabeth Vandyn at St John’s Church, Mannar, on 31 January 1826. They had:-

  1. Gertruida Carolina, born 12 September 1824

  2. Jacob, born 6 December 1827

  3. William Ethelwald Godfrey, born 15 November 1829.

  4. Lawrence Peter, born 13 May 1840

Next Generation

Lawrence Peter BULNER, born 13th May 1840, married Catherine DAVIES. They had:-

  1. Charles F.A Bulner, born 12th August 1866.

  2. Frederick W Bulner., born 16th Janaury 1872.

  3. Arthur Bulner, born 18th Janaury 1874.

  4. H.Edward Bulner, born 29th September 1875.

  5. Percival Bulner, born 25th July 1877.

  6. Frank Akland Bulner, born 18th October 1879.

  7. John Walter Bulner, born 4th February 1883

  8. Jenny C Bulner., born 4th Janaury 1885

 

Next Generation

John Walter BULNER, born 4th February 1883, Ceylon, died 27th May 1967, Melbourne, married at Christ Church, Bangkok, Siam, on 19th December 1912, Daisy Maud JACOBS , daughter of Henry Jacobs and Emima Christobelle Conderlag. (They returned to Ceylon, leaving Bangkok, Siam, aboard the SS Heim on 13th September 1919) They had:-

1. Henry Malcolm, born 31st October 1913, Bangkok, Siam.

2. Iris Daphne, born 21st March 1915, Bangkok, Siam.

3. Phyllis Dagmar, born 14th July 1918, Bangkok, Siam

 

Next Generation

Phyllis Dagmar BULNER, born 14th July 1918, Bangkok, Siam, married at Holy Rosary Church, Slave Island, Colombo, on 27th December 1934, Randolph Joseph Churchill Griffith MELDER , son of Victor Emmanuel Leopold Melder and Ellen Emily Newman. (They migrated to Melbourne, Australia in December 1965) They had:-

1. Randolph Johnny Victor, b 1935, Kandy, Ceylon

2. Mark Anthony Julian, b 1937.

3. Joseph Hilton, b 1940.

4. Patrick Trevor, b1942.

5. Kevin Phillip, b 1945.

6. Derrick Christopher, b1946.

7. Mary Anne Sharlie, b1948.

8. Gerard Michael, b 1952.

9. Philomena Therese, b1953.

10.Geralyn Maria, b1955.

11.Trudy Antoinette, b1956.

 

Next Generation

Randolph Johnny Victor MELDER , born 16th September 1935, Kandy, Ceylon, married at All Saints Church, Borella, Colombo, Ceylon, on 18th January 1964, Esther Margaret Primrose DUNSFORD, daughter of Roy George Dunsford and Nora Nesta Rode. (They migrated to Melbourne, Australia on March 13, 1968) They had:-

  1. Frances Therese Geralyn, b1965, Galle, Ceylon (arrived Melbourne, Australia 13 March 1968), married at The Pioneer Women’s Gardens, Melbourne on 29 October 1994, Cihan Yucedag, son of Ismail and Neyime Yucedag of Glenroy, Melbourne.

  2. Richard Vivian Gerard, b 1967, Galle, Ceylon.

  3. Dianne Carol Rita, b 1970, Preston, Melbourne, married at St Nektarios, Greek Orthodox Church, Fawkner, Melbourne on 1 November 1997, John Vlahiotis, son of Nick Vlahiotis and Koula Kyriakidis of Merlynston, Melbourne.

  4. Keith Jerome, b1971, Preston, Melbourne.

  5. Glen Paul, b1978, Essendon, Melbourne.

 

Next Generation

Richard Vivian Gerard MELDER , b 1967, Galle, Ceylon (arrived Melbourne, Australia 13 March 1968), married at St Vincent De Paul's Church, Strathmore, Melbourne, on 21st September 1991, Jenny Lynn NOTT, daughter of John David Nott and Diana Mary Forrest, of Strathmore, Melbourne. They had:-

 

1. Madeleine Victoria, born 11th July 1992, Liverpool, NSW.

2. Felix, born 5th November 1998., Carlton, Victoria.



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