Hello Mr Warner, I am happy to assist, even briefly, anyone who wants to know about lovely Nuwara Eliya. I spent the first months of my life living at "Lebanon", our home in the hill country (you can see a snap of a portion of the house at http://www.greatmirror.com/index.cfm?countryid=376&chapterid=958&picid=21&picturesize=medium.) NE has changed since my early years there, but is still very beautiful. Here are some websites you might enjoy, providing an overview. If you can manage it--if the political situation allows-- do visit. It is a wonderful place. http://www.greatmirror.com/ (select Sri Lanka, then NE) http://www.explorelanka.com/places/hill/n_eliya.htm http://www.billwood.com/travel/srilanka/ (travelogue) http://www.nuwaraeliya.org/mayor.htm (municipal council of Nuwara Eliya web site) Greetings from the Netherlands. Beth ----- Original Message ----- From: <e.e.warner@att.net> To: <SRILANKA@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2006 3:43 PM Subject: [SRILANKA] Nuwara Eliya > Good Morning List, > Does any one have any information on Nuwara Eliya, Little England, as it > was known in colonial times. It is was primarily a hillstation of Sri > Lanka/Ceylon. Besides researching through the LDS, does anyone have any > information on Nuwara Eilya. My paternal grandfather and his sister were > born there. Unfortunately a trip to London to visit the OIOC is not > possible financially nor is paying a researcher. > Any ideas would be appreciated. > E. Warner > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SRILANKA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi, for a start, you could look at http://www.historyofceylontea.com/ where you will find copies of all sort of almanacs (Ferguson's directories) In my experience, it is virtually impossible to obtain birth certificates from Sri-Lanka (or I have not yet found the way...). As somebody remarked, a few more details would help! Good luck, Jean Ferran. Researching Thomas family in Ceylon. Website www.ochanoff.741.com Dr. Jean Ferran Turifoia 31, rua Serpa Pinto, Apt. 33 8550 Monchique (P.) Tel.(+351) 282 912 822 Fax. (+351) 282 912 722 ferran@monchique.com Website: www.monchique.com In case of difficulties, please use this alternative address: jferran@ochanoff.741.com -----Mensagem original----- De: srilanka-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:srilanka-bounces@rootsweb.com] Em nome de e.e.warner@att.net Enviada: sábado, 9 de Dezembro de 2006 14:43 Para: SRILANKA@rootsweb.com Assunto: [SRILANKA] Nuwara Eliya Good Morning List, Does any one have any information on Nuwara Eliya, Little England, as it was known in colonial times. It is was primarily a hillstation of Sri Lanka/Ceylon. Besides researching through the LDS, does anyone have any information on Nuwara Eilya. My paternal grandfather and his sister were born there. Unfortunately a trip to London to visit the OIOC is not possible financially nor is paying a researcher. Any ideas would be appreciated. E. Warner ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SRILANKA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi, for a start, you could look at http://www.historyofceylontea.com/ where you will find copies of all sort of almanacs (Ferguson's directories) In my experience, it is virtually impossible to obtain birth certificates from Sri-Lanka (or I have not yet found the way...). As somebody remarked, a few more details would help! Good luck, Jean Ferran. Researching Thomas family in Ceylon. Website www.ochanoff.741.com Dr. Jean Ferran Turifoia 31, rua Serpa Pinto, Apt. 33 8550 Monchique (P.) Tel.(+351) 282 912 822 Fax. (+351) 282 912 722 ferran@monchique.com Website: www.monchique.com In case of difficulties, please use this alternative address: jferran@ochanoff.741.com -----Mensagem original----- De: srilanka-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:srilanka-bounces@rootsweb.com] Em nome de e.e.warner@att.net Enviada: sábado, 9 de Dezembro de 2006 14:43 Para: SRILANKA@rootsweb.com Assunto: [SRILANKA] Nuwara Eliya Good Morning List, Does any one have any information on Nuwara Eliya, Little England, as it was known in colonial times. It is was primarily a hillstation of Sri Lanka/Ceylon. Besides researching through the LDS, does anyone have any information on Nuwara Eilya. My paternal grandfather and his sister were born there. Unfortunately a trip to London to visit the OIOC is not possible financially nor is paying a researcher. Any ideas would be appreciated. E. Warner ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SRILANKA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Fellow Ceylon Enthusiasts: Does any one happen to have (or know where one can find) a fairly detailed map of Ceylon indicating the various estates? There's a beautiful one hanging in the Hill Club in Nurawa Eliya, (which, some day, I hope to be able to photograph), but I've not been able to find one anywhere else. Cheers, Glen Hodgins Ottawa,Canada

Good Morning List, Does any one have any information on Nuwara Eliya, Little England, as it was known in colonial times. It is was primarily a hillstation of Sri Lanka/Ceylon. Besides researching through the LDS, does anyone have any information on Nuwara Eilya. My paternal grandfather and his sister were born there. Unfortunately a trip to London to visit the OIOC is not possible financially nor is paying a researcher. Any ideas would be appreciated. E. Warner

I'm certain many list subscribers would be willing to help out -- but (quite frankly) your request is rather vague -- "any information on Nuwara Eliya" -- I have shelves full of information! Glen Hodgins Ottawa, Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: <e.e.warner@att.net> To: <SRILANKA@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2006 9:43 AM Subject: [SRILANKA] Nuwara Eliya > Good Morning List, > Does any one have any information on Nuwara Eliya, Little England, as it > was known in colonial times. It is was primarily a hillstation of Sri > Lanka/Ceylon. Besides researching through the LDS, does anyone have any > information on Nuwara Eilya. My paternal grandfather and his sister were > born there. Unfortunately a trip to London to visit the OIOC is not > possible financially nor is paying a researcher. > Any ideas would be appreciated. > E. Warner > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SRILANKA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

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Am seeking an connections to Orchards of Sri Lanka ; 1. Elmo George Orchard, served w/ Army & Police force, married Maureen Jane (Jean) Smith 2. Shirley Warburton Orchard, Foreman, C.G.R., married Leolin Adele Helsham, on 21/04/1924, Pettah 3. Richard Alexander Orchard, Head Guard, C.G.R. , married Jenny Frances Shaw-Nimmo on 08/02/1897, Dematagoda 4.John Warburton Orchard, Planter & Visiting Agent, (C.P.R.C.) Agrapatna, married Isabel Holmes, in Gampola thanks, Keith Orchard

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Malcolm perhaps you may be able to help me. I am looking for information on Jansen. My wife's mother was Lena Jansen, born in Kandy in 1907. Her father was James Jansen. I am looking for information on him and his wife Georgina Jansza. Regards Peter Goggin -----Original Message----- From: srilanka-bounces@rootsweb.com [HYPERLINK "mailto:srilanka-bounces@rootsweb.com"mailto:srilanka-bounces@rootsweb.c om] On Behalf Of malcolm jansze Sent: Saturday, 7 October 2006 8:43 PM To: Gordon Allison Cc: srilanka@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SRILANKA] Struys family 7.10.2006 Hi Gordon I do Burgher genealogy as a hobby. Maybe I can help you if you tewll me what you need. I give info for info - so watch out Malcolm Jansze At 06:34 PM 10/4/06, you wrote: >Hi Georgina > >I am writing to ask if you would be so very kind to look up the name >STRUYS for me please. I would be very grateful for information for any >reference to the name in this book please. > >Hoping that you can find the time to have a look. > >Best regards from Downunder. > >Gordon > > >Georgina Watkins wrote: > > >Dear Ann: > > > >In the book "List of inscriptions on tombstones and monuments in Ceylon" > by J. Penry Lewis, published 1913, there are two Kochs listed in the > section called "Obituary of the uncommemorated". I presume that the first > line in each case is information in the church burial register, but not sure. > > > >No. 1695 Jaffna > >June 13, 1822 at Jaffna, John Godfried KOCH Esq., lieutenant in the > Dutch E.I. Company's Service, aged 54, leaving behind him nine children > to lament his loss. > > > >(This second part is Penry Lewis's commentary.) He was the son of > Godfried KOCH of Alt-Ruppin, Neywork, Brandenburg (now Germany), who was > born 1734, went out to Ceylon in the ship 'Rosenberg' in 1755 and > married, November 9, 1760, Wilhelmina Magdalena ROVERT. Lt. J.G. Koch > married Susanna Elizabeth BROHIER. Their son, Cyrus Godfried, married > Jacomina Bernadina TOUSSAINT. Their son was the late Rev. Charles > Alexander KOCH, Colonial Chaplain of Holy Trinity Church, Colombo. > > > > > >No. 1697 Jaffna > > > >June 17, 1836 at Jaffna, Mary Ann, wife of Mr. Louis Henry KOCH, only > daughter of the late Lt. John KENNEDY, C.R.R., aged 20 years 32 days, > leaving an infant child. > > > >That's all! > > > >Georgina Watkins, Hamburg > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SRILANKA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > >-- >No virus found in this outgoing message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.11/460 - Release Date: 10/1/06 > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >SRILANKA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >--- >Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (HYPERLINK "http://www.grisoft.com"http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.732 / Virus Database: 486 - Release Date: 7/29/87 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (HYPERLINK "http://www.grisoft.com"http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.732 / Virus Database: 486 - Release Date: 7/29/04 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SRILANKA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.13.1/469 - Release Date: 9/10/2006 HYPERLINK "http://388807.sigclick.mailinfo.com/sigclick/010A0809/04054803/05064C03 /22201424.jpg" -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.2/471 - Release Date: 10/10/2006

Hi Mary Jane, Would you please see if there are any de Kretser or Sansoni names in your book? Thank you so much Jean Norwich,Norfolk

7.10.2006 Hi Gordon I do Burgher genealogy as a hobby. Maybe I can help you if you tewll me what you need. I give info for info - so watch out Malcolm Jansze At 06:34 PM 10/4/06, you wrote: >Hi Georgina > >I am writing to ask if you would be so very kind to look up the name >STRUYS for me please. I would be very grateful for information for any >reference to the name in this book please. > >Hoping that you can find the time to have a look. > >Best regards from Downunder. > >Gordon > > >Georgina Watkins wrote: > > >Dear Ann: > > > >In the book "List of inscriptions on tombstones and monuments in Ceylon" > by J. Penry Lewis, published 1913, there are two Kochs listed in the > section called "Obituary of the uncommemorated". I presume that the first > line in each case is information in the church burial register, but not sure. > > > >No. 1695 Jaffna > >June 13, 1822 at Jaffna, John Godfried KOCH Esq., lieutenant in the > Dutch E.I. Company's Service, aged 54, leaving behind him nine children > to lament his loss. > > > >(This second part is Penry Lewis's commentary.) He was the son of > Godfried KOCH of Alt-Ruppin, Neywork, Brandenburg (now Germany), who was > born 1734, went out to Ceylon in the ship 'Rosenberg' in 1755 and > married, November 9, 1760, Wilhelmina Magdalena ROVERT. Lt. J.G. Koch > married Susanna Elizabeth BROHIER. Their son, Cyrus Godfried, married > Jacomina Bernadina TOUSSAINT. Their son was the late Rev. Charles > Alexander KOCH, Colonial Chaplain of Holy Trinity Church, Colombo. > > > > > >No. 1697 Jaffna > > > >June 17, 1836 at Jaffna, Mary Ann, wife of Mr. Louis Henry KOCH, only > daughter of the late Lt. John KENNEDY, C.R.R., aged 20 years 32 days, > leaving an infant child. > > > >That's all! > > > >Georgina Watkins, Hamburg > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SRILANKA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > >-- >No virus found in this outgoing message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.11/460 - Release Date: 10/1/06 > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >SRILANKA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >--- >Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.732 / Virus Database: 486 - Release Date: 7/29/87 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.732 / Virus Database: 486 - Release Date: 7/29/04

Dear Listers: I also have this book and bought it this year by Googling the author/title. It was reprinted in 1994 by Navrang publishers in New Delhi. I got it via the Web from the following publisher of "Indological Publications", costs $54 from them http://www.sundeepbooks.com I have no connection with the publisher at all. But as others have said, ithe book is a really interesting and extraordinary source of information. J. Penry Lewis left a fantastic legacy, full of interesting insights into Ceylon life and highlighting the tragedies that accompanied colonial life - so many lost children and curtailed lives. Georgina

Hi MaryJane, I would appreciate lookups for the following surnames: BRIDGNELL MEERMAN (WEERMAN?) SCHNEIDER Many thanks in advance. David K Bridgnell in sunny north Cornwall ---------------------------------------- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 47 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len

For the benefit of all who are interested in obtaining a copy of J. Penry Lewis's 'Tombstones and Monuments in Ceylon' I purchased my copy (thanks to information received from other web-site members) from: - Lake House Bookshop, Colombo E-mail Address: sarathi@sri.lanka.net Personal Information: Address: 40 Hyde Park Corner Colombo 2 Sri Lanka Phone: 074-712473/305475 The cost was appx. £35 and worth every penny of it. I am also attaching the u/m contact information in case the shop no longer exists and further enquiry is needed: - Lalitha Colombage (Ms) E-mail Address): sltpo@wanadoo.nl Business Information: Title: Director Company: Sri Lanka Trade Promotion Office Address: The Netherlands Phone: 0031 70 360 1718 (0) (I HOPE THESE ADDRESSES ARE STILL RELEVANT!) As a matter of interest to my many family and other contacts in Sri Lanka and elsewhere, I have, due to numerous computer crashes, lost most of my old E-mail folders and some of my addresses, so would be very much appreciative if anyone who had sent me family details, could resend them again, presuming that they are still in your folders. Many thanks. Richard M Gray Swansea S. Wales UK

Hi MaryJane, could you please have a look in your book for the names HESSE and De Jonk/Jong. Thanks for the offer to do look-ups, Jennifer Melbourne, Australia

Hi MaryJane I was wondering if you could see if there is any mention of Kadrewell/cadrewell/Kaduwel or similar in your book. Particularly Martin, Walter or William. Many thanks Alison ---- Original message ---- >Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2006 16:29:19 +0000 >From: "maryjane O'C-L" <maryjane_ocl@hotmail.com> >Subject: Re: [SRILANKA] Look up please: HESSE & De Jonk/g >To: srilanka@rootsweb.com > >Hi Jennifer, >There are no Hesse Listed. > >On Page 87 of Tombstones and Monuments by J.Penry Lewis there are ........ > >Barbara Theodora (nee Hinckel) de Jong was the first wife of >Casparus.Adrianus. de Jong , >She died on the 23 September 1811 aged 19yrs. > >Page 162 > >Elizabeth (nee Mooyaart) de Jong was the first wife of the Hon. Jacob de >Jong (Commandeur of Galle) >She died 21st October 1747 aged 47yrs 5months and 11days old. > >Page 161 > >Elizabeth Margaritta (nee Heynen )( the widow of Joan Fredrik Gobius, >Governor of Malacca.). de Jong >She was the wife of Iman de Jong of Zierikzee. >She died on 4th December 1735 aged 45yrs 8months and 5days. > >Page 219 > >Iman de Jong born 10th January 1698 died on 13 December 1737 >He was the son of Johan de Jong and Sara Danckers. >He married Elizabeth Margaritta Heynen (widow of Joan Fredrik Gobius) > >Page 220 > >Maria Sophia (nee Ravens) de Jong was the second wife of the Hon. Jacob de >Jong Commandeur of Galle. >She was born 24th June 1706 in Jaffna and died on 23rd August 1749. > >Page 220 > >Susanna Anthonia (nee Van Pelt) de Jong was the third wife of the Hon. Jacob >de Jong Commandeur of Galle.# >She was born 22nd March 1727 in Batavia. and died on the 12th October 1751 >aged 24yrs 6months and 27days old. > >============================================================ == >The Hon.Jacob de Jong had another wife namely: Cornelia Schokman >born1732.whom he married on 28th September 1752. >MJ. > > > >Hi MaryJane, > could you please have a look in your book for >the names >HESSE and De Jonk/Jong. >Thanks for the offer to do look-ups, >Jennifer >Melbourne, Australia > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SRILANKA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Ivan, I got my copy earlier this year from a company in England who happened to have two copies of it advertised at that time on Amazon. I have since looked and nothing , do keep an eye out for it in case anyone else is selling it on Amazon. I will of course let you know if I see it anywhere. I have friends in the business so I shall ask around the dealers. MaryJane.............on a sunny evening in Suffolk UK.