Sri Lanka Burgher Family Genealogy

FAMILY RODÉ - Family #1052

Balthazar Rodé born in Hamburg, Germany; died 4 February 1769; married Brigandia Elandia Verlangen 6 December 1739.

Child of Balthazar Rodé and Brigandia Elandia Verlangen is:
Hermanus Balthazar Rodé married Florentina Koolhass (Koolhaas); died 24 January 1826.

Child of Hermanus Balthazar Rodé and Florentina Koolhass (Koolhaas) is:
Johannes Jacobus Rodé, Proctor, baptised at Tuticorin 20 June 1773; died 23 November 1837; married Anna Margarita Visser 9 July 1812 in the Dutch Reformed Church Wolvendaal, Colombo, Ceylon.

Children of Johannes Jacobus Rodé and Anna Margarita Visser are:
(1) Gerhardus Adolphus born 15 April 1813; died 29 April 1867; married Charlotta Josephina Jansz 28 November 1839 in the Dutch Reformed Church, Wolvendaal, Colombo, Ceylon Charlotta Josephina Jansz born 31 October 1822; died 13 July 1897; daughter of Abel Christoffel Jansz and Maria Kroeff.
(2) Arnoldus Henricus born 21 December 1814; died 29 April 1874; married Julia Ursula Demmer 11 July 1844 in the Dutch Reformed Church Wolvendaal, Colombo, Ceylon.
(3) Merciana Wilhelmina born 19 June 1816; died 22 October 1876; married Thomas Vincent Carron 28 September 1856 in the Dutch Reformed Church, Wolvendaal, Colombo, Ceylon. Thomas Vincent Carron died 12 April 1867; son of Lodewyk Pieter Carron and Anna Catharina Nonis.
(4) Willem Fredrik born 9 October 1818.
(5) Justinus Andreas born 27 November 1820; died 27 June 1881; married Josephina Matilda Heyn 7 October 1847 in the Dutch Reformed Church Wolvendaal, Colombo, Ceylon. Josephina Matilda Heyn born 1 May 1826. Child of Justinus Andreas Rodé and Josephina Matilda Heyn is: Josephina Matilda born 16 July 1849; died 2 January 1932; married Francis Edward Rodé 11 May 1870 in the Dutch Reformed Church, Wolvendaal, Colombo, Ceylon.
(6) Johannes Martinus born 1 January 1823; married twice in the Dutch Reformed Church, Wolvendaal, Colombo, Ceylon (1) 3 February 1853 Petronella Wolff, died 23 June 1861; (2) 25 July 1862 Engeltina Petronella Kelaart born 23 October 1838, daughter of Samuel Kelaart and Frederica Bernardina Schneider.
(7) Petronella Hermina born 30 September 1824; died 21 December 1848.
(8) Catharina Frederica born 12 March 1827; died 26 December 1846.
(9) Petronella Theodora born 12 April 1829; died 20 July 1849.
(10) Gerhardus Arnoldus born 3 February 1832; died 3 May 1893; married in the Dutch Reformed Church, Wolvendaal, Colombo, Ceylon, 3 February 1862 Wilhelmina Paulina Georgiana Carron, born 28 October 1844; died 22 September 1897; daughter of Philip Henry Carron and Louisa Christiana Ohlmus.

Children of Gerhardus Adolphus Rodé and Charlotta Josephina Jansz are:
(1) Mary Ann born 22 July 1841; died 5 June 1849.
(2) Albert Henry born 20 November 1842; died 21 February 1884; married in the Dutch Reformed Church, Wolvendaal, Colombo, Ceylon, 24 october 1867, Maria Elizabeth Ohlmus, born 11 September 1836, daughter of Gabriel Johannes Ohlmus and Merciana Catharina LaBrooy.
(3) Eugene born 12 April 1844; died 21 January 1913; married in the Dutch Reformed Church, Wolvendaal, Colombo, Ceylon, 11 February 1869, Anne Frederica Carron, born 31 May 1851, died 2 May 1916, daughter of Charles William Carron and Anne juliana Elizabeth Franciscus.
(4) Frederica Matilda born 3 March 1846
(5) Francis Edward born 19 February 1847; died 26 November 1888; married in the Dutch Reformed Church, Wolvendaal, Colombo, Ceylon, 11 May 1870, Josephina Matilda Rodé.
(6) John born 22 April 1849; died 2 November 1890; married (1) in Holy Trinity Church, Colombo, Ceylon, Ellen Alice Bennett (2) in the Dutch Reformed Church, Wolvendaal, Colombo, Ceylon, 10 February 1879 Eva Melder.
(7) Frederick Philip born 8 April 1850; died 21 November 1895; married in the Dutch Reformed Church, Wolvendaal, Colombo, Ceylon, 28 September 1876, Caroline Lydia Bocks, born 3 February 1857, died 19 October 1891, daughter of William Bocks and Margarita Petronella Jansz.
(8) Maria Elizabeth born 20 February 1853.
(9) Owen Edmund born 20 January 1856; married in the Dutch Reformed Church, Wolvendaal, Colombo, Ceylon, 22 February 1883, Alice Maria Rodé
(10)James Peter born 16 September 1860; died 20 October 1912; married in the Dutch Reformed Church, Wolvendaal, Colombo, Ceylon, 16 February 1885, Adeline Lucretia Koelmeyer, born 15 December 1864, daughter of Henry Martin Koelmeyer and Mary Ann Koelmeyer.

Children of James Peter Rode

Sylvia Elaenor Rode 1905-1945 + Samuel George Herft 1911 (1045)

Children of Sylvia Eleanor Rode

Sylvia Claudette Herft 1936

Spencer George Herft 1938

Children of Francis Edward Rodé and Josephina Matilda Rodé are:
(1) Stella Frances born 17 August 1871; died 22 August 1928; married in St Pauls Church, Pettah, Colombo, Ceylon, 7 December 1896, George Frederick Potger, born 13 September 1868, son of James William Potger and Maria Catherine
Oorloff.
(2) Violet Constance born 28 November 1872; married in St Pauls Church, Pettah, Colombo, Ceylon, 5 September 1895, Adolphus Cecil Ernest Rodé.
(3) Milicent Ada born 10 November 1874; married in the Dutch Reformed Church, Bambalapittiya, Colombo, Ceylon, 18 December 1907, Samuel Henry Fernando, born 25 March 1861, died 14 February 1920, son of Christopher Fernando and Margaret de Zilwa.
(4) Beatrice May born 1 October 1876; died young.
(5) Matilda Gertrude born 13 September 1880; married in the Dutch Reformed Church, Bambalapittiya, Colombo, Ceylon, 26 December 1929, George Frederick Potger, widower of Stella Frances Rodé.
(6) Edina Victoria born 24 May 1882; died september 1950 Colombo, Ceylon; married in All Saints Church, Borella, Colombo, Ceylon, 4 November 1909, Albert Edward Raux, born 6 September 1887, son of James Lambert Raux and Priscilla Julia Ebert.
(7) Albert Edward born 11 October 1884; died 9 December 1938.
(8) Basil Alden born 30 January 1887; married (1) in the Dutch Reformed Church, Bambalapittiya, Colombo, Ceylon, 14 February 1913, Adelaide Lilian Rodé; (2) in the Dutch Reformed Church, Regent Street, Colombo, Ceylon, 14 September 1921, Myrtle Alice Lamont, born 27 September 1900, daughter of George William Lamont and Anna Alice Moss.
(9) Edina Bertha born 25 May 1888; married (1) Francis Alvis, Medical Practitioner; (2) Alfred Peries, News Reporter.

Child of Edina Victoria Rodé and Albert Edward Raux is:
Victoria Edina Ruth Raux born 11 August 1921 married Leslie Edmund Vernon Ferdinand 2 January 1943 in St Lawrences Church, Wellawatte, Colombo, Ceylon. Leslie Edmund Vernon Ferdinand died 31 December 1982.