Sri Lanka Burgher Genealogy

 

LYFORD - Family #1180

 

 1  John Lyford of Pusselawa, Sri Lanka + Catherine Davidson b.13.3.1826 (d/o Andrew Davidson & Martha ?) m St.Paul's Pettah 19-Mar-1842

 

…2  John George Lyford b:4-Feb-1843

 

…2  William Alexander Lyford b:4-Aug-1944 bp at Holy Trinity Church Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka, tea planter on Poondhooloya North, then a coffee estate owned by Captain Reddie and P.D. Millie and Pallegoda Estate Bentota. 

 

…2  Harriet Jane Lyford b:15-Jul-1848 bp:St.Paul's Pettah, Colombo, SL

 

…2  Eliza Mary Lyford b:17-Mar-1853, bp:by Galle colonial chaplain + Stephen Charles Cassurier Vander Straaten b:4-Mar-1852

 

 

1  WILLIAM  ALEXANDER  LYFORD, Deceased by Jul 1906. There is no record of his death in Australia or England or Scotland. Currently I am assuming that he died in Ceylon. He was a planter and resident in Galle at the time of his son's birth i.e. Clarence Ernest Millie Lyford about 1879/82. The Ceylon Almanac 1858 lists J.Lyford as a resident of Pusselawa, which was the a coffee growing district. Fergusons's Ceylon directory of 1871/72 lists W.A. Lyford as a planter on Poondhooloya North, then a coffee estate owned by Captain Reddie and P.D. Millie. Ferguson's Ceylon Directory of 1898/99 has W.A. Lyford as a tea planter on Pallegoda Estate Bentota. This estate was later totally replanted in rubber. Ferguson in 1953 has a J.H.Lyford as an Assistant in Bosanquet & Skrine, an Estate Produce company.

 

…2  CLARENCE ERNEST MILLIE  LYFORD, b:about 1879-1882 at Galle, Ceylon, Died 22 Apr 1956 East Malvern, Victoria, Australia.  Obit in The Argus & a WILL, m:2-Jul-1906 at Registrar’s Office, Osmaston, Derbyshire,England + Mary Elizabeth Attenborough (1880-1952)

……3  WILLIAM ALEXANDER LYFORD, b:1907. Scotland, d. 18 March 1956. Victoria, Australia.  WILL + Alice May "Betty"

                

……3  FLORENCE MAY LYFORD, b:1913 South Yarra, Victoria, Australia + Stan Hillier

………4  Robyn Hiller

 

……3  EVELYN MARY LYFORD  aka Evelyn Alice, b:1919 Sunshine, Victoria, Australia

 

 

The Ceylon Almanac 1858:  J LYFORD: resident of Pusselawa. W A Lyford mentioned in Directories:  1863,  1871/2, 1873, 1898/9, 1903/4 Jun 1874 Passenger List of the Baroda: From Galle to Melbourne. Mr W.A.Lyford

 

 

ELIZABETH LYFORD born 7 Feb 1873    d. 18 Aug 1915 Colombo

m 15 Jun 1899 @ CMS Church, Tanjora, South India + Lawrence Isadore Michael de la Harpe (z.29 Sep 1872 Colombo) 5 children 1900-1913 Colombo

 

 

ELIZA LYFORD + Stephen Charles Cassiver van der Straaten:

3 children 1878-1887 Colombo

 

 

Ceylon Directory 1903/4:

H.P.E.LYFORD Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps. Volunteer, Kalutara.

MISS LYFORD.  Principal, Buona Vista School and Orphanage,Galle

 

Ferguson's Ceylon Directory for 1926 & 1940

Pannapitiya Estate, Galle District..... the proprietor or lessees were noted as... "heirs of W.A.Lyford"

 

 

Ferguson's 1953:

J H LYFORD: Assistant in Bosanquet & Skrine, an Estate Produce company

 

Family #1163 - Austin

VERA GLADYS5 VAN BUUREN (EDITH MAUD4 AUSTIN, ARTHUR NATHANIEL3, WILLIAM2, NATHANIEL1) was born 29 June 1903 in Galle (Ceylon) Sri Lanka. She married DR LAWRENCE STEMDALE LYFORD DE LA HARPE 12 April 1928 in St Michael's & All Angels Church, Colombo (Ceylon) Sri Lanka, son of LAWRENCE DE LA HARPE and DR LYFORD. He was born 8 April 1901 in Colombo (Ceylon) Sri Lanka.

More About DR LAWRENCE STEMDALE LYFORD DE LA HARPE: Degree: LMS(Ceylon), Occupation: Doctor in Civil Medical Department, Ceylon 

Children of VERA VAN BUUREN and LAWRENCE DE LA HARPE are:

i. GODFREY FREDERICK LAWRENCE6 DE LA HARPE, b. 20 February 1929, Colombo (Ceylon) Sri Lanka.

ii. DAVID STEMDALE DE LA HARPE, b. 12 December 1930, Colombo (Ceylon) Sri Lanka.

iii. MARY ROSITA DE LA HARPE, b. 13 May 1932, Colombo (Ceylon) Sri Lanka.