Sri Lanka Burgher Family Genealogy

GUINAN, John - Family #1196

1  Guinan, John + Susanna Banting

   2  John Peter Guinan + Rosalind D'Oliveira (1197)

        3  Eleven other children

        3  Anastasia Gertrude Guinan, (father from Ireland and in the Railways, Mother a Ceylon Portuguese Burgher nee D'Olivera, Oliveira, Oliviera, b:16-Dec-1904 m:1928 + Robert Treslove Harridence b: late 1890's at Abottabad, NWFP, was orphaned in an epidemic, refused to return to UK with his siblings and was raised in a Military Orphanage. Served as an officer in one of the Ghurka Regiments in WWI, fought in Afghanistan and Mesapotamia (told a story of being reviewed by T E Lawrence) and was awarded the Military MBE. Moved to ceylon after the war and became a prosperous merchant having business relations with HMV and H K Hales. He was, as is mentioned, the first person in the world to commercially produce dessicated coconut. d:28-Nov-1977 (1195)

            4  Sylvia Mary Harridence, b:1929 in Ceylon + Mackerell

                5  John Mackerell (Madang, Papua New Guinea) tinpis@datec.net.pg

            4  Lionel Treslove (Len) Harridence

            4  Hiram Robert (Dick) Harridence

            4  Dawn Harridence + Trevor Berenger

    2  Bernard George Guinan, Ceylon