Sri Lanka Burgher Family Genealogy

ARMSTRONG - Family #1325

Researched, compiled, and collated by the late Dr Malcolm Jansze, Colombo, Sri Lanka

ARMSTRONG

John Armstrong of England, auctioneer b.about 1808 came to Ceylon in early British times d.Galle 26.3.1877 m DRG 23.1.1828 Henrietta Anna Helena Bogaars b.22.1.1812 dau Hendrickus Marinus Bogaars & Anna Jacoba Trek :-

1. Margaret Caroline b.26.8.1830 m DRG 10.5.1855 George Nathaniel Bogaars b.24.12.1822 s George Henry Bogaars & Anna Cornelia Andree

2. (J.E.) John Edward b.28.9.1831 d.11.11.1862

3. (B.M.) Benjamin Marcus b.18.10.1833 who follows under II

4. Matthew b,20.7.1836

II.

(B.M.) Benjamin Marcus Armstrong b.18.10.1833 d.Singapore 12.10.1899 m

a. DRG 15.9.1858 Frederica Amelia Speldewinde b.1.8.1841 d.11.2.1868 dau Fredrik Hendrik Speldewinde & Angenita Dorothea Smith

b. DRG 1.1.1872 Mary Anne Gertrude Garvin b.29.10.1852 d.3.1.1935 dau Thomas Forrest Garvin & Maria Georgiana ........

Of the first marriage he had :-

2. Kathleen Emily b.30.6.1859 m Matara 6.12.1876 Walter William Poulier b.16.9.1851 s Charles William Poulier & Susanna Priscilla Eliza Visser

3. (W.S.) Wilfred Speldewinde b.4.11.1860 who follows under III

4. Edith b.25.1.1862

Of the second marriage he had :-

5. Marion Ethel b.25.11.1872 d.12.5.1934 m

a. Selangor 1891 George Christopher Meier b.31.12.1870 d.21.10.1892 s Francis Theobald Meier & Caroline Toussaint

b. Scots Kirk, Orchard Rd., Singapore Julian Theodore Louis Giffening b.20.2.1870 s John Frederick Giffening & Henrietta Matilda Toussaint

6. Constance Anne b.5.12.1873 d.Singapore 23.12.1925 m RC, Kuala Lumpur 14.6.1890 Ignatius Perera (changed surname to Bracken on 9.3.1911) b.12.9.1868 d.7.6.1916 s S.M. Perera & Sophia Bracken

7. (M.H.) Marcus Hilary b.Galle 14.11.1874 who follows under IV

8. Alice Rose b.13.9.1876 m Scots Kirk, Orchard Rd. Singapore, Peter Bernard Toussaint Giffening b.23.7.1864 d.Kuala Lumpur 10.12.1925 s John Frederick Giffening & Henrietta Matilda Toussaint

9. Garvin (Jack) b.18.6.1878 who follows under V

10. (H.H.) Herbert Henry b.2.8.1879 who follows under VI

11. (B.M.) Benjamin Marcus b.16.4.1881 who follows under VII

12. (T.O/ T.B.) Terence O'Brien b.2.5.1883

13. (C.H.) Claude Harold b.14.10.1885 who follows under VIII

14. Elsie b.1890 m Anglican Church, Kuala Lumpur 1915 Oswald Riley

III.

(W.S.) Wilfred Speldewinde Armstrong, surveyor b.4.11.1860 d.17.6.1931 m MCM 29.12.1887 Agnes Constance Maud de Zilva b.7.5.1865 d.28.5.1926 dau Edmund Henry de Zilva & Julia Maria Alexandrina Pompeus :-

1. Edmund b.25.1.1891 d.in infancy

2. Frances Edwyna b.5.3.1893

3. Marjorie Constance b.2.9.1897 d.7.8.1962 m

a. SMM 10.9.1919 Herbert Clarence (Cookson) Ebert b.18.12.1896 d.30.7.1970 s Justin Oswald Ebert, JP & Augusta Mabel de Zilva - divorced

b. MCM 6.8.1925 William Henry Grenier b.8.4.1889 s Pieter Edward Alfred Grenier & Eugenie Matilda Leembruggen

4. Frances Ethel b.1905 d.Matara 10.8.1974 m SKK 29.12.1948 Arthur Gough ^Sheep^ of Canada b.1902 div. Alma G. ....... s Simon P. ^Sheep^ & ......

5. (D.S.) Denis Speldewinde b.1.8.1927 who follows under IX

IV.

(M.H.) Marcus Hilary Armstrong b.14.11.1874 m Church of the Good Shepherd, Singapore 14.2.1912 Theresa (Ressie) ^Langer^ b.Sonnenberg, Bohemia 13.8.1894 dau Joseph ^Langer^ of Kaaden, Czechoslovakia & Anna ^Suchful^ :-

1. Dorothea Resie Ethel (Dixie) b.Singapore 23.2.1913

2. }2 sons who died in infancy

3. }

4. Grace Anna b.Singapore 12.7.1915 m

a. ......... (and had Marc)

b. .........

5. (R.E.H.) Ralph Emil Hilary (John) b.Czechoslovakia 12.11.1928 who follows under X

Garvin (Jack) Armstrong b.18.6.1878 d.28.10.1939 m St.Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore 20.6.1908 Mabel Rose Wright :-

1. Dorothea b.13.3.1909 m St.Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore 1939 Harry Miller

2. (A.G.) Arthur Garvin b.21.8.1910 who follows under XI

3. (G.B.) George Benjamin b.12.8.1911

4. (R.M.) Ronald Melville b.3.5.1913 who follows under XII

5. (J.P.) John Perham b.7.3.1915

6. Iris Fairburn b.30.12.1916

7. (M.W.) Montgomery Wright b.29.7.1918 m London 1946 and settled there

8. (V.C.) Vincent Carlyle b.12.10.1919 m Anglican Church, Kuala Lumpur 6.1.1942 Lydia Irene Grenier b.30.6.1916 dau Walter John Piachaud Grenier, FIAA, FCIS & Lydia Irene Van Langenberg

9. Sylvia Louise b.11.8.1921 m London 1946 ......... ^Manly^, captain

10. (R.B.) Robin Bracken (adop) b.12.10.1939 (s Edward Vernon Bracken & Noble Tressie Erskine)

VI.

(H.H.) Herbert Henry Armstrong b.2.8.1879 d.Singapore 10.8.1945 m Anglican Church, Seremban 4.11.1905 Louise Isabelle Stork :-

1. Maria Louise Elinor b.6.4.1908

2. (M.H.L.G.) Marcus Herbert Louis Garvin b.14.7.1910

3. (T.W.S.) Terence William Stork b.26.8.1912 who follows under XIII

4. (N.E.F.) Noel Ernest Fairburn b.13.12.1917

5. (P.B.F.) Philip Bruce Fairburn b.8.3.1919

6. (G.K.F.) George Kenneth Fairburn b.3.9.1925

VII.

(B.M.) Benjamin Marcus Armstrong b.16.4.1881 d.Raub, Penang FMS 1918 m Genevieve Robless d.196. (aged 86) dau Laurentius Magnus (Maximilian) Robless & Josephine Alfreda Doral :-

1. (L.C.) Leonard Cecil who follows under XIV

2. Eva b.1911

3. Ted

4. Alfred

5. Walter

VIII.

(C.H.) Claude Harold Armstrong b.14.10.1885 d.19.5.1944 m Church of the Good Shepherd, Singapore 21.2.1914 Jennie Catherine ^Wyes^ b.10.10.1895 dau Daniel Lewis ^Wyes^ of Rotterdam & Mary Madeleine ^Tan^ of Java :-

1. (H.G.) Harold Garvin b.21.9.1914 who follows under XV

2. (E.C.) Eric Claude b.5.10.1915 who follows under XVI

3. (L.H.) Lawrence Hugh b.5.6.1917

4. Beverley May b.26.5.1918 m Church of the Good Shepherd, Singapore 7.9.1938 Evelyn George Howard (Dudley) Scharenguivel b.1.2.1909 d.UK s George Fretz Howard Scharenguivel & Evelyn May Loos

5. Margery Jennie b.24.5.1919 d.5.10.1919

6. Phyllis Catherine b.2.7.1920

IX.

(D.S.) Denis Speldewinde Armstrong b.1.8.1927 d.11.9.2002 m 7.5.1960 Marie Lucy Pereira b.11.11.1937 :-

1. Patricia Frances b.Nuwara Eliya 16.3.1961 m SLW 23.1.1988 Tyrone Mario Caldera b.5.12.1957 s Christopher Malcolm Caldera & Jeanette Barbara Pereira

2. Rosemary m Robert-Paul .........

3. Maryann m Nihal Jayakody

Denis - gf (Denis) & Kevin, (Krystina) & Roseann

(R.E.H.) Ralph Emil Hilary (John) Armstrong b.Czechoslovakia 12.11.1928 m Singapore ......... Verna Dorothy ^Bryant^ b.Bombay, India 7.9.1922 w Horace Burby :-

1. (G.M.D.) Gordon Michael Denham (adop) (son of Horace Burby & Verna Dorothy ^Bryant^)

2. Gloria Jean Philomena (adop) (dau of Horace Burby & Verna Dorothy ^Bryant^) m Fionn Richard Moss s William Barry Moss & .........

3. (R.F.) Roy Fabian b.Singapore 29.12.1952 who follows under XVII

4. Charmaine Theresa b.Singapore 8.11.1957 m St.William's RC Church, Brisbane, Australia Bruce Leonard Leahy

XI.

(A.G.) Arthur Garvin Armstrong b.21.8.1910 m RO Singapore, Maisie Harris :-

1. (A.G.) Arthur Garvin b.3.6.1939

2. (R.A.G.) Roger Alexander Garvin b.23.9.1945

3. Bridget Ann b.20.5.1948

XII.

(R.M.) Ronald Melville Armstrong b.3.5.1913 m Church of the Good Shepherd, Singapore, Gladys Jansen :-

1. dau

2. dau

XIII.

(T.W.S.) Terence William Stork Armstrong b.26.8.1912 m Leonora Francis :-

1. Philip b.1939

XIV.

(L.C.) Leonard Cecil Armstrong m Barbara Beatrice ^Allen^ dau Robert ^Allen^ & Esther ^Johnson^ :-

1. (L.L.) Leo Leslie who follows under XVIII

2. son b.1939

3. dau b.1933

XV.

(H.G.) Harold Garvin Armstrong b.21.9.1914 m Sydney, Australia 12.9.1946 Aubigny Cecilia Porter b.31.5.1914 :-

1. (B.L.) Barry Lionel b.9.5.1948

XVI.

(E.C.) Eric Claude Armstrong b.5.10.1915 d.Australia .10.1993 m SMB 2.9.1944 Beulah Jessyl Morgan b.17.6.1927 d.2.9.1996 dau Edmund Lynnette Bilsborough Morgan & Frederica Georgiana Joyce Ludekens :-

1. (G.A.G.) Grant Anthony Garvin b.25.6.1946 who follows under XIX

2. (G.E.F.) Graham Eric Forrest b.29.9.1948

3. Mary Ann (Jennie) b.13.6.1952 m ...... ^Houlihan^ of USA

XVII.

(R.F.) Roy Fabian Armstrong b.29.12.1952 m St.Mary's RC Church, Melbourne, Australia Beverley Ann Van Dort :-

1. (J.A.) Justin Alex b.Melbourne, Australia 1.4.1987

2. (G.A.) Glen Andrew b.Melbourne, Australia 3.10.1988

XVIII.

(L.L.) Leo Leslie Armstrong m Mona ^Lan^ :-

1. Sharon m ......... Jalleh

XIX.

(G.A.G.) Grant Anthony Garvin Armstrong b.25.6.1946 m Evelyn Margaret Smith of Australia dau Sidney Smith oif Dundee, Scotland & Muriel Holland :-

1. (A.G.G.) Adam Gregory Garvin b.Australia 26.4.1974 who follows under XX

2. Clare Mary Elizabeth b.20.3.1976 m Mark Andrew ^Hanney^ of Australia (and had Joshua & Michael)

3. Catriona Marie b.5.5.1978 m Michael ^Youngman^ of Australia (and had Mitchell, Brandon & Lachlan)

4. Jaclyn Marion Stephanie b.17.1.1981 m Nathan George ^Sharkey^

XX.

(A.G.G.) Adam Gregory Garvin Armstrong b.26.4.1974 m Leanne Marie ^Lockitt^ :-

1. (C.A.G.) Cameron Anthony Garvin b.15.3.2006

original Armstrong was Scottish, and was the Kings guards. Banished from England and escaped to Ceylon while being transported to Australia

John Armstrong, planter b.about 1905 m Alice Walker :-

1. Merle d.

2. Sylvia

3. (H.L.) Henry Lorenz b.4.6.1925 who follows under II

4. (G.E.) George E. b.16.4.1927 who follows under III

5. Angela d.19.10.2013 m MC.. 6.4.1953 Llewellyn Herbert James Sinnot Bertus b.21.3.1929 s Frederick Llewellyn Bertus & Emma Cecilia James

6. Lynne Myrna Therese b.14.7.1941 m SACK 21.6.1958 Edwin Aelian Wanigasekere b.21.10.1939 d.13.10.1992 s Edwin Wanigasekere & Gladys Berenger

7. June d.11.6.1998 m 26.2.1962 D.W. Stanley Fernando d.Switzerland 6.6.1997 s Dunstan Walter Shelton Fernando & Margaret Cramer

II.

(H.L.) Henry Lorenz Armstrong b.4.6.1925 m Mavis Thelma Thompson d.12.5.1997 dau Edward Walter (Tom) Thompson & Lily Brownlow ^Kershaw^ :-

1. Kinoo m Paul Estenson

2. (D.L.) Dihan Lorenzo of Piliyandala b.4.6.1963 m Sureka .........

Mavis - gm Kimberley & Shehan

III.

(G.E.) George E. Armstrong b.16.4.1927 m SPK 26.12.1959 Glencora Garth b. .10.1937 dau Eric William Garth & Ruby Dagmar Fortune Vanden Driesen :-

1. (R.G.) Rodney George b.30.11.1960 who follows under IV

2. Glynis Deborah b.8.6.1962 m ....... de Silva

IV.

(R.G.) Rodney George Armstrong b.30.11.1960 m 6.8.1983 Dilrukshi Amerasinghe dau Andrew Abraham Amerasinghe & Irene Gunasekere :-

1. Ryan

2. Kenyan

3. Shannon

(C.S.) Charles Spearman Armstrong of Hewaheta, planter b.England 1848 m CCMut 30.3.1875 Angeline Julie Rudd b.22.7.1856 dau Henry Rudd & Emma Marguerite Clara Piachaud :-

1. (J.S.) John Spearman b.17.8.1879 who follows under II

II.

(J.S.) John Spearman Armstrong, planter b.17.8.1879 m

a. SMFCD 29.3.1911 Constance Mary Mitchell b.16.1.1891 dau John Mitchell & Mary Howie

b. 6.1.1913 Dora Mary .........

Of the second marriage he had :-

1. (N.S.) Nevill Spearman b.30.10.1913

George Armstrong, planter b.about 1917 d.22.12.1982 m Elsie ....... d.10.9.1981 :-

1. (H.G.) Henry George b.1937 who follows under II

2. Fred

II.

(H.G.) Henry George Armstrong, planter b.1937 d.8.7.1986 m SACK 25.4.1964 Lilian Helena Josephine Downall b.6.3.1938 dau Nelson Augustus Downall & Adeline Lilian Elias :-

1. Michael b.23.12.1966

2. Tyronne

3. Angie

(F.E.) Frederick E. Armstrong of Col 7 b.about 1929 d.14.10.1997 m Gladys ......... d.1.1.2015 (obit CDN) :-

1. Gordon d.Sydney, Australia 30.4.2008 m Yogarani Vannitamby dau Frederick Ebenezer Rajaselvam Vannitamby & Selina Marguerite (Girlie) Candappa

2. Herman who follows under II

3. Ellen Amirtharani (Ranee) d.Brisbane, Australia 19.12.1995 m ......... Gunaratnam

4. Norman d.23.3.2007 m Kumu ..........

5. Sharmini m MCKo 11.12.1969 Anand Jayarajan d. s Paul Marcus Jayarajan & Tara ..........

II.

Herman Armstrong d.5.4.2000 m DRWe 28.6.1975 Sakuntala Rasanayagam dau Alfred S. Rasanayagam & Rani ......... :-

1. Sharmila

2. Anushka

appendix

1. William Armstrong, sergeant, 66th regiment b.about 1794 m Anne ......... :-

1. John b.20.6.1814 SST

2. John Armstrong, sergeant 58th b.about 1805 m Tipperary 23.12.1825 Johanna ......... :-

1. Elizabeth b.26.11.1829 SPF

3. Charles Armstrong, private 18th b.about 1815 m Glenn, Ireland 11.5.1835 Jane ......... :-

1. William b.2.12.1837 SPF

2. Mary b.13.12.1839 SST

4. J.F. Armstrong, contractor b.about 1849 m ........ :-

1. C. b.1869

5. (C.T.) Charles Thomas Armstrong b.about 1854 m ......... :-

1. (C.D.) Charles Dyson of Madras and England, planter b.1874 m SMAC 17.2.1914 Phyllis Holder ^Perry^ of Bristol, Eng. b.1880 dau Henry H-^Perry^ & .........

6. Harry Armstrong b.about 1882 m ......... :-

1. Ethel Mary b.1902 m SKK 27.12.1932 Ronald Charles Cadell Macdonald b.1902 s Ronald Cadell Macdonald & ..........

7. Paul Armstrong b.about 1897 m .........:-

1. (R.W.) Raymond William, staff sergeant, Royal Engineers b.1917 m SPK 5.6.1943 Ruth Mignonne Anthonisz b.1.12.1923 dau Noel Winfield Anthonisz & Ruth Meier

8. (W.J.) Walter J. Armstrong b.about 1937 d.14.6.1992 m Stella de Silva (Makalanda) dau Makalandage Albert de Silva (Makalanda) & Pearl Hilda Therese Bibile :-

1. Cindy ] m Tony ........

2. Sonia b.14.11.1957 ] m Anosha .........

3. Thomas m Shiromi Rambukpota dau Charles Premasingha Rambukpota & Benita Hyacinth Wickremanayake

4. Helen ]

Benita - mil Cindy Armstrong

9. (F.J.) Francis James Armstrong d.3.11.1962 m ......... :-

1. Theresa

2. Rajan m ......... Chinniah dau Justin Chinniah & Pauline (Rasathy) .........

3. J.

10. F.J. Armstrong of Jaffna b.about 1930 m ......... :-

1. Rethica m St,Michael's Church, Woodgreen, London, UK 15.8.1970 Mark David s Joel Timothy David & Getsie Imbal .........

2. Theresa m St.Michael's Church, Woodgreen, London, UK 11.4.1966 T. Chitra David d.UK 19.1.2014 s Joel Timothy David & Getsie Imbal .........

11. ......... Armstrong m ......... :-

1. June m George ^de Tarczynski^

12. ........ Armstrong b.about 1932 m ......... :-

1. Lohini m .9.1972 Raymond Joseph

13. ......... Armstrong b.about 1840 m ......... :-

1. Louisa Frances Oliphant b.1860 m Deltota 3.8.1881 Adrian Carey b.1853 w

14. .......... Armstrong m Lyn Van Romondt dau ......... Van Romondt & Rosemary Van Rooyen

15. .......... Armstrong m Shirin Mendis b.7.6.1946 dau Wilfred Louis Mendis, dr & Esme Kathleen de Ley

16. .......... Armstrong m Margaret ........ d.8.7.1953

17. ......... Armstrong m Tina Marie de Vos dau Samuel Denis Austin de Vos & Jeanne Marlene Therese Dawn Arnolda

^ ^ = not cross referenced. = not checked, V= Vernon, M= Malcolm

@ = not married

Family Tree data

collected and compiled by the late Dr. Malcolm Jansze, Colombo,

Sri Lanka - mjansze@sltnet.lk

* See Church Abbreviation List

** Research done by Dr. Malcolm Jansze