Sri Lanka Burgher Family Genealogy

DE SELFA – Family #1329

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

DE SELFA

Philip de Silva b.about 1825 m Anna Maria Louisa ......... :-

1. Henry b. .7.1845 who follows under II

II.

Henry de Silva (?Selfa) b. .7.1845 m SACK .6.1870 Georgiana Nicholas b.1855 dau John Nicholas & ......... :-

1. Apolonia b.20.4.1870

2. Gregory b.9.5.1872

3. (W.H.) Walter Henry who follows under II

4. Elizabeth b.1881 m ASB 20.6.1900 Don Joseph Perera s Cornelis Perera & Johanna Pieris

III.

(W.H.) Walter Henry de Selfa m SMB 17.2.1890 Barbara Ellen Gaye dau Peter Frederick Gaye & Louisa ......... :-

1. Eleanora b. .2.1891

2. Conrad who follows under III

IV.

Conrad de Selfa d.25.3.1977 m

a. C. Balkhuysen dau James Balkhuysen, doctor &. ........

b. SLK 19.2.1917 Lilian Theresa Perera d.20.7.1979 dau Vincent Perera & Ada Catherine .........

Of the second marriage he had :-

2. Constance Melrose Iris b.10.6.1917 ASB d.16.11.1972 m SLK 30.5.1938 Joseph Cosmas Reckerman b.22.9.1911 d.3.10.1983 s James Vincent Reckerman & Joseline Holdenbottel

3. Ann Bertha b.25.7.1920 SLK d.12.8.2013 m

a. SLK 26.12.1938 Edward de Witt s Edrick Lawrence (George) de Witt & Evelyn de Valliere - divorced

b. Colonnage Don Victor Vijayasiri Colonne d.7.11.1987

4. Ambrose b.1.3.1923 SLK

5. Mary Winifred b.5.7.1924 SLK

6. Erin Josephine Beryl b.19.3.1926 SLK d.London, England 3.9.2013 m

a. Colombo 1948 Benjamin Donovan Lorenz Andree b.29.4.1902 d.4.7.1959 div Esme Winifred Alice Roosmale Cocq s Ambrose Lorenz Andree & Emily Irene Melder - divorced

b. ......... Shinya

c. Westminster Cathedral, London, UK 25.10.1964 Neri Fernandez of Goa b.1932

7. Mary Annette b.19.4.1930 SLK m

a. Wellawatte 29.5.1948 Edward Bernard

b. Germany 25.9.1968 Peter Dietze s Rudolph Dietze & .........

8. Maurice

(B.C.) Bonnie Coulton de Selfa, piano tuner b.about 1894 m

a. A. Matilda .........

b. Teresa Perera

Of the first marriage he had :-

2. (M.L.) Michael Lionel b.1914 who follows under II

Of the second marriage he had :-

3. Muriel b.24.1.1923

4. Angelina b.23.10.1926 m SACK 18.12.1951 Pantaleon Dodwell Ferdinand b.1926 s George Henry Ferdinand & Mary Margaret Rezel

5. Beatrice b.5.11.1930 m Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Nicolandra .........

6. Victor b.3.1.1934

7. (L.G.) Lloyd George b.1936 who follows under III

II.

(M.L.) Michael Lionel de Selfa, piano tuner b.1914 m SACK 18.2.1937 Janet Petronella Peterson b.13.5.1921 dau Dionysius Fabian Peterson & Matilda Petersay :-

1. Mary Esther b.11.3.1937

2. Elizabeth Janice b.21.3.1938

3. Marie b.10.8.1940

4. Peter b.3.12.1941

5. Mary Patricia b.30.3.1943

6. Muriel Mary b.25.2.1946

7. Anthony b.3.1.1948

8. Monica b.5.3.1950

9. Oliver b.10.10.1951

10. (P.N.) Paul Neville b.7.10.1954

11. Mary Erin b.30.1.1956

III.

(L.G.) Lloyd George de Selfa, mechanic b.1936 m SACK 4.7.1964 Angappali Pearl Josephine ......... b.1946 dau A-Wilfred ........., ayurvedic doctor & Nandawathie ......... :-

1. Helen Brenda b.6.9.1964

1. H. de Selfa b.about 1854 m Maria ......... :-

1. Catherine b.1.12.1874

2. (W.A.) Walter Alfred de Selfa b.1872 d.29.6.1899

3. (J.P.) James Peter de Selfa b.about 1886 m Maria Kelaart :-

1. (S.J.) Shelton Joseph m ASB 25.11.1926 Linda Isadora Livera b.27.5.1902 dau Clement Oliver Sidney Livera & Cecilia Anastasia Evelyn Ferdinand

4. Henry de Selfa, piano tuner d.11.2.1991 m Jenny ......... d.20.8.1982 :-

1. Carlton

2. Bernard b.5.11.1937

3. Philomena b.1.10.1939 ] m Nadaraja .........

4. (B.C.) Bertram Christopher b.25.6.1941

5. Sophia Philomena b. .1.1944] m Incrake .........

6. Sybil ] m Siddique .........

7. Felicia ] m Arachchige .........

8. Ashley

9. Myrtle ] m Ariyasena .........

10. Lynda ] m Stanley Pieris

11. Christy

12. Erin ]

5. ......... de Selfa m ......... :-

1. Catherine m Richard Martil b.about 1861

6. ......... de Selfa m ......... :-

1. Theresa Helen m Jonathan Richard Crusz b.about 1900

7. ......... de Selfa m ......... :-

1. Beatrice m David Liyanage

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

@ = not married

Family Tree data collected and compiled by Dr. Malcolm Jansze, Colombo, Sri Lanka - mjansze@sltnet.lk

* See Church Abbreviation List

** Research done by Dr. Malcolm Jansze