NOTE: This family is listed here under Sri
Lankan Burgher Family Genealogy
only because it has links to some Burghers of Sri
Lanka. For all intents and
purposes the Gogerly
family is from the
Gogerly family tree going as far
back as the Gogerly
who fought and died in The
American War of Independence. He was
the Grandf
Alex Gogerly
1
Daniel Gogerly
+ Elizabeth
2 Rev Daniel J. Gogerly, b:25-Aug-1792 in London, d:6-Sep-1862 in Ceylon, arrived in Ceylon in 1818 + Sarah Kenegan Born unknown England Married 19 January 1817, Christchurch, Greyfriars, London England Died 20 September 1821, Madras, India
2 2nd
spouse of Rev
Daniel J. Gogerly,
b:25-Aug-1792 in London,
d:6-Sep-1862 in Ceylon, arrived in Ceylon in
1818 + Baroness Johanna Anna Sussanna van Leyden*,
b:23-Sep-1793 in Colombo, Ceylon, widow of
Jean Guillaume Du
Bois de Lassosay,
Married 18 September
1822 Died 9 November 1829,
Colombo Ceylon.
(1135)
3 Elizabeth Gogerly
Born 24 June 1823
Colombo
Ceylon Died 1 April 1890 Surrey England + William
Green, m:24-Sep-1845,
who
went to South Africa from Ceylon
arriving in Natal South Africa on 15/2/1849 on the
"Douglas"..
William was born 1822 in
4 William
Dutton
Green, remained in
5
William George
Green, born in Victoria, Aust.
and he married and had a large family in
6
7
Judith Hayes
4 John
George Green,
remained in
4 Arthur
Henry Green
+ Augusta Cornelia van der Straaten
in
4 Charles
Joseph
Green + Euphemia
Morgan in
4
4 daughter
4 daughter
3 Daniel
Gogerly Born,
1827,
4 Name
Not Known
5 Name
Not Known
6 Alex
Gogerly
2 3rd spouse
of Rev Daniel J. Gogerly,
b:25-Aug-1792 in London, d:6-Sep-1862 in Ceylon,
arrived in Ceylon in 1818 + Eliza Jane Torriano, Daughter
of Lieut. Charles C. Torriano
of London Born London
Married 6 July 1830 Cotta, Colombo, Ceylon
Died Unknown (dates etc not
known)
2 4th spouse
of Rev Daniel J. Gogerly,
b:25-Aug-1792 in London, d:6-Sep-1862 in Ceylon,
arrived in Ceylon in 1818 + Anna Deborah McCully (Widow of
the Rev: James Chater)
country of birth etc not
known Married in Colombo Ceylon Died 21
December 1861 Colombo Ceylon.
2
Gogerly
3 Agnes
Gogerly
Rev Daniel John Gogerly, son of Daniel and Elizabeth
Gogerly,
and 1st cousin of Charles James Gogerly
was a Methodist Missionary. He arrived in
He was born in
Converted at the age of
fourteen, he gave early
indication of his devotion and ability. He adopted
the trade of a printer and
during his early years came under the notice of
Richard Watson who induced him
to join the staff of the then newly formed "
He was a very distinguished
man and was said to be the
greatest man that Methodism ever gave to
Up until his arrival in
Wesleyan missionary to
The following description of
him was given by another
missionary " with the
head of a German, the heart
of an Englishman, the faith of a Methodist he was
a great man in every way. In
mental stature he stood head and shoulders above
his brethren, in scholarship
in his own line he has left no peer. In
administration capacity he could have
governed a kingdom. As a preacher he was as
convincing as Apollo and as sinewy
as Paul. The best of the man was his kind and
large heart. He was the William
Carey of
In Agnes Gogerly's letter to
Laura Green (see comments under "Early History")
she states
"About uncle Daniel Gogerly,
Professor Max
Muller of Oxford said in his book, "------- from a
German workshop"
the church has sent out many great missionaries
but if it had sent out only
two, David Livingston and Daniel Gogerly the world
would have been made a constant debt to the
church"
He married four times and
was widowed four times!!
1st Wife
Sarah Kenegan Born
unknown England Married 19
January 1817, Christchurch, Greyfriars,
London
England Died 20 September 1821, Madras, India
2nd Wife
Baroness Anna Johanna Suzanna
Van Lynden - Born
23 September 1793
3rd Wife
Eliza Jane Torriano,
Daughter of Lieut. Charles C. Torriano of London Born
London Married 6 July 1830
Cotta, Colombo, Ceylon Died Unknown (dates etc
not known)
4th Wife
Anna Deborah McCully
(Widow of the Rev: James Chater)
country of birth etc not known Married in
Colombo Ceylon Died
He only had issue from his
second marriage, Elizabeth Gogerly Born
Elizabeth
Gogerly
On
Elizabeth and William
migrated to
They left
Following the de
Some of their descendants in
Daniel Gogerly married Maria Johanna Gertruida
Leembruggen on
Information
taken from
Ref: Dutch Union
Burgher Journal Vol. XXIII, 1934.
R.G. Anthonisz wrote in
the Ceylon Literary Register(quoted
in Lewis
-Tombstones and Monuments of Ceylon 1913) "There
are no doubts a great
many people beside those of his own family , who
still remember the late Mr
Otho de Lassosay.
Left an orphan at five years of age, most of his
early years were spent in the
house of his stepf
There is a lengthy writeup
(one page) about
Jean Guillaume Du
Bois Lassosay,
(who died on 17 May 1820), in the book "List of
Inscriptions on Tombstones
and Monuments in Ceylon" by John Penry Lewis.
Charles as173@freenet.toronto.on.ca