Sri Lanka Burgher Family Genealogy (of British origin)
SKINNER - Family #1211
extracted from http://www.ochanoff.741.com/genealogy.htm
1 Thomas SKINNER [Parents] 1.Thomas + Elisabeth
2 Lt. Gen. William SKINNER [Parents] 1 was born in 1700 in St. Christopher, West Indies. He died on 25 Dec 1780 in Greenwich, England. He was buried in St Alphage, Greenwich, England. He married Margaret CALDWELL
3 Capt. William SKINNER [Parents] 1 died on 27 Aug 1761 in Coulehault, Dominica. He married Hester LAWDER
4 Col. Thomas SKINNER [Parents] 1 was born in 1759 in England. He died on 6 Feb 1818 in Le Havre, 76, France. He married ? POWER
5 Lt.Col. William Thomas SKINNER [Parents] 1, 2 was born in 1780 in Gibraltar. He died on 26 Oct 1829 in Woolwich, England. He married Ann WILLIAMS on 22 Oct 1801 in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada.
6 Maj. Thomas Bridges Boucher SKINNER [Parents] 1 was born on 22 May 1804 in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. He died on 24 Jul 1877 in Grosvenor Place, Bath, Somerset, England. He was buried in Bathwick Cemetary, Bath, Somerset, England. He married Georgina BURRELL on 19 Dec 1838.
Major, CMG, J.P. Ceylan See book 50 years in Ceylan
Boase: Skinner, Thomas. Son of Lt Col. William Thomas, RA (d. 1829). b. St John's, Newfoundland, 22 May 1804. 2nd Lt, 1st Ceylon Regiment, 2 Dec. 1819; Capt. 3 Apr. 1836; brevet Maj. 9 Nov. 1846; sold out Feb. 1847. Commissioner of Public Works, Ceylon, 1841-59, 1861-65; Auditor General 1859-61, 1865-67. Lived in England from 1867. CMG 15 Feb. 1869. d. 7 Grosvenor Place, Bath, 24 July 1877.
Thomas Skinner was an engineer. He was born at St. John's, Newfoundland, on 22 May 1804, was the son of Lieutenant-colonel William Thomas Skinner, R.A. (d. 1829), by his second wife, Mary, daughter of Dr. Monier of the royal artillery [for the father's family see under SKINNER, WILLIAM, 1700--1780]. In 1811 Thomas was placed at school in England, and remained there until in 1818 he proceeded to Ceylon, and obtained a second lieutenancy in the Ceylon rifles. In 1820 he was employed in constructing two roads to Kandy, one by the Kadugannawa Pass, the other through the Seven Korales (Sath Korale), and was thenceforth connected with that branch of public works. In 1825 he was appointed staff officer of the garrison of Colombo, and on 27 Nov. 1829 deputy assistant quartermaster-general of the forces in Ceylon. In 1832 he opened a road from Aripo, on the western coast of Ceylon, to Anuradhapura. In the following year the public works of the colony were transferred to the civil authorities, and Skinner accompanied the surveyor-general over the country to initiate him in his duties. Subsequently Skinner undertook a survey of the mountain zone, the result of which was embodied in a one-inch sketch-map of the Kandyan provinces and in a general map of Ceylon. In 1836 he was promoted captain, and in the following year was employed to regulate the surveyor-general and civil engineers department, which had fallen into great confusion. This business occupied him until 1840 ; but as the department became again disorganized when he ceased directing it, he was appointed permanent commissioner for the roads in Ceylon in 1841. In 1847 he retired from his regiment with the rank of major, and in 1850 the civil engineer's department was incorporated with his own. In 1859 he was appointed auditor-general, but in consequence of a difference of opinion with the governor, Sir Henry Ward, as to the cost of a railway from Colombo to Kandy, he was superseded in 1861, and returned to his former post of commissioner of public works, which he continued to hold until, in 1865, he resumed the duties of auditor-general. Skinner retired to England in 1867, and was made a companion of the order of St. Michael and St. George on 15 Feb. 1869. He took up his residence at Bath, where he died at 7 Grosvenor Place on 24 July 1877. His services to Ceylon were very great in opening up the country and rendering overland transport possible. He married Georgina, daughter of Lieutenant-general George Burrell, C.B., on 19 Dec. 1838. By her he had, with other children, Monier Williams Skinner, now lieutenant-colonel, R.E. Skinner was the author of an autobiography entitled ' Fifty Years in Ceylon,' edited by his daughter Annie Skinner (London, 1891, Svo), to which his portrait is prefixed. The book contains an outline of the history of his branch of the Skinner family.
(Skinner's Autobiography; United Service Mag. 1877, iii. 110.] E. I. C.
A statue was erected in Ceylon to his memory.
Georgina BURRELL [Parents] 1, 2, 3 was born 4 on 20 Jun 1818 in Chatham, Kent, England. She died 5 on 14 Aug 1866 in At Sea. She was buried on 14 Aug 1866 in Bathwick Cemetery, Bath, Somerset, England. She married Maj. Thomas Bridges Boucher SKINNER on 19 Dec 1838.
Sacred to the memory of Georgina, the beloved and honored wife of Major T. Skinner, Commissioner of Public Works, Ceylon, daughter of the late Lt Gen. Burrell, CB. Born 20th June 1818 died in the Red Sea (Lat 25-04 N, Long 35-16E) 14 Aug. 1866. See Sources for complete text
They had the following children:
7 F i Marianne Theresa SKINNER was born on 20 Nov 1839. She died on 8 Feb 1901. 7 M ii Thomas Edward Burnes SKINNER was born about 1842. He died in Sep 1902. 7 M iii Cpt. George Burrell SKINNER 1 was born about 1844 in Ceylon. He died 2 on 4 Apr 1883 in Gloucestershire, England.
Census U.K. 1851: Age 8, pupil in Stoke Damerel, Devonshire, with his sister Marianne
Extract from the “Times” newspaper dated Monday 9 April 1883 -
“On the 4th instant, at Montpellier, Bristol, George Burrell Skinner, late Captain (15th Regt.) East York Regt., son of the late Major T. Skinner C.M.G. aged 39 years.”7 M iv William Graham SKINNER 1 was born in 1846 in Ceylon.
Toussaint, J.R.: Annals of the Ceylon Civil Service:
Worked for Oriental Bank and d. after falling from his horse in Bombay.
Census 1861: Walcot, Bath, Somerset. age 15, Scholar, with his mother Georgina Skinner, brother Maurice (Monier) and sister Harriet7 M v Henry Peareth SKINNER 1 was born in 1848 in Plymouth, Devon, England.
Possible match, but not sure at all.
England Census 1861 Henry P.T. Skinner: Pupil age 13 at the Royal Academy in Alverstoke, Hampshire (Naval Academy?)7 M vi Col. Monier Williams SKINNER was born in 1850. 7 F vii Anne Harriet Barbara SKINNER 1, 2 was born in 1852 in Ceylon.
Edited the book "50 years in Ceylan" (biography of her father, Major Thomas Skinner)
Unmarried although Toussaint says she was Mrs. MacDonell.
Census 1861: Walcot, Bath, Somerset. age 9, Scholar, with his mother Georgina Skinner, and brothers William and Monier (Maurice). Name appears to be: HARRIET J.A.B. SKINNER
1891 Census England: Visitor at Mitford Hall, age 39, Spinster.
7 Marianne Theresa SKINNER [Parents] 1 was born on 20 Nov 1839 in Colombo, Ceylon. She died 2 on 8 Feb 1901 in St. Giles, London, Middlesex, England. She was buried in Kensal Green, London, England. She married 3 Mathew Henry THOMAS on 23 Aug 1864.
Census U.K. 1851: age 11, scholar at school in Stoke Damerel, Devonshire with her younger brother George.
Census U.K. 1861: Maria T. Skinner, age 21, Visitor in Wimbledon Surrey of family Boustead (Head: John Boustead, born Ceylon ab. 1823)
Census 1881: Marian T. Thomas, Oakfield, Underskiddaw, Cumberland
Photo in our possession of her grave marked J.S. Farley, Kensal Green nº38470
" Sacred to the memory of Marian Theresa wife of M.H. Thomas, J.P. of oonoocacalla (Oonoongalla), Ceylon
and daughter of the late Major Thomas Skinner CMG and his wife Georgina daughter of General Burrell
Born November 20th 1839. died February 8th 1901"Mathew Henry THOMAS [Parents] 1 was born in 1837 in Camberwell, London, Middlesex, England. He died on 28 Jan 1915. He was buried on 1 Feb 1915 in Bathwick Cemetary, Bath, Somerset, England. He married 2 Marianne Theresa SKINNER on 23 Aug 1864.
Census 1881: Propriator of Coffee Plantations In Ceylon (Mks Of Agric) Dwelling: Oakfield Census Place: Underskiddaw, Cumberland, England Family History Library Film 1342247 <Public Records Office Reference RG11 Piece / Folio 5170 / 88 Page Number 3.
He might have been the elder son of Lt. Gen. Henry Thomas C.B., but I have been unable to find a link so far.For Oakfield, see: http://www.hometown.aol.com/geoffstaceyuk/oakfield.htm and http://www.cumbrian-cottages.co.uk/garthcot1.htm
His son Jocelyn was born in Oakfield in 1868.Although he was born in Middlesex according to the 1881 census, he must have spent most of his life in Ceylon (his wife was born there, and so were six of his seven children, and I suspect he might have married in Colombo in 1864). The family money came from shares of Galheeria Estates, a tea plantation in centre Ceylon. He was J.P. of Oonoongalla, Madulkelle, Ceylon
Not mentioned as member of the Planters Association in year ending Feb. 1857.
Member of Ceylon's Planters Association in year ending Feb. 1859: Thomas, M.H., Kandy. In 1859-1860: Member of the Commitee of the Planters Association (note, he was only 22 years old!!!)
In Ferguson Ceylon Directory 1871-1872: Thomas M.H.
* Justice of the Peace for the Island
* Partner of Alstone, Scott & Co., Slave Island, Colombo: Partners: Hector Cross Buchanan & Matthew Henry Thomas. Alstone & Co owned 2 coffee mills in Hunupittia and Borella, employing 350 people each, and were the agent for several properties owned by M. H. Thomas (Galheria, Madoolkelle).
* Ceylon Turf Club
* Colombo ClubYear of death: Draft for Burkes companionage, hand written by his son Henry Melville Thomas circa 1935: ... Parentage: Mathew Henry Thomas of Madulkelle Ceylon m.1864 ... and d. 1915 leaving issue.
They had the following children:
8 M i Lt. Arthur H. THOMAS [scrapbook] 1 was born about 1866 in Colombo, Ceylon. He died 2 on 6 Oct 1900 in Bultfontein, South Africa.
Was a scholar in 1881 census, boarder at Harrow, age 15.
Harrow School Sep 1879 - Xmas 1883; School shooting VIII in 1882.
Killed in the Boer War.
Queen's South African Medal with 4 clasps: Diamon Hill, Johannesburg, Driefontein, Cape Colony. Engraved: "Lieut. A.H. Thomas Ceylon M.I."
THOMAS - Lieutenant Arthur H. - Ceylon Mounted Infantry Died at Bultfontein. 6th October 1900. A Fellow of the Royal Colonial Institute. Lieut. Thomas was killed "shot through the heart" while serving as Assistant Commissioner, Bultfontein. Memorial in The Military Headquarters, Kandy (Ceylon / Sri Lanka) - "In memoriam - Lieut. Arthur A. Thomas [sic], W. Max Kelly, C. Campion, Q. M. Sgt. Cheyne, A. S. Hopper, K. Hamilton, Claude C. Bell, N. W. Smellie. This Memorial was designed by Mrs. Thomas, wife of Edward Hector Le Marchant Thomas, a brother of Lieutenant Thomas."
See http://www.lib.sun.ac.za/roh/roh.exe?MenuItem=Person&PersonNumber=30799:
Ceylon Contingent Memorial This memorial was erected opposite the 'Mahamaluwa' (Esplanade) in commemoration of the services of the Ceylon Contingent in South Africa, 1900 - 1902 and unveiled by Field Marshal H. R. H. the Duke of Connaught, K. G., G. C. M. G. March 18, 1907." In memoriam - Lieut. Arthur, A. Thomas, W. Max Kelly, C. Campion, Q. M., St. Cheyne, A. S. Hopper, K. Hamilton, Claude C. Bell, N. W. Smellie. This Memorial was designed by Mrs. Thomas, wife of Edward Hector Le Marchant Thomas, a brother of Lieutenant Thomas. It represents a trooper of the Ceylon Mounted Infantry giving the signal 'enemy is in sight.' This statue was pulled down in an undergraduate protest in the 1960's and never re-instated. Now this Memorial is kept in the compound of the Military Headquarters in Kandy. Randolph Jones kjones@worldonline.co.za
NASA Pretoria. Lord Roberts’ Papers, Volume 10 ff. 121-134. (WO 105/11 T/40/22): Captain C. G. Henty, Officer Commanding Troops, Bultfontein, to Chief Staff Officer, Bloemfontein. Bultfontein, 5 October 1900. Fight at Hammones Fontein Farm near Bultfontein [Orange River Colony]. … six mounted police under Assistant Commissioner Thomas. … by this time Lieutenant Thomas was mortally wounded … Lieutenant H. A. Thomas, Ceylon Mounted Infantry, Assistant Commissioner Bultfontein, killed, (shot through the heart). I much regret the loss of Lieutenant Thomas. He was deservedly popular and at his funeral all classes exhibited unfeigned grief and much sorrow has been expressed by farmers in the district on hearing of his death. NASA Pretoria. Lord Roberts’ Papers Volume 10 ff. 121-134. (WO 105/11 T/40/22): Lieutenant-General T. K. Kenny, Commanding Troops to the Military Secretary. Bloemfontein, 12 October 1900. The losses on this occasion, I regret particularly that of the death of Lieutenant Thomas, Aide de Camp, a very promising officer. T. K Kenny, Lieutenant General Commanding Troops.8 F ii Marion K. THOMAS was born about 1867. 8 M iii Capt. Edward Hector Le Marchant THOMAS was born about 1868. He died after 1926. 8 M iv Jocelyn Hume THOMAS was christened on 9 Nov 1868. He died after 1926. 8 M v Brig. Henry Melville THOMAS was born on 26 Jan 1870. He died on 28 May 1940. 8 F vi Helen T. THOMAS 1, 2 was born in 1872 in Nuwara Eleya, Ceylon. She died about 1956 in Petersfield, Hampshire, England.
spinster
Census 1901: Edward H., Jocelyn, Flo & Helen where visitors at 64, Newton Hall, Whittington, Lancashire. Head of family: North North
The Misses Thomas lived in Petersfield, Hants. in the mid-fifties (where the family visited them, direct source)8 F vii Florence A. THOMAS 1, 2 was born in 1874 in Nuwara Eleya, Ceylon.
spinster
Census 1901: Edward H., Jocelyn, Flo & Helen where visitors at 64, Newton Hall, Whittington, Lancashire. Head of family: North North
The Misses Thomas lived in Petersfield, Hants. in the mid-fifties (where the family visited them, direct source)
7 Thomas Edward Burnes SKINNER [Parents] 1 was born about 1842 in Ceylon. He died 2 in Sep 1902 in Guildford, Surrey, England. He married Sophia. Sophia was born about 1846 in Malta
Was in the Civil service in Ceylon, 1860-1896 retiring as Postmaster General.
List of Inscriptions on tombstones & monuments in Ceylon: pp. 124-5: Christ Church, Galle Face, Colombo
No. 404, 1866 Georgina Skinner
"".... Lt-Col. Burrell was in command of the 18th Royal Irish Regiment in Ceylon in the thirties. His daughter married Capt. T. Skinner, Ceylon Rifles, then acting as Surveyor-General, at Colombo on Dec. 19, 1838.
Their son, Thomas Skinner, was in the Ceylon Civil Service, 1860-1896, retiring as Postmaster General.""Toussaint, J.R.: Annals of the Ceylon Civil Service:
Toussaint says of T.E.B. Skinner that he was b. ca 1841, joined the fiscal department in Kandy in 1896 and was described as "most energetic". Postmaster General for 24 years; retired in 1896 age 55. d. 1902 after some years of illness.Census England 1901: Age 59; Visitor in a hotel in Cornwall, St Minver Lowlands; Civil Service Retired. With possible wife Sophia, age 55, born Malta abt. 1846.
7 Col. Monier Williams SKINNER [Parents] 1, 2, 3, 4 was born in 1850 in Ceylon. He married Elizabeth Dorcas LITTON on 6 Dec 1881 in Ireland.
Royal Engineers: Lt. 4 January 1871. Service in Ashanti 1873-74. Captain 4 January 1883. Major 17 April 1889. Lt. Col. 6 August 1896. Colonel 6 August 1900.
Census 1861: Walcot, Bath, Somerset. age 11, Scholar, with his mother Georgina Skinner, brother William and sister Harriet. Name given as MAURICE W:
Census 1891: Guildford, Surrey, England. Major Royal Engineers
Census 1901: Fort George, St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands. Colonel Royal Engineers with wife Elizabeth, and all their childrenResidence - Newton Abbott, Devonshire, England.
Elizabeth Dorcas LITTON [Parents] 1 was born about 1857 in Ardvalling, Cork, Ireland. She married Col. Monier Williams SKINNER on 6 Dec 1881 in Ireland.
They had the following children:
8 F i Aileen SKINNER was born in 1883 in Kensington, Middlesex, England. 8 M ii Edward Litton SKINNER was born in 1885. 8 M iii Monier Leland SKINNER was born in Mar 1887. 8 F iv Ethnie SKINNER was born in 1888 in Kensington, Middlesex, England. 8 M v Arthur SKINNER was born in 1892 in England. 8 F vi Violet SKINNER was born in 1897 in England.
8 Marion K. THOMAS [Parents] 1, 2 was born about 1867 in Colombo, Ceylon. She married Lt. Francis John HADDEN about 1887.
Census 1881: Underskiddaw, Cumberland with her parents
Census 1901: Marian H. Hadden, age 34, Cuckfield, Haywards Heath, Sussex, England. with daughter Freda age 12.They had the following children:
9 M i Thomas Harvey HADDEN. 9 F ii Freda HADDEN was born in 1888. Freda HADDEN [Parents] 1 was born in 1888 in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England. She married J.W. PICKERING. Census 1901: Age 12, living in Haywards Heath, Sussex, England wit her mother Marian H. Hadden 9 M iii Lt Arthur HADDEN 1 was born in 1892. He died on 8 Mar 1916 in Mesopotamia.
Lieutenant ARTHUR HADDEN, MC Indian Army Reserve of Officers attd., 53rd Sikhs (Frontier Force) who died age 23 on 08 March 1916 Son of the late Lt. Francis J. Hadden (42nd Remount Sqdn.), of Ceylon, and of May Hadden, of 17, Empire House, Thurloe Place, London. Remembered with honour BASRA MEMORIAL: The Basra Memorial bears the names of more than 40,500 members of the Commonwealth forces who died in the operations in Mesopotamia from the Autumn of 1914 to the end of August 1921 and whose graves are not known.9 M iv Jack HADDEN 1 was born in 1901. He died about 1928.
8 Capt. Edward Hector Le Marchant THOMAS [Parents] 1, 2 was born about 1868 in Colombo, Ceylon. He died after 1926. He married 3, 4 Geraldine BLAKE on 5 Feb 1907 in Hereford, Herefordshire, England.
Harrow School Sep 1882 - Easter 1883
Census 1901: Edward H., Jocelyn, Flo & Helen where visitors at 64, Newton Hall, Whittington, Lancashire. Head of family: North North
Present in 1926 at the funeral of his sister in law Dorothy (w. of Henry Melville Thomas) in Cheltenham. Source: Obituary.Geraldine BLAKE [Parents] 1, 2, 3 was born in 1877 in Thurston, Suffolk, England. She married 4, 5 Capt. Edward Hector Le Marchant THOMAS on 5 Feb 1907 in Hereford, Herefordshire, England.
England 1881 Census: age 4. Lived in Kensington, London, with her parents & sisters Adeline A. & Catherine M.
England 1901 Census: age 24. Ladies Club, Chelsea, Holy Trinity, London, aged 24, Art Student
8 Jocelyn Hume THOMAS [Parents] 1 was christened 2 on 9 Nov 1868 in Oakfield, Crostwaithe, Cumberland, England. He died after 1926. He married May AGAR about 1907.
Harrow School 1883
Census 1901: Edward H., Jocelyn, Flo & Helen where visitors at 64, Newton Hall, Whittington, Lancashire. Head of family: North North
Present in 1926 at the funeral of his sister in law Dorothy (w. of Henry Melville Thomas)in Cheltenham. Source: Obituary.
Of Talawakelle, Ceylon in his father's obituary (1915)
http://www.talawakelleteas.com/May AGAR [Parents] was born after 1878. She married Jocelyn Hume THOMAS about 1907.
Letter to Hood [Mrs. H.H. Cameron], dated Feb. 26 [no year, possibly 1907?] from Geraldine Thomas, GOH, Colombo mentions: “...we landed this afternoon and Jocelyn met us and told us that Ted had got Hunugalla....” “...Mr. Thomas writes that though it was against his advice, he now thinks Ted did right not to delay his marriage....” “...Jocelyn is engaged to May Agar....”
They had the following children:
9 F i Barbara THOMAS. 9 M ii Henry THOMAS.
8 Brig. Henry Melville THOMAS [Parents] [scrapbook] 1 was born on 26 Jan 1870 in Ceylon. He died on 28 May 1940 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. He was buried on 1 Jun 1940 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England Grave B1/2242. He married 2 Dorothy Violet Hope RAWSON on 20 Jan 1904 in Carlow, Ireland.
Other marriages: POTTINGER, MaryBrigadier General Royal Artillery, CMG, DSO, R.A.
Born 1870 in Ceylon; Pupil at Temple Grove Grammar school, Mortlake, Surrey, England in 1881
Debrett's companionage 1924 & 1932 "Col. R.A., retired as Hon. Brig.-Gen, 1920; S. African War 1899-1902 (despatches, Queen's medal with four clasps, King's medal with two clasps), European War 1914-18 (despatches, C.M.G. , D.S.O., Brevet Col.): m.1895 May, who d. 1897, da. of Lieut.-Gen. B.H. Pottinger, 2ndly 1904, Dorothy, da. of E.A. Rawson , of Barrowville, Carlow; cr. C.M.G. 1917, D.S.O. 1918."
Lived in Cumberland, Armathwaite, Keswick (http://64.106.212.14/hotel_index.htm#)
The coat of arm of his family was confirmed to him in 1938 by King Georges VI (the original grant is in our possession). He was at that time retired and living in Hampton House, Bathampton, County of Somerset, England.From Hugh Casement:
In the 1881 census Henry M. Thomas, age 11 and b. in Ceylon, was at Temple Grove Grammar School, Mortlake, Surrey. I'm sure that was a private school, not a state-run lycée.
Kane's army list for 1900 states: cadet RA 2 Sep. 1887; 2nd Lt 15 Feb. 1889 age
19 years 1 month; Lt 15 Feb. 1892. Served in India from Oct. 1889.From WO [War Office] records at the Public Record Office:
b. 26 Jan. 1870. On detachment at Shoeburyness 1899; Capt. 9 Oct. 1899; served in South Africa as special operations officer and later railway staff officer, Orange Free State, Feb.-May 1900 (despatches gazetted 10 Sep. 1901, Queen's SA medal + 2 clasps, King's SA medal + 2 clasps); brevet Maj. 29 Nov. 1900; Maj. 4 May 1905; Lt Col. 30 Oct. 1914; served in France as acting Brig. 12th division 24 June 1917 - 24 Mar. 1919; brevetCol. 3 June 1918; Col. 30 Apr. 1920; retired as hon. Brig. CMG 1917, DSO 1918.Dorothy Violet Hope RAWSON [Parents] was born 1 on 6 Apr 1880 in Ireland. She died on 23 Mar 1926 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. She was buried on 27 Mar 1926 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England Grave B1/2241. She married 2 Brig. Henry Melville THOMAS on 20 Jan 1904 in Carlow, Ireland.
Copy of her obituary on file:
Obituary Mrs. H.M. Thomas, St. Matthews Church, Cheltenham, 30/03/1926The mourners were:
Gen. Thomas (Husband)
Patty Thomas (daughter) Patricia
Mrs Graham (Margaret Grace, Patty's mother in law)
Mrs. Anderson (sister) Norah
Mrs. Dickenson (sister) Deborah ?
Mrs. Wanklyn (sister) Marjorie
Col. & Mrs. Rawson (brother)
Capt. & Mrs. Cripps (her sister Olive's daughter)
The Misses Thomas (Helen & Florence)
Mr. J.H. Thomas (Jocelyn Hume)
Capt. E. H. L. Thomas (Edward Hector Le Marchant)
Mr. D. E. Johnstone (David Edward, Uncle)
General F. Johnstone
Mrs & Miss Johnstone.Flowers:
Mamie;
Harry, Patty and Bobbie (cross)
Mamie;
Bobbie; Robert Jocelyn Henry Thomas
Patty; Marianne Agnes Patricia Thomas
Bob; Robert Ian Rawson? (her brother)
Tom, Norah, and Alison; -> Morrison-Low
Olive; -> Dickinson
Bill; possibly Margaret Grace Graham (nicknamed Billy)
Marjorie; -> Wanklyn
Ned and Lena;
Frank, Edith, and Gladys; possibly Frank Hadden, m. Marion Thomas
Lily and Hope Tatham;
Kathleen and Douglas; Graham
Bose;
Bob and Norah;
Mother;
Ted and Geraldine; Edward H.L.M. Thomas
Helen and Flo; Thomas
Jocelyn and Mai; Jocelyn Thomas
Mrs Rathborne, Douglas Margaret Grace Graham or Bella Grace Rathborne, her mother
Colonel and Mrs. Duncan Carter;
General and Mrs. Hume;
Dr. Grace Billings;
Mrs. Beerton;They had the following children:
9 M i Maj. Robert Jocelyn Henry THOMAS was born on 7 Oct 1905. He died on 18 Apr 1941. 9 F ii Marianne Agnes Patricia THOMAS was born on 29 Sep 1908. She died on 3 Jan 1992.
9 Maj. Robert Jocelyn Henry THOMAS [Parents] [scrapbook] 1 was born on 7 Oct 1905. He died on 18 Apr 1941 in Tobruk, Libya. He married Mary Vavasour LLOYD HEYMAN on 2 Nov 1938.
Major, M.V.O (Member Victorian Order)
Royal Horse Artillery, 4 th rgt.
Service n.º: 33373
Killed in action in TobrukBrookwood Memorial, Surrey, England
Mary Vavasour LLOYD HEYMAN [Parents].Mary married Maj. Robert Jocelyn Henry THOMAS on 2 Nov 1938
9 Marianne Agnes Patricia THOMAS [Parents] was born on 29 Sep 1908 in Bengalore, Misore, India. She was christened in St Mark, Bengalore, India. She died on 3 Jan 1992 in Monchique, Portugal. She was buried in Monchique, Portugal. She married Brig. William Douglas Mcneill GRAHAM on 3 Jun 1931 in Brompton, London, England.
They had the following children:
10 M i John Angus Mcneill GRAHAM was born on 14 Apr 1932. He died on 7 Aug 1993. 10 M ii Michael Henry Thomas GRAHAM was born on 14 Sep 1933. He died on 5 May 2004. 10 M iii Douglas Ian Mcneill GRAHAM was born on 18 Jul 1940. 10 F iv Patricia Ann Margaret GRAHAM was born on 23 Aug 1945.