Sri Lanka Burgher Family Genealogy
MEERWALD - Family #1219
Modified Register for Daniel Meerwald
First Generation
1. Daniel Meerwald was born 1750 in Neusohl, Hungary; now Banska Bystrica, Czech Republic.
Daniel married (MRIN:6039) Johann Francina Ladiger. Johann was born about 1757 in Colombo, ceylon and was christened 27 Mar 1757.
They had the following children:
2 M i. Johan Christoffel Meerwald was born 1773 in Colombo, ceylon and was christened 26 Sep 1773.
3 M ii. Cornelis August Meerwald was born 1775 in Colombo, ceylon and was christened 17 Sep 1775.
+ 4 M iii. Daniel Jacob Meerwald was born 29 Sep 1777 and died 1833.
5 F iv. Maria Elizabeth Meerwald was born in Colombo, ceylon and was christened 20 Jan 1782.
Second Generation
4. Daniel Jacob Meerwald (Daniel) was born 29 Sep 1777. He died 1833.
Daniel married (MRIN:6038) Elizabeth Magdelene De Smith. Elizabeth died 1878 in Trincomalee, Ceylon.
They had the following children:
6 M i. Daniel Peter Meerwald was born 3 Jan 1818 in Trincomalee, Ceylon.
7 F ii. Augusta Petronella Meerwald was born about 1819 in Trincomalee, Ceylon.
Augusta married (MRIN:6040) Lauwrence Khale. Lauwrence was born in Ceylon. Medical Apothecary
8 M iii. John Matthew Meerwald was born 31 Jul 1820 in Trincomalee, Ceylon.
9 M iv. John George Meerwald was born about 1820.
+ 10 F v. Charlotte Georgiana Meerwald was born 9th Jan 1823.
11 M vi. Leonard Frederick Meerwald was born about 1825 in Trincomalee, Ceylon.
+ 12 M vii. John Bernard Meerwald was born 16 Jul 1827.
Third Generation
10. Charlotte Georgiana Meerwald (Daniel Jacob, Daniel) was born 9th Jan 1823 in Trincomalee, Ceylon.
Charlotte married (MRIN:5941) George Edward Colomb on 17 May 1838 in St Stephens Church/Trincomalee. George was born 16th Nov 1811 in Trincomalee.
They had the following children:
+ 13 M i. James Bernard ( Bertram) Colomb was born 24th Dec1846.
12. John Bernard Meerwald (Daniel Jacob, Daniel) was born 16 Jul 1827 in trincomalee, Ceylon.
Clerk, Commissariat Dept, Trincomalie; then regist promoted registrar of lands, Batticaloa 1863 - vide colonial secretary's letter to the registrar dated 18/12/1863
John married (MRIN:6041) Catherine Mary Terese Bradley on 3 May 1854 in Trincomalee, Ceylon. Catherine was born 28 Apr 1835 in Cawnpore, Bengal. She died 1891 in Trincomalee, Ceylon.
They had the following children:
+ 14 M i. Dr. Osmund Spencer Meerwald was born 15 Feb 1858 and died 1933.
15 M ii. Rupert Cecil Meerwald was born 15 Nov 1859. He died 1864 in Batticaloa.
16 F iii. Florence Mary Josephine Meerwald was born 9 Oct 1861. She died 1956.
Florence married (MRIN:6046) Robert John Baker in 1880.
+ 17 M iv. Walter Clement Bradley Meerwald was born 15 May 1864 and died 1948.
18 M v. Marcus Theodore Meerwald was born 9 Oct 1865 in Batticaloa, Ceylon. He died 1866.
19 M vi. John Bernard Bradley Meerwald was born 16 Sep 1867 in Batticaloa, Ceylon. He died 1869.
+ 20 F vii. Stella Mary Eloise Meerwald was born 27 Feb 1870.
+ 21 M viii. Adolphus Archibald Meerwald was born 21 May 1871 and died 1948.
Fourth Generation
13. James Bernard ( Bertram) Colomb (Charlotte Georgiana Meerwald, Daniel Jacob, Daniel) was born 24th Dec1846 in Trincomalee Ceylon.
sources MACK D.B.U
James married (MRIN:3654) Evelyn Frances Miller on 4 May 1874. Evelyn was born in Ceylon.
They had the following children:
+ 22 M i. George Henry Miller Colomb was born 15th Dec 1879.
+ 23 F ii. Lilian Marie Colomb was born 4 Oct 1887.
14. Dr. Osmund Spencer Meerwald (John Bernard, Daniel Jacob, Daniel) was born 15 Feb 1858 in Trincomalee, Ceylon. He died 1933.
His god parents were Leonard Frederick Meerwald & Mrs Flanagan
Osmund married (1-MRIN:6044) Grace Clara Stanford on 1 Jan 1925.
They had the following children:
24 M i. John Osmond Meerwald was born 20 Oct 1928.
John married (MRIN:6290) Grace Clare Stanford on 1 Jan 1925.
Osmund also married (2-MRIN:6045) Pauline Cecilia Eliza Hardy on 4 Jan 1890 in St George's, Bloomsbury, London. Pauline was born 1872 in England.
They had the following children:
25 F ii. Sister Muriel Ellen Terese Meerwald was born 19 Jul 1895 in Acton, England. She died about 1985 in Westminister.
26 F iii. Enid Pauline Osmonda Meerwald was born 6 Jun 1897. She died 1985.
17. Walter Clement Bradley Meerwald (John Bernard, Daniel Jacob, Daniel) was born 15 May 1864. He died 1948.
Walter married (1-MRIN:6031) Eleanor Augusta Wendt, daughter of Daniel Augustus Wendt and Agnes Eleanor Drieberg (MRIN:2644), on 15 Feb 1897 in Kandy, Ceylon. Eleanor was born 24 Mar 1876 and was christened 24 Mar 1876 in Scots Kirk, kandy, Ceylon. She died 13 Apr 1928 in Brooklyn, Mahawatte Rd, Grandpass, Ceylon.
They had the following children:
27 F i. Agnes Eleanor Theresa (Ellen) Meerwald was born 14 Feb 1898. She died 1987.
Agnes married (MRIN:6047) Jack Loos on 27 Sep 1920.
+ 28 M ii. John Ernest Clifford Meerwald was born 24 Jun 1899 and died 1959.
29 F iii. Bianca Constace Yvonne Meerwald was born 3 Nov 1900. She died 1977.
Walter also married (2-MRIN:6048) Unkown.
They had the following children:
30 M iv. Charol Lambert Bernard (Ben) Meerwald was born 17 Jul 1902.
20. Stella Mary Eloise Meerwald (John Bernard, Daniel Jacob, Daniel) was born 27 Feb 1870.
Stella married (MRIN:6042) Searg. Maj John Alexander.
They had the following children:
31 M i. Johnny Alexander.
32 F ii. Jeanette Alexander.
21. Adolphus Archibald Meerwald (John Bernard, Daniel Jacob, Daniel) was born 21 May 1871. He died 1948.
Adolphus married (MRIN:6043) Florence La Brooy.
They had the following children:
33 M i. Herbert Oswald Meerwald.
34 M ii. Douglas Kingsley Meerwald.
35 M iii. Clarence Wakefield Meerwald.
Fifth Generation
22. George Henry Miller Colomb (James Bernard ( Bertram) Colomb, Charlotte Georgiana Meerwald, Daniel Jacob, Daniel) was born 15th Dec 1879.
George married (1-MRIN:896) Elsie Muriel Loos, daughter of Arthur Duncan Grant Loos and Catherina Maria Blackett (MRIN:261), on 18 Apr 1904 in Holy Trinity Church/Colombo. Elsie was born 20 Sep 1883.
They had the following children:
+ 36 F i. Iris Colomb was born 19 Jan 1905.
+ 37 M ii. Grant Henry Bernard Colomb was born 30 Mar 1906.
38 M iii. Fredeick Miller Colomb was born 27 Aug 1908 in Colombo, ceylon.
39 F iv. Mercia Colomb was born 4 Jul 1912.
40 M v. Noel Colomb was born 25 Dec 1913.
41 F vi. Pearl Colomb was born 13 Mar 1916 in Colombo.
42 M vii. George Henry Miller Colomb was born 7 Aug 1917 in Colombo, ceylon. He died 10 Jul 2006 in Marrickville.
George also married (2-MRIN:897) Violet Gwendoline Loos, daughter of Arthur Duncan Grant Loos and Catherina Maria Blackett (MRIN:261). Violet was born 29 Jan 1886.
23. Lilian Marie Colomb (James Bernard ( Bertram) Colomb, Charlotte Georgiana Meerwald, Daniel Jacob, Daniel) was born 4 Oct 1887 in Ceylon. Lilian married (MRIN:4261) Edmund Albert Mack, son of Arthur William Mack and Laura Catherine Vanden Driesen (MRIN:3530), on 10 Feb 1900 in Dutch Reform Church, Wolvendaal. Edmund was born 10 Aug 1870 in Colombo, Ceylon. He died 2 Apr 1929.
sources MACK D.B.U de Kretser Genealogy
They had the following children:
43 F i. Lilian Clare Mack was born 18 Sep 1901 in Colombo, Ceylon.
44 M ii. Douglas Clive Colomb Mack was born 4 Dec 1904 in Colombo, Ceylon.
Douglas married (MRIN:4367) Kathleen Iris Selina Spittel, daughter of John Henry Basil Spittel and Mabel Rose Mack (MRIN:3853), on 24 Nov 1927 in St Paul's . Colombo, Ceylon. Kathleen was born 29 Sep 1903 in Colombo, Ceylon.
45 M iii. George Edward Mack was born in Ceylon. He died 1 Aug 1938.
George married (MRIN:4804) Degmar Estelle De Kretser, daughter of Frederick George De Kretser and Stella Irine Mc Carthy Heyzer (MRIN:4523), on 10 Apr 1935. Degmar was born 13 Sep 1910 in Ceylon.
46 M iv. Malcolm Claude Mack was born 1910 in Colombo, Ceylon.
Malcolm married (MRIN:3749) Maisie Isabella Spittel, daughter of John Henry Basil Spittel and Mabel Rose Mack (MRIN:3853). Maisie was born 26 Jun 1911 in Ceylon.
28. John Ernest Clifford Meerwald (Walter Clement Bradley, John Bernard, Daniel Jacob, Daniel) was born 24 Jun 1899. He died 1959.
John married (MRIN:6288) Barbara De Domenico on 6 Feb 1922. Barbara was born 12 Nov 1903. She died 1989.
They had the following children:
47 M i. Peter Ransford (Ron) Meerwald was born 29 Apr 1922. He died 1990.
48 M ii. Anthony Kenneth Camillus Meerwald was born 18 Jul 1926.
Anthony married (MRIN:6289) Teresa Jude Engelbrecht on 12 Dec 1964. Teresa was born 14 Oct 1929.