Sri Lanka Burgher Family Genealogy

ALTENDORFF - Family #1315

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

ALTENDORFF

A I

Marten Lodewyk Altendorff b.Berlin arrived in Ceylon in 1730 in the "Hogerswilde" d.Kalutara 1749 m Maria Jansz :-

1. Johannes bap Kalutara 8.2.1743 who follows under II

2. Laudinus bap Kalutara 23.9.1744 m DRW 23.10.1768 Maria Jacobsz

3. Philipina bap Barberyn 15.8.1746

4. Sophia bap Barberyn 15.8.1746 m Karl Lodewyk Titmar

A II

Johannes Altendorff, krankbezoeker (visitor of the sick), Matara bap 8.2.1743 m

(a) DRM 22.5.1767 Adriana Dorothea Durven of Galle

(b) DRM 8.12.1783 Maria Jacoba Bastiansz of Matara w Johannes Nicolaas Lasge

Of the first marriage he had :-

1. Sigisbert Christiaan bap Galle 10.3.1770

2. Lourens Petrus (Lawrence Peter), assistant DEI Co; later chief clerk, kachcheri, Tangalle; notary public, Matara bap Galle 16.6.1771 d.23.1.1843 m DRM 29.11.1799 Maria Dorothea Ketelhack of Cochin b.8.7.1767 d.Tangalle 15.4.1819 w Jean Baptist Coint

3. Arent Martin who follows under III

4. Johanna Wilhelmina (Leonora) bap Galle 16.1.1778 m DRM 1.12.1799 Johannes Vollenhoven bap 13.3.1777 d.1.11.1818 s Henricus Vollenhoven of Utrecht & Elizabeth Moorman

5. Johannes bap Galle 23.7.1780

6. Daniel bap Galle 13.7.1783

Of the second marriage there was no issue

Of the third marriage he had :-

7. Johannes Casper bap Galle 19.7.1789

8. Willem Ferdinand bap Galle 1.12.1793 who follows under IV

9. Frederic Gerard bap Galle 22.5.1794

10. Gerard Johan bap Galle 10.4.1796 who follows under V

11. Johanna Margarita bap Galle 13.10.1799

A III

Arent Martin Altendorff m

(a) DRM 20.8.1797 Johanna Frederica Bodemziek bap 2.5.1773 dau Frederik Willem Bodemziek of Zegelhorst & Anna Cornelia Van Enden

(b) DRM 9.5.1802 Anna Maria Vroom of Matara

Of the first marriage he had :-

1. Sigisbertus Laurentius bap Galle 17.7.1796

2. Arnoldina Catherina bap Galle 4.8.1798

3. Agnesia Magdalena bap Galle 13.10.1799

Of the second marriage he had :-

4. Justinus Ernestus bap 1804 who follows under VI

5. Frederica Catherina bap 1804 m DRG 20.10.1832 Troyles Albertus Meusz

6. Laudinus Matthias b.9.1.1806

7. Martina Dorothea b.14.1.1809

8. Anna Petronella Lourenzia b.14.1.1811

A IV

Willem Ferdinand Altendorff bap 1.12.1793 m Johanna Maria Swartz dau Harmen Frederik Swartz of Leeuwarden, pilot at Galle & Johanna Catherina de Zilva :-

1. Arnoldus Cornelius Fredericus b 4.5.1819

2. Rudolphus Cornelis Balthazar b.9.9.1820

3. Johan Fredric Henry b.21.12.1821

4. Johannes Arnoldus bap 25.11.1823

5. Johanna Arnoldina Louisa bap 25.11.1823

6. Anna Catherina Theodora b.7.1.1829

A V

Gerard Johan Altendorff bap 10.4.1796 d.18.12.1864 m

(a) Henrietta Louisa Meusz

(b) DRM 9.11.1829 Jacoba Magdalena Keuneman b.15.5.1812 d.25.10.1892 dau Jurgen Bartholomeus Keuneman & Petronella Cornelia Singanetti

Of the first marriage he had :-

1. Fretz Arnold who follows under VII

2. Arnoldus Cornelis Fredrikus b.26.3.1820

3. Gerard Henry b.12.11.1822 who follows under VIII

4. Beata Petronella Henrietta b.22.7.1827

Of the second marriage he had :-

5. Josina Amelia Georgiana b.8.11.1830 d.6.12.1857 m DRM 6.2.1849 Edward Henry Kellar b.5.6.1816 d.1.4.1860 s Daniel Christiaan Kellar & Johanna Sybilla Ephraums

6. Charles Henry Bartholomew b.18.12.1836 who follows under IX

A VI

Justinus Ernestus Altendorff bap 1804 m Johanna Plantina Waltzell bap 6.6.1817 dau Joseph Waltzell & Susanna Elisabeth Walles :-

1. James William Henry bap Galle 17.8.1834

A VII

Fretz Arnold Altendorff m STM 10.12.1845 Petronella Philippina Jansz :-

1. James Hadley b.19.1.1848

2. Andreas Charles b.24.9.1849 who follows under X

3. William Darley b.22.10.1850 who follows under XI

4. Charlotte Jemima b.2.2.1852

5. Henry Angelo b.26.10.1853 d.4.3.1897 m DRW 17.12.1881 Margaret Leonora Ebert b.26.3.1846 d.2.8.1901 w William Cummins dau Jacobus Godfried Ebert & Louisa Adriana Jonklaas

6. George William b.19.2.1857 who follows under XII

7. Arnold Edward b.12.11.1858

8. Joseph Lambert Dias b.1.12.1862 who follows under XIII

A VIII

Gerard Henry Altendorff b.12.11.1822 d.2.12.1886 m DRM 30.5.1847 Lucretia Arabella de Caan b.22.2.1832 d.27.2.1877 dau Henricus Johannes de Caan & Bartholomina Gysberta Keuneman :-

1. Emelia Georgiana b.26.8.1850 d.26.9.1926 m

(a) DRM 30.5.1872 John Franklin Thuring b.17.9.1846 d.2.8.1894 s Jan Lodewyk Thuring & Adolphina Elisabeth de Caan

(b) DRW 4.4.1904 Peter Henry Andree b.14.5.1847 d.28.5.1934 s Charles Hay Andree & Priscilla Buultjens

2. Jurgen Alexander b.27.7.1852 d.12.8.1876

3. Charles Arnold Hollowell b.12.1.1855 d.17.10.1900

4. Alice Margaret b.23.7.1856 d.19.1.1938 m DRM 22.1.1879 George Frederick Kellar b.16.8.1844 d.31.1.1903 w Laura Emelia Keuneman s George Frederick Kellar & Gertruida Elizabeth Bogaars

5. Nathaniel Trutand b.17.12.1860 who follows under XIV

6. Drusilla Lucretia b.31.1.1862 d.19.5.1906 m CCK 28.12.1882 Victor Albert Charles Van Cuylenberg b.6.3.1860 d.14.12.1928 s Frederick William Van Cuylenberg & Sophia Harriet Wootler

7. Catherine Adelaide b.1.1.1865 m DRW 31.12.1886 Carlo Zanetti b.Italy 24.2.1863

A IX

Charles Henry Bartholomew Altendorff, JP, UPM, Crown Proctor, Matara b.18.12.1836 d.27.12.1913 m DRM 28.1.1861 Henrietta Charlotte Victoria Ludekens b.14.6.1839 d.1.7.1916 dau Johan Philip Jacob Ludekens & Wilhelmina Henrietta (Henrica) Pendegras :-

1. Eugenie Victoria b.18.12.1862 d.4.2.1876

2. Wilfred Charles Victor b.29.2.1864 d.young

3. Winifred Victoria b.8.2.1865 d.21.1.1929

4. Galla Victoria b.14.8.1866 d.2.2.1937 m STM 28.1.1885 Charles Henry Ernst b.1.2.1857 d.27.11.1930 s John Henry Ernst & Amelia Sophia Frederica Jansz

5. Trutand Victor b.9.11.1867 d.25.12.1874

6. Athelind Victoria b.19.11.1868 d. .8.1958 m DRM 16.11.1893 Henry Oswald Jonklaas b.27.6.1856 d.6.4.1922 s Henricus Cornelis Jonklaas & Agnes Susanna de Vos

7. Grace Victoria b.17.11.1869 d.26.1.1960 m DRM 14.6.1899 Chetwynd Lionel Meurling b.15.10.1867 d.3.8.1909 s Richard Gerald Meurling & Harriet Charlotte Kellar

8. Eleanor Victoria b.14.4.1871 d. .6.1873

9. Rosalind Victoria b.16.7.1872 d.14.11.1963

10. Durand Victor b.19.10.1873 who follows under XV

11. Oswald Victor b.21.3.1875 d. .5.1876

12. Glanville Hubert Frederick b.28.3.1876 who follows under XVI

13. Vivienne Victoria b.5.2.1879 d.8.2.1890 drowned with three other school boarders while sea-bathing at Wellamaddema, Matara

14. Lena Victoria b.19.9.1882 d.20.2.1918 m DRM 18.1.1911 Samuel Ludovici Anthonisz, LRCP&S (Edin) b.8.3.1860 d.9.5.1915 w Florence Helen Wright Jonklaas s Gerardus Henricus Anthonisz & Susanna Magdalena Ludovici

A X

Andreas Charles Altendorff b.24.9.1849 m DRM 10.5.1876 Caroline Emelia Bastiansz b.22.7.1855 dau Frederick Edward Bastiansz & Anna Caroline Poulier :-

1. Angelberta Petronella b.6.8.1877 d.1.1.1934 in a motor accident at Deniyaya m Louis William Dickman d.4.1.1930 s Johannes Jacobus Cornelius Dickman & Drusilla Johanna Engelina Woutersz

2. Charlotte Maria b.3.7.1879

3. Fretz Arnold b.18.10.1880 who follows under XVII

A XI

William Darley Altendorff b.22.10.1850 m DRM 4.9.1878 Marian Louisa Kellar b.19.7.1858 d.29.7.1941 dau John Edwin Kellar & Julia Ulrica de Zilva :-

1. Florence Ann b.19.6.1880

2. Faith Annie b.30.10.1881 d.15.7.1882

3. Eric Alexander

4. Vivienne Grace b.20.3.1886 d.30.3.1969 m

(a) ........... Kellar

(b) DRG 29.1.1927 Glenville Tyrrell Christoffelsz b.19.8.1892 d.13.1.1974 s Henry Barnes Christoffelsz & Frances Georgiana Kellar

5. Alice Maud b.16.5.1887 d.23.5.1887

6. Henry Barton

7. Louisa d.15.9.1962 m Henry Robert (Harry) Young b.15.10.1892 w Sophie ......... s Henry Young & Maria Rombatchy

8. Augustus E. b.30.8.1890 d.4.9.1890

A XII

George William Altendorff b.19.2.1857 d.Malaya 10.10.1898 m DRW 13.9.1882 Lucy Winifred Mellonius b.31.1.1858 d.1.6.1935 dau George Mellonius & Aletta Elizabeth Jonklaas :-

1. Elizabeth Victoria Ruth b.3.5.1884 d.12.9.1917 m DRMal 27.12.1915 Edgar Lionel de Zilva Van Twest b.17.9.1882 d.19.5.1922 s Edgar Nathaniel de Zilva Van Twest & Annie Pereira

2. Marian Gertrude b.1.11.1885 d.19.2.1975 m DRW 28.7.1909 Percival Gerhardt b.3.12.1885 d. s James Cornelius Gerhardt & Susanna Carolina Lucretia Ebert

3. Grace Adeline b.5.3.1887 d.27.7.1906

4. Florence Mildred b.13.9.1892 d.England 19.12.1983 m DRW 7.4.1913 Eric Irvin Friskin b.12.4.1889 s Charles Henry Friskin & Rosaline Margaret Potger

5. Maud Joseline b.15.9.1896 m DRW 16.12.1914 Anselm Bernard Pereira s Valentine Bernard Pereira & Ursula Fernando

A XIII

Joseph Lambert Dias Altendorff b.1.12.1862 d.1.12.1914 m STM 2.11.1893 Linda Vollenhoven b.6.12.1872 dau James Edward Vollenhoven & Emmeline Louisa Andree :-

1. Joseph Gerald b.16.9.1894 who follows under XVIII

2. Annesley Harold Joseph b.27.12.1899 who follows under XIX

3. Linda Jemima b.1.1.1904 d.30.10.1997 m SPK 9.4.1928 Lionel Carl Pereira b.1902 d.17.6.1984 s Lloyd Oswald Pereira & Lydia Frances White

4. Mona Rene b.6.6.1909 d.Australia 21.9.2000 m SLB 18.5.1929 Eric William de Saram b.19.5.1907 d.23.3.1937 s Herbert John de Saram, LMS(Cey), LSA(Lond) & Henrietta Augusta Heilmann

A XIV

Nathaniel Trutand Altendorff, station master CGR b.17.12.1860 d.2.3.1907 m DRW 20.9.1886 Adeline Drusilla Pompeus b.28.12.1866 d.29.3.1957 dau William Charles Pompeus & Aletta Elizabeth Jonklaas :-

1. Evelyn Trutand b.24.7.1887 who follows under XX

2. Terence Victor b.27.2.1889 d.31.5.1890

3. Lilian Belle b.12.6.1892 m DRW 12.8.1909 Egbert Nathaniel de Zilva Van Twest b.15.5.1885 d.19.7.1923 s Edgar Nathaniel de Zilva Van Twest & Annie Pereira

4. Royden Herbert b.28.3.1894 d.31.5.1895

5. Vivian Shelton b.18.4.1896 who follows under XXI

6. Alexandra Irene b.7.8.1902 m

(a) CCMut 17.7.1924 Alexander Niel Abel of Scotland s Alexander Abel & .........

(b) CCMut 16.5.1959 Julian Granville Claessen AMIMechE b.4.5.1895 d.Aust.1.11.1971 w. Mabel Bianca Mattheisz s Granville Hillebrand Freywer Claessen & Ethel Blanche McCarthy Heyzer

7. George Neville b.3.3.1904 bap 1921 who follows under XXII

A XV

Durand Victor Altendorff ISO, JP, UM, Deputy IGP b.19.10.1873 d.15.11.1966 m DRW 28.12.1905 Gertrude Sperling Christoffelsz b.24.12.1880 d.24.8.1972 dau William Sperling Christoffelsz & Mary Ann Fretz :-

1. Victor Sperling b.1.7.1907 who follows under XXIII

2. Marjorie Victoria b.14.7.1914 m Cecil Frederick Annesley Jonklaas b.7.4.1912 d.21.2.1969 div Christine Frances Spittel s Ernest Goldestein Jonklaas & Amelia Beatrice Cecile (May) Daniel

A XVI

Glanville Hubert Frederick Altendorff b.28.3.1876 d.14.2.1950 m

(a) DRW 12.1.1909 Myra Garvin b.23.11.1882 d.11.1.1917 dau Thomas Forrest Garvin, MBCM (Aber), FCS (Lond) & Grace Louisa Vander Smagt

(b) ASG 11.5.1927 Bertha Charlotte Ephraums b.31.12.1888 d.26.12.1972 dau Albert Richard Ephraums & Laura Emmeline Anthonisz

Of the first marriage he had :-

1. Myra Glencora b.29.11.1909 d.Melbourne 21.2.1982 m Henry Edward Stork b.14.4.1910 d.Aust. 15.11.1964 w Phyllis Neliya Siebel s Ralph Henry Stork & Lottie May Sisouw

2. Olga Feodora b.17.2.1911 d.W.Australia 24.2.1995 m DRM 11.5.1938 Gerald Eitel Ernst b.29.3.1899 d.Perth 9.2.1985 w Henrietta Wilhelmina Schokman s Charles Henry Ernst & Galla Victoria Altendorff

A XVII

Fretz Arnold Altendorff, engine driver CGR b.18.10.1880 d.30.9.1941 m STM 10.7.1910 Claire Elaine Ernst b.10.7.1885 d.26.6.1950 dau George Edward (Charles) Ernst & Eliza Catherine Sela :-

1. Clarence Arnold Charles b.25.1.1912 d.13.9.1973

2. Pansy Elaine b.20.10.1913 d.26.2.1915

3. Fretz Clifford b.5.10.1914

A XVIII

Joseph Gerald Altendorff b.16.9.1894 d.1959 m DRM 5.3.1921 Estelle Waverney Keuneman b.19.8.1900 d.26.1.1982 dau Gerard Henry Keuneman & Evelyn Beatrice Buultjens :-

1. Joseph Frank b.11.2.1922 who follows under XXIV

2. Geraldine Estelle b.21.6.1923 d.15.5.1924

3. Sheila Rosemary b.8.9.1929 m 14.9.1957 Frederick Karl Wilhelm Joachim Luhdorff of Hamburg, West Germany s Alexander Luhdorff & ........

A XIX

Annesley Harold Joseph Altendorff b.27.12.1899 d.22.10.1971 m T. Florence ........ :-

1. Annesley Selwyn Eusebias Lambert b.10.2.1934 m DRB 26.12.1958 Vilma Crutchley dau Lawrence Gordon Crutchley & Gillian Denise Van Houten

2. Wilhelm m SMD 28.8.1962 Rita Ninette (Blossom) de Niese b.25.1.1934 dau Joseph Hyacinth de Niese & Ayala Mary Lorenza Kellar

3. Audrey

A XX

Evelyn Trutand Altendorff b.24.7.1887 d.16.6.1964 m

(a) ROC 5.6.1912 Elsie Grizelda Markus b.22.5.1892 d.7.12.1975 dau Oswald William Charles Markus & Winifred Grace Markus - div.

(b) Maud Ludowyke d.10.12.1980 dau Martin Alexander Ludowyk, medical practitioner & Joyce Constance Van Dort

Of the first marriage he had :-

1. Evelyn Rachel b.7.5.1914

A XXI

Vivian Shelton Altendorff b.18.4.1896 d.30.3.1936 m RC Church Madras .2.1918 Sybil Audrey McFarlane :-

1. Adrian Joseph b.31.1.1919

2. Phyllis Zenobia b.25.2.1920

3. Olga Sybil b.26.9.1922

4. Mae Adeline b.20.5.1928

5. Shelton Matthew b.18.12.1929

A XXII

George Neville Altendorff b.3.3.1904 d.Aust 4.11.1986 m DRR 16.9.1933 Florence Alice Zimsen b.27.9.1906 d.Sydney Aust. .8.1982 dau Oscar Christian Zimsen & Ada Helen Fernando :-

1. Ralph Neville b.3.7.1934 who follows under XXV

2. Aelian Ronald b.5.7.1935

3. Jeune Carmen b.27.6.1936 m

(a) .2.1958 Wilton H. Robertson b.29.5.19.. d.24.12.1962 s Edward Robertson & Mona Barbara Gwendoline .........

(b) Edward Morson

4. Joan Dagmar b.27.6.1936 m SFAML 5.5.1958 Vyvil Ivor Chapman b.14.10.1933 s Aelian Kiltore Chapman & Vivienne Merlyn Schumacher

5. Glenda Noeline b.23.2.1938 m Bertram Misso

6. Marlene Dawn b.28.8.1939 d.Sydney Aust. 3.11.1986 m Harvey Dekker

7. Joyce May b.6.5.1941 m All Saints' Church, Petersham, NSW, Australia 29.9.1962 Harris Walter Anthonisz b.8.1.1938 s Harris Walter Anthonisz & Myrle Phyllis Heyzer

A XXIII

Victor Sperling Altendorff of Matara b.1.7.1907 d. m DRM 28.12.1938 Rena Victorine Anthonisz b.17.5.1913 d.2.5.1998 dau Samuel Ludovici Anthonisz, LRCP & S(Edin) & Lena Victoria Altendorff :-

1. Myrna Victorine b.24.10.1939 d.1.5.1942

2. Somanie m Freddy Vidanagamage d.12.9.2005

A XXIV

Joseph Frank Altendorff b.11.2.1922 m SMB 21.9.1946 Gwendoline Joyce Pereira dau Gerald Charles Pereira & Justina (Jessie) Taylor :-

1. Russell who follows under XXVI

2. Desiree m William Harper

3. Jan

4. Geraldine

5. Trudy

A XXV

Ralph Neville Altendorff (Aust) b.3.7.1934 m SPM 23.4.1962 Thelma Merle Hyacinth Koch b.18.4.1941 dau Edwin Lawson Garvin Koch & Nobel Beryl Nicolle :-

1. Maryse m St.Finbar's Catholic Church. Melbourne, Australia 16.3.1991 Paul Forster

2. Shane

3. Natalie m St.Eustathios'Greek Orthodox Church, Melbourne, Australia 14.7.1996 Fotios Giannakis s Emmanuel Giannakis & Effimia .........

4. Jackie

5. Larry

A XXVI

Russell Altendorff m Lorraine .......... :-

1. Joseph

2. David

3. Hannah

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

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** Research done by Dr. Malcolm Jansze