Thomas Percival Bulner 1877-1965

Thomas Percival Bulner was born on a tea plantation in Ceylon on 25 July 1877 to Lawrence Peter Bulner (LP Bulner) and Jane Catherine Davies. He had worked in Ceylon, Bangkok, Scotland and Singapore. He married 2 wives and had 8 children from his second wife. His first wife had no issue. He died in Bangkok on 9 October 1965 (aged 87 years) and is interred at the Bangkok Protestant Cemetery in Bangkok, Thailand. His first wife Rosie Doe lived in Bangkok for many years and died in Sydney after a long illness.

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Mr Percy Bulner worked in Singapore
Mr Percy Bulner of Hotel de la Paix 1904

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The Straits Times, 9 February 1904, Page 5
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With the departure of Mr H Kahlcke for Europe, the management of the Hotel de la Paix has now been taken over by Mr Percy Bulner, and it may be expected that this popular hotel will prove as inviting as ever. Mr Bulner had large experience in hotel management in Ceylon before coming to Singapore and has also been for some time assistant manager at the Hotel de la Paix.

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Roots web:
Info about Mr Percy Bulner
(Lawrence Peter John, Jacob)

Thomas Percival Bulner (1877-1965)

• born 25 July 1877 in Ceylon
• Born on a tea plantation in Ceylon
• Went to work in Scotland
• No children from first marriage

• From Ceylon, moved to Bangkok, to apprentice at Oriental Hotel
• 1904 Manager of Hotel de la Paix, Coleman St, Singapore
• He was a qualified juror in Singapore:
• https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1904_List_of_Qualified_Jurors,_Singapore
• 1933 moved to Sampang (N. Thailand) to work for Ford Motor Co.; business failed
• 1939 moved back to Bangkok to work at Bombay Burma Timber Company as warehouse manager
• 1957-58 retired, move to home on Convent Rd (house was later sold)
• Lived to age 87 years
• died 9 October 1965 (aged 87 years)
• burial: Bangkok Protestant Cemetery, Bangkok
• http://bangkokcemetery.org/index.php/database

• Thomas married 2 wives: 1. Rosie Doe 2. Rosie Lucy Christiansen
• Rosie Doe lived many years in Bangkok. She had no issue. She suffered a long illness and died on 10 January 1919 in Sydney.
• Thomas also married Rosie Lucy Christiansen in 1922 (born 1 Jan 1902-died Oct 1983 San Antonio, Texas). They had 8 children:

1. Beatrice Thelma Bulner (born 21 Sept 1922-died 20 July 1987)
2. Winifred Lucy Bulner (born 25 April 1924-died 31 May 1987)
3. Arthur Richard Bulner (born 22 March 1933 in Lamphang, Thailand-died 12 April 1992 in San Antonio, Texas)
4. Charles Frederick Bulner
5. Frank Bulner
6. Edward Bulner (born 11 Nov 1942)
7. Elizabeth Bulner
8. Thomas Bulner

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Frank Bulner is still alive


New piece of information from LD (12 May 2014):

Thomas Percival Bulner (born 25 July 1877) married Rosie Lucy Christiansen in 1922, and they had 8 children. Thomas Percival Bulner's eldest daughter is Beatrice Thelma Bulner (21 Sept 1922-20 July 1987). Beatrice's brother Frank Bulner is still alive.

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Coleman Street in Singapore

Coleman Street was named after an Irish architect named George Drumgoole Coleman. He was the first Superintendent of Public Works, Singapore from 1833 to 1841.

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Hotel de la Paix

Hotel de la Paix was established at 3 Coleman House, Coleman Street, Singapore in 1865. It was one of the earliest hotels established in Singapore before WWI. It was a first class hotel in its heyday. It operated in the personal residence of George Drumgoole Coleman, who was the first Superintendent of Public Works in Singapore (1833-1841). Mr Coleman left Singapore in 1841.

Mr Coleman's residence continued to house other famous hotels and residences such as the Gaston Dutronquoy, London Hotel, Adelphi Hotel, Hotel de la Paix, Tan Yeok Nee residence, Burlington Hotel, and again Hotel de la Paix till 1919 (after WWI).

The Adelphi Hotel was used for the graduation dinner to celebrate the medical graduates of the King Edward VII (KE VII) College of Medicine since 1910 (Dr Che Lah bin Md Joonos graduated in March 1930).

The previous manager of Hotel de la Paix was a widowed Mrs Kahlcke. Her husband was Mr H Kahlcke. He had returned to Europe (probably died there). Mr Percy Bulner became its new manager in 1904.

http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_1179_2008-12-28.html
Hotel de la Paix, Cha-Am Beach, Hua Hin, Thailand

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Obituary - Wife of Mr Percy Bulner, Bangkok Dock Co

• Bangkok Dock Company, 
• John Walter Bulner, 
• Mr Percy Bulner, 
• Mrs Percy Bulner died 1919, obituary, 

RUBBER AND TIN RETURNS.
The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 25 January 1919, Page 12
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Agents Sime, Darby and Co.
Middleton. Sluicing nil, tribute 47.88 pikuls.
The death took place at Sydney on Jan 10, after a very long and trying illness of Mrs Bulner, wife of Mr Percy Bulner of the Bangkok Dock Co, with whom much sympathy will be felt. Mrs Bulner had lived in Bangkok for many years.

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My comments:
It seems that 2 Bulner brothers went to work in Bangkok, Siam:
1. #5/9 Thomas Percival Bulner (born 25 July 1877)(Mr Percy Bulner - Bangkok Dock Co,)
2. #7/9 John Walter Bulner (born 4 February 1883) - ?

The 2 brothers are the sons of Lawrence Peter Bulner and Jane Catherine Davies. The couple have 11 children - 7 boys and 4 girls.

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