Pahana

Pahana covers updates about the Dutch Burghers residing mainly in Sri Lanka (Ceylon), Australia and New Zealand.

Pahana is an online publication available at:
http://www.pahana.com.au

The Melders Family is in this issue:
http://www.pahana.com.au/paper/id/72
Mid Monthly Issue : February - 2016, Page - 34

Pahana archives:
http://www.pahana.com.au/archives

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The MELDERS are at this website:
http://anglofamilytrees.com/bulner_family_tree.htm

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Bulner-Melder Family Trees

Sri Lanka Burgher Family


The Bulner families are found in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), Australia (Melbourne, Western Australia), Malaysia, Singapore, UK and USA (Texas). They have intermarried at the different places. It will be good to trace them by name/surname, date of birth (DOB), date deceased, date & place of marriage and details of their children and descendants.

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Source: Beverly de Silva beverlydes@optusnet.com.au

Initial Generation

(1) William Edward Godfrey BULNER (1830-1893)
Her father's father (i.e. her paternal grandfather) was (or rather has been noted in her diary as) William Edward Godfrey Bulner, born 1830, died 1893. Married Annie Susan Bertus (born 1834, died 1886) on 29 March 1854 at the Dutch Reformed Church, Mannar, Ceylon. Son: William Reginald BULNER.

In the genealogy of the 'Bulner Family Tree', under I, No. 3, there is listed a 'William Ethelwald Godfrey, born 15 November 1829. Could this be one and the same person listed above (i.e. William Edward Godfrey Bulner, born 1830)? Perhaps my grandmother has incorrectly recorded this info in her notebook.

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Next Generation

(2) William Reginald BULNER (1856-1945)
Her father, William Reginald Bulner, born 14 February 1856, married Lydia Ursula Van Dort (born 11.4.1866) at the Roman Catholic Church, Kalutara, on 23 May 1888. He died at Nawalapitiya Hospital on 1.11.1945 and was buried at the Nawalapitiya Cemetery. Issue: Only one daughter - Mary Annie Agnes BULNER.

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Next Generation

(3) Mary Annie Agnes BULNER (1903-1977)
Mary Annie Agnes BULNER (born 31 July 1903 at the Lying-in-Home, Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), died 13 September 1977. She was buried at R.C. Section, Borella, Kanatte. She  married to George Torrington de Hoedt (born 19.5.1904, died 14.3.1993) at All Saints Church, Borella, Ceylon on 7 June 1928. She died 13 September 1977 and was buried at R.C. Section, Borella, Kanatte. Mary Annie Agnes BULNER had no brothers or sisters.

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Next Generation

Daughter of Mary Annie Agnes BULNER and George Torrington de Hoedt.
Their daughter is (Miss) Beverly de Hoedt.

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Next Generation

Miss Beverly de Hoedt married __ de Silva. She became Beverly de Silva after marriage. Her maternal grandmother is (Miss) Mary Annie Agnes BULNER.

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Info from Victor MELDER

Victor Melder
Sri Lanka Library.
7, Benambra Street,
Broadmeadows,
Vic 3047, Australia.
Tel: 61-03-9309-4040
E-Mail <tormel@dezzanet.net.au>  <tormel@hotmail.com>

First Generation
Jacob BULNER of Osnaburg, Germany, married __??, had a son??

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THE MELDER FAMILY

https://thuppahi.wordpress.com/2016/02/07/the-melders-one-and-all-still-chugging-and-in-service/

========== Re-do the Bulner Family Tree ===========

First Generation

Jacob BULNER was probably born circa 1722-1733. He was from Osnaburg, Germany. His parents were probably farmers. He was probably renting a place in Amsterdam while waiting to join the VOC and to sail away, maybe for greener pastures, as the Germans were defeated in battles and the plague had hit Europe. Often, the VOC soldiers would name their landlords to receive a portion of their pay (paid by debenture).

He could have married at this time or had a partner. He probably married before leaving Holland, or married in Ceylon. He married __ and had a son, possibly named Joseph Bulner.

He was probably a senior man when he enlisted with the VOC military. He was listed as Sergeant Jacob Bulner with 2 other Bulners in the list of names of VOC military personnel. He enlisted as a soldier (soldaat) on 1 January 1752 and sailed on the ship Herstelder for Ceylon via Texel Island, Cape of Good Hope. He reached Ceylon in August 1752.

Jacob Bulner served in Ceylon till he passed away on 25 May 1790 (based on his VOC ledger entry).

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Second Generation

Joseph BULNER was specified in a VOC document as a Burgher. He could have been born in Ceylon between 1752 and 1787. If he was born in 1769, he was 18 years old when he joined the VOC in Holland. If he was born in 1762, he was 25 years old when he joined the VOC in Holland.

He enlisted at Chamber Amsterdam (room Amsterdam) on 2 June 1787 and joined the VOC as a young sailor. He sailed to Batavia on the ship Zeeland, to Batavia, via Texel Island at the Cape of Good Hope. He reached Batavia in February 1788.

Batavia is now Jakarta in Java, Indonesia. Java is an island. Java is referred to as Pulau Jawa in Malay.

Joseph Bulner did not serve all his time in Batavia. He returned to the Cape of Good Hope, where he resigned from the VOC in 1791, ie when the VOC was dissolved. He became a "free man" at the Cape in South Africa. He went to Ceylon and married there. His son was most probably named Jacob Bulner, ie named after his deceased father.

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Third Generation

Jacob BULNER was born in Ceylon. He married Magdalena Elizabeth Vandyn at St John’s Church in Mannar on 31 January 1826. They had 4 children:-

1. Gertruida Carolina BULNER, born 12 September 1824
2. Jacob BULNER, born 6 December 1827
3. William Ethelwald Godfrey BULNER, born 15 November 1829 --> query spelling of Ethelwald/Edward
4. John Peter BULNER, born 1833

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Fourth Generation

13-year old Jacob BULNER (born 6 December 1827) "partnered" with Princess van Rooyen. Their son is Lawrence Peter BULNER (bornMay 13  1840).

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Fifth Generation

Lawrence Peter BULNER was born on 13 May 1840. He was a watchmaker and resided in Kandy, Ceylon. He married Jane Catherine DAVIES. They had 8 children:-

1. Charles F.A Bulner, born 12 August 1866
2. Frederick W Bulner, born 16 January 1872 ---> he enters my family tree in a separate post
3. Arthur Bulner, born 18 January 1874
4. H. Edward Bulner, born 29 September 1875
5. Percival Bulner, born 25 July 1877
6. Frank Akland Bulner, born 18 October 1879
7. John Walter Bulner, born 4 February 1883 ---> he continues to the next generation below
8. Jenny C Bulner, born 4 January 1885

The family tree splits here. Both family trees are online.

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Sixth Generation

John Walter BULNER, born on 4 February 1883 in Ceylon, and died on 27 May 1967 in Melbourne. He married Daisy Maud Jacobs at Christ Church, Bangkok, Siam, on 19 December 1912. Daisy Maud JACOBS was the daughter of Henry Jacobs and Emima Christobelle Conderlag. (They returned to Ceylon, leaving Bangkok, Siam, aboard the SS Heim on 13 September 1919.) They had 3 children:-

1. Henry Malcolm Bulner (Hal Bulner), born 31 October 1913, Bangkok, Siam. He is 2nd Lieut Henry Malcolm Bulner in the Ceylon Light Infantry in 1942 (Second World War, WW2).
2. Iris Daphne, born 21 March 1915, Bangkok, Siam.
3. Phyllis Dagmar, born 14 July 1918, Bangkok, Siam. ---> she is in Facebook.

Roots Web Ancestry.com
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lkawgw/gen1235.html

9.     John Walter Bulner (Lawrence Peter John, Jacob) was born 4 Feb 1883.
John married (MRIN:407) Daisy Maud Jacobs .
They had the following children:
              36    M         i.    Henry Malcolm Bulner was born 31 Oct 1913.
+            37    F          ii.    Iris Daphne Bulner was born 21 Mar 1915.
+            38    F         iii.    Phyllis Dagmar Bulner was born 14 Jul 1918.

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Seventh Generation

Phyllis Dagmar BULNER, born 14th July 1918, Bangkok, Siam, married at Holy Rosary Church, Slave Island, Colombo, on 27th December 1934, Randolph Joseph Churchill Griffith MELDER , son of Victor Emmanuel Leopold Melder and Ellen Emily Newman. (They migrated to Melbourne, Australia in December 1965) They had:-

1. Randolph Johnny Victor, b 1935, Kandy, Ceylon
2. Mark Anthony Julian, b 1937.
3. Joseph Hilton, b 1940.
4. Patrick Trevor, b 1942.
5. Kevin Phillip, b 1945.
6. Derrick Christopher, b 1946.
7. Mary Anne Sharlie, b 1948.
8. Gerard Michael, b 1952.
9. Philomena Therese, b 1953.
10. Geralyn Maria, b 1955.
11. Trudy Antoinette, b 1956.

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Eighth Generation

Randolph Johnny Victor MELDER , born 16 September 1935, Kandy, Ceylon, married at All Saints Church, Borella, Colombo, Ceylon, on 18 January 1964, Esther Margaret Primrose DUNSFORD, daughter of Roy George Dunsford and Nora Nesta Rode. (They migrated to Melbourne, Australia on March 13, 1968) They had 5 children:-

1. Frances Therese Geralyn, b 1965, Galle, Ceylon (arrived Melbourne, Australia 13 March 1968), married at The Pioneer Women’s Gardens, Melbourne on 29 October 1994, Cihan Yucedag, son of Ismail and Neyime Yucedag of Glenroy, Melbourne.
2. Richard Vivian Gerard, b 1967, Galle, Ceylon.
3. Dianne Carol Rita, b 1970, Preston, Melbourne, married at St Nektarios, Greek Orthodox Church, Fawkner, Melbourne on 1 November 1997, John Vlahiotis, son of Nick Vlahiotis and Koula Kyriakidis of Merlynston, Melbourne.
4. Keith Jerome, b 1971, Preston, Melbourne.
5. Glen Paul, b 1978, Essendon, Melbourne.

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Ninth Generation

Richard Vivian Gerard MELDER , b 1967, Galle, Ceylon (arrived Melbourne, Australia 13 March 1968), married at St Vincent De Paul's Church, Strathmore, Melbourne, on 21 September 1991, Jenny Lynn NOTT, daughter of John David Nott and Diana Mary Forrest, of Strathmore, Melbourne. They had 2 children:-

1. Madeleine Victoria, born 11 July 1992, Liverpool, NSW.
2. Felix, born 5 November 1998, Carlton, Victoria.

http://www.sumgenius.com.au/bulner_family_tree.htm

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Mr Colin Browne of Messrs. Browne, Bulner and Co 1911

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The Straits Times, 28 August 1911, Page 6
Link

Mr Colin Browne, formerly of Messrs. Browne, Bulner and Co., of the G.O. H. garage, is importing an aeroplane into Ceylon.

Mr Browne has not yet formulated his plans, but the machine is a passenger carrying (two-seater) racing Bleriot monoplane, with a 50 h.p. seven cylinder Gnome engine.

Other links:
50 h.p. seven cylinder Gnome engine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkJymMK33Zk
Bleriot with the more powerful 50 hp Gnome rotary engine was used for the first aerial route from Hendon to Windsor in September 1911.

Bleriot XI monoplanes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bl%C3%A9riot_XI

Original engine of the Bleriot XI that was used for crossing the English Channel on 25 July 1909

By PHGCOM - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4670407

Restored Bleriot XI - Thulin A of 1910.

By J.Klank - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7219409

Oskar Bider's Bleriot XI flight from Bern over the Alps in 1913

By Unknown - http://www.bhm.ch, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9722763

Bleriot, undated

By De prins der geillustreerde bladen -De prins der geillustreerde bladen, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=14649359

RAF Bleriot used in WWI (1914-1918)

By unknown RAF photographer - gallery link image link, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8473882


Bleriot XI in 1939:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkJymMK33Zk

Reviving the Bleriot XI in 2014:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ9UDNRyep8


Louis Bleriot 1872-1936 (stamp):
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/359373245245184981/

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Frederick Joseph Bulner d.1961

The family of Frederick William Bulner emigrated from Ceylon to Malaya. He had 3 daughters and 3 sons - Frederick Joseph Bulner, Maurice Bulner and Humphry @ Edward Bulner.

Frederick Joseph Bulner (FJ Bulner) was the eldest of 3 brothers. Maurice worked with the church. Humphry migrated to UK.

Frederick married 2 wives - Sophia and May. Sophia had a daughter and May had 13 children. One of Frederick's daughter was adopted by his sister Sheila.

Frederick Joseph Bulner married twice:
1) Sophia - 1 daughter Maureen;
2) May - 13 children.

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There was a different man named Frederick L. Bulner who worked with RAF in Singapore.

 

RAF Tengah in Singapore

15 years of work—then he stole
The Straits Times, 2 January 1953, Page 4
Link

After 15 years in the Air Ministry, Frederick Bulner, an electrical foreman stole a coil of cables worth $250 from R.A.F., Tengah.
In the Singapore Second Police Court, he admitted the theft.
He pleaded for leniency saying he had been in the Ministry since 1937 and that he had a wife and three children to support.
Mr D H Chapman, postponed sentence till Jan. 7 for a probation officer to investigate Bulner's case.
Bulner was remanded.
Another man, Yeo Ah Choo, alias Ramasamy, was also charged with Bulner with stealing the cables.
Yeo claimed trial and was remanded till Jan, 7.

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Wedding of Guy Everard Speldewinde and Eulie Muriel Schumacher 1916

1916 Wedding of Guy - Eulie
Doris Leembruggen
Eulie Muriel Schumacher
Guy Everard Speldewinde
Rev FB Champion
St Barnabas Church in Klang
Sungai Renggam Estate in Selangor
Frederick William Bulner (FW Bulner) 1872-1960s. Laid to rest at Bukit Timah cemetery in Singapore.


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The Straits Times, 31 August 1916, Page 3
Link

The wedding was solemnised last Saturday at St. Barnabas' Church, Klang, of Mr Guy Everard Speldewinde, of Sungei Renggam Estate, and Miss Eulie Muriel Schumacher. The Rev. F B Champion officiated, and the service was choral. The bride, who was given away by Mr Fred Bulner, was attended by Miss Doris Leembruggen as bridesmaid, and by Miss Courcey Bulner as flower girl, while the bridegroom was supported by Mr L Muttukishna as best man.

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There is no photo of the above wedding in my mother's collection.
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What is the St Barnabas Church in Klang? It is an Anglican church. Attached to it is the St Barnabas Home.
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Who is Guy Everard Speldewinde?

He lived at Sungai Renggam Estate - same place where FW Bulner and family lived. They might be friends or relatives.
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Who is Eulie Muriel Schumacher? Is she related to CE Schumacker?

C.E. Schumacker was the Principal of ACS, Malacca in 1949-1951.
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Mr Fred Bulner is Frederick William Bulner (FW Bulner). He was 44 years old in 1916. He was my maternal great-grandfather.
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Who is Doris Leembruggen?
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Miss Courcey Bulner is Daisy Catherine Decoursey Bulner, eldest daughter of FW Bulner. She was the flower girl. She was 5 years old in 1916. She was my maternal grandmother.
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Who is Mr L Muttukishna?
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From the Malayan Volunteers Group:
http://www.malayanvolunteersgroup.org.uk/node/61

Enquiry about my father, Derrick Percival Speldewinde

I am trying to find out if my father  who enlisted in the Malayan Volunteers. I was told recently that my uncle Harold Speldewinde, recently deceased, and my father had both enlisted but were told at the fall of Penang to get out of uniform and blend into the local population for the duration of the conflict. My father went on to serve with Special Branch in Malaya during the Emergency and my uncle was also a decorated war veteran.

Roger Speldewinde
randk@westnet.com.au


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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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Obituary of Mavis Bulner 1978

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The Straits Times, 19 February 1978, Page 20
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In cherish memory of Mavis Bulner
Departed 19-2-77.

A loving wife and mother who left us a year ago without saying goodbye.

Always loved and remembered by husband, sons, daughters, sons/daughters-in-law and grandchildren.

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