Hi Peter,
Thanks for your kind advice. I have a copy of the book and it makes very
interesting reading.
Regards,
Ed. Rowlands.
-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Gundry via
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 8:54 PM
To: srilanka(a)rootsweb.com ; srilanka-request(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [SRILANKA] Dick family in Ceylon circa1839-1860
Hi Ed
You should find your missing Ceylon residents in "List of inscriptions
on tombstones and monuments in Ceylon, of historical or local interest,
with an obituary of persons uncommemorated" by Lewis, J. Penry (John
Penry), 1854-1923. It has obituaries in some cases which is more than
just the normal MIs - link for free download is
http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924007648516
Cheers
Peter in Zimbabwe
On 15/03/2016 09:02, srilanka-request(a)rootsweb.com wrote:
Today's Topics:
1. Re: Dick family in Ceylon circa1839-1860 (Ed. Rowlands)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Message: 1
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 18:57:54 +1000
From: "Ed. Rowlands" <edrowlan(a)bigpond.net.au>
Subject: Re: [SRILANKA] Dick family in Ceylon circa1839-1860
To: "Larry&Coreen" <larryadsl(a)qld.chariot.net.au>,
<srilanka(a)rootsweb.com>
Message-ID: <F4464BAB1C264AE5AF73447B460207DF@OwnerPC>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
reply-type=original
Hi, Confirming what Larry & Coreen have said.
In "Graveyards in Ceylon - Colombo Vol: 1" by Eileen Hewson's Kabriston
Archives, on page 40 is the following:-
Holy Trinity Church aka All Saints, Sebastian Hill - Frederick Lacy Dick
the
fourth son of Samuel and Mary Sherson Dick of Upper Mount, Bonchurch, Isle
of Wight. He was Magistrate of the District of Negombo in the island and
on
the evening of 29th August 1847 was assassinated aged 31, leaving a widow
who gave birth to a son four months after his death. Accompanied by a few
of
the police he went to a lone house in the country to recapture a notorious
criminal who the native police feared to encounter and was shot through a
window by an unseen hand. He was killed by Singo Appoo when searching for
Daniel Appoo who had escaped from custody while waiting trial. He was an
honest and conscientious Magistrate and greatly esteemed within his
jurisdiction. Fredrick L Dick was buried in Galle Face Burial Ground. His
wife Anne Elizabeth was born on November 21st 1824 was the daughter of
Charles Edward Layard CCS. She firstly married Mr Dick on March 16th 1846
at
Colombo?( The Marriage Register of Holy Trinity Church, Nuwara Eliya
indicates that they were married there on 19th March 1846) . When he died
she married Major Rolleston, 84th Regiment on October 28th 1852.They
survived the Mutiny. She died at Pembroke Dock, October 24th 1860.
Also, Fredrick Lacy Dick son of the above born 8th January 1848 and died
at
Colombo 21st March in the same year. Also, Adeline Dick born 30th March
1847
at Negombo and died six days after her birth.
Hope this sheds a little more light on the life of the Dick family in
Ceylon.
Regards,
Ed.Rowlands.
Subject: Re: [SRILANKA] Dick family in Ceylon circa1839-1860
Helen,
The first Dick family member we have found in British Ceylon is a
Captain George F Dick in the 1st Ceylon Regiment in the 1819 Calendar.
He joined the Regiment on 28th March 1814.
He next appears as Military Auditor General in Isle of France
{Mauritius}, still with the 1st Ceylon Regiment, and then shows up as
Chief Secretary to the Government of Mauritius, a Civil Appointment, in
an 1844 Colonial publication.
The Francis Dick who died on May 24, 1853, misprint 1858? was 24 years
old. Aet.XX1V, in TAMIC, page 96. which can be found online.
The referral to Bakers Farm at Nuwera Eliya is to an English style farm
set up by Sir Samuel Baker of Elephant hunting fame. It is a fascinating
story in itself with Baker building the farm and outbuildings and then
hiring a ship to bring all equipment, household goods, livestock,
plants, seeds and farm labourers out to run it.
The 1859 Calendar has ? Dick as proprietor or lessee of Gavatenne,
Hunnasgiriya, Matale Nth. J Halloway is the Resident on the Estate.
This Dick gentleman does not appear in European Residents listed. He may
be an absentee landowner.
Calendars and directories for Ceylon in the 1850s and 1860s are hard to
find.
The 1861/2 Calendar has
G A Dick, Planter, Pussilawa. This Estate is owned by Major Lillie,
and G Brabazon is also living on the Estate. There is a Brabazon-Dick
connection to Smallcombe cemetary in Bath on the web which also shows a
memorial for George Disney Babazon who died on New Peacock Estate,
Ceylon, on 26 Sept, 1912.
The 1871/2 Calendar has
Chas Dick, Planter, Tolloes, Fort MacDonald
Geo Dick, Planter, Gampaha, Fort MacDonald
H J W Dick, Oriental Bank, Colombo.
The 1885/6 Directory has
George Dick, Planter, Rogalla, Nuwera Eliya.
The buying of land for coffee Estates was published in the Goverment
Gazettes, which are only in The National Archives at Kew, and The
Archives at Colombo.
There are a large number of Ceylon newspapers for this period in Kew,
and there used to be some at Colindale too. I think the British libray
may have some too.
The British Library has Ceylon Calendars, Almanacs and Directories for
numerous years, as do the main University Libaries. There is a copy of
the 1853 Calendar in the Archives library in Kew, but there are no Dicks
listed in European residents. We have not copied the Estates list from
this book.
We are presuming you are in England?
The death of F L Dick is covered in Tombstones and Monuments in Ceylon
{TAMIC} page 120/123. with details of his wife, Anne Elizabeth Layard,
born Nov 21 1824, married in Colombo, March 16 1846. They lost two
children in the first two years of marriage, Adeline in April 1847, and
Frederick, {who was born after his father died}, in March, 1848.
Anne married Major Rolleston, 84th Rgt. in 1852, they survived the
Indian Mutiny. She died in Pembroke Dock, Oct 24, 1860.
I notice that the Layard name is associated with Francis Warden Dick's 5
pound fine.
Layard was in the Ceylon Rifle Regiment, but I cannot find an entry
for F W Dick as an officer, in any Regiment in Ceylon.
I hope this helps you, cheers, Larry&Coreen in a sunny North Queensland,
Australia.
On 13/09/2014 10:54 PM, Helen Assaf via wrote:
> Apologies for the length of this entry but I am looking for any
> help/insight on the following three persons, all members of the Dick
> family
> and with connections to Sri Lanka in the first half of the 19th century.
>
> First there is Samuel Dick who owned a coffee estate named Gavatenne in
> Hunnasgiriya in the Matale Kandyar district. He announced it for sale in
> 1854. I would like to know how I can ascertain in which year he purchased
> it himself and whether in fact it was sold in 1854 or not. And also, if
> it
> still exists today?
>
> Samuel's son Frederick Lacy Dick was a magistrate in Negombo. He was shot
> dead in 1847 while pursuing a wanted criminal. How can I find out which
> year he went to Ceylon initially and how he was appointed (looking for
> more
> background info on how the legal system was administered in those days by
> the British). Also would there be any local newspaper references to his
> death with more detail? I have found the reports in British newspapers
> and
> books which refer to him being shot by an unseen hand through a window,
> but
> there is also a local rumour in England that said he was shot by a
> soldier
> and I am intrigued to look into this further.
>
> Frederick's brother Francis Warden Dick was also in Ceylon from
> approximately 1844 to 1850 in the military - Ceylon Rifles. I can find
> references to his being fined and punished in the military. One book says
> he took a low level position in Baker's Nuwara Eliya establishment and I
> am
> keen to find more detail on that regiment and the full name of the cited
> Baker.
>
> Finally there is a memorial to a Francis Dick in Pettah Burial Ground
> from
> 1853, erected by "a few of his friends". There has been some supposition
> that this could be for Francis Warden Dick, however I know he actually
> died
> in England much later. Yet, I would like to rule out the possibility that
> he faked his own death in Ceylon at that time to escape from his
> marriage,
> so is there any way to determine more details on the Francis Dick buried
> at
> Pettah (age at death, newspaper obituary)?
>
> Thank you to anyone who can help.
-------------------------------
To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to
SRILANKA-request(a)rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes
in the subject and the body of the message