Sri Lanka
Sinhalese Family Genealogy
SAMARAKKODY - FAMILY #3118
Samanakkodi
It is recorded in the work,
"The Kandyan Kingdom 1707-1760" by Lorna S Devaraja, that the two Chief Ministers, Wijayasundera
Wickremasinha Chandrasekera
Rajakarunanayaka Seneviratne
Mudiyanse, the Pallegampahe
1st Adikaram of the Kandyan
Kingdom from 1734-1737 and from 1747-1759 from the Wasagama
of Ehelepola, and Wijeyasundera
Loku Mudiyanse alias "Pilimatalawe", the Udagampahe
Adikaram from 1739, and later,1760-1766, from the Wasagama of Elamaldeniya, were
related to each other. Although the specifics of this relationship are not
mentioned in that record, it is obvious that the marriage of the "Monarawila' Lady, who was King Narendrasingha's
concubine, to the first known "Pilamatalawe Adikaram", is the basis for this relationship.
The same record in the work of
Lorna S Devaraja, states that Urulewatte
Wijayasundera Loku Mudiyanse, the 2nd Adikaram, had
to yield his position to a rival of the first Adikaram
due to the above mentioned relationship, between him and the 1st Adikaram. In this instance the rival of the 1st Adikaram from Ehelepola is
identified as a relative of the senior "Leuke",
the Maha Disawa of Sathara Korale from 1740-1751.
King Vijaya
Rajasinghe (Ruled 1739-1747).inherrited
Ehelapola who was powerfull
as Pallegampaha Adhikaram (1st Adigar).So he
appointed Leuke nilame as Disawa of thun korale and sathara korale. The king
then appointed Samanakkodi Nilame ,a relative of Leuke, as Udagampaha Adhikaram (2hd Adigar)
Samanakkodi Udagampaha Adhikaram finally had
dealings with King Kirthi Sri Rajasinghe (Ruled 1747-1782).
The Adigars of the Udarata Kingdom
The Adhikarama (called Adigar by the British) was the most powerful officer
in the Udarata kingdom. He headed the central administration and was second only to the king. His
symbol of office, the silver cane, curved at the
top, was carried before him like a mace, on official matters. A second post
of Adhikarama was created by Rajasingha
II and Udarata divided between the
two. Sri Wickrema Rajasinha
created a third post of Siyapattuve adhikaram,
regarding which we know nothing.
The five principal villages, including Ampitiya situated below the
hill in Kandy (pallegampaha)
came under Pallegampaha Adhikarama.
Udagampaha Adhikarama had the other five including Halloluva and Peradeniya. Pallegampaha
ranked above Udagampaha, but Udagampaha led armies
to battle. The position of Pallegampaha
adhikarama was held by Hindagala (1707-1709), Rammolaka (1717 - 1734), Dumbara Rala (1751) and Eravvavala (1783). Pallegampaha administered Sat Korale, Uva, Matale, Valapane, Vellassa, Bintenne, Nuwarakalaviya, Tamankaduwa,
Harispattu, Dumbara and Hewaheta. Udagampaha
administered Tun Korale, Satara Korale, Sabaragamuwa, Udapalata, Udunuwara, Yatinuwara, Tumpane, Kotmale and Bulatgama.
The Adhikarama's carried
out the kings orders. They signed and
handed over land grants on behalf of the king. They delivered the vadarapanatin
sittuva a land grant in paraveni,
executed on king's order. They supervised the ferries that guarded Kandy. . The kasakara who cracked the whips before
the king and adhikarama and the katupulle who conveyed the messages of king and adhikarama came under him. Katupulle
also acted as informal advisors. Adhikaramas
were in charge of the peraheras in Kandy, the
cleanliness of Kandys streets and repairs to its temples.
Adhikaramas could
hear civil and criminal cases in all the provinces
either directly, or with the disawas. Also appeals
other than those taken by the king. They ranked
first in the Maha Naduwa.
When land cases were decided, a sittu containing the names of the litigants, land in dispute,
decision of the court and date, was given to the successful party. Only the Adhikarama could sign
these. And only the Adhikarama could punish with a
cane. Each adhikarama had a disawani
under him. Pilimatalawe had Satara
Korale and Ehalepola had Sabaragamuwa
in the 1800s.
The respect shown to Adhikarama
was second only to the king. No one below the royal family could sit when
the Adhikarama was standing nor could
a person ride on an elephant, horse or palanquin while the Adhikarama was on foot. Everybody on the road had to
make way for him. Adhikarama was preceded by persons cracking 16 whips, each ten feet in length,
made of niyande, whenever he went out. Adhikarama ranked above disawe.
When the disawe visited the Adhikarama, his
drummers stopped drumming when they saw the adhikaramas
house. When the Adhikarama
visited a disavani, the disava
had to walk two or three miles behind. But Adhikaramas
could not use drums in Kandy or in provinces outside their
jurisdiction. They could not inflict corporal punishment on the radala
families or any of the employees working in the palace.
The Adhikarama was
appointed by the king. Adhikarama paid 500 ridi for the appointment
and 500 each year to renew it. He held office at the
kings pleasure. He could be promoted or demoted as the king wished. Yalegoda
who was Pallegampaha in 1693 was made disave of Matale in 1703. Both adhikarama
posts were earlier held by brothers, such as the Rammolakas,
Galagodas and Dodanvalas.
Later, rivals were appointed to the two posts, so that they would
not combine against the king.
King Vijaya Rajasinha (1739-1747)
inherited Ehelepola as Pallegampaha.
Ehalepola stature and family prestige was such
that his position in court was almost unassailable. So Vijaya
brought in Leuke, who was
against Ehelepola, and elevated him to disave of Tun and Satara Korales. The king also inherited his second Adhikarama,
Pilimatalavve. He removed Pilimatalavve and appointed Samanakkodi,
a rival of Ehelepola and a relative of Leuke. Samanakkodi (Udagampaha)
was against Ehelepola
(Pallegampaha) in 1747.
Below the Adhikarama
rank came the disawa. Disawa
was appointed by the king.
1 Kulathunga Bandara b approx 1640
2 (1)
Kulathunga Mudali b1668.
Was Disawa of Wellassa
in yr 1700 under king Wimaadarmasuriya
2 (He had 4
sons)
3 Kulathunga Bandara .Took the name Weliwita Saranankara b1698-d1778.He was from Weliwita Waththe Walauwwa Thumpane,Hatharaliyadda Kandy.
During King Narendrasingha's
rule of 1707 to 1739,in his last days, kings brother
in law a native of Madura was receiving religious training by monk Saranankara.
In 1753 he was bestowed with the title Sangharaja of Sri Lanka by King Kirti Sri Rajasinghe. (Head of
the bhikkus)
due to the conspiracy in 1760,he
was imprisoned at Kehelalla.But later pardoned in
1768,and position restored.
2 (2) Brother of Kulathunga
Mudali
3 Thibotuwawe Buddharakitha thera (Head of the Malwattha Vihara) b approx 1700 (Deputy head of the bhikkus).Due to the conspiracy in 1760, he was imprisoned at Bintanna.But later pardoned in 1768 and position restored.
2 (3) Brother of Kulathunga
Mudali
3 Samanakkodi b approx 1700 d
1760 Was appointed Udagampaha Adikaram ,to this position
between August 1742 and December 1746.
(2hd Adigar) by King Sri Vijaya
Rajasinghe (Ruled 1739-1747) of Kandy, who ruled from 1739-1747
December 1746, Samanakkodi received a complimentary letter from Dutch
Governor Van Gollennesse.Samanakkodi became a great
favourite of King Sri Vijaya Rajasinghe
and the Dutch too knew about it.
He received the Siam ambassoders in Trincomalee around
1750, when budhisam upasampada
was brought from Thailand,as
the Portuguese had destroyed buddhism.
In 1760 ,due to the hand in the conspiracy to kill the King Kirti Sri Rajasinghe (Ruled 1747-1782),Samanakkodi
Udagampaha Adhikaram was executed,with 3 others.
2 Relative Leuke Nilame (Leuke
Vijayasundera Rajakaruna
Herat Mudiyanse). b approx
1680 d1751.Supposed to have thought pali to his
relative Saranankara thera.Leuke received a land grant in 1744 from King
Sri Vijaya Rajasinghe. (Leuke was a
ex buddhist monk) married the daughter of Edanduwe Rala. (Edanduwawe was disawe of 3&4 Korale under Rajasinghe 2)
Leuke nilame was appointed Disawa of thun korale and
hathara korale in 1743 by
King Sri Vijaya Rajasinghe.
Leuke sannasa ,land grant 1744.Leuke was a ex buddhist monk.
Leuke Vijayasundera Rajakaruna Herat Mudiyanse. (full name of Leuke)
(It is
said that Saranankara ,Thibotuwawe and Samanakkodi were from the Radala
Aristocracy.) (Saranankara,Thibotuwawe
and Leuke were related to Samanakkodi.)
By 1743, the senior Leuke Nilame
was in favour with King Sri Vijaya Rajasinha. Within the next three years he had received many
lands by way of the Royal Grant, popularly known as the "Leuke Sannasa", and had been
appointed as the Disawa of of
Thun Korale. Due to the excessive influence he was
having at the Court, King Sri Vijaya Rajasinha was compelled to appoint a relative of Leuke, who is identified as Samarakkodi/Samarankodi Nilame, to the office
of Udagampahe 2nd Adikaram
in 1746, the last year of his reign. Samarakkodi Nilame held this office up to 1760, which was well into the
reign of the succeeding King Kirthi Sri Rajasinha. However, due to his continuing close contact
with the Madura Dynasty, with the ascent of a new King, the once removed Wijayasundera Wickremasinha Chandrasekera Rajakarunanayaka Seneviratne Mudiyanse of Ehelepola was re-instated in 1747 and was Pallegampahe 1st Adikaram up to
1759.
The senior "Leuke" Nilame, the Maha Disawa of the Sathara Korale, died in 1751, and
by 1753 the fortunes of Samarakkodi Adikaram were in decline. Samarakkodi/Samarankodi Adikaram had a hand
in the conspiracy of 1760 against King Kirthi Sri Rajasinha. According to the "Sasanavathirna
Varanawa", it was the ex-second Adikaram, Urelewatte (Pilimitalawe)
Panditha Wahala Loku Mudiyanse who revealed the
conspiracy through Galagoda Disawa
alias "Munwatte Adikaram"
who became the Pallegampaha 1st Adikaram
in 1760. The Samarankodi Adikaram
was executed in 1760 for his part in the conspiracy. Pilimatalawe
Elamaldeniya Loku Mudiyanse was recalled to re-assume duites
as Udagampahe 2nd Adikaram
from late 1760 to 1766. Galagoda alias "Munwatte Adikaram" became
very powerful and held as many as twenty High Offices between 1760 and 1777,
the year of his demise. He held the post of 1st Adikaram
until the defeats in the Dutch wars between 1762 and 1766 made him to be
removed by Kirthi Sri Rajasinha
in favor of a new 1st Adikaram
from the village of Angamanna in Kandukara
Ihala Korale Udapalatha. This was Samaradivakara
Wickramasinha Ilangakoon Senanayaka Rajapaksa Rajakaruna Mudiyanse of Angammana who
received a Sannasa from Kirthi
Sri Rajasinha and held the post of 1st Adikaram for 24 years, from 1766 to 1790.
The relationship between Urulewate Wickremasinha Loku Mudiyanse and Waradamune Chnadrasekera Seneviratne Mudiyanse helps to establish the fact that these two
families were identified later on, by their Wasagams,
as "Pilimatalawe" and "Ehelepola", and have long standing inter-family
links.
[extracted from "Four Kandyan
Families" by Sunil J Madugalle, 2005, pp 61-62]
Around 1750 AD, King Kirthi Sri Rajasinghe
(Nayakkar King 1747-1782 AD) of Kandy had sent to (Siam) Thailand, a delegation to bring back
Buddhism to (Ceylon) Sri Lanka. (Due to the invasion of Portuguese, Buddhism
had died out in Ceylon.). The Dutch had agreed, to bring Buddhism back to
Ceylon, in exchange for them to have trading posts in Batticaloa. Among the
officers to meet the Siam Ambassadors in Trincomalee, were Samanakkodi Uda
Gampaha Adigar, and another Adigar,
(Chief ministers and advisors to the King).
(Samanakkodi, meaning the bearer of the flag of the monks. This
particular branch changed the name to Samarakkody during the British period.)
The Historic Upasampada Ceremony was held in Kandy at
Malvatta Vihara on 19th July 1753, under the supervision of
Venerable Upali thera senior monk of Siam.
A person in the name of Leuke
Rala, who had a knowledge of Pali was close to the Adigar Samankkodi. Leuke
Rala and the King were not in good terms, and arrest orders had been issued.
Therefore Leuke Rala was confined to a house in the village of Makehelvala at
the foot of Alagalla mountains. A knowledge of Pali is necessary to gain access
to the Tripitaka.In the determination to learn pali the monk Saranankara
took residence in a cave near Alagalla mountains,and Leuke Rala had
thought Pali to Velivita Saranankara Thera.Such was Saranankara thera's desire
to learn and respect for scholarship. Saranankara samanera and several others
were conferred Upasampada at the above ceremony in 1753.
After the restoration of buddhism,the king placed Saranankara as head of the
bhikkus. And as Deputy Tibbotuvave Buddharakkita.The monk Tibbotuvave was a
cousin of Samanakkodi.
It is believed that the King had
contacts with the Dutch in Colombo through the Samanakkodi Adigar.
Since the chiefs were now
influential in state matters, the Dutch authorities in Batavia, instructed the
Dutch governor to establish good relations with the adigars and disawas. When
the Dutch gave money to second Adigar
Samanakkodi, they were ordered to cultivate first Adigar Leuke too. Leuke
got silk and lace caps. Gifts were given also to obtain favors such as asking
the Nuwara Vanniya to return to the Dutch the dues he had unlawfully collected
and asking the minor chiefs to stop hindering the Dutch in their collection of
cinnamon, timber and the transport of elephants through their lands. Dumbara
Ralahamy, disave of Tun and Satara korale and later First Adigar, not only
accepted bribes but set his price as well. In 1755, he wanted a diamond owned
by a high ranking Dutch be gifted to the king. Grudgingly this was done He also wanted
a thoni of paddy sent to Trincomalee without payment of duty.
(Some of the above details were
obtained from the Internet and from a book of Dr Lorna Devaraja, a History
Professor from Colombo University.)
While examining the ola leaf manuscripts of the Rajavaliya,the writer A.V
Suraweera,came across an interesting account of the imprisonment of Sangharajha
Walavita Saranankara by King Kirti Sri Rajasingha.
(Part relevant to Samarakkody,taken from
internet is written below.)
Although King Kirthi Sri
Rajasinghe had become a buddhist,he had not given up his hindu traditions
completely.His 1st reigion was hinduism .He used to apply holy ash in the
forehead for official functions, which angered the buddhist priest.It is said
that Samanakkody got involved in the conspiracy (Samanakkodi was supposed to be
the ring leader of the conspiracy), as the benefits he received under the
former king Vijaya Rajasinghe , had been reduced by Kirthi Sri Rajasinghe.
Having glorified the sasana,while
he (Kirti Sri) was spending the time
(living)in accordance, with the Dasaraja Dharma,some of his Ministers conspired
to kill King Kirti Sri,in the year
1760,and enthrone the prince who returned,after becoming a monk from Siam.
(Named Upali)
With these foolish thoughts, the
Ministers arranged a bana preaching at the Uposatha hall of the Malvathu
Vihara.With these foolish thoughts, they decorated the vihara,prepared
seats,and decided to kill the king,when he arrived to listen to the sermon.
They fixed spikes, made of Kitul and arecanut in pits, having spread barks of
banana, over them covering the surface with cloth.,invited the king to come and
listen to the bana sermon. Observing this the Galagoda Disawe informed the
king. Having heard of this the king arrived at the Upasatha hall,with his army.
King after making inquiries, decided to punish the culprits, who conspired to
kill the king.
Thus Udagampaha Adikaram Samarakkody Nilame,
Matihanpola Disawe, Moladande Rate rala, and Kaduwela rala were beheaded at
Ampitiya. The
Sangharajha Saranankara was
imprisoned at Kehelalla. Tibbotuwe Mahanayake was imprisoned at Bintenna.
Later Galagoda Disawe who informed the
King,received the post of UdaGampaha Maha Adikaram. Madavela Therunnanse
received the post of Chief Sangha. It is said that a muslim in the name of
Gopala Mudali, who informed about the conspiracy was rewarded by the King.
Siyam Nikaya received royal patronage. The apex Nikaya
appointments were made by the king. They were given only to bhikkus from
radala families. Saranankara, who had received higher ordination in 1753
was made Sangharaja, with Tibbotuvave Buddharakkhita as upa sangharaja
Saranankaras father, Kulatunga mudali, had been disava of Wellassa and
raterala of Tumpane under Wimaladharmasuriya II. Tibbotuvave was a cousin
of second adigar Samanakkodi.
Saranankara's
father was Kulatunga mudali, Disawa of Wellassa. As Saranankara was a cousin of
Samanakkody Adigar, Samanakkody's father could be a brother of Kulatunga
Mudali (Disawa of Wellassa under king
Wimaladharmasuriya 2 ,who ruled from 1687 to 1707) (It is said that
Tibbotuvave,Saranankara and Samanakkodi were cousins.And later Samanakkodi was
2hd Adigar under King Kirti Sri Rajasinghe who ruled from 1747 to1782.)
From the book Memoirs of Late James D'Alwis edited
by AC Seneviratne in 1939
After 1604 those who had left the
7 korale's for Sabaragamuwa found it no better condition, they felt a
desire to abandon and to seek refuge in some quite locality. Long before the Dutch
succeded the Portuguese and long before the Dutch rendered the inland waters
navigable,various points on the west coast between Bentota and Negambo,and
boats were placed,on the kelani ganga to maintain communication by the
river,confined to the Kandyan Kingdom. The
new settlers of Sabaragamuwa found a easy passage en route by the Kaluganga to
those domains in ancient principality Raiygama
(Western Province)
Though it was undoubtly
the close of their rule in Ceylon,it is nevertheless
not a little surprising that the Portuguese now attempted to extend their
religion beyond their own frontier,and to carry it into the inland districts of
the island. Notwithstanding the formidable opposition which they met at the
hands of the Dutch, who had already commenced to interpose obstacles on the way
to the Portuguese. And not withstanding the treaty of 1638 between King
Rajasinghe 2 and the Dutch, by which the exertions of the Portuguese clergy
were greatly limited,yet it is not little surprising that it was chiefly at
this period they exerted their influence,not only to effect convertions among
te highest families of the land,but to introduce at the same time,a very
questionable nomendature to distinguish the converted.
It was at this point that the new
Kandian settlers in the confines of Raiygama foresaw that the most effectual mode by,which they
could secure rank and office was by embracing the faith,which had been
offered,as a bait for such distinction.
1 Samanakkodi Uda
Gampaha Adigar b. circa
1700-d1760. Around 1750 AD, King Kirthi Sri Rajasinghe (Nayakkar King 1747-1782AD) of Kandy, had
sent to (Siam) Thailand, a delegation to
bring back Buddhism to (Ceylon) Sri
Lanka. Due to the invasion of Portugese, Buddhism had died out in Ceylon. The
Dutch had agreed, to bring Buddhism, in exchange for them to have trading posts
in Batticaloa. Among the officers to meet the Siam Ambassadors in Trincomalee,
were Samanakkodi Uda Gampaha Adigar, and another Adigar, (Chief ministers and
advisors to the King). (Samanakkodi, meaning the bearer of the flag of the Monks. The name
changed to Samarakkody during the British period. (His rescidence would have
been in Welivita Tumpane Kandy.) . Udagampaha
Adhikarama had the other five including Halloluva and Peradeniya.
Pallegampaha ranked above Udagampaha, but Udagampaha led armies to battle. Udagampaha administered Tun
Korale, Satara Korale, Sabaragamuwa, Udapalata, Udunuwara, Yatinuwara,
Tumpane, Kotmale and Bulatgama. Udagampaha Adikaram was the 2hd to the
King, and was like the Prime Minister.
There is a belief that King Kirti
Sri Rajasinghe who was a tamil, was not doing enough for Buddhism and that was
the reason for the conspiracy to replace him. And it is believed that after the incident the king realized, that in order to
rule the country he had to promote Buddhism. During his period he had brought
learned bhikkus from Siam to advance Buddhism and also built the Raja
Maha Viharaya in Kandy.
It is stated in the book of John Holt,that in 1745, Catholic priest had been tried in a
tribunal by 3 Buddhist leaders which included Samanakkodi Adigar, Saranankara
Thera and Leuke Nilame for writing anti Buddhist literature ,in the period of
King Sri Vijaya Rajasingha.
Adigar's Relative was Leuke Disawa of Hathara Korale 1740-1751
In 1747 the Dutch Governor Julias Valentyn Stein
Van Gollennesse gave Samanakkodi 306 Pagodas as a token of high regard.
Samanakkodi Udagampaha Adigar, Moladanda Raterala,
Kaduvelarala, Matihanpola Disawa were executed in 1760 (at Ampitiya), due to the conspiracy to kill
King Kirthi Sri Rajasinghe. Capital punishment was not inflicted on the monks,
as a result Saranankara and Tibbotuvave survived.
(Moladanda Rebellion was against King Kirthi Sri
Rajasinghe. It is believed that Adigar Samarakkody had a personal dispute with
the king. Sangaraja (Cheif priest)
Saranankara was a cousin of Adigar Samarakkody.)
(After
the problems in upcountry,under the King,Johan
Samarakkody settled in low country Thudugala in Kalutara,after migrating by
boat through kaluganga. Thombu Index shows he had land in Thudugala in Kalutara
District.)
2 Don Johan de Fonseka
Samarasundera Seneviratne Samanakkody, Mudaliyar Hewagam
Korale under Dutch Govt. (b circa 1725) + Tudugalage
Geomara m:1750, d/o Tudugalage Don Simon, Saffremadu
& (20.1.1722) Dona Joanna
Wettesinha
(3143) descendent of King Parakramabahu V1 of Kotte (1412-1467) from JHO Paulsz's book (see
Tudugala family tree) (He may have joined the Dutch Govt after the father was
assasinated.,he may have travelled by boat in kaluganga and resided at Tudugala
in Kalutara District,Subsequently he moved to Dedigomuwa in Hewagam
Korale.Thombu Index shows he had land in Thudugala in Kalutara and land in
Dedigomuwa in Hewagam Korale.) (It is believed as his name has Seneviratne,he
may have had a strong military connection,under King Kirti Sri Rajasinghe.It is
believed after his father, adigar's death in 1760,he escaped to the Dutch
territory of Kalutara,and was receieved with open arms and immedietly the
Mudliyar title was given to him by the Dutch Administration.) (Possibly when he
joined the dutch,he received the name "de Fonseka",which the family
seems to have used for 100 years) (Although "de Fonseka" name
is a Portuguese name, Portuguese names were used in Dutch times.)
3 (1) daughter (b approx 1760)of
Fonseka Samarakkody Mudliyar (Colombo) + Samuel
Amarasekera (3068) (m approx 1790)
(Mudliyar Hapitagam Korale 1800) (Samuel
Amarasekere is a son of Don Phillip Amarasekere Ekanayake Kulatilaka,Mudliyar
Hapitagam Korale 1785 Dutch Govt.married daughter of Wijesundera Ekanayaka
Mudliyar of Hapitagam Korale,Dutch Govt.)
4 daughter +Adrian Dias
Bandaranayake of Malwana
4 daughter + Carolis de Livera
Mohandiram Kalutara b approx 1800
4 daughter + Paules Gunathilaka
Mohandiram Lockgate Colombo
5 Robert Gunathilaka (President Pasdun Korale)
4 Simon Paules Amarasekere
Mohandiram Hapitagam Korale 1830 (no
issue)
4 Johannes Paules Amarasekere
Mohandiram,Gangodapattu1855 Siyane Korale Murutuwela (No issue)
4 Abraham Amarasekere Mohandiram
Siyane Korale Madapatha 1860
5 Charles Amarasekere +Miss
Seneviratne (Ekala)
5 Louis Amarasekere b 1840+
Miss Perera (Kirindiwita)
6 Cornelia Elizebeth
Amarasekere + John P.G Senanayake
6 Annie Cornelia
Amarasekere + Charles Gunerwardena
7 Greetha Gunerwardena
+ James Senaratne
8 Samanda Senaratne
+ Shanaka de Livera b1959
9 Shelan de
Livera
9 Sajin de Livera
5 Paulis Amarasekere (M1) +
Miss Seneviratne (Ekala)
6 daughter + Solomon Dias
Bandaranayake (Malwana)
5 Paulis Amarasekere (M2)+ Laura Gooneratne (Panadura)
4 Henry Amarasekere Mohandiram
Siyane Korale 1840 Abanwita (no issue)
4 Herat Amarasekere Mohandiram
Hapitagam Korale 1838
3(2) Paulis Samarakkody- (Paulo Fonseka Appuhamy) (b approx 1751)
(Mohandiram.Hewagam Korale) + Dona
Louisa de Livera
Married on 3rd June
1770. (Louisa born 20th May 1753)
Dona
Louisa is the daughter of Marappuli Appuhamilage Don Louis de Livera
Wijewickrema Seneviratne (Mudaliyar) (1725-1790)and Johanna Dassanaike baptised
1728 (Johanna ,daughter of Joseph
Crastilyon Wijesundera Dassanaike Mohandiram of Attapattu.) (GG Grand daughter
of Magamme Rala b 1613-1685 of Weliwita of Hewagam Korale) (3109)
3(3) Andris
Samarakkody + Ms Dissanaike
(sister of Don Abraham Dissanaike, second Mudaliyar of Hewagam Korale)
(There is a doubt, if Carolis's and Louis's father is Andiris or Paulis
Samarakkody.Maybe Carolis's father was Andiris and Louis's father was Paulis.)
4(1) Carolis de Fonseka
Tillekeratne Samarakkody.Mudaliyar (1800-1897approx). (Received a gold
medal from Governor Robert Brownrigg for the services to the British Government
during the Kandyan Rebellion in 1818.
(Firstly village headman Pokunavita.)He also received the Jubilee Gold
Medal,given by Governor West Ridgeway in 1897.
(His rescidence was "lovdale"
Jempettaha street Colombo)
5 Earnest Carolis de Fonseka Samarakkody
+ (M1874) Louisa Venetia de Livera (d of Solomon de Livera Seneviratne and
Petrenella Dias Bandaranayake d 1887)
6 Jeramy Samarakkody b
approx 1875
4(2) Louis de Fonseka Samarakkody + Francina
de Livera, (daughter
of Paules de Livera Weerakoon, Muhandiram, Hapitigam Korale).b approx
1795, Clerk Colombo Kachcheri. Commutation
Assessor. (3109)
5(1) James de Fonseka Samarakkody + de Livera
6 Lawrence Henricus Samarakkody (Lawyer) + Eheliyagoda (lived at No 4 New Urugodawatte in 1910)
7 Lorinda Chandrawathi Samarakkody, d:5/4/2005 + JH Terrance
Perera
(Son of Jhon Henry Perera and Favorita
Mildred)They had 1 son.
(Lorinda Samarakkody
inherited 35 acres land in Rambukkana (sold in 1975),and lived at Vivekananda
road Wellawatte (sold in 2006.)
8 Mahinda Perera, Engineer
(STC) (Migrated to
Melbourne Australia in 1990) b 8/6/1949-d 27/2/2015+ Nirmalee Guneratne
9 Milinda Perera +Ayesha
Perera
10
Malaika Perera
9 Emara Perera+Mishra Ramchander
10 Eloise
Margret Ramchander
10 Oliver Henry Ramchander b 2022
9 Lakshini Perera
9 Sean Perera
5(2) **Louis Charles de Fonseka Wijewickrema Tillekeratne
Samarakkody. (Mudaliyar of Governors Gate) b:3 Mar 1840.d 8th Oct 1907
Colombo Acadamy & STC.Mutwal
(entered govt service in 1861,attached to court requests and sworn
translator,also served in Colombo Kachcheri) + (m1871) Cornelia Fredricka Siriwardene, (b approx1845.alive1906
) (great granddaughter of David
de Silva Siriwardene, Mudliyar Raigam Korale, granddaughter of Simon
de Silva Siriwardene Maha Mudliyar and daughter of Jacobus
Dionysius de Siva Siriwardene, Atapattu
Mohandiram), Mohandiram
Alukuru Korale, Mudaliyar Kegalle Kachcherri. President 6 village
Tribunals in 3 different Korales..Mudaliyar of the Governor Gate 1883. (38 years governtment service)Had following
estates-Lenegala Estate Panagoda, Mahalanda Estate, Rambukkana Kegalle. And
maybe Pugoda also. (They lived in a house called "Lovedale" in
Jampettah Street Fort,Colombo).He
received the titles of Wijewickreme Tillekeratne,when he was made Mudaliyar of
Governors Gate. He received Jubilee Gold Medal,from Governor West Ridgeway in
1897.
(He received
Crown Grants in 1880, and was able to purchase 150 acres from Rambukkana
-jungle land which was called Mahalanda,later called Mahalanda Estate.,and he
planted coconut.and also got a crown grant,and he purchased 200 acres of jungle land in Panagoda which
was called vellipilla kelle,he then planted coconut.,later called Lenegala Estate..)He
had 7 children.
6 (1) Jane Cecilia Augusta de Fonseka Tillekeratne Samarakkody. (b approx 1873)died (1909) unmarried.
6 (2) Charles Peter Augustus de Fonseka Tillekeratne
Samarakkody. Mohandiram Governor Gate period and planter (b approx
1874) (Residence Panagoda) (STC Mutwal) (1911 gazette English speaking
Jurors/Assesors,Panagoda Hewagam korale) + Anne Catherine Tillekaratne. (d/o John Nicholas Dissenaike Tillekaratne
Mudaliyar of Matara) (Peter possibly inherited about 18 acres or more
at Rambukkana and about 100 acres at Panagoda.He built a Walauwwa in Lenegala
Estate Panagoda,Which went to his son Milton Samarakkody,and thereafter to his
grandson Mohan Samarakkody.)
Peter Samarakkody had 10 children.
7 (1) Siripala
Samarakkody (MP-Narammala-1936 State Council) (b1907-d:22/8/1944) (Educated at STC ,and
London University, called to the bar from the Middle Temple,-Lawyer, but
entered Politics. Member of the State Council , President Ceylon National
Congress ,Member Sinhala Maha Sabha, participated in the freedom struggle, died
of Typhoid fever.Ferncliff Road Mt Lavinia was re-named Siripala Road in
his memory)+ Phyllis Nedra Senanayake ( Girlie
Senanayake )
(eldest daughter of FR Senanayake)
(3001) (d1978) (Time of death he was residing at 56th lane Borella.) (UC
member Dehiwela Mt Lavinia early 1930's)They had 3 children.
8
(1) Malini Chitra Samarakkody (b1934) + Rajamandhri Jayagandhi
Ratnagopal (Son of Waitilingam Ratnagopal)
9 Niranjan Tilak Rajkumar Ratnogopal changed his name to Gideon Tilak
Conrad + Jane Ridgeon
10 Misha Soraya Conrad (daughter)
10 Tarik Anthony Martin Conrad
(son)
9
Priyani Dharshani Ratnogopal.+ Ajantha de Soysa
9
Rushika Sriyani Ratnagopal +Dallas Martenstyn
10 Yanick Stephen Martenstyn
9
Nilhan Suresh + Sharmain
10
Shanick
10
Kiyacha
10 Kiyachi
9
Nilmini Shobhana +Hassen Carder
(Nilmini and Nilhan are twins)
8
(2) Rukmani Samarakkody (b1938) + Sena Attygalle (Civil & Structural Engineer)
9 Deepthi Attygalle + Richard Perera
(UK)
10
Rohana Perera
9 Dharika Attygalle + Suresh Ellawela
10 Sashen.Ellawala
9 Senaka Attygalle + Maria
10
Jaden Attygalle
10
Justin Attygalle
8
(3) Surangani Samarakkody (b1940) + Dr Kingsley Ranasinha (UK)
9 Prof Channa Ranasinha + Ranmini
Wijewardena
10 Dr Nithesh Ranasinha
10 Alekha Ranasinha
9 Teruni
Ranasinha + Rajeeva Indiketiya
10
Indrajith Indiketiya
9 Prof Ruvani Ranasinha +Senani
Ellepola
10 Rapti Ellepola
10 Pradeep Ellepola
7 (2) Zeids Samarakkody (died unmarried)
7 (3) Nenie Samarakkody
(1911-1974) + Phillip
Senewiratne (3108) (m1930)
(Nenie inherited some land in Panagoda.)They
had 2 children
8 (1)
Dr. Brian Senewiratne, (b approx 1931) (Consultant
Physician Brisbane Aus. MBBS - Lond, FRCP - Lond) (Aus)
+ Kamalani Alagaratnam
(Migrated to Brisbane Australia in 1975.)
9 Dr Romesh Senewiratne Alagaratnam +
(M1)Susan Ellis Smith (Aus)
10 Ruby Senewiratne
9 Dr Romesh Senewiratne Alagaratnam+ (M2) Sara
Di Genova
10 Zoe Senewiratne Di Genova
9 Dr Shireen Senewiratne + (M1)
Robert Purssey
10 Nisharn Senewiratne
10 Talita Senewiratne b1995
9 Dr Shireen Senewiratne + (M2) Channa Ellepola
8
(2) Phoebe Senewiratne b2/1/1940 + Nanda Yatawara
9 Lakshman Yatawara (UK)
9 Neliya Yatawara (UK)
9
Kavanthissa Yatawara (UK)
7
(4) [2] Edmund Peter Samarakkody, b:19/Apr/1912-d:4
Jan1992, Lawyer (from 1939).
STC.Mount Lavinia MP for Dehiowita 1956, MP for Bulathsinhala 1960 LSSP.
Participated in the freedom struggle for Sri Lanka. His residence was
Stardale,Siripala Road Mt Lavinia.
Edmund Samarakkody was jailed during the world war
2 for revolutionary antiwar activities in Ceylon. Edmund escaped Bogambara
prison along with Colvin and Phillip on 5/4/1942. But was re arrested in 1944..
(Contested
elections from LSSP.1952-Dehiowita-8848votes-won.1956 Dehiowita
14954votes-won.1960-July,Bulathsinhala10103votes-won.)
Also one time served the MC Dehiwela
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Electoral
history of Edmund Samarakkody |
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Election
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Constituency
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Party |
Votes |
Result |
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10,673 |
Not elected |
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8,848 |
Elected |
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14,954 |
Elected |
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7,433 |
Not elected |
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10,103 |
Elected |
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278 |
Not elected |
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He, co-founded the Lanka Samasamaja Party (Revolutionary) in 1964. Rescidence of
Edmund was at Stardale,Siripala Rd Mtl.
+ [1] Dagmar Samarakkody (d18/4/1997) (daughter of Henry
Samarakkody)
(Edmund
married Dagmar around 1935.In 1936 he was practicing in Badulla.)They had 2
children.
8 (1) Nahil Samarakkody. (b approx 1936) (Criminal Lawyer) (STC) d1986. +
Yvonne Kobbekaduwa (d1988) (Sister of Denzil Kobbekaduwa-1940-1992-Sri Lanka General
in the Army.)
9 Pulinda Samarakkody, (b1964)STC
Mt Lavinia (cricket for STC Mt Lavinia)
+ Minoli Sirimanne, they live in Hong Kong.
10 Rahel
Samarakkody
10 Samrakkody
(girl)
9 Sidath Samarakkody, (b1966) STC Mt Lavinia (captained cricket team 1984) + Ms Peiris
10 Tharini Samarakkody
10 Anushka
Samarakkody
9 Swanthi Samarakkody. (California)
8
(2) Chulanganee. Samarakkody
(m1970) (d2014) + Nihal Tudugalle
9 Shashitha Tudugalle
(b1982,m2018)+ Candice
9 Hasitha Tudugalle (b1982) +
Gowri Rmn
9 Thilanka Tudugalle + Suraj Gunerwardene
10
Gunerwardene
7 (5) Elsie
Samarakkody + Quintas Gunerwardena d25/1/1968
(Elsie
inherited some land at Panagoda.)They had 6 children.
8 (1) Eileen Gunerwardena
8 (2) Desmond Gunerwardena + Rani Yasmin Chaudhry Mamujee
9 Nadia Rukhsana Mamujee + Lindberg
(Sweden)
9 Asgi Mamujee (Nederlands)
(both step children of Desmond Gunerwardena)
8 (3) Champani Gunerwardena (d 6/7/2022)+ Eustus Jayasekera (California)
9 Neomal Jayasekera
9 Dushan Jayasekera
9 Chamini Jayasekera
9 Suren Jayasekera
8 (4) Derrick Gunerwardena + Sheila Pieris
9 Shane Gunerwardena
9 Duwanne Gunawardena
9 Mariza Gunerwardena
8
(5) Doreen Gunerwardena + de Costa
9 Sriyakanthi de Costa + Balendra
10 Michelle Balendra
8
(6) Hyacinth Gunerwardena (Jundy)(d2007) + Nissanka Dias (formerly Central Bank)
9 Diluksha Dias + Malini
10 Gayathri Dias
10 Name Not Known
9 Rohan Dias + Esther
9 Priyadharsani Dias + Bhuwaneka Perera.
10 Rakbo Perera
9 Amal Dias + Hurumali
7 (6) Effie
Samarakkody + (M1) Panini Ilangakoon, MP Weligama (1919-1989)MP 1956-1960,
1970-1977
8 Pani Ilangakoon
7 (6) Effie Samarakkody +
(M2) Robert Edward Jayathilleke, (b16/8/1911) MP (Nawalapitiya)1952-1960. (Was Minister of
Transport & Works 1959) (married approx 1950)They had 5 children.
(Effie
Samarakkody was Chairperson Nawalapitiya Urban Council)
8 (1)
Rohan Jayathilleke b1951+ Preethi Fernando
9
Rahan Jayatilleke
9 Shean
Jayatilleke
8 (2)
Dullip Jayathileke+ Malkanthi Jayatilleke
9 Jonathan
Jayatillke
9 Damien
Jayatilleke
8 (3)
Lakshana Jayathilleke+ Charika Fernando
9 Ashra
Jayatilleke
9 Natasha
Jayatilleke
8 (4)
Jayantha Jayathilleke + Indrani
9
Anarakali Jayathilleke b1987 (Miss SL 2004,Film Actress,
Member Sourthern Prov
Council 2009 (elected from UPFA with
26728votes)+ Dishan
8 (5) Tanya Jayathilleke + Chandra Rajanayake (UK)
9 Naomi
Rajanayake +Lakshan Chandradasa
9 Sean
Rajanayake + Ruth (m2018)
7 (7) [3] Milton Samarakkody (1916-1964) (Lawyer (from 1944)-President Rural Courts) (JPUM) +
[4] Amy Elizabeth Samarakkody (b.1919-d29/10/2018) (daughter of Henry Samarakkody)
(Milton
inherited land at Panagoda,from his father.)
Milton Samarakkody donated 1 Acre of land for the
purpose of Lenagala Vidyalaya ,bordering Lenegala Estate Panagoda Velipillawa.They
had 4 children.
8 (1)
Shiranthi Samarakkody (Music teacher) (UK) (b18/9/1945-d6/3/2022)(Visaka)+
Cyril Wijesekera. (Engineer)
9 Dr Nevin Wijesekera
9 Amantha Wijesekera
8 (2)
Mohan Samarakkody.Stc.Mtl(b30/9/1950) + Priyani Senewiratne
9 Sandeepani Tharanga Samarakkody (Director HRM ESolve Business
Solutions) + Chandima Alutwala
10
Thihansa Vimukthi Alutwala
9 Yasamali Samarakkody.+ Arun Muthusamy
8 (3) Sivendrini Amithra (Babishi)
Samarakkody (unmarried)
8 (4) Romesh Samarakkody Stc.Mtl
(Lawyer) + Anoma Meddegoda
9 Shalini Samarakkody + Nirodha Kodikara.
7
(8) Togo Lionel Samarakkody
(d23/4/1971)+ Rivette Abeysinghe
(d of Eugine Dias
Abeysinghe and Anne.)
(Residence Beach Rd
Mt Lavinia.)
8
Wimala (adopted) and has 4 children
7
(9) Lilly Samarakkody + Piyadasa
Senanayake (Kehelella)
(3001)Had 4 children.
8 (1)
Lilani Senanayake + Kithsiri Jayasinghe
9 son
9 daughter
8
(2) Egerton Senanayake (UK)
8 (3)
Devendra Senanayake
9 daughter
9 daughter
8 (4)
Ananda Senanayake
7 (10) Stephen Walter
Samarakkody. (b17/7/1919-d11/11/1968) MP Polgahawela 1960
+ Kathalene Vinita Senanayake (known as Nita) (1924-d30/5/2002) (niece of F R
Senanayake) (Stephen inherited 18 acres
at Mahalanda Rambukkana.and may be other lands.)
(Contested elections from Polgahawela from
SLFP.1960 March- 6038 votes and won.1960 July- 9760votes and won.In the march
1965 election contested from SLFP and got 10183 votes in Polgahawela and lost.)
(Stephen died of a stroke after the election ,in 1968..)They had 3 children.
8 (1) Sriyani Samarakkody b27/12/1945 (M1970)+ Mahinda Yatawaka
9 Nishamani Yatawaka + Anura Delgoda
10 Iresh
Delgoda
10
Maneesha Delgoda
9 Haren Yatawaka (Stc Mtl)+ Dilani
Pieris
10 Kiyana Yatawaka
10 Anithra Yatawaka
10. Janya Yatawaka
8 (2) Nirmala Samarakkody b 3/9/1947-d10/10/2021+ Major Shanthi Wickremasinghe
9 Dr Ayanthi Wickremasinghe
9 Dr Trishan Wickremasinghe + Amanda
8 (3) Dilkara Samarakkody + Shanti Perera
(died 18/11/2019) (Son of Mudliyar H.P.O Perera)
9
Haresh Perera + Arosha
10 Shanil Perera
10 Shenali Perera
9
Shiara Perera + Darrel Paiva
10 Dijon Paiva
10 Stefan Paiva
6 (3) Henry Charles Augustus de Fonseka Tillekeratne Samarakkody (Residence Pugoda later Gampaha) (Mudaliyar
Pasdum Korale East) (b approx 1875- d 26/12/1934 (STC)+ Johanna Fredricka Elinor
Pieris Siriwardena. (Ellen) (b approx 1877-d21/3/1937) (daughter of Edwin Albert Wicremasinghe
Siriwardene (Mudliyar of Wellaboda
pattuwa)of Mestrige Watte Kelaniya and Susana Hetroyda de Alwis..Johanna is a
Grand daughter of Welhelmus Nicholas Pieris Mohandiram.bp1792. Welhelmus Pieris
is a son of Jacobus Pieris Mohandiram
and Jacoba de Silva.Jacoba de Silva is a daughter of Simon de Silva Maha
Mudliyar)Their house was called “Sorodoven - presently the Holy Cross College
Gampaha) (Henry possibly inherited land in Gampaha ,Pugoda and Rambukkana from
his father.) He supposed to have had a elephant. the big 40 acre estate ,was
called Saradoven Estate at Gampaha. (1921 gazette says Mudliyar Alukuru korale
GHA Samarakkody? possible typing error) (Susana Hetroyda de Alwis is a sister
of Helena Eliza de Alwis of Galkissa.)
Henry Samarakkody and Johanna had 13 children.
7 (1) Charles Arthur Solomon Samarakkody
(Lawyer from 1939 Bendiyamulla Gampaha) (STCMtl)b 8/9/1910-d 21/2/1981 + Iole
de Livera (3109) (b approx 1915-d21/3/1966) (Iole is a
daughter of Godwin de Livera and Charlotte Samarakkody.) (Solomon
Samarakkody,is supposed to have sold the Sarodovan Walauwa to Holy Cross
College in 1944. He then built a house in Miriswatte Gampaha.)They had 8
children.
(Received land in Gampaha and
Rambukkana.) (The 4 girls,had their primary education at Holy Cross College)
8 (1) Srikumar Surendra Samarakkody
(Doctor) (STCMtl)
b31/5/1940-d21/12/1987+ Nanda Jayasinghe no children
8 (2) Rajan Samarakkody STC
Mtl (7/5/1942-29/7/2021)+ Irani
Alahakoon
9 Dilukshan Samarakkody, + Janaki Perera
10
Dinali Samarakkody
10
Minali Samarakkody
9 Dinesh Samarakkody, +
Kamai Gunerwardena
10
Deelaka Samarakkody
10
Thenuk Samarakkody
9 Shanaka Samarakkody, + Shakila
Perera
10
Senithi Samarakkody
8 (3) Srivanka Samarakkody, (STC
Mt Lavinia) + Chitra Welagedara
9 Yohan Lalinda Samarakkody (STC Mt Lavinia) + Anuradha Sumanapala
9 Dulanga Samarakkody (m2016) (STC
Mt Lavinia) + Oshini Jayasinghe
8 (4) Sriyani Samarakkody b16/4/1944
(M1974)+ Gamini Jayaweera, b7/10/1943-d:1/11/2001
9 Dushantha Jayaweera, (Pilot SL
Airlines) +Nimanthi Weerasinghe
10 Nimeesha Jayaweera
10
Deshan Jayaweera
8 (5) Rohini Samarakkody
(unmarried)
8 (6) Malkanthi
Samarakkody + Gehan de Livera (Royal)
(Son of Ronnie de Livera and Chandrani Tillekeratne)
9 Roland de Livera + Chantell Chipman
(NZ)
10
Cooper Adrian de Livera
10
Bianca de Livera
9
Jeevaka de Livera + Myra Fernandes
10 Shanik de
Livera
10
Rehan de Livera
8 (7) Indrajith Samarakkody, (b17/8/1948) (STC Mtl) + Jayanthi Batuwantudawe
9 Arinda Samarakkody (Stc Mtl) +
10
Aritha Samarakkody
9 Navodya Samarakkody (St Paul's Milagiriya)
8 (8) Suvendrini Samarakkody b22/2/1951+ Nihal Gunathilaka (STC Mtl)b18/8/1950
7
(2) Millicent Elinor Samarakkody (b1911-d:1995) (Md1928)+ James Christopher
Senewiratne, (Jimmy) d:1969 of Galkissa Walauwa. (Millicent inherited
property in Kelaniya, possibly from her mother.) (They had 3 children.)
8 (1) Vasanthi
Senewiratne (b1933-d 6/6/2019) (Md1970)+
Marshal Wijesinghe (SLAF), d:1988
9 Ayanthi Wijesinghe + Samith Jayasekera
8 (2)
Ranjith Senewiratne, b 14/4/1939
(Personal Manager StateTrading ) (STC.Mt Lavinia) + Deepthi
Malalgoda
9 Hirantha Senewiratne STC.Mt Lavinia + Anja Lurvink
8 (3) Tissa Leonard Senewiratne
(Dr.), Chief Medical Officer,Colombo,b 23/3/1940 + Sreeni Attygalle .m1967
(Residence
Galkissa Walauwwa.)
9
Thishani Senewiratne + Amal De Mel
10 Amashi De Mel, b:1994
10 Shineli De Mel
9 Chaminda Senewiratne (STC Mt
Lavinia) (Md1994) + Misthi de Silva
7 (3) [1] Dagmar Corneliya Samarakkody (1912-18/4/1997)
+ [2] *Edmund Samarakkody. (19 Apr 1912-1992), (MP Dehiowita & Bulathsinhala
). Lawyer (Residence Stardale
Siripala Rd MtL.) (m approx 1935) (They had 2 children.)
8 (1) Nahil Samarakkody, , Lawyer,
b approx 1936-d:1986 + Yvonne Kobbekaduwa, d:1986 (sister of Lt. General Denzil Kobbekaduwa-1940-1992-General
in the Army.) (d of Lawrence Kobbekaduwa)
9 Pulinda Samarakkody, STC. Mount Lavinia
(cricket for STC), + Minoli Sirimanne, (They live in Hong Kong)
10 Rahel Samarakkody,
10 Samarakkody
(girl)
9 Sidath
Samarakkody, (b1966) (1984 captained cricket team STC) + Ms
Pieris
10 Tharini Samarakkody
10 Anushka Samarakkody
9 Swanthi Samarakkody,
b:1973 (California)
8 (2) Chulanganee Samarakkody. (m1970) (d2014) + Nihal Tudugalle (SLAF)
9 Shashitha Tudugalle (b1982.m2018)
+ Candice
9 Hasitha Tudugalle (b1982)+ Gowri
Rmn (m2020)
9 Thilanka Tudugalle + Suraj Gunewardene
10 Gunewardene
7 (4) Robert Charles Samarakkody, b:26 Oct 1913-d:26 Nov 1998
in California + Allina Dassanayake.
(Robert contested for
elections in 1960 from Gampaha,from LSSP,1883votes-lost) (Robert for sometime served as Gampaha
Mayor)He had 2 children.
8 (1) Amara Samarakkody (PhD) (California) + Kusum Perera (PhD)
9 Chandana Yasanatha Perera (California)
8 (2) Senaka Samarakkody, (USA) b:1943 + Mangalika Jayathilake (California)
9 Tharuja Samarakkody b1971 + Ashok Ponnambalam (Texas)
10 Naresh Ponnambalam
10 Sanjiv Ponnambalam
9 Sajeevani Samarakkody + Brandon Hughes
(California)
9 Niroshana Samarakkody b1974+ Ushma Bhatt (California)
7 (5) Vernon Victor Charles Samarakkody, (b approx 1914) died
unmarried around 1980. (had land in Pugoda,inherrited from his father.) (Died
of serpent bite.)
7
(6) Douglas Samarakkody (b approx 1915-d approx 1980)+
Ambegoda Liyanage (they had 6
children.)
8 (1) Nanda Samarakkody + Sumanadasa Liyanage
9 Noel Liyanage +Sudarshi
9 Shanthi Liyanage
9 Lilani Liyanage + Amaratunga
9 Guptha Liyanage + Nilmini
9 Nelum Liyanage + Indika
10 Yasasi
8
(2) Somapala Samarakkody + Ranthileka Ekanayake
9 Janitha Samarakkody + Mahesha
9 Yasantha Kasun Samarakkody
9 Sayantha Samarakkody + Kumuduni
10 Senaji Samarakkody
9 Jayasuru Ruwan Samarakkody
8
(3)
Dharmasena
Samarakkody
8
(4) Neela Samarakkody
8
(5) Mahinda Samarakkody + Ariyawathie
9 Pubudu Samarakkody
9 Shashikala Samarakkody
8
(6) Shrimathi Samarakkody + Kumar Nettasinghe
7 (6) 2nd
spouse of Douglas Samarakkody + Nedra
Bandaranaike (d2016)
(SWRD's cousin) (1001) (Needra is a
daughter of Reginald Felton Dias Bandaranaike and Leticia.) (her siblings are
Sydney and Ione) (They had 3 children.)
8
(1) Dudley Samarakkody + Anula Hettiaratchi
9 Shehan Samarakkody
9 Thalini Samarakkody
9 Harshan Samarakkody
9 Heshan Samarakkody
8
(2) Chrisantha Samarakkody + Tilani Abeysekera
9 Kristina Abeysekera
9 Lalin Abeysekera
9 Lavinia Abeysekera
8 (3) Niranjala Samarakkody + Krishantha Obeyesekera
9 Dileni Obeyesekera
9 Andrew Obeyesekera
7 (7) Olga Agnes Mary Samarakkody (b approx 1916-d approx 2000) + Henry Taldena of Badulla. (Taldena
family of Uva-3737) Had 2 sons.
8
(1) Lankasa Taldena
8
(2) Jayantha Taldena, died unmarried
7 (8) Kate
Samarakkody (child died young.)
7 (9) Samarakkody (child died young.)
7 (10) [4]
Amy Elizabeth Samarakkody (b 6th June.1919-d29/10/2018) (St
Bridgets)passed junior matriculation exam + [3] Milton Samarakkody.
(1916-1964) (Residence at Siripala Rd MtL.) (Lawyer,President Rural
Courts) (M approx 1951)
10 acres
were sold from Gampaha land to Gampaha Holy Cross College.Possibly around
1953.Possibly from the proceeds, built the 15A Siripala Road Mt Lavinia
house.They had 4 children.
8 (1)
Shiranthi Samarakkody (UK) (Visaka) (b18/9/1945-d6/3/2022)+
Cyril Wijesekera
9 Dr Nevin Wijesekera
9 Amantha Wijesekera
8 (2) Mohan Samarakkody, STC Mt Lavinia
(b 30/9/1950) + Priyani Senewiratne
(Residence Lenegala Estate Panagoda.In the walauwa
Peter Samarakkody built.)
9 Sandeepani Tharanga Samarakkody (Director HRM ESolve Business
Solutions)+ Chandima Alutwala
10
Thihansa Vimukthi Alutwala
9 Yasamali Samarakkody + Arun Muthusamy
8 (3) Sivendrini (Babishi)
Samarakkody (unmarried)
(visaka)
8 (4) Romesh Samarakkody, STC.Mt Lavinia
(Lawyer) + Anoma Meddegoda
(Residence
Pugoda.)
9 Shalini Samarakkody + Nirodha Kodikara
7
(11) Lionel Charles Samarakkody
(b approx 1921-d25/10/1999) (STC)+ Chandra de Saram, d 16th:Feb
2007 (see obituary notice below**)
(Residence Dehiwela.)
(d of CH de Saram and Muriel
Hilda Eheliyagoda) He had 1 daughter.
(Lionel inherited some land in
Rambukkana which he sold in the 50's.He contested for elections from Kegalle in
1952 from SLFP got 8358 votes but lost.).
8 Sassanka Samarakkody
(Journalist)
7 (12) Lilly
Samarakkody, (Lilian) b:9 Dec 1922 -d28th Feb 2020+ Eric Duncan de
Alwis. (Thomian) (died of a heart
attack at Royal-Thomian cricket match on 13 March 1965) (Residence Mt Lavinia.)
(Son of Henry Edwin de Alwis) (m approx 1950) (Lilly Samarakkody inherited 35
acres at Rambukkana.,but sold in 1966.)They had 3 children.
8
(1) Neomal Eric de Alwis. (STC.Mount Lavinia) b9/10/1951 (National
Tourist Guide Lecturer-German/French/English speaking,President Slintgl Yr 2000
&Lions Club in Yr 2000) + Ramani
9 Nilhan de Alwis (STC Mount Lavinia)
8 (2) Rohan de Alwis. (STC.Mount
Lavinia) (unmarried) b 20/3/1953-d 5/1/2023
(National Tourist Guide Lecturer-German /English speaking.)
8
(3) Dulip de Alwis (Chute) (
STC.Mount Lavinia), Director/GM Grand Oriental Hotel + Mallika (Chubby) Meddegoda
9 Arjun de Alwis (STC Mt
Lavinia)+ Shihara Molligoda (md2021)
9 Radhini de Alwis (Bishops
College)
7
(13) Harriet Samarakkody (b 16 Jun 1924-d 10th June 2021)+
Godfrey Perera, d:1996
(Harriet inherited
land at Rambukkana.) (Residence Dehiwela,Harriet and Anoja later migrated to
New Zealand in the 1990's.)They had 4 children.
8
(1) Anoja Perera (NZ) + Mohan
Senanayake
9 Roshanara Senanayake
9 Samantha Senanayake + Chadz Gunerwardena
10 Skyler Gunerwardena b 2016
8 (2) Dilip Perera, STC.Mount Lavinia, Sri Lankan Airlines,b1955
d:Feb1997 + Sunethra Senanayake ,b1956-d 17/1/2022
9 Mandula Kittu Perera, b:1989
(USA)
9 Umaya Perera, b:1991
8 (3) Heshan Perera (USA),
STC.Mount Lavinia b1962
8 (4) Dr Eranjani
Perera (Aus)+
9 Dmithri Manawadu
6 (4) Charles Edwin Augustus
Samarakkody. b:1879, Proctor Dist Court Colombo 1910. + Rosalyn
Pieris Siriwardena. (daughter of Henry Richard Pieris (b1840) and Catharine de Silva of
Kelaniya.Grand daughter of Welhelmus
Nicholas Pieris.b1792)
CEA
Samarakkody was District Judge Matara in 1938
(in 1910 lived in Barber St Colombo) He had 3 children.
7 (1) Malcolm.E.D
Samarakkody, b:4 Sep 1923 (d approx1990), Royal
College, (Lawyer from 1950) Worked as Asst Commissioner National
Housing + Daisy Kobbekaduwa. born 28/6/1926 (d of
SD Kobbekaduwa) (aunt of Lieutenant General Denzil Kobbekaduwa, Daisy
Kobbekaduwa is from Kandy and related to the Ratwatte, Hulangamuwa, Halangoda
and Amunugama families. At one time Malcolm and family lived at Boswel place
Wellawatte.And later Malcolm lived in Mt Lavinia)He had 5 children.
8 (1) Shiranthi Samarakkody, died at 29 years 20/9/1980
8 (2) Nirmani (Nimmi) Samarakkody
+ Senaka Senadheera d2007
9 Thusith (Randy) + Buddhini
9 Samadhi + Suneth
8 (3) Tyronne Samarakkody (Royal) (unmarried)
8 (4) Marlon Samarakkody
(Isipathana) b1954+ Padma Wijesinghe
9 Milanga
Samarakkody
9 Heshini
Samarakkody + Dilan
8 (5) Anomi Samarakkody (USA)+ Asoka Abeydeera (California)
9 Nirusha Abeydeera, b:1995
9 Dishan Abeydeera, b:1995
9 Nishani Abeydeera, b:1995
7
(2) Hinton Samarakkody + Malini Seneviratne (3138)
7
(3) Dottie Fannie Samarakkody + Clive Dias Bandaranaike
8 Sripali Dias Bandaranaike
6 (5) William
Charles Augustus de Fonseka Tillekeratne Samarakkody.Born approx 1872-d Feb
1942, educated at Wesley College. (died unmarried received some land in
Mahalanda Rambukkana,which later part went to his sister Mary after his death.)
6 (6) Charlotte Henrietta Augusta de Fonseka Tillekeratne
Samarakkody 1880-1970 + Godwin
de Livera.1876-1921 ( Revenue
Officer, Tammankaduwa-Polonnaruwa) (3109) (Mohandiram
1905) (Son of James de Livera.Mudliyar) She had 6
children.
(Charlotte inherited
18 acres at Rambukkana-tank block,also inherited 30 acres at Panagoda-Thiruwana
block.) (Residence Saranankara rd Kalubowila.)
7 (1) Carita de Livera, died
unmarried
7 (2) Ivy de Livera,
(died unmarried approx 1984)
7 (3) Zisca de Livera,
(died unmarried approx 1980)
7 (4) Iole de Livera (b approx 1915-d 21/3/ 1966) +
Solomon Samarakkody. (b8/9/1910-d21/2/1981) (Stc) (Lawyer) (They had 8
children.)
8 (1) Dr. Srikumar Samarakkody
(died no children) (STC) (b31/5/1940-d21/12/1987)+ Nanda Jayasinghe
8 (2) Rajan Samarakkody (STC) (7/5/1942-29/7/2021) + Irani Alahakoon
9 Dilukshan Samarakkody + Janaki Perera
10 Dinali Samarakkody
10 Minali Samarakkody
9 Dinesh Samarakkody + Kamai Gunerwardena
10 Deelaka Samarakkody
10 Thenuk Samarakkody
9 Chanaka Samarakkdy + Shkila Perera
10 Senithi Samarakkody
8 (3) Srivanka Samarakkody (STC Mt
Lavinia)+ Chitra Welagedera
9 Yohan Lalinda Samarakkody (STC Mt Lavinia)+ Anuradha Sumanapala
9 Dulanga Samarakkody (md2016) (STC Mt Lavinia)+ Oshini Jayasinghe
8 (4) Sriyani Samarakkody b16/4/1944+ Gamini Jayaweera b1943-d2001
9 Dushantha Jayaweera (Pilot SL Airlines ) + Nimanthi Weerasinghe
10 Nimeesha Jayaweera
10 Deshan
Jayaweera
8 (5) Rohini Samarakkody
8 (6) Malkanthi Samarakkody + Gehan de Livera (Royal)
9 Ronald de Livera + Chantelle Chipman
(NZ)
10 Cooper Adrian de Livera
10 Bianca de Livera
9 Jeewaka de Livera + Myra Fernandes
10 Shanik de Livera
10 Rehan de Livera
8 (7) Indrajith Samarakkody (Stc)
(b17/8/1948)+Jayanthi
9 Arinda Samarakkody +
10 Aritha Samarakkody
9 Navodya Samarakkody
8 (8) Suvendrini Samarakkody b22/2/1951+ Nihal Gunathilake (Stc)b1950
7 (5) James Godwin Vaughn
de Livera 1915-2003. STC (Md
1953)+ Chandra
Pieris Deraniyagala (1005) (1921-2008) (Residence Thimbirigasyaya.) (Communication
Officer Civil aviation,served in 2hd World War in UK.) (Had land in
Rambukkana.)He had 2 children.
8 (1) Yasmin de Livera (Sydney Australia) (Bishops) + Ramesh Abeysekera (Stc) (Aus)
9 Jehan Abeysekera + Ishini Jayamaha
10 Abayasekara
9 Yohan Abeysekera
8 (2) Gayan de Livera died unmarried STC.Mount Lavinia (1954-1982)
7 (6) Louis
Charles de Livera (Carl), b 6/5/1919-d 19/7/1969 STC Mt Lavinia,
Lawyer (from 1943) Colombo, District Court
(Md 1955) + Gertrude Seneviratne .Eng
.Instructor.b12/4/1931
(Carl replanted his mothers land of 30 acres
at Panagoda in 1960 with rubber,which later belonged to him and his siblings.)
(Residence Dehiwela.)He had 3 children.
8 (1) Sunil de Livera. Musician. STC.Mount Lavinia, 13/9/1956-2003, died
unmarried.
8 (2) Jagath Manjula de Livera, ,
(b:1960), (STC Mt Lavinia) (Accountant/Deputy Chief Internal
Auditor Urban Development Authority Sri Lanka, 1985-2005), migrated to
Melbourne Australia in 2006 + Lakshmi
Arulanandam, Lawyer
(5030) (Md 1993)
9 Rahul de Livera (Monash Uni) (Engineer), (Deaken uni)Law
degree (Aus)
9 Shruti de Livera (Monash Uni) (Aus)
8 (3) Lankika de Livera b1964 Journalist, Bishops College 1st
(b18/2/1964-d10/4/2011) (Md1990)+ Prasanna Panditharatne. (1960-2009)
9 Kusan Panditharatne. STC (Kollupitiya & Mt Lavinia)
6 (7) Mary Elizebeth Augusta de Fonseka Tillekeratne Samarakkody
(b approx 1882 d1974) + Arthur Hugh Tillekeratne.
(Mary received about 45 acres at Panagoda and
26 acres at Mahalanda Rambukkana,which she gave to Grace and Olive her 2
daughters.)Residence Panagoda Lenegala Estate..She had 2 children.
7 (1) Grace Tillekaratne
(1917-2011)+ Francis Senewiratne (They had 4 children.)
8 (1) Ranjith Senewiratne died at 16yrs (1951-1967)
8
(2) Nimal Senewiratne b1949-d2014+ Geetha
9 Amanda Gimhani Senewiratne
9 Eshan Viraj Senewiratne
8 (3) Niranjala Senewiratne + Kalinda Doranagoda (b1941-d2015)
9 Shamila Doranagoda (Melbourne
Aus) + Duminda Maligaspe
10 Dinuri Maligaspe
10 Tharuki
Maligaspe
8 (4) Priyani Senewiratne + Mohan Samarakkody
(b30/9/1950)
9 Sandeepani Tharanga Samarakkody (Director HRM ESolve Business
Solutions)+ Chandima Alutwala
10
Thihansa Vimukthi Alutwala
9 Yasamali Buddhini Samarakkody + Arun Muthusamy
7 (2) Olive Tillekaratne + Francis Wijesundera d 1994 (no
children) (They adopted 2 children)
3
Samanakkody Mudliyar (b approx 1750)
+Dominga Dias Bandaranaike (BP 1740) (2nd marriage) M1780 approx.Dominga is a
daughter of Francisco Dias Bandaranaike b1720.Dominga's 1st marraige was to
Pascol de Livera Weerakoon.From this marriage Dominga had 2 sons and a
daughter.
4 Fonseka Samarakkody Mudaliyar (b approx 1780 (Md1810 approx)+ Christina
Pietronella Dias Bandaranaike, bp:29th
October 1789, d/o Don David Dias Bandaranaike & Juliana De Saram
(1001) (David DB is a son of Conrad DB, and Juliyana de Saram is a
daughter of Louis de Saram)
(According
to Ceylon Gazette of 1899,there was a Samanakkody ,who owned 40 perches with a
house at No 97 and 80 perches at No 100,
both of 2hd Division Maradana, within the Gravets of Colombo.)
(According
to Ceylon Gazette of 1915,in the matter of intestete,estate of Geneive Pauline
Samarakkody deceased 1915.Following names are mentioned. Fredrick Peter de
Fonseka Samarakkody. Alice Margret Samarakkody ,and her husband L.A Arthur
Rodrigo,all of 2hd Division Maradana,Colombo.)
Prepared by Mr Manjula
de Livera
***** Samarakkody Family Photos see below
e-mail manjulafamily@yahoo.com.au
manjuladelivera@yahoo.com.au
Updated: 22hd February 2023
**Reference to LC De Fonseka WT Samarakkody:
In the Saka year 1675,
corresponding to A.D. 1750, in an account given of King Kirti Sri Rajasinha, of
Kandy, translated by Paul E. Peiris, N.A.C.C.S:,
barrister-at-law, appears the record of the return of the embassy which the
king had sent to Siam, and amongst the officers delegated to meet these
ambassadors figures the name of Samarakkody, the Uda,Âgampaha Adigar, from whom the subject of
this sketch is descended. The Adigar's
descendant was Johan de Fonseka Samarasundere Seneviratne Samarakkody, who was
the MudaÂÂliyar of Hewagam Korale under the Dutch administration. His eldest
som, Paulis was Mohandiram in the same Korale, and his second son, Andris, who
married the sister of Don Abraham Dissenaike, second Mudaliyar of Hewagam
Korale, was Atapattu Mohandirain of Colombo in the same government. Louis
grandson of Johan de Fonseka Samarakkody, was attached to the Colombo Kachcheri
as Clerk and Commutation Assessor. He married Francina, daughter of Paules de
Livera Weerakon, Mohandiram of Hapitigam Korale, and their son, Louis Charles
de Fonseka Wijeyewickkrame Tillekeratne Samarakkodv, whose name heads this
sketch, was born at Colombo in 1840.
He received his education at
Colombo Academy and St. Thomas's College, and
entered the Government service in 1861, attached to the Court of Requests,
Colombo, as sworn Translator. He also served in the Colombo Kachcheri, and
became Mohandiram of Alutkuru Korale, South, and then was appointed Mudaliyar
of the Kegalla Kachcheri. He was President of six Village Tribunals in three
different Korales, and was appointed Mudaliyar of the Governors Gate in 1883.
Twelve years later he retired from GovernÂÂment employ, after thirty-eight
years of continuous service.
In 1871 he married Cornelia
Fredrica, the daughter of Jacobus Dionysius de Silva Siriwardene, Atapattu
Mohandiram of Colombo
(whose grandfather, David de Silva Siriwardene, was Mudaliyar of
Rayigam Korale, and whose father, Simon de Silva Siriwardene, was Maha
Mudaliyar). Of the sons of this marriage, Charles Henry Augustus is Mudaliyar
of Pasdun Korale East; Charles Peter, a MohanÂÂdiram of the Governors Gate,
is a planter, who is married to Anne Kathereen, daughter of John Nicholas
Dissenaike Tillekeratne, Mudaliyar of Matara; Charles Edwin is a Proctor of the
District Court of Colombo and Charles William is a senior student of Wesley
College, Colombo. Mr. Samarakkody has three daughters, Charlotte Henrietta,
Mary Elizabeth, and Jane Cecilia.
Amongst his family possessions,
Mr. Samarakkody treasures a gold medal given to his uncle Carolis de Fonseka
Tillekeratne Samarakkody, Mudaliyar, by Governor Sir Robert Brownrigg in 1818
for his meritorious Services to the British Government during the Kandyan
Rebellion, and a Jubilee gold medal presented to him by Governor Sir West
RidgeÂÂway. He resides at "Lovedale", Jampettah Street, Colombo.
http://www.defonseka.com/ref_20thcentury.htm
**SAMARAKKODY - CHANDRA
(nee DE SARAM) Beloved wife of the
late Lionel Samarakkody, dearly beloved mother of Sasanka, loving sister of
Amara, Sarojini and Gamini, expired. Cortege leaves A.F. Raymond's Funeral
parlour at 3.30 p.m. on Friday 16th February. Cremation at General Cemetery,
Borella at 4.00 p.m. No. 78, Galle Road, Dehiwala. DN Fri Feb 16 2007
|
Edmund Samarakkody kept faith to the last by Amaradasa Fernando Daily News Jan 4 2002 January 4th marks the 10th anniversary of Edmund
Samarakkody's death. He was one of the pioneers of the Left Movement. He came
from what one would call a "walauwa" in Panagoda. His elder brother
Siripala was a member of the State Council and so was another brother
Stephen. They were bourgeoise nationalists, which was the
political trend in the early nineteenth century. But young Edmund was to
carve a different path for himself. While still a student he joined a young
group of intellectual radicals who had returned to the island after finishing
their studies in the US and UK in the early thirties. These young men were S. A. Wickremasinghe, Philip
Gunawardene, N. M. Perera, Colvin R. de Silva, T. B. Subasinghe and V.
Karalasingham etc. Coincidentally all the above named were Anandians, except
Colvin who came from Royal, while Edmund came from St. Thomas'. With the
advent of the great Russian October Revolution, Philip Gunawardene in
particular had been influenced by Marxist and labour movements. Philip was a member
of the Communist Party of Great Britain. He had been earlier introduced to
the socialist ideology while the others held socialist/nationalist views. He was introduced to socialism, by Prof. Scott
Nearing, an American, when Philip was at Wisconsin, while Harold Laski and
Bernard Shaw influenced NM at the London School of Economics when reading for
his Ph.D., during the latter part of his stay in Great Britain Philip came to
be influenced by the Russian Left Opposition against Stalin led by Leon Trotsky
and his Theory of the Permanent Revolution. Crown colony Sri Lanka, Ceylon, was a Crown Colony of British
Imperialism. World War II which saw the decline of colonialism, had its
impact on India and Ceylon. It was in these heady times that young Edmond was
caught up in the nationalist movement. He became a member of the Colombo
South Youth league, which was affiliated to the All Ceylon (Youth) Congress. In November 1933 the
radical element of the Youth League was associated with the Suriya Mal
Movement which was started as a counter to the Poppy organisation on November
11 which collected money for disabled war veterans of Great Britain. Instead now the Suriya Mal Movement collected for
the war veterans of Ceylon. In the years of the Malaria epidemic of 1934-35
in Ceylon which took a toll of over 100,000 lives, found the Suriya Mal
Movement activists led by Drs. N. M. Perera, S. A. Wickremasinghe and Philip
Gunawardene who took a leading role in relief work in the Kelani Valley. Thus
the Suriya Mal movement saw the beginnings of the anti-imperialist movement
in Ceylon, later to become the LSSP, an umbrella organisation for all
nationalists, socialists of different hues. At its founding conference of the LSSP on
December 1935 Edmund was elected to its Executive Committee. The more
militant socialists in it grew into what was called the "T"
group (Trotskyist) led by Philip. They
included, NM, Colvin, Leslie Goonewardene, Robert, Vernon Gunasekera, P. H.
William Silva and Edmund. There was a split party, one led by the T. Group,
who now sided with Leon Trotsky in the International Communist movement,
while a group led by Dr. Wicks, M. G. Mendis, P. Kandiah etc sided with Stalin,
who were expelled and were to form the United Socialist Party, later the
Ceylon CP. Independence The LSSP was the first party that stood for
complete independence of Ceylon from the British Empire, while even the
"father of the nation" D. S. Senanayake stood for "Dominion
Status within the Commonwealth". A. E. Goonesinghe was the first to
organise both the indigenous and Indian labour in the early 20s. With the
appearance of the Colombo South Youth League and later the LSSP posed a
challenge to Goonesinghe's, Ceylon Labour Union. The tea, rubber, DC mills, harbour, the textile
workers were mostly led by Goonesinghe who had got a head start. The
Wellawatte Spinning and Weaving Mills led by the latter with a labour force
of 1,400 strong, 2/3 Malayalam, and 1/3 Sinhalese had led strikes in 1923,
1926 and 1929. In 1933 because of the economic depression, the workers went
on strike in defiance of A.E.G. They walked out in protest against a drastic
cut in wages, besides they asked for a reduction in working hours from 60 to
54 hours. The young militants of the Colombo SL then
supported the Indian workers, while A.E.G used the Sinhala workers from the
Weaving Mills and also from the Harbour as black legs. Dr. Colvin R. de
Silva, S. A. Wicks, Philip, Leslie and young Edmund who had by now passed out
as a lawyer started the Wellawatte Mill Workers Union with Colvin as its
president. Workers councils His first brush against British interests was
when he supported the workers of the Ms Vavaseurs and the Colombo Commercial
Company. This was done against the leadership of the Communist Party which
was formed by the Stalinist nucleus within the LSSP, later expelled. The CP which was in control of the rubber,
coconut, tea and the engineering firms had given 'no strike' pledge, as they
were supporting the British war effort, with the Nazi attack on the USSR,
were given a free run supported by their managements. While Edmund was
arrested along with Leslie Goonewardene for participation in these firm's
strikes. Edmund was involved in the wave of plantation struggles of Mooloya
and Wevasse. There was a celebrated case of an Indian
plantation worker Govindan, who was shot dead at Mooloya (Jan 18th) where Colvin R. de Silva, Jack
Kotalawala and Edmund took up the legal defence of the estate workers. By the
end of May the strike enveloped the whole of Uva like a forest fire. It was
this direct clash with the British colonial interests, where some estate
workers for the first time in working class history of Ceylon up "workers
councils". In Badulla a mammoth meeting despite a police ban was held
when the British military government decided that it was time to crack down
on these agitators. Leaders arrested Within a week of the fall of France to the
Hitlerite forces the Governor issued detention orders on five leaders of the
LSSP. "The Times of Ceylon" the newspaper of the plantation Raj on
19th June 1940 reported the arrest in head lines, "Red leaders in
Welikade jail... three last night another today ...Swift action by the
police". N. M. Perera, Philip Gunawardene, and Colvin R. de Silva were
taken into custody on June 19. Edmund was arrested in Mount Lavinia on the
following day. But Leslie Goonewardene evaded arrest and went underground. In
Welikade and following a hunger strike against poor conditions, the four
detainees were removed to the British military prison in Bogambara, Kandy,
where they planned their future political strategy. The prisoners with the
connivance of a prison guard scooted out of jail to attend all night party
meetings and returned to jail. They even attended a secret party conference
of 42 delegates. It was Edmund and another comrade who remained in
the cell to cover up their absence of the leaders. On another occasion a
Indian comrade from Benares visited their cell surreptitiously to plan their
escape and their future political strategy in India. On the night of April 7,
1942, the four prisoners made a daring jail break, along with the prison
guard, Solomon, whom they had won over to their cause. Philip, NM and Colvin
crossed over to India in a "vallam" from Vellvettithurai, while
Edmund stayed behind in the underground to help build the LSSP. In India they helped with Indian Troskyists to
launch the Bolshevik Lennist Party of India, of which the LSSP now became its
Ceylon Unit. While BLPI supported the Quit India Movement the Indian CP
worked against it. In 1943 the Indian Police swooped, on the
fugitives, betrayed by a Stalinist mole Shukla, deporting Philip, MN, Colvin
and Robert, while Doric de Souza, Leslie, V. Karalasingham, Bernard Soysa,
Hector Abeyawardhana, Vievienne Goonewardena, and Allan Mendis who had also
gone over to India, stayed behind to help build the BLPI. In 1944 Edmund was
re arrested and charged for conspiring against His Majesty's Government and
the jail break and had a six months rigorous imprisonment imposed on him. By the end of the war the LSSP split into two
factions - the LSSP led by Philip and NM and the Bolshevik Samasamajaya Party
led by Colvin, Leslie, Edmund and Bernard Soysa. In 1950 the parties
re-united. They fought the General Election of 1952, and Edmund was elected
as member for Dehiovita. In 1960 he represented Bulathsinghala. Sinhala only In 1953 a group split to toe an SLFP line of not
anti-capitalism but anti-UNPism. In 1955 it was Edmund who seconded NM's
motion in Parliament to make both Tamil and Sinhala as official languages.
The UNP, SLFP, and the VLSSP of Philip had switched from Tamil and Sinhala as
Swabhasa languages to one of "Sinhala Only". The LSSP,
(NM, Colvin Leslie) joined in the formation of a Coalition Government
with Ms Sirima Bandaranaike in 1964. This made Edmund, Meryl Fernando, V.
Karalasingham and Bala Tampoe, walk out to launch the LSSP (R) as a Trotskyist Party affiliated to the
Fourth International, the Party built by Leon Trotsky after he was sent into
exile by Stalin. Before long the LSSP
(R) also disintegrated. Press take over An important episode in Edmund's life should not
be missed. In 1965 he as MP for Dehiovita and Meryl Fernando MP for Moratuwa,
being in the LSSP (R) from the
Opposition voted with the UNP on the Throne Speech on the specific subject of
the take over of the Lake House and Times press. The UNP leading the
Opposition found these two MPs, along with C. P. de Silva and thirteen others
voting with the Opposition. The 13 crossed over to the UNP. The coalition Government voting with the
Opposition. The Government of Sirimavo lost by one vote! Because Edmund was
such a purist in politics often left him isolated. He formed a splinter
group, ran a Sinhala weekly and worked among trade unions in the last years
of his life. There was one thing to be said of Edmund through
his life. He was honest and steadfast to the cause of revolutionary
socialism. He preferred to stick to orthodoxy than compromise one bit and
retain his political identity and remain as a small group. |
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Samarakkody
Edmund Samarakkody
(1912/1992) was a leading Trotskyist in Sri
Lanka and at one time a member of that country's parliament. He was
a leader of the Fourth International's
section, the LSSP, and a supporter of the establishment of the United
Secretariat of the Fourth International in 1963. After the LSSP was
expelled from the International, he co-founded the Lanka Sama Samaja
Party (Revolutionary) (LSSP (R)), which was the section of the
Fourth International. After disagreements with Bala Tampoe, he left
the International after its1969 World Congress.
In 1960 he was
elected as LSSP Member of Parliament for the
Bulathsinhala constituency. However, in 1965, contesting from the LSSP (R), he
received only 278 votes in the same electorate - the LSSP's Mangala
Moonesinghe was elected MP with 14,023 votes
Daily
Mirror Tue Mar 2 2004
State of
affairs in the Kandyan Kingdom: A lesson from the past
By D.B. Kappagoda
The independence of the Kandyan kingdom was lost
188 years ago to the British, who were then occupying the maritime provinces of
Sri Lanka. The transfer of power was made official by a treaty signed by the
Kandyan chieftains and the British Governor Robert Brownrigg on March 2, 1815.
The agreement they entered into came to be called
the Kandyan Convention and was signed at the historic Magul Maduwa, where the
deposed King Sri Wickrama Rajasinha held his regular consultations with his
chieftains. Those gathered on that historic occasion expected a positive change
in the administration, after deposing their autocratic ruler, who was sent in
exile to Vellore near Madras, Southern India with his family and close
relatives. Thus ended the lineage of Kings of Lanka, which had spanned over
2357 years.
The common belief is that the Kandyan chieftains
betrayed their King and handed over their territory to the British sovereign,
expecting favours when the whole country went under to British rule as occurred
sometime. When commenting on the chieftains' role one has to bear in mind the
sequence of events that took place in the Kandyan Kingdom, before the signing
of the Kandyan Convention.
The last ruler King Sri Wickrema Rajasinha belonged
to the Nayakkar dynasty, hailing from the Malabar region in South India. This
dynasty began rule with King Senarat when he arranged a marriage for his son,
Wimaladharmasuriya II to a princess also belonging to the Nayakkar dynasty.
The couple failed to have a child, and according to
the Nayakkar tradition of succession, the people of the Kandyan kingdom had to
accept a brother of the queen to a vacant, throne.
Meanwhile, the British Governor of the Maritime
Provinces, Thomas Maitland, succeeded the first Governor, Frederick North. He
did not pursue a policy of waging war against the Kandyan Kingdom in his
attempt to make it a part of the British domain. In 1805 he wrote to his
superiors, "I shall be able to get by underhand means and very little
money, indeed more complete possession of the Kandyan than we could by war of
any kind."
In the Kandyan Kingdom, three kings who followed
the first Nayakkar Monarch married a princesses from Madurai, as did their
predecessors. In turn they brought with them their parents and relations, who
were given residential quarters close to the palace. This separate area in the
city came to be called Kamaruppe Vidiya or Malabar Veediya. The King's
relatives were maintained by the state and were well-provided with facilities.
They were given more special positions, honour and recognition than the
families of chieftains in the country.
Some of the King's relatives became wealthy through
trade dealings in Madras with the British East India Company. They also lent
money to the local chieftains and increased their income and acquired land. In
short, they were richer than the families of the chieftains.
With the advantages they had, Nayakkar families
continued to live as different people in language and religion. They followed
South Indian customs and practices, and showed their aloofness by rarely
marrying into the leading Kandyan families. The Kandyan chieftains openly
complained that they were ignored by the King, who was prone to listening to
the advice given by his relations. There began a conspiracy among the
chieftains, to install a Sinhala prince on the throne. But the King's relations
were powerful. They could influence the King when decisions were made and stood
against the chieftains to keep the throne within the Nayakkar lineage. It was
seen that they advised the King directly or though their Queen's relatives to
conduct the affairs of state, without consulting or asking the help of the
chieftains.
Nevertheless, the first attempt made by the
chieftains to select a Sinhala ruler was in 1709, when Yalegoda Adikaram tried
to enthrone Pattiye Bandara - son of Vimaladharmasuriya II by a Sinhala wife
-in place of Narendrasingha, the son of the same King by a Nayakkar
wife.
The unsuccessful rebellion arose in 1732 when King
Narendrasingha appointed a person belonging to the Nayakkar dynasty to the post
of Gabada Nilame, who had the responsibility for the king's lands.
Some chieftains, led by Leuke Disava, made an effort
in 1739 to place Unambuwe Bandara, son of King Narendrasinha by a Sinhala wife
in preference to the King's brother-in-law Sri Vijaya
Rajasinha.
In the fourth attempt of 1749, when the Ministers
of King Keerthi Sri Rajasinha threatened to put forward a person who would
safeguard Sinhala customs and usages. This was done to prevent the King's
father from interfering with the government.
In 1760 an attempt was again made to depose King
Keerthi Sri Rajasingha from the throne and place a Siamese prince on the
throne. This was planned by Samarakkodi Adikaram and the leading monks Ven.
Welivita Saranankara Thera and Ven. Tibbotuwave Thera of Malwatta Vihara. The
sixth and the last attempt was made to depose King Rajadhi Rajasinha and place
Mampitiya Bandara, son of Keerthi Sri Rajasingha, on
the throne.
All attempts to replace Nayakkar Kings failed
because of the disunity among the chieftains, which arose from personal
rivalries. It was clearly evident that they were unhappy with a foreigner,
occupying the throne. It appeared that the majority of chieftains had supported
their Kings. The Nayakkar Kings made use of this lapse and encouraged personal
rivalry as part of their policy of creating divisions among the Sinhala
chieftains.
The state of affairs in the Kandyan kingdom at the
time when the British consolidated their positions in the maritime Provinces
should be understood when the actions of Pilimatalawa Adikaram and Ehelepola
Adikaram against King Sri Wickrama Rajasinha are taken into account.
Samarakkody Family Photos Generation 5
Generation
5 &6
Louis Charles de Fonseka
Tillekeratne Samarakkody
(b1840-1907) with his children
Generation 6 (Children of Louis
Charles de Fonseka Tillekeratne Samarakkody)
Henry Charles Samarakkody Charlotte Henrietta de Livera nee
(1875-1934)
Samarakkody (1880-1970)
Henry Samarakkody & wife with children
photo 1915
Children of Henry Samarakkody
Generation 7 & 8 (on right)
Solomon Samarakkody (1910-1981)
(Dr
Srikumar,Rajan,Srivanka,Sriyani,Rohini,Malkanthi Indrajith & Suvendrini)
Millicient
Samarakkody (b1911-d1994) & Jimmy
Senewiratne wedding photo
(photo 2-Milly & Jimmy with children Ranjith,Wasanthi and Dr Tissa.)
Dagmar
Corneliya Chulanganee
Tudugalle Nahil
Samarakkody
(1912-1997) d 2014
Robert
Charles Olga Agnes Mary Taldena
Samarakkody nee Samarakkody
(1913-1998)
Douglas Samarakkody Niranjani
Amy
Elizebeth
Shiranthi Mohan Babishi Romesh
Samarakkody
(b1919-d2018)
Lionel
Samarakkody (d1999) Sassanka Samarakkody
Lilly de Alwis nee Neomal Rohan Duleep
Samarakkody (b 1922-d2020)
Harriet Perera nee
Anoja Dilip Heshan Eranjanee
Samarakkody
1924-2021
Children of Peter Charles Samarakkody
Edmund Samarakkody Chulanganee Tudugalle
d:2014 Nahil
Milton
Samarakkody
Shiranthi Mohan
Sivendrini Romesh
(1915-1964) (Babishi)
Siripala Samarakkody (1907-1944) Rukmani
Stephen Samarakkody (1911-1966) Sriyani Nirmala Dilkara
Effie Jayatilleke nee
Samarakkody Rohan Tanya Jayantha Duleep
Nenie Senewiratne nee
Samarakkody (1911-1974) Dr Brian Phoebe
Children of Charlotte de Livera nee Samarakkody
J.G.Vaughn
de Livera (1917-2003) Yasmin Abeysekera nee de Livera
Ivy de Livera
Iole
Samarakkody nee de Livera d1966
Pic-1955
Pic-2012
Louis Charles de Livera (Carl) b1919-d1969) Sunil
Manjula
Lankika
Children of Edwin Charles
Augustus Samarakkody
Shiranthi Nirmani Marlon Tyronne Anoma
Malcolm Samarakkody.b1923
Children of Mary Tillekeratne nee Samarakkody
Niranjala Nimal
d2014 Priyani
Grace
Senewiratne nee Tillekeratne b1917 d2011
Daughter
of Lawrence Samarakkody
Lorinda
Perera nee
Samarakkody.d2005 Mahinda Perera
1949-2015
Grave stone of LCDFT Samarakkody
Walauwa
built in 1900 at Panagoda Lenegala
Estate by Peter Samarakkody.
(Priyani Samarakkody and Gertrude de Livera in the picture,taken in 2008.)
(Priyani is a grand daughter of Mary Samarakkody, married Mohan
Samarakkody.Mohan is a grandson of Peter and Henry Samarakkody.)
Sarodovan Walauwwa, built in Sarodovan
40 acre estate in Gampaha by Henry Samarakkody, around year 1900.It was
later sold by Solomon Samarakkody,his son to Holy Cross College Gampaha in
1944. (Neomal de Alwis ,grand son of Henry Samarakkody in the photo,which was
taken in year 2000)
Wedding photos.& Groups.
Malcom
Samarakkody-Group Louis Charles de
Livera (Carl)-Wed-1955
Lorinda
Samarakkody -Wedding Srikumar Samarakkody
|
|
Robert
Samarakkody and sisters
Solomon
Samarakkody's children and Sasanka Samarakkody
Samarakkody
crowd in Melbourne with Sriyani &Heshan.
Tissa
&cousins
Amy & sisters
Tissa & Cousins
Samarakkody Family
2015 Reunion at Grand Oriental Hotel
Samarakkody Family 2018 Reunion
Samarakkody Family 2023 Reunion
at Capri Club
The Nayakkar
dynasty hailing from Malabar region of South India.The Dynasty began to rule
when King Senarat arranged a marriage for his son Wimaladharmasuriya 2.,to a princess of the Nayakkar Dynasty.the Dynasty lasted
from 1739 to 1815. Nayakkar families continued to live as different people,in
language and religion. They followed South Indian customs..The Kandyan chiefs
openly complained that they were ignored
by the king. Thus began a conspiracy among the chieftains to install a Sinhala
king who favours Buddhism.
*
After the Samarakkody Adigar was
executed in 1760, his son Don Johan de Fonseka Samarasundera Seneviratne
Samarakkody, would have joined the Dutch govt,in the Western Province,and would
have become a Mudaliyar.And his descendents became Mudaliyars under Dutch and
British Governtments. Louis Charles Samarakkody b 1840,Mudaliyar obtained govt
grants in 1880 and purchased jungle land in Rambukkana and Panagoda and
developed them. Some of his children held high offices under the British. Three
of his grandsons became members of parliament in SL post independence era.
As at 2017. some Samarakkody
families still remain in Sri Lanka,while some have migrated to countries like
Australia,New Zealand,England and the USA.
While still approx 15 acres at
Panagoda and 30 acres at Rambukkana still remain among the Samarakkody
relatives.
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Thombu
Index-Dutch Period (Before 1796) (Properties registered)
Ge
Name Name Koral Pattu
Village
Samanakkodige
Domingo Pieris Rayigam
Adi Kuruppumulla,Pattiya
Samanakkodige
Bastian Pieris
Rayigam Adi Kuruppumulla,Walana
Samanakkodige
Domingo Pieris Rayigam Adi
Minuwanpitiya
Samanakkodige Anthonica Dias Raiygam Walana
Samanakkodige Abeappu
Raiygam
Damangamuwa
Above may be relatives of another branch.The
original name Samanakkodi changed in the late Dutch or early British period to Samarakkody.
(Below Joan de Fonseka Samarasundera
Seneviratne is the son of the Adigar.
After the
adigar was killed in Kandy, he may have moved to Tudugala in the Kalutara
District. (Pasdun Korale) through kalu ganga.Later he may have moved to
Dedigomuwa in the Hewagam Korale.)
Joan de
Fonseka Samarasundera Seneviratne Pasdun
Tudugala
Samanakkodige
Joan de Fonseka Samarasundera
Hewagam Dedigomuwa
Seneviratne
Family
tree prepared by : Mr Manjula de Livera
Email :
manjuladelivera@yahoo.com.au
Date : 22hd
February 2023
*
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Notes extracted from the archives of the late Dr. Malcolm Jansze of Colombo,
Sri Lanka 2015
Don Carolis Samarakkody of Pokunuwita,
Village Headman m. ...... :-
H.Jinadasa
b.12.10.1910 who follows
H.Jinadasa
Samarakkody b.12.10.1910 d.1992 m. 1938 Juanita Weeratunge dau George
Weeratunge of Matara, lawyer & ....... :-
Srinath (USA) m. Ganga .....
Anoja m.
Vijitha ....
Sirimevan
m. Nilmini ....
Chintika
m. Hiran ....
Reginald Felton Dias Bandaranayake m. Letitia
......... :-
Nedra D- m. Douglas Samarakkody
Eugene Dias Abeysinghe, mudliyar m Anne .........
:-
Rivette D- m Togo Lionel Samarakkody d.23.4.1971
Cyril
Adrian de Alwis Amerasekere m P.H.
(Lily) ......... :-
Shirley
Anthony m Shiranthi Samarakkody, dr. d.20.9.1980 dau Malcolm Samarakkody &
Daya .........
......... Samarakkody m Rosamond ......... d. :-
Laurinda Chandrawathie d.5.4.2005 m J.H. Terence
Perera d. s John Henry Perera & Favorita Mildred .........
Cyril
Adrian de Alwis Amerasekere m Henrietta
(Lily) Dabarera (del P.H.
(Lily)) :-
Shirley
Anthony, attorney m Shiranthi Samarakkody,
Henry Edwin de Alwis m Nancy Petronella .........
:-
Duncan Eric d.13.3.1965 m Lily Samarakkody
Godwin de Livera m Charlotte Henrietta ......... :-
Iole Frederica d.22.3.1966 m C. Solomon A.
Samarakkody of Gampaha, proctor
D.P.A.
Jayasinghe of Homagama, surveyor d. m Somalatha Samarakkody d.12.3.1996
Punchi Nilame Meddegoda m Wimala ......... :-
Anoma m Romesh Samarakkody
.........
samarakkody m ......... :-
......... (father of Edmund) who follows under
C.H.A.
CHA Samarakkody, gate mudaliyar m ......... :-
Amy
Lily
Harriet
(CLL) CL
Lionel who follows under
(CRA)
Charles Robert Alexander who follows under
Solomon d. ]
Douglas d. ]
Vernon d. ]
Olga d.
Millie d.
Dagmar d.18.4.1997 m Edmund Samarakkody d.
(CRA)
Charles Robert Alexander Samarakkody b.26.10.1913 d.Los Angeles, California,
USA 26.11.1998 m ......... :-
Amara m Kusum Perera, dr.
Senaka m Mangalika Jayatilake dau Julius Jayatilake
& Violet Joyce Weerasinghe
gf Tharuja, Sajeevani,
Niroshana & Vasantha
.........
Samarakkody m ......... :-
Romesh
......... Samarakkody (bro of CHA) m ......... :-
Siripala
Stephen
Edmund, MP d.4.1.1992
Edmund Samarakkody of Mt.Lavinia d. m Dagmar
Samarakkody d.18.4.1997 dau C.H.A. Samarakkody, gate mudaliyar & .........
:-
Chulanganee m Nihal Tudugalle
Nahil d. m Yvonne Kobbekaduwa d. dau Laurence B.
Kobbekaduwa & Iona Ratwatte
(CLL) CL
Lionel Samarakkody of Dehiwela m Chandra de Saram dau C.H. de Saram dr. &
Muriel Hilda Eheliyagoda :-
Sasanka
DBNA
(Berty) Wanigasekere m Rita Belta Lenora :-
RC Carmel m ......... Samarakkody
KD David
Ferdinando m Juslin Marget Fernando :-
Chandra
Padmalika m Nimal Samarakkody
Chrishantha
Samarakkody m Tilanie Abayasekara dau Neil Abayasekara & Beatrice Constance
Dias Bandaranayake :-
Christina
Lallyn
Lavinia
D Gilbert
P. Ranasinghe m Pusma Kumari Jayatilleke :-
Ranjani m
Nimal Samarakkody
P.M. Welagedara m Esther Herat :-
Chitra ] m Sivanka Samarakkody
Sunethra ]
Julius
Samarakkody of Hanwella m Matilda Pandittesekere :-
Emy M. m
Stanley Gunawardene d.29.4.1971 s Philip M. Gunawardene & .........
Quintus P Gunawardene d.25.1.1968 m Elsie
Samarakkody
Stephen Samarakkody of Polgahawela, MP d. m Nita
Senanayake d.30.5.2002 :-
Sriyani m Mahinda ^Yatawaka^
Nirmala m Santi Wickremasinghe, major
Dilkara m Shanti ^Perera^
Laurie
Samarakkody m Mildred Audrey Palewandram :-
Manel
Christina
AD
Samarakkody of Peradeniya d. m E.K.D.L. ......... d.3.12.2002 :-
Sarath (CTB) m Lalani .........
Vipula m
Leela .........
Nalini m
Sathiyapala .........
Nihal,
chartered accountant m Subadra .........
Gamini ]
m Asoka .........
Sriyani ]
m Nelum .........
Ranjith ]
Sandya m
Ajith .........
Simon William Ilangakoon, gate mudliyar m Lilian
Augusta Obeysekere :-
Pr Christoffel Panini b.26.11.1919 d.10.2.1989 m Effie Samarakkody d. dau Peter
Samarakkody & .........
SD Kobbekaduwa m Punchi Kumarihamy Walgama :-
Daisy m Malcolm Samarakkody