Sri Lanka Sinhalese Family Genealogy
Dassenaike Family #3148
1 Samaradiwakara Wickremasinghe
Dassenaike Mudaliyar b approx 1710
Mudaliyar Hapitagam
Korale in
1750 + d/o Amarasekera
Ekanayake. (An officer of
the Kandyan Court under King Sri Narendra Raja Singhe.Having
incurred the
displeasure of the King, he fled the kandyan country and settled
in Hapitagam Korale
around the year 1730. Where he founded the family which bears
his name. He
accompanied the Dutch Governor Van Eck,when Kandy was invaded by
the Dutch. He
was rewarded with a gold medal and chain by the Dutch..FIL-Don
Solomon
Amarasekere Ekanayake, Mudaliyar Hapitagam Korale.) (3068)
Dassenaike Mudaliyar
saved the life of Dutch General Van Eck during the retreat from
Kandy in
1765.And was rewarded by Governor Falck with a medal.
2 Don Johannes
Wickremasinghe Dassenaike b approx
1740 (Colombo Seminary educated), Mudaliyar Hapitagam Korale
1794 (Dutch Govt)
+ Johanna
Amarasekere. (m approx 1775) (d
of Phillip Amarasekere Mudaliyar) (The earlier part of his
service was under
the Dutch. The British retained him in office: routed Leuke
Dissawe’s men when
they made an incursion into Hapitagam Korale and damaged his
property. He was awarded
a gold medal and chain. (3068) (8 children-3 (1) to 3 (8))
3 (1)
Leonara
Dassenaike b approx 1776 + de Livera Weerakon Muhandiram
(Kelaniya Hapitagam
Korale)
4
daughter + Johnson
Amarasekere (b approx 1790) (Commanding officer Sinhalese Regiment
1815) (3068)
3 (2) Daniel
Dassenaike b
approx 1790 Mohandiram of the Guard 1814. (Educated at
Colombo Seminary) He was killed
in the Kandyan Rebellion 9/12/1817 (shot by rebels at
Tibbotugoda)
3 (3)
Miss Johanna Dassenaike
+ Daniel Dias Bandaranayake Kelenimulla Walauwa.
3 (4)
Phillipa
Dassenaike + Carolis
Amarasekere (3068) (Kuleliya
Walauwa Kelaniya)
3 (5) Anna
Dassenaike + Johannes Perera Siriwardena Muhandiram (Abanwatte)
3 (6)
Don Hendrick Dassenaike Mohotti
Mudaliyar Atapattu of Siyane Korale 1804, Mudliyar
Atapattu,1814 (b approx
1775) (educated at Colombo Seminary) + Carolina Ekanayake
(m27/5/1825Wolvendhal
church) (FIL-Paules Perera Wijesekere Ekanayake Mudaliyar)
(Hendrick Dassenaike
was appointed Atapattu Mohandiram and Interpreter to Major
Beaver: Promoted to
Gate Mohattiar:1805 received a gold medal for special
services.1815 proceeded
to Kandy with 100 armed Lascoreens and for these services was
promoted to
Mohotti Mudaliyar of atapattu of Colombo.1845 Mudaliyar Siyane
Korale.) (5 children)
4(1),4(2),4(3),4(4),4(5)
4 (1) John
Lucius Dassenaike (b
approx 1834)
(Atapattu Mudaliyar 1880)d1892 (m1/2/1869) + Jane Honoria de
Livera (Jane Henrieta) (daughter of Fredrick
John de Livera b:1813,District Judge/Mudliyar) (3109) (This miss
Jane de Livera
may have had a unmarried sister called Cornelia Frances Eliza de
Livera ,lived
at Calicut house Gregory's Rd Col 7,d 26/11/ 1937 Testramentary
case 8379NT,After
Eliza's death,her sister's children of the Dassenaike family
were beneficiaries.)
(3 children)
5
(1) Stephen William Dassenaike,
b:21/12/1874-d1935 (Cooper's Hill Engineering College England) +
(M23/2/1903)Ethel
Louise Joseph, b:15/1/1876, d:25/5/1926 (daughter of Abraham
Joseph +Louisa Van
Langenburg) (3 children)5 (1 to 5 (3)
6 (1)
Stephen Dassenaike
6 (2)
Daughter
6 (3)
Liya Dassenaike+ Harold Peiris (uk)
5 (2) John Augustine (Guy) Dassenaike (Kandangamuwa
Estate Mirigama) (or
was it Loluwagoda estate-Mirigama) (b 28/8/1882) -d1931+Elsie de
Saram (from
Relative Merits) (d between1936-45) (Elsie de Saram is a
daughter of Florence
Ellen de Alwis and Peter de Saram) (Florence Ellen de Alwis is a
daughter of
James de Alwis) (Guy
Alistair seems to
be a s/o John Louis Dassenaike) (4 children) (6 (1) to 6 (4)
6 (1) Elsie Naomi
Dassenaike+ Titus
Geramain Joseph Abeysundera (b approx 1910) (Galle) (S/o Bennet
Joseph
Abeysundera (Planter of Galle)and Miss de Silva (M approx 1905)
and had 7
children,but Bennet and wife both died in 1919 in the spanish
flu pendemic.) (From
Galle Book)
7 Hiranthi Abeysundera
7 Shireen
Abeysundera +Adrian
Senadheera
7
Nasil Abeysundera
6 (2)
Guy Alastair Dassanaike + Johanna Erin
Perera (b approx 1910)m10/2/1944,d of Henry Perera Proctor
of Kuruwe
Walauwa.-1 child
7 Alistair Christopher
Asoka Dassenaike b:19/12/1944
+ Premilla Perera b:1947
8 Ashok
Christopher Dassenaike b:1982-2006 died under tragic
circumstances in USA
around 12/10/2006 (unmarried)
6 (3) John Territt
Dassenaike
6 (4)Yvette
Dassenaike + Dr Upali Seneviratne
7 Aanjanee June
Seneviratne
7 Upamalee
Seneviratne +Mahesh Samarakoon
8
Yesan Mark Samarakoon
8
Andrew Nalinda Samarakoon
5 (3) Fanny
Dassenaike b:1879-d1939
+ Dr Gerald de Saram 1867-1947
6 Dr Ged de Saram
6 Ned de Saram
6 Bucky de Saram
4 (2)
Fredrick Lucius Dassenaike Proctor (m9/5/1864) + Mary
Muthukrishna, d of
Abraham Mutukrishna Mudliyar. (Chetty Community)
5
Fredrick John Dassenaike, Proctor
5 James
Dassenaike
5 Henry
Dassenaike
5 Alfred
Dassenaike
5 Victoria
(Vicky)Dassenaike+ Muthukrishna
5 Eugine
Stuart Lucius Dassenaike Proctor and
poet,d1/6/1910+Nellie Matilda Dias Bandaranayake, d of John
Cornelis DB. (1
child)
6 Florence (Flory)Dassenaike-
unmarried.
4
(3) Cornelia Petronella
Dassenaike (m10/3/1872) + Fredrick
Bartholomeus
Amarasekere (Kaleliya Walauwwa) b:10/12/1842 (S/o Johnson
Amarasekera)
4 (4) Johanna
Fredricka Dassenaike,b:24/12/1828
4 (5) Susana
Fredricka Dasenaike + Jacobus de Silva
Siriwardena Seneviratne Mohandiram
3 (7)
Don Johannes Adrian Wickremasinghe Kulatilaka
Dassenaike b:1777Mudaliyar
Hapitagam Korale (1800) +
d of Pieris Samarasinghe Siriwardena-no issue (mudliyar
Lock gate
Colombo) (Maternal GF- Don Philip Amarasekere Mudaliyar,
FIL-Samarasinghe Siriwardena Mudaliyar)
3 (8)
Gate Mudaliyar Don Cornelis
Dassenaike & JP (1813) b 1799 (edu-Colombo Seminary)
(Hapitagam Korale)
+ Johanna Francina
de
Saram (FIL-Fredrick de Saram Mudliyar Salpita
Korale.1813,Clerk Collectors Office,Colombo.1817 Confidential
Clerk Kandy.
Residency with rank of Mudaliyar. Added title of
Gunarwardena Abeyaratne:
Later appointed Chief of Dalada Maligawa.1818 Gate
Mudaliyar.1824 Mudaliyar
Hapitagam Korale-1835.) (3126) (is he -Don Cornelis Dassenaike
Gunerwardene
Abeyratne Mudliyar Governor's Gate-1848-Ceylon Almanac))1 child-
(see 4 below)
4 Gate
Mudaliyar Abeyratne Gunerwardene Henricus Lucius Dassenaike
b 4/6/1840 + Josephine
Eliza de Alwis. d of Andris de Alwis, mudliyar District Court
Colombo. (1869
Mohandiram Hapitagam Korale:1871 Gate
Mohandiram:1875 Mudaliyar Hapitagam Korale:1878 Gate Mudaliyar:
1895 Acted for
Maha Mudaliyar+m26/11/1868 Josephine Eliza de Alwis,b:13/7/1849,
d of Andris de
Alwis Mudliyar. (9 children 5 (1)to 5 (9)
5 (1) Eliza
Harriet Dassenaike b9/7/1879-d10/4/1917 +
(m24/5/1900) Henry Ashmore Pieris Mudaliyar (CCS) (Hewagam Korale)b:1861 (3
children)6 (1),6 (2),6 (3)
6
(1) Henry Ashmore Pieris
(b:13/9/1903-23/9/1995) + Cornelia Obeyesekere
1913-1990 (4 children)
7
(1) Cornelia Sita Pieris
b:12/1/1936-d13/4/2017 + Cecil Perera (S/o Mudaliyar Eric
Perera)-no issue
7
(2) Wimala Pieris (1938-2018) + Dr
Citranjan Amarasinghe
8 Felix
Amarasinghe
8 Nilanthi
Amarasinghe
8
Shalini Amarasinghe
7
(3) Hemal Ashmore Pieris b:20/1/1940 + Kanthi
Weerasinghe
8 Asoka
Pieris +Chantelle Jacotine (m2010)
8 Duminda
Pieris
7
(4) Henry Sri Mevan Pieris (b:16/2/1946) Bsc,
cricket Stc Mtl & SL+ Dr
Nirmala Gunathilake b:1948
8
Dilani Pieris b:1974+Hiran Yatawaka (M2000)
9
Amithra Yatawaka
9
Kiyana Yatawaka
9 Jaanya
Yatawaka
8
Nilanka Pieris b:1976 (Cricket captain Stc 1995) + Dilushi
Wickremasinghe (m2005)
9 Dineth Pieris
9 Nireka Pieris
6
(2) Louis Augustus
Paules Pieris b:1905-d1955 +
Amelia Obeyesekere (1915-2004) (daughter of Donald Obeyesekere
and Ethel Perera)
5 children
7 (1) Amelia Rajini
Pieris b:1938+
Neil
De Saa Bandaranaike
8
Ayendra Dias Bandaranaike
8
Priyanthi Dias Bandaranaike
7 (2) Chrisanthi Vajirawathi
Pieris b:25/12/1940-d
9/2/2016
7
(3) Louis Henry
Ravindra Pieris b:1942
+
Amari Jayawardena
7 (4) Eliza Surani
Pieris b:1944+Chittranjan
Elangasekera
8
Shehara Elangasekera
8
Shanuka Elangasekera
8
Shalini Elangasekera
7 (5) Savithri
Padmini Pieris b:1947 + Dr Raja
Amarasekera
8
Rajindra Amarasekera +Gowri
9 Johnmark Amarasekera
9 Shania Amarasekere
8
Sherina Amarasekera
8
Sharmini Amarasekera
6 (3) Eliza Pieris b:1901 +
Eric Perera Mudaliyar b
1895
(Did Henricus Lucius
Dassenaike have another
marriage to daughter of Adrian de Alwis, Mudliyar District Court
Colombo)
5
(2) Gate Mudaliyar Arthur Louis Dassenaike of
Hapitagam Korale b 24/9/1869,educated
at Royal College (JP, UPM, Mudaliyar Hapitagam Korale.,1895,
Gate
Mohandiram:1896 Mudaliyar Hapitagam Korale:1903 Deputy Fiscal,
Colombo and
Superintendent Hultsdorf Jail 1912 Gate Mudaliyar:1916 JPUPM
Commended for
exceptional ability in opening roads and for services of a
unique and
confidential character in connection with the protection of
certain sections of
the west Coast of Ceylon during the early stages of the Great
War) + (m3/4/1902)Beatrice
Evelyn de Saram ,daughter of Peter de Saram and Florence Ellen
de Alwis) (3
children)-6 (1),6 (2),6 (3)
6
(1) Arthur Lee Dassenaike (Stc)b 12/5/1903, Mudaliyar
Hapitagam Korale b
1903. 1922 Acting Mudaliyar, Hapitagam Korale,1923 Clerk Colombo
Kachcherie,1925 Mohandiram Siyane Korale East, 1926 Mudaliyar
Hapitagam Korale
and Registrar of Marriages and Inquirer.+ Venitia Merlyn de
Livera (d of Edwin
William de Livera Tennakoon) (2 children)Lee was a good tennis
player.
7 (1) Merlyn
Beatrice
Dassenaike (Joy) b8/6/1928-d2009 + Lankasa de Alwis,
b:25/3/1925-d:1997 (S/o
Leonard de Alwis of Samudragiri Walauwa Mt Lavinia)
8 Ranjith
de Alwis+Resha de Alwis
9 Rhadeena de
Alwis
9
Raneesha de Alwis
7 (2) Irwin Lee Dassenaike (Stc) 17/2/1930-5/2/2003
+ Swanthri Dassenaike
b:19/5/1936-d18/4/2020, d of Noel Dassenaike
(3 children)
8
Shantha Dassenaike 1959-1972
8
Lalith Dassenaike b:20/8/1960 (StcMtl) + Deepika
Samarasinghe
9
Anika Dassenaike b yr 2000
8 Sujan
Dassenaike 1963-1968
6 (2) Helen
Beatrice Ray
Dassenaike + Joseph Fredrick Senewiratne,
no
issue
6 (3) Lynn
Arthur Dassenaike (Stc)b:24/7/1913,m14/1/1937+ Marjorie
Grace Edwina Letitia de Livera b:1916
d
of Edwin de Livera Tennakoon. (2 children) Lynn played in 1932
Royal Thomian. (Lynn
(snr)lived at Kadugannawa)
7
Merlyn Dassenaike b:6/7/1938 (Ladies College)+ Aleric Dassenaike-no issue
7 Lynn
Arthur Dassenaike (jnr) (Laddie) +
Indira Sirithunge-no issue
5
(3) Venitia Nellie Theodosia Dassenaike
(b:2/5/1881-d1910) + in
1900 Don Edwin William de Livera Wijewickrema Seneviratne
Tennakoon (b circa 1878) (3109) (Mohandiram Governors
Gate1901) (Gate Mudaliyar)
6
Nellie Margret Evylyn de Livera Tennakoon + John Elster Perera
7 John Ivon Perera + Ivy
Amarasekara
8 Asita Perera
(1959-2013)+Ishini
Wickremasinghe
9 Anika Perera
9
Akila Perera
9
Anya Perera
6 Eryn
Theodasia de Livera
Tennakoon (died as a child)
6
Venitia Nellie Theodosia de Livera (Birdie)b:1903 + Noel
Egbert Dassenaike
7 Swanthri
Dassenaike + Irwin Dassenaike
1930-2003
8 Shantha Dassenaike
8 Lalith
Dassenaike b 1960 + Deepika Samarasinghe
8 Sujan
Dassenaike
7 Shamala
Dassenaike + Ajith Obeyesekere (S/o
Danton Obeyesekere)
6
William Vernon de Livera Tennakoon. b approx 1915-d1970
+Sumana de
Livera Tennakon nee Uduwawela
7 (1) Sunil de
Livera Tennakoon
b:1954 + Devika Imbuldeniya (Justice of the Appeal Court)
8 Sankha de Livera
Tennakoon b:1988 + Menaka de
Livera Tennekoon nee Mendis
9 Seraya de Livera
Tennakoon
8 Vishwa de Livera
Tennakoon b:1985 Stc Mt
Lavinia
8
Esala de Livera
Tennakoon b:1988+Sonali de
Livera Tennakoon nee Cooray.
7
(2) Edwin Vernon Palitha de Livera Tennakoon. (Canada) b approx 1952 + Rasika
Weerasinghe
8 Viraj de Livera
Tennakoon b:1991
8
Hemasha de Livera
Tennakoon b:1995
8 Tiara de Livera Tenakoon
b:2001
7 (3) Venetia
de Livera Tennakoon b:1950+ Sarath Weeratunga
8 Mithila Weeratunga +
Sanjeewa
8 Vorandhi Weeratunga +
Mindika Hettiarachchi
9 Kaaviya Hettiarachchi
9 Devin Hettiarachchi
8 Sajith Weeratunga b:1982
6 Merlyn
Venetia de Livera Tennekoon + Arthur Lee
Dassenaike b:1903 (s/o Arthur
Louis Dassenaike b:1869)
7 Irwin
Lee Dassenaike 1930-2003 + Swanthri Dassenaike
8 Shantha
Dassenaike
8 Lalith
Dassenaike b:1960 (StcMtl)+ Deepika
Samarasinghe
8 Sujan Dassenaike
7 Merlyn
Dassenaike (Joy) (d2009)+ Lankasa de Alwis (d1997)
8 Ranjith de
Alwis + Resha
9 Rhadeena
de Alwis
9 Raneesha
de Alwis
6 Louis Edwin Clarence
de Livera
5 (4) William
Henry Dassenaike (m1/6/1893) + Agnes
Goonetilleke
6 (1) Agnus
Zelda Dassenaike b8/4/1894 + Eric Tillekeratne
6 (2) Janet
Dassenaike b:1/1/1897
6 (3) Estelle
Dassenaike b:21/6/1895
6 (4) Nita
Dassenaike b9/7/1899+Danvers Perera
6 (5) Harriet
Burnice Dassenaike,b:28/2/1902
5 (5) Josephine
Augusta Dassenaike b:20/7/1883+ (m29/1/1902)Felix
L de Alwis (Proctor SC)
5 (6) Robert
Alexander Dassenaike b3/9/1873 +Somawathie
Rambukpotha (11 children) (6 (1) to 6(11)
6 (1) Louis
Robert Clifton Dassenaike +Amabelle
Corea (2 children)
7 (1) Sirimani
Dassenaike unmarried.
7 (2) Sivagami
Dassenaike,b7/5/1929 + James Peter
Obeyesekere III b:20/5/1915-d:23/10/2007
8 James
Peter Obeyesekere IV b:24/10/1952 + Dr
Vijayanthimala
8 Chantal
Obeyesekere + Dijen de Saram (s/o FC
& Nedra de Saram)
6 (2) Seetha
Alexandrina Somawathie Dassenaike,b:28/5/1901
+ m:16/5/1921 John Neville Mervin Perera
6 (3) Myrtie
Dassenaike,b:2/9/1902+Gerald
Muttetuwegama
7 Gerald
Mutetuwegama
7 Daphne
Sangamithra
6 (4) Iris
Swarnalatha Aileen Dassenaike (m1)14/7/1924
Dr Basil de Alwis, b:10/3/1883
(m2)Hapi
Molamure
6 (5) Dorris
Dassenaike, unmarried.
6 (6) Gladys
Dassenaike + Solomon Muttetuwegama
7 Jayantha
Senani
7 Sriyan
Panchala
7 Sunil
Kumar
6 (7) Egbert
Denzil Noel Dassenaike,b:2/8/1909 + m:22/7/1935
Venitia Neli Theodosia de Livera, d/o Mudliyar Edwin de Livera
Tennakoon. (3
children)
7 (1) Venitia
Swanthri Dassnaike,b:19/5/1936-d18/4/2020
+ (m9/5/1957)Irvin Lee Dassenaike (1930-2013), s/o Mudliyar
Lee Dassenaike
8 Shantha
Dassenaike 1959-1972
8 Lalith
Dassenaike b:20/8/1960 + Deepika
Samarasinghe
9 Anika
Dassenaike b yr 2000
8 Sujan
Dassenaike 1963-1968
7 (2) Denzil
Eran Dassenaike, b:28/7/1940, d19/11/1948
7 (3) Eranthi
Shamala Dassenaike, b:18/9/1951, m29/7/1977
+ Ajith Obeyesekere, s/o Danton Obeyesekere
6 (8) Linton
Alexander Royden Dassenaike, b:23/5/1911
+ Theresa Evelyn Louisa Angeline Fernando (4 children) 7(1) to
7 (4)
7 (1) Manil
Rohini Dasenaike,b5/6/1944+Denzil
Meegama (m1962)
8 Romesh
Meegama b:1964+Jennifer Perera
9 Lauren
Kataliya
8 Suren
Meegama b:1965 + Deborah Ferdinands
9 Janiq
Meegama
9 Keiren
Meegama
8 Shaneli
Meegama 1967-2020 + Roshan Fernando
9 Shashini
Fernando
9 Revan
Fernando
8 Shehan
Meegama b:1969+ Susane
Vishwabharata
9 Shehan
7 (2) Linton
Asantha Dassenaike,b:23/5/1948 + Ranjani
Kaviratne b:1947 (2 children)
8 Linton
Asantha Rajiv Dassenaike, b:27/6/1972
8 Nilusha
Rajini Dassenaike, b:17/2/1974
7
(3) Shama
Chrisanthi Dassenaike, b:18/9/1953 + (m:29/8/1975)
Edwin Asela de Livera, s/o Col. Oscar de Livera.
8
Ashan de Livera + Naushaly Wijemanne
9 Anithra de
Livera
9 Yaneth de
Livera
8 Shanila
de Livera + Sanjiv Alles
9 Rayaka
Alles
9
Tejaka Alles
7
(4)
Nelun Nilanthi
Dassnaike,b:2/8/1956+ (m:19/7/1975)
Stanley Obeyesekere, s/o Donad Obeyesekere
8
Harshini
Obeyesekere
8
Asoka Obeyesekere
8
Anouk Obeyesekere
6 (9) Arthur
Harold Percival Dassenaike, unmarried
6 (10) Nanda
Dassenaike+ Leslie Amarasekere, s/o
Joseph Amarasekere
6 (11) Amitha
Dassenaike, died young.
5 (7) James
Peter Francis Dassenaike b:15/11/1876+
Ethel de Saa Bandaranaike, d/o Thomas de Saa Bandaranaike,
Proctor. (5
children) 6 (1)to 6(5)
6 (1) James
Louis Thomas Earl Dassenaike,b:13/1/1904+Mallika
Eilean Pieris , m:28/11/1931,d/o David George Pieris
Siriwardene, Muhandiram. (2
children)
7 (1) Earle
Brian
Dassenaike,b7/1/1933-d24/4/2012,Engineer+Ruth
O'Rawe (lived in Australia)
8 Ione
Dassenaike+ David Norris
7 (2) Enid
Sriyani Dassenaike, b:1941,+ (m:1965) Dilsiri
Lamani Seneviratne, b:1937
8 Sayal
Seneviratne+Nilusha Fernando
9 Ranukshi
9 Savita
8 Eshani
Seneviratne+ Amitha Abeynaike
9 Suhela
9 Sarinda
6 (2) Ven Peter Royole
Ivor Dassenaike,of Kurunegala+ Eugine Beatrice Adihetty (2
children)
7 (1) Ivor
Chrisantha Dassenaike,b:17/5/1934,m1956
+Nirmalini Swarnamani Kannangara (6 children)
8 (1) Ivor
Nalinaksha Dassenaike,b:1957+Praveen de
Alwis (lives in Victoria)
9 Raehan
Shahal Dassenaike b:1991
8 (2) NirmaliniDassenaike
b:1958 + Murad Ousman
9 Shehela
Ousman
9 Shakin
Ousman
8 (3) Swarnamani
Dassenaike b:1959 + Ranjaka de Mel
9 Dulanka de
Mel
9 Risanka de
Mel
9 Ranul de
Mel
8 (4) Chandan
Dassenaike,b:1960+Marina Von Haght
8
(5) Ianthe
Dassenaike,b:1962
8 (6) Indunil
Sanjiva Dassenaike,b:1964+Dilani
Anthonisz (live in Australia)
9 Shanik
Dassenaike ,b:1997
9 Shavin
Dassenaike ,b:1999
7 (2) Sri
Kantha Louis Dassenaike, died young.
6 (3) Francis
Donovan Eitel Dassenaike, Police
Officer b:3/2/1907 + Ruby Saundaranayagam (1 child)
7 Yvette
Dassenaike + Charles Singarayar
6 (4) Rene
Frederick Merryl Dassenaike, b:23/7/1910-d14/4/1983
+ Neila Jayasinghe, no issue
6 (5) Mavis
Dassenaike, unmarried b:8/9/1908
5 (8) Louisa
Charlotte Dassenaike
died young
5 (9) Abraham
Edwin Dassenaike,
died young.
Also noted the following:
A
1 Louis
de
Livera married in 1751
Johanna Dassenaike (daughter of Joseph de Crastolian Wijesundera
Dassenaike.)
B - 1
Edmond Dassanaike/Dassanayaka landed proprietor ( b.
1864?) +
Lizzie Wijesinghe Jayawardena
2 Zelda
Dassenaike + Edward
Wilfred Dias
Bandaranaike b:29/6/1899- d approx 1975.married 22/6/1927
3 Hope
Dias Bandaranaike d 3/9/2015.
2
Rene May
Dassanaike (bellana
walauwa kalutara)d of Edmund Dassenaike + Harry Peter Dias
Bandaranaike b:15/2/1881,
M1916
3 Leonard Bandaranaike b:1922-
d.2002 + Crystal
Etienne Bandaranaike (grand daughter of Walter Dias
Bandaranaike) (Family
#1001) d:14 Feb 2004 [She married Hugh Rupasinghe …her 2st
husband and had a son, Harsha
Rupasinghe..from Family #1001]
4
Rev Suresh
Dias Bandaranaike Anglican Pastor + Daphne Hope Ratnaike
Kandy (no Children)
4
Roshanara Dias
Bandaranaike + Sunil
Bandaranaike [parents : Kingsly
de
Saa Bandaranayake & Trixie Seneviratne]
5
Rosanthi
Dias Bandaranayake
3
Ruby Dias Bandaranaike b:29/1/1919 + Danton Obeyesekere (s/o
Donald Obeyesekere
and Ethel Perera, Grands/o James Peter Obeyesekere + Corneliya
Henrietta Dias
Bandaranaike ) See Family # 1006, (Donald Obeyesekere was
a
Barrister)M19/5/1938
4 Arjuna
Obeyesekere Not
married
4
Shireen
Obeyesekere + Pria
Ameresinghe
5
Shehan Ameresinghe
5
Rajive Ameresinghe
4
Indra Obeyesekere + Anoma Illangakone
5
Gemunu Obeyesekere
4
Ajith Obeyesekere + Sharmala Dassanaike
3
Alick Dias Bandaranaike b:1917- d:Aug 1 2007, (see obit below) +
Delicia
(Dela) Goonetileke
4
Arun Dias Bandaranaike, (Radio & TV presenter, Sports
Commentator,
Colombo, Sri Lanka) + Julian De Saram no children
C) John
HP Dassenaike of
Bellana Pasdum Korale + Agnes Harriet Dias Bandaranayaka
b:28/10/1874 (d of
William Alexander Dias Bandaranayaka.)
D) Eugine
Dassenaike, Proctor + Nellie Matilda Clara Dias
Bandaranayaka,b:13/3/1877-d:20/9/1923.
(d/o John Cornelis Dias Bandaranayaka.)
E) Don
Louis Dassenaike + Johanna Dias Bandaranayaka b approx 1824 (d
of Don Bastian
Franciscus Dias Bandaranayaka)
F) Miss
Dassenaike Perera Ekanayake + Don Bastian Dias Bandaranayaka
(S/o Domingo Dias
Bandaranayaka.)
G)
Johanna Constantine Bandaranayke
bp 7/4/1731 + m:17/9/1765 Anthony de Crastilano
Wijesundera Dassenayaka.
H) Elsie Viola Dassenaike
I) Don
Siriwardena Dassenaike
J) Don
Hendrick Dassenaike Abeywardena Mudliyar
K) Don Constantine
Dassenaike Tillekeratne
L) Dona Maria
Dassenaike Tillekeratne bp26/7/1783
References: 1 Chieftains of Ceylon.
2 Sinhalese
families by Sir Paul Pieris
3 Bandaranayake
Geneology by Roland Dias Bandaranayake.
Prepared by : Mr Manjula de Livera
E
mail : manjulafamily@yahoo.com.au
Date
: 29th
August 2023.