Sri Lanka Sinhalese Family Genealogy
DIAS ABEYSINGHE - Family #3170
Many adopted
Portuguese names, were often
those of their sponsors at Baptism. The word Don or Dona,
first conferred by
Portuguese on nobleman and women and high rank Sinhalese. And was later given to
any person, appointed to
office under the government.
By the 1630's
about half of the people of the
coastal regions of the South West and most of the inhabitants
of Jaffna
professed Christianity. Many baptised Roman Catholics may have
continued to
follow Buddhist rituals in their homes, while adopting a
different identity in
public.
During about
three quarters of a century of
Dutch rule a large number of baptisms took place. In 1718,the
total in Colombo,
Galle and Matara areas were 93,165. The vast majority
converted to ensure their
hold over property, the legitimacy of their children, and
rights of
inheritance, under the Company's administration. People of
Ceylon, straddled
two identities with some ease. The Tombu index
was started by the Portuguese, but registration work
began in the
1740's.
Internet document
says, in Sri Lanka, members of
the landed aristocracy embraced Christianity and took
Portuguese surnames at
baptism, during the Portuguese period which ended in 1658.
Dias is a common surname
in the Portuguese language,in Portugal.
A family chart of the Dias Abeysinghe's
claim,the geneology could be
traced to Keerawelle Maha Ralahamay,b approx 1460. But details
not known, hence
this family chart,compiled starting with Kuruppu Mudali Don
Manuel Dias Dissanayake
(Page
23 of Abeysinghe book says
Samoa Dias Abysinghe Dissanayake was a son of Kuruppu Mudali
of Karathota,was
appointed Disawa of Sabaragamuwa in 1638,)
000 Kuruppu
Mudali Don Manuel or Emmanuel Dias Dissanayake of
Karathota b approx 1575
00 Simao
Dias Dissanayake,b approx 1600 (Son of Kuruppu Mudali)
Simao Dias Disanayake was a Mudliyar. He had
brothers,Leanardo Dias and
Sebastian Dias They joined the Portuguese,and were Mudliyars
in the Constantino
Satana in 1619, in the Constantino expedition, against
Kuruwita rala (Anthonio
Bareththo) and
Denawaka Mayadunne. (p21
Abeysinghe book)
Dom Constantino de Sa de Noronho,
Portuguese captain,with the
cooperation of King Senarath,in 1619 vanquished Anthonio
Bareththo (Kuruwita
rala),and Kanangara arachchi in
August 1619,in Denawaka,Nawadun korale. (Ratnapura) Denawaka Mayadunne
fled to India. 35
arachci's were killed. Kuruwita rala was killed in the
massacare by Simao
Dissanayake. King
Senarath gave the
Honorofic name Abeysinghe to Simao Dias. King Senarath
also rewarded him
with the village of Amuduwa in Sabaragamuwa. He was made Maha
vidane
Sabaragamuwa Mudliyar in 1624.And Disawe in 1638.
(it
seems around 1619, there were
3 streams of power, the Portuguese,King Senarath and the
rebels who were
Kuruwita Rala,Denawaka Mayadunne the Sub kingdom of Denawake.
Senarath and the
Portuguese got to gether in the Constantino battle to kill the
rebels headed by
Kuruwta Rala and Denawake Mayadunne.It says Denawake Mayadunne
fled to India.
For which Simao Dias Abeysinghe Dissanayake was richly
rewarded by King
Senarath.)
Simao Dias Abeysinghe Dissanayake, also
helped in the battles of 1630
and 1638.
Simao Dias Abeysinghe Dissanayake, was
first a Kuruppu Mudali of
Sabaragamuwa.He was also given the villages of Bibilegama and
Yahalewala.
Then Maha Mohottala under the Portuguese
from 1620 to 1629. Disawa under
King Senarath from 1630 to 1632.And Disawa under King
Rajasinghe 2 from 1638 to
1644.His brothers Leonardo and Sebastian had their residencies
at Ranpotuwa
east of Hantana in Kandy.
Dutch took Galle from the Portuguese in
1640.Then King Rajasinghe
appointed Leonardo Dias Dissanayake as Atapattu Mudliyar,then
Disawa of Galle
Corale.
0 Mohandiram
Don Francisco Dias Abeysinghe b:1645 (junior)
of Dangedera,Galle (he
was a nephew of Simao Dias Abeysinghe Dissanayake) + Dona Maria,d of
Muhandiram Christoboe de
Saa Samarawira Abeysinghe (Junior) of Dikwelle
Dambura,had 4 children. Punchi, Don
Phillip Joan, Dona Catherina and Dona Nethalia (page 31 Abeysinghe) (Francisco Dias
Abeysinghe lived in
Paranawalauwwatte Galle)
At the request
of Rajasinghe in 1665 Francisco acted as Disawa of Galle.But
was replaced in
1675.
1 Don Phillip Joan Dias Abeysinghe
Mohandiram b1691 d1742 + Dona Gimara de Silva Dahanayake of Galle. m
approx 1716 (2
children) 2 (1) and
2 (2)
2 (1) Dona Juana Dias
Abeysinghe b:1718 +
Phillipoe de Silva Jayathilake Goonaratne Mudaliyar, (m:1751, had 6 sons
& 1 daughter) d1773
3 (1) Juan Abeysiriwardena
Goonaratne + (m1-1783) Catharina Tennakoon
- no issue
+ (m2-1792) Laurensia Wijesinghe
- no issue
3 (2)
Bastian
Jayatilleke Gooneratne
Mudaliyar (1758-1812) b1778,m1792,d1803 +
Ana Hetroyda Dias
Abeysinghe (d/o
Nicholas Dias Abeysinghe
Amarasekere) (see
details below)
4 Gooneratne d of
Bastian Gooneratne + Nicholas Dias Abeysinghe Wijewardene
b1801
3 (3) Ana Maria Gooneratne
b1756+Johannes
Wijewardena Tennakoon
3
(4) Don
Abraham Gooneratne (unmarried)
3 (5) Girigoris
Samaranayake Gooneratne
b1765-1825,Muhandiram of the Guard, unmarried.
3 (6) Alexander
Wijesiriwardena Gooneratne
Mohandiram Talpe Pattu,Galle+Dona Maria,d of
AdrianGoonathileke Samaranayake,Atapattu
Mudliyar.
3 (7)
Theodoris
Wijewardene Gooneratne b1770,Atapattu
Muhandiram+Tusana
Madanayake.
2 (2)
Nicholas Dias
Abeysinghe Amarasekere Maha Mudaliyar (b: 8/5/1719,
d:10/5/1794) (he
had 2 marriages) (Garden
he resided is
called Pokune
Walauwa,and he had a garden at Kataluwa called
Poloyamdarawatta (Received
medal from Hon Jan Schreuder in 1768,
Received Gold medal in 1785 from Governor Van de Graaf (As a recognition and
reward for his fidelity
towards the company,Head mudliyar gold medal given on
31/5/1785) from
Governor Van de Graaf (MM1785-94) (M1) + Dona Clara
Goonaratne (d/o
Domingu Jayathileke Goonaratne,
Mohandiram of Atapattu) M1757
(had 1
child)
(Nicholas
lived at Pokunewalauwa, Pokunewatta
in Dangedera, in Galle, and his Colombo Walauwa at Silver
Smith Street).He also
had a walauwa in Katunayake-Kotugoda. A mala Padakkama
said to have
been conferred on him by the Kandyan King.
In 1784 Nicholas Dias Abeysinghe signed a
contract with the Dutch
Company, that he would attempt to clear and develop the
fertile estate Diviture
in the North West of Galle Province, by planting paddy,
pepper, Cinnamon and
coffee. In 1793 a suggestion by the Maha Mudaliyar to split up
the company
plantation, and give in small plots to the peelers were
implemented, with title
deeds.
3 Don
Balthazar Dias Abeysinghe Siriwardene (Mudliyar of te Gate
of Commander of Galle,
Native Sahabandar Maha Mudaliyar) + Maria
de Saram, m:27/11/1785 (d
of Domingo
de Saram)
2 (2) Nicholas Dias
Abeysinghe Amarasekere Maha Mudaliyar (b: 8/5/1719,
d:10/5/1794) (M2) + Adriana Gertruda
Ilangakoon (d/o
Ilangakoon Maha Mudaliyar)
And had children Johannes,and
Abraham (3 children) 3
(1),3 (2),3 (3)
3 (1) Johannes
Welhelmus Dias Abeysinghe
Amarasekere Titular
Mohandiram on
29/8/1792 (Galle
Corale)
(Page 69 Cheiftains of Ceylon) b
approx 1771 + (m29/5/1793) Dona Maria
Katharina Dias Bandaranaike
b1771 (d/o Conrad Pieter Dias BandaranaikeMM and Louisa
Atapattu. (nine
children) 4 (1) to 4 (9)
4 (1) Johannes
Nicholas Dias Abeysinghe b1800
+Dona Perera (1 child)
5 Charles Fredrick
Dias Abeysinghe,b19/10/1830+m1856 Dona Maria Madalena Perera.
4 (2) Johannes
Gustaaf
b1802
4 (3) Simon Fredrick
Dias Abeysinghe
b1802 -d1845 Interpreter
Mudliyar,m1834+Christina Rodrigo
Wijeratne of Panadura (1
child)
5 James Dias
Abeysinghe,b21/10/1839+ m21/5/1865 Dona Elizebeth de
Silva.
4
(4) Dona Florentina
Dias Abeysinghe (bp 15/10/1795) + (m:29/11/1809)
Simon de Livera Samaranayake Seneviratne Mudaliyar
Hewagam Korale
b1779 (Son of
Balthazar de Livera) (Simon's
2hd marraige)
4 - 2nd
spouse of Marappulige Simon de Livera Samaranayake Seneviratne b:1779 +M2-
(m29/11/1809) Dona
Florentina Dias Abeysinghe bp15/10/1795, daughter
of Johannes Welhelmus Dias Abeysinghe Mohandiram
(They
had 7
children,Fredrick,Abraham,Charlotte,David,Johanna,Alfred
and James) (Simon
de Livera's 1st spouse
was Elizebeth Dias Bandaranaike)
5 (1)
Fredrick John de Livera, bp:9/10/1813) (District Judge
Matara,Tangalle) d13/6/1854
(Fredrick
died of cholera at age 44
in 1854.) (educated
at Baptists of
Calcutta India.) (they
had 6 children) (district
judge and coronor matara-from
ceylon almanac 1847)
6 (1) Fredrick John de
Livera b27/11/1846 (CCS)
(FJ de Livera district judge Tangalle 1880 ?) (Fred)
+Amelia de Saram. bp24/2/1851 (They had 8 children) (d of Fredrick John
de Saram)
7 (1) Fredrick
de Livera b1869
7 (2) Rita de Livera
7 (3) Nellie
de Livera
7
(4) Ethel
de Livera
7 (5) Christopher
de Livera b1877 (Participated in WW1 1914-1920)
(Thomian)
7 (6) Gerald
de Livera b1886-d1952 + Amy Louisa
Jayatillke (3
children)
8
(1) Gerald
Francis de Livera,unmarried.
8 (2) William
George de Livera,unmarried.
8 (3)
Col Richard Fredrick Christopher (Dicky)
de Livera,b19/1/1923-d7/6/2006 (served in the war)
+Olga Muriel Amarasekere b7/7/1921-d 25/9/2019 (Piano
teacher) (daughter
of proctor SR Amarasekere)
(Olga
de Livera-JP Associate of Trinity College of Music
Lond.Teaching music from
1948-for 6 decades Kala Keerthi Award -2005.)
Educated at Bishops College. She had learned to play
the
violin,cello,guitar and the piano.But chose to teach piano.
Their
children are:
9 (1) Romesh
de Livera b8/3/1951 +Uditha Bandara (divorced)
10
(1) Shanella
Ruvanthi de
Livera b1988 +Ashan Algama
10
(2) Dinuski
Shevanthi de Livera b1992
9 (2) Ramya
de Livera b2/1/1954 (Musicion)
+
Christel Perera (M1979) (b1946) (Son of Dr John
Abraham Perera and Sylvia de
Alwis)
9 (3) Sunil
Richard Ravindra de Livera
b7/5/1952-d
25/12/2006.
(Grand
children of Olga de Livera are Shanella and Dinushki de
Livera.)
7
(7) Elsi de
Livera + Mc Minn
7
(8) Marie de
Livera
6 (2) Emelie
de Livera b14/5/1840
unmarried
6 (3) Hannah Frances de Livera
b7/9/1841,d25/12/1842
6 (4) William
de Livera,
unmarried.
6 (5) Jane Honoria de Livera,b10/1/1843+ John Lucius
Dassenaike,Atapattu
Mudliyar d1892
(Jane
daughter of Fredrick John de Livera Mudliyar) +
(M1873) John
Louis Dassenaike Atapattu Mudliyar in
1880, (b approx 1840)
(Son of Hendrick
Dassenaike b1789) (4
children)
7 (1) Stephen
William Dassenaike (Dandagamuwa)
b21/12/1874+Ethel Louise Joseph b1876 (d of Abraham Joseph)
7 (2) Guy
Alistair Dassenaike (Kandangamuwa Estate
Mirigama) (b
approx 1880) +Elsie
de Saram (from
Relative Merits)
8
(1)
Elsie Naomi Dassenaike+ Titus Geramain Joseph
Abeysundera (b
approx 1910) (Galle) (Son of 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)
9
(1)
Hiranthi Abeysundera
9
(2)
Shirin
Abeysundera
8
(2)
Alastair
Dassanaike + Erin
Perera (b
approx 1910)
9 (1)
Asoka
Dassenaike + Premilla
10 Ashok
Christopher Dassenaike (b
approx 1970) (died
under tragic circumstances in USA
around 1/11/2006) (obituary
notice)
8
(3)
John Territt Dassenaike
8
(4)
Yvette Dassenaike (d2007) + Dr Upali
Seneviratne
9 (1) Aanjanee June Seneviratne
9
(2) Upamalee
Seneviratne (deceased before
2007) +
Samarakoon
10 (1) Yeshan
Mark Samarakoon
10 (2) Andrew
Nalinda Samarakoon
7
(3) Leah
Dassenaike +Charlie Jacob Harrold Pieris
(UK)
7 (4) John
Augustine Dassenaike (d 1931)
+Elsie Viola Dassenaike (died
between 1936-45)
6
(6)
Cornelia
Francina Eliza de Livera
b25/8/1851,unmarried d26/1/1937 (Approx).Calicut
house,Gregory's Road. Col 7 (1938 Gazette)
(After
the death of Spinster
Corneliya Frances
Eliza de Livera in 1937,her property was divided among
her
sister's,children,7 (5) and
grand
children.Testramentry case 8379NT) (1938
Gazette)
5 (2) Johanna
Petronella de Livera bp 6/3/1815
(daughter of Marappuli appuhamilage Don Simon de Livera.) (5 children)
+ Conrad Peter Dias Bandaranaike (Mohandiram)
b 1830,M approx 1860
(Conrad
Peter DB is a son of Don Solomon Dias
Bandaranaike.) (They
had 3 children
Annie, Matilda and Peter)
6 (1) Annie
Cornelia Dias
Bandaranaike,b29/9/1861-18/4/1939,+ John Davd Perera,Gate
Mudaliyar and
Mudaliyar,Siyane Korale East,M22/8/1870
6 (2) Matilda
Magdalena Dias Bandaranaike,b8/9/1863-d6/5/1899,+ Edwin
Valentine Dias
Bandaranaike,Gate Mudaliyar,M 1/5/1885.
6
(3) Peter
Abraham Dias Bandaranayaka (Mohandiram),b10/11/1864-d11/1/1915
+Venitia
Dias Bandaranaike (d
of CP Dias
Bandaranayaka Maha Mudaliyar.M1889 (They had 3 children
Venetia,Favorita and
Elsie)
7 (1)
Venetia Rowena Dias Bandaranayaka b
28/5/1890
7
(2) Favorita
Mildred Dias Bandaranayaka (b
16/7/1891) +John
Henry Perera (b
approx 1880) (Proctor)
M 16/2/1911 (Kuruwe Walauwa) (cousin
of Evelyn DB)
8
(1) Clarence
Perera
8
(2) Luke Perera
8
(3) Terrance
Perera+Lorinda Samarakkody (d2005)
9
Mahinda Perera (Engineer)
(Stc) (b1949-d2015) (migrated to
Australia in 1990) +Nirmalee
Gooneratne
10
(1) Milinda
Perera+Ayesha Perera
11
Malaika Perera
10
(2) Lakshini
Perera
10
(3) Emara Perera
+Mishra Ramchander
10
(4) Sean Perera.
7 (3) Elsie
Dias Bandaranaike + Valentine
Nilaperuma Dias Bandaranayaka.
6 (4) Martha
Sisera Dias Bandaranayaka,b20/6/1865-d23/1/1904
6 (5) James
William Dias Bandaranayaka,b12/1/1872,died,leaving
no issue.
5 (3) Abraham
Paulis de Livera bp:3/10/1816-d2/12/1831
5 (4) Charlotte
Fredricka de Livera b4/6/1831-d
g29/4/1902.,M3/7/1847 (grand
daughter of Balthasar Mudliyar)
+Franciscus de Livera Mudaliyar Alukuru
korale (d1/6/1876) Son of David
de Livera Wijewickreme Seneviratne. And a grandson of
Andiris de Livera
Mudliyar. (they had
6 choldren) (see
Andiris de Livera branch)
6 (1) Dr
Ernest Simon Edwin de Livera
b25/5/1849-d23/7/1909+Liliam Martenez Speldewinde
b15/7/1863-d10/6/1951 (No
issue)
Dr Edwin Simon
Ernest de Livera b:25-May-1849- died 23/7/ 1909, see pic
below
(Member of British
Medical Association),
Educated at Colombo Acadamy. In 1870 received Jijeebhoy
scholarship Calcutta.
In 1873 went to Glasgow and obtained MBCM.1878 Asst Colonial
Surgeon Puttalam.
1900 Provincial Surgeon of NW province and Sabaragamuwa.
Resided in Kandy.
Colonial Surgeon + Alexandra Eliza Speldewine (Maartensz)
from Batticaloa. b15/3/1868 (d of Dr JA Maartensz
of Batticaloa.) (p530,
20th Century Impressions of Ceylon.)
6 (2) Charlotte
Jane de Livera b29/7/1854,unmarried.
6 (3) John
Vincent Richard de Livera
b24/9/1852-d9/3/1903 Proctor + Mary Theresa Dias Abeysinghe
d22/3/1912 (7
children)
7 (1) Victor
Richard de Livera
b11/1/1832-d25/8/1911 unmarried
7 (2) Elsie
Mary de Livera d21/7/1932+Edwin
Jayaweera
7 (3) Effie
Clare de Livera d19/6/1910
7 (4) Nellie
Blanche de Livera b23/4/1890-d31/1/1943 +Ronald Gordon de
Livera b approx
1890-d17/8/1950 (Son
of James de Livera)
.
(Nellie
de Livera president pass pupils association St Bridgets
Convent.1935/1936)
(Ronald
Gordon in 1910, lived at
1 Hill Street
Colombo) (M
approx 1925) (They
had 1 son)
8 James Ronald Victor de Livera (Ronnie), b22/8/1924-d7/5/1980 (Asst Commissioner
Motor Traffic) +
Chandrani Tillekaratne,
b8/11/1930-d1/8/2004 (d
of Edmund
ValentineTillekeratne Mudliyar Walalwita Korale) (They
had 4 children) (Gregory's
road)
9
(1) [1] Ronald Gehan de
Livera, Royal, (Planter)
(SLTFOA)
M1977+ [2]
Malkanthi Samarakkody (d
of Solomon Samarakkody & Iole de Livera)
10
(1) [3] Ronald Jeevaka de
Livera + Myra Fernandes
11 Rehan
de Livera
11 Shanik
de Livera
10
(2) [4] Ronald
Sanjeeva de Livera + Chantelle Chipman (NZ)
11
Cooper Adrian
de Livera
11
Bianca de
Livera
9
(2) Nelum Devikade Livera
+ Edward Perera (son of
Clarence Perera & Ione Samarakkody
10
(1) Nihal Perera
10
(2) Samantha Perera +
Rosewarne
9
(3) Shirani Manel de
Livera b1957 + Ananda Wethasinghe
(NZ)
(M1983)
10
(1) Himali Wethasinghe
10
(2) James Wethasinghe
+ Cherisse
9
(4) James Ranil de Livera,
Royal College (Chief
Engineer -OSM) (b
approx 1961) +
Anusha Dickman-No issue.
7
(5) Dulie Augusta
de Livera
7 (6) Arthur
Noel de Livera b6/11/1891-d10/6/1943
+Sybil Ethel Morgan.
8
(1) Douglas Ian
de Livera +Esme Samarasekere
9 (1) Dianne
Wendy de Livera+Ralph Pereira
9
(2) Shereen
Ingrid de Livera +Palitha Suraweera
8
(2) Conrad Eric
de Livera + Moreen Bartels
9
(1) Maryanne de
Livera +John Attygalle (4)
10
(1) Sasheen
Attygalle
10
(2) John Andrew
Attygalle (5) +Shalini
Anandappa
11
(1) Layla Shamini
Attygalle
11
(2) John Eric
Anthony Attygalle (6)
9
(2) Eric Anthony
(Tony) de Livera
(Stcp/Royal)
(Chairman- TDL Holdings Ltd) + (M1) Kantha Hathiramani (d2012)
10
Shaneen Judy
de Livera
9
(2) Eric Anthony
(Tony) de Livera
(Stcp/Royal) +
(M2)
Tania Natalie Francis-no issue
7 (7) Ivy
St Rose de Livera
6 (4) Venetia
Emily de Livera
b16/11/1856-d15/1/1935 +Nicholas Dias Abeysinghe (Proctor)
b1858 of Galle
7 (1) Ethel
Mildred Dias Abeysinghe b6/4/1889 (Founder
member of Old girls Association of Ladies College) +Md24/10/1918
Stephen Walter Dias
Bandaranaike b11/8/1895 (Lieut.Cey.Light.Infantry) (Son of Walter Dias
Bandaranayaka)
8
Etinne Dias
Bandaranayake b7/10/1927 +Leonard Dias Bandaranayake (Son of Harry Peter
DB)
9
Rev Suresh Dias
Bandaranayake +Daphne Hope Ratnaike
9
Roshanara Dias Bandaranayaka + Sunil
Bandaranaike (Son
of Kingsley de Saa
Bandaranaike and Trixie Seneviratne)
10
Rosunthi
Bandaranaike
7
(2) Freda Muriel
Dias Abeysinghe+Md 10/2/1924
Reginold Felix Dias Bandaranayake b17/1/1891-d26/10/1951
(Pusine Judge) (his
2hd marriage)
8
Christine
Manel Dias Bandaranayake b22/2/1928-1967 +David Blackler
8
Felix Reginald
Dias Bandaranayaka,b5/11/1930-d26/6/1985, (Minister of Public
Affairs+Muthulakshmi Jayasundera
9
Christine
Wickremanayake (adopted)
7 (3) Stanley
Dias Abeysinghe,Proctor b1899
7
(4)
Nora Dias Abeysinghe b1902
6 (5) Walter
de Livera,CCS,Police Magistrate
Gampaha, b1863-d1/5/1940,+Eliza Mary Dias
Bandaranaike,b15/5/1867.daughter of
Christoffel Henricus Dias Bandaranaike Mudliyar.Walter de
Livera District Judge
1913
Walter de Livera, b:1863, (Royal
College, Colombo), Police Magistrate & Commissioner of
Requests at Chilaw
and Marawila in 1898. Occupied similar positions since 1902 at
Gampola and
Nawalapitiya. Served as Private Secretary,first to Sir Harry
Dias Bandaranaike
and later to Sir Archibald Cambell Laurie. Walter de Livera’s
home was in
Veyangoda, and he was fond of Horticulture. Member of the
Orient Club and Turf
Club and also of the Ceylon Agricultural Society. (Deputy Fiscal)
+ Elizabeth
Mary
Dias Bandaranaike b
15/5/1867m:12/4/1898 (Sister
of Soloman
Dias Bandaranaike (Maha Mudaliyar) (1001) (d of Christoffel DB
and Anna Philepsz
Panditharatne.) (had 2 children)
7
(1) Manique de Livera,
b:1892-d7/7/1940 + PSP Jayatilleke,Advocate.
7
(2) "Princess"
de Livera
(Joy), b:1900, d 17/3/ 1921 + Dr Reginold
Felix
Dias Bandaranaike, b:17/1/1891,
d:1951, m:28/8/1919 (1001) (Lawyer and Judge of
the Supreme Court.) (After
Princess de Livera's death RFDB has a
2hd marriage to Freda Dias Abeysinghe on 10/12/1924) (Son of Felix
Reginold Dias Bandaranaike)
8 Reginold Walter Michael Dias Bandaranaike (Barrister QC)
b3/3/ 1921-d17/11/2009 + Norah Hunter Crabb
(Reginold
Walter DB was educated
at Royal College and at Cambridge.While at Cambridge,during
the world war
2,served in the home guard.After graduating,he joined the
Royal Air Force.While
at the Royal Air Force,he completed his legal studies and was
called to the bar
Inner Temple in 1944 and became a Barrister.Queens Counsel in
2002.Was an
author of legal books.His wife Norah died in an air craft
accident in 1980.)
9 Alison
Dias Bandaranaike b1950 (Musicion) +
Wolfram Kock (Austria)
9 Julia Dias Bandaranaike (Cambridge)
-QC + Stuart Orford (UK)
10 James
Orford
10
Isabelle
Orford
5 (4) 6(6) Alice
de Livera,d8/11/1947,unmarried.
5 (5) David Henricus de
Livera b3/7/1834
5 (6) Alfred Senrwiratne
de Livera b 31/12/
1826 (Proctor of
Supreme Court) (Mentioned
in golden book of india (page 60) a reputed Kandyan family that settled
in low country,and held
important offices of trust under
successive Ceylon Governtments)
+ Merci
Anne Dorothea
6 Grace de Livera+
George Charles Fredrick de Saram,b27/1/1861-d1921
(Surveyor) (Son
of Jan Christofel
Henricus de Saram) (daughter
of Alfred)
5 (7) James de Livera
Proctor of Supreme Court (b
approx 1835) M8/12/1862
+ Fredricka Dias Abeysinghe at Galle. Fredricka is
a grand daughter
of Nicholas Dias Abeysinghe,Attapattu Mudliyar of the Gate at
Galle. (details below) 2 (2) 3
(2) 4 (2) 5 (3)
4
(5) Florentina Dias
Abeysinghe bp
15/10/1795-d2/3/1836 (m1834) (died at child
birth) + Phillip
Geradus Wijekoon Panditharatne
Mohandiram
4 (5)
5 (1) Jhon
Leonard Wijekon Panditharatne Mudaliyar Gangaboda
pattu+Sussana Illangakon (daughter
of David Illangakon Mudaliyar)
5 (2) Gertruda
Panditharatne+Jhon Dias Bandaranaike Mohandiram
5 (3) Wilhelmina
Henrietta Panditharatne+Johannes Jacobus de
Saram Wijesekere
Abeyratne Mudaliyar b:6/4/1791Mudaliyar of the
Governor Gate,
Assistant Interpreter to his Excellency the Governor and
Superintendent of
Ambatellen Pahala
6
Phillip de Saram
6 Peter George de Saram (Stc) b1852
(Police
Magistrate) +
Florence Ellen de Alwis
7
Clarice de Saram + Dr Valentine Goonaratne (Son of ERJ
Gooneratne)
7
Lionel Wellington (duke)
de
Saram + Ethel Pieris
8
Helen de Saram + Oscar de Livera
9
Asela de Livera + Shama Dassenaike
10
Ashan de Livera
10
Shanila de Livera
8
Phillip de Saram
7
Beatrice de Saram + Arthur Dassenaike
7
Helen de Saram
7 Elsi de Saram + Guy Dassenaike
8
Naomi Dassenaike + Titus Abeysundere
9
Hiranthi Abeysundere
9
Shirani Abeysundere
8
Alistaire Dassenaike + Erin Perera
8
Territ Dassenaike
8
Yvette Dassenaike + Upali Seneviratne
9
Aanjanee June Seneviratne
9
Upamalie Seneviratne
7
Cyril de Saram + Linda de Alwis
8
Cynthia de Saram (d:2010) + Berte de Alwis
9
Christine de Alwis
8
Sheila de Saram + Basil de Alwis
9 Devinda
de Alwis
9
Sharnelle de Alwis
9
Rohan de Alwis
9
Niloo de Alwis
8
Neliya de Saram
7
Maud (Girlie)
de Saram + Cyril Tillekaratne
8 Patrick Tillekaratne
9
Patricia Tillekaratne + Eric de Livera
10
Priyanee de Livera
5
(4) Phillip
Gysbertus Wijesekere
Panditharatne Mohandiram (Phillip
Panditharatne’s
son) + (1) Florentina
daughter of JW Dias Abeysinghe (2) Angenitta
Catharina Ekanayake daughter of Perera Ekanaike
Mudaliyar
4 (6) Clara Louisa
Dias Abeysinghe b1/9/
1799-d4/8/1835 + David de Livera Wijewardene Tennakoon
b:7/2/1794 (M2/7/1821)
Mudaliyar of
the Governors
Gate (Muhamdiram,
Hewagam Korale) and
translator of Commissioner of Revenue
office,Govt agents office western province bp: 7th Feb
1794
+ (had 5 children Julias Fredrick,Cornelia,John
and Johanna) (SF
p28)
(Louisa was a daughter of Johannes Welhelmus Dias
Abeysinghe,Moandiram
of the guard)
5
(1)
Julias Earnest de Livera
(Kachcherie Mohandiram
Colombo b 4/11/1827) +
(m11/12/1854) (grand
son of Carolis) [5]
Johanna Maria de Livera (b17/10/1837-d29/7/1919) (10 children see
below under Louis
de Livera Samaranaike Tennakoon) (d
of Louis de Livera,Grand daughter of Carolis de Livera
mudliyar.)
6 (1) Louis
Abraham de Livera Wijewickrema
Senewiratne Tennekoon b26/4/1862-d25/5/1946
(Mudaliyar Siyane Korale)
(Unmarried)
6
(2) Julian
Richard de Livera
Wijewickrema Tennekoon (Draughtsman)
(UM) b26/11/1867-d29/11/1945
6
(3) Don
Edwin William de
Livera Wijewickrema Senewiratne Tennekoon, b 13/5/1871-d1940, Mudliyar
Governor
Gate,and Chief translator of Colombo Kachcheri.1901
appointed as Shroff
Mudaliyar of Colombo Kachcheri. Educated at Stc.Mtl
(1894-1897). (was he the
Edwin de Livera in 1911 Gazette as Shroff Savings Bank) Born
at Attapattu Walauwa, Barber Street Colombo. Rescidence Deweni Maha Walauwa Wolfendhal.
(The historic rescidence
has been occupied by three successive Maha Mudaliyars of the
de Saram
family,who were Edwin de Livera's maternal ancesstors.) Administered his
fathers properties, In 1897
he entered Govt Service and was appointed First Native
writer of Colombo
Kachcheri (Marriage
1) + Venitia
Nillie
Theodosia Dassenaike.
(b 2/5/1881M
in9/11/ 1900,d11/6/1910)
(6
children in the 1st marriage)
(p530,20th
Century impressions of Ceylon.)
(sister
of Louis Arthur
Dassenaike, and d/o
Henricus Louis Dassenaike -Mudaliyar) (3148) (Edwin William de
Livera's name is menioned in
20th century impressions of Ceylon)
7 (1)
Nellie
Margret Evelyn de Livera
Tennekoon b21/12/1901+
John Elster
Perera
8 John Ivon Perera + Ivy
Amarasekera
9
Asita Perera (Stc) (1959-2013) (MP-1994)
(Ambassador to Korea2006-2009,Ambassdor to Italy 2011) + Ishini
Wickremasinghe
10 Anika Perera
10
Akila Perera
10
Anya Perera
7 (2)
Erin
Maria de Livera Tennekoon (died as a child) d 12/5/1910
7 (3) Venetia Merlyn de
Livera Tennekoon b23/10/1906 +Arthur Lee
Dassenaike Mudliyar b1903 (Son
of Arthur Louis Dassenaike b1869).M20/10/1927
8
Irwin Lee
Dassenaike 1930-2003 +Swanthri Dassenaike
9
Shantha
Dassenaike
9
Lalith
Dassenaike b1960 (StcMtl)
+ Deepika
Samarasinghe
9
Sujan
Dassenaike
8
Merlyn
Dassenaike (Joy) (d2009)
+ Lankasa de Alwis (d1997)
9
Ranjith de
Alwis + Resha
12
Rhadeena
12
Raneesha
7 (4)
William
Vernon de Livera
Tennekoon b 15/1/1905- d:27/10/1970 +Sumana de Livera
Tennakoon nee
Uduwawela (b:31/5/1930-
d: 30/9/2022) (Had
3 children) M25/8/1949
8
(1) Venetia de Livera
Tennekoon b17/3/1950 +
Sarath Weeratunga (M1972)
9
Vorandi
Weeratunga +
Mindika Hettiarchchi
10
Kaaviya Vinara Hettiarachchi
10
Devin
Hettiarachchi
9
Maithili
Weeratunga +
Sanjeewa
9
Sajith
Weeratunga b1982
8
(2) Edwin Vernon
Palitha de Livera Tennakoon + (M1-1976) Shyama Weerasekera (Divorced -no issue)
8
(2) Edwin Vernon Palitha
de Livera Tennekoon (Canada)
(Trinity) b1952
+ (M2) Rasika
de Livera Tennakoon nee Weerasinghe (b1963)
M1990
9
Viraj de Livera
Tennekoon b1991
9
Hemasha de
Livera Tennekoon b1995
9
Tiara de Livera
Tennekoon b2001
8
(3) Edwin
Ajantha Sunil de Livera Tennekoon (Trinity) b1954+ (M1984)
Devika de Livera Tennekoon nee Imbuldeniya (Justice of the Appeal
Court) (b1955)
9
Vishva de Livera
Tennekoon b1987 (Lawyer) Stc Mtl+ (M2020) Joann Fernandez
9
Sankha de
Livera Tennakoon b11/4/1988
Stc Mtl+ (M2019) Menaka
de Livera Tennakoon nee Mendis (daughter
of Duleep Mendis cricketer)
10
Seraaya de Livera
Tennakoon
9
Esala de Livera
Tennekoon b11/4/1988 Stc Mtl + (M2019) Sonali de Livera
Tennakoon nee Cooray
7 (5) Venitia Nellie
Theodesia de Livera Tennekoon
(birdie)
+ (M22/7/1935) Noel
Egbert Denzil
Dassenaike b1909
8
Swanthri
Dassenaike + Irwin Lee Dassenaike 1930-2003 (Stc) (Son
of Athur Lee Dassenaike b1903)
9
Shantha
Dassenaike
9
Lalith
Dassenaike (b1960) (Stc) +
Deepika Samarasinghe
9
Sujan
Dassenaike
8
Shamala Dassenaike
+ Ajith Obeyesekere
8
Eran
Dassenaike
7 (6) Louis
Edwin Clarance de Livera (died
as a child)
6 (3) Don
Edwin de Livera Wijewickrema
Senewiratne Tennekoon, b 13/5/
1871-d1940, Mudliyar Governor
Gate,and Chief translator of Colombo Kachcheri.1901 appointed
as Shroff
Mudaliyar of Colombo Kachcheri. Educated at Stc.Mtl
(1894-1897). (his parents
are Juliast Earnest and Jane Maria) Born
at Attapattu Walauwa, Barber Street Colombo. Rescidence Deweni
Maha Walauwa
Wolfendhal.Administered his fathers properties, In 1897 he
entered Govt Service
and was appointed First Native writer of Colombo
Kachcheri,Member of the Turf
Club & Poultry club (Marriage 2)
+ Grace Margret Tillekeratne (d of James Nicholas
Tillekeratne Mudliyar
Walalvita Korale) M1915
(4
children in the 2hd marriage) (2hd
marriage after death of first wife.)
7 (1) Marjorie
Grace de Livera b9/6/1916+
(M1937)
Lynn Arthur Dassenaike
8
Marlene
Dassenaike + Jungle Dassenaike
11 Lyn Dassenaike (jnr) Laddie +Indira
Siritunga
7
(2) Louis Edwin
Oscar de Livera Tennekoon
b31/3/1920-d10/8/1982, (STC
Mt
Lavinia,was in Miller boarding in 1935)
(Was High Commissioner to Pakistan 1985)
+ Helen Florence de Saram, b 29/8/1926
d 5/7/2015), d/o Wellinton de Saram
Oscar de Livera contested for 1960 July
General Election from Mahara
from the UNP and obtained 8991 votes but was not successful.
8 Edwin Asela de
Livera (Royal)
(Chairman Koolair Pvt Ltd) b14/11/1951
+ (M1975) Shama Dassanaike (daughter of Linton
Dassenaike)
9
Ashan de Livera b1977+
Naushaly
Wijemanne (M2009)
10
Anithra de
Livera b2012
10
Yaneth de
Livera b2014
9
Shanila de Livera b1979+
Sanjiv
Alles (M2008)
10
Rayaka Alles b2011
10
Tejaka Alles
b2013
7 (3) James
Ernest de Livera Tennekoon (Kitty) b2/2/1924-d22/1/1973+
Leslie Carmine Perera (daughter
of Dr Leslie Perera)
8
Ratamali de
Livera b1950+
John Bartlett (UK)
9
Jade Bartlett
9
Mark Bartlett
7 (4) David
de Livera (died
as a child) at
2 years
6
(4) Henry Stuart
de Livera. (Proctor) b
8/4/1873 died in Colombo 19/11/1931. (UM) (in 1910,lived at
62,Barber Street Colombo.
6
(5) Jane Maria de
Livera
Tennakoon (b30/9/ 1855 and probab;y
died 28/8/1928) +
John Gerard Abraham Perera Muhandiram. No
issue.
6
(6) Dona Annie
Cornelia de Livera Tennakoon
(UM)
(b 1/11/1857-d2/2/1936)
(testramentary
No 7,700 of year 1936) (Barber
Street
Colombo 13.) (d
of Julias Earnest de
Livera)
8 (7) Harriet
de Livera b28/4/1861
6 (7) Dolly
Harriet de Livera b28/4/1861
6
(8) Alfred David
de Livera b22/7/1863
6 (9) Francis
Charles de Livera,b13/9/1864
6 (10) Azoline
Caroline de Livera b10/7/1866
5 (2) Fredrick
Cornelis de Livera Tennakoon
b29/1/1829
5 (3) Cornelia
Wilhelmina de Livera Tennakoon
b22/7/1830
5 (4) John
Charles Louis de Livera Tennakoon
b10/10/1833
5
(5) Johanna
Angenitta de Livera Tennakoon
b1/7/1835
4 (7) Don Cornelius Dias Abeysinghe
Wickremasinghe Samarasinghe,interpreter
Mudliyar District court Badulla Kachcherie.+m1833 Henrietta
Disanayake,d of Rajapakse
Mohottalage M Disanayake,Basnayake Nilame Badulla. (2 children)
5 (1) Mabel
Lenora Dias
Abeysinghe+m1853 WHFW Wickramaratne of Badulla.
5 (2) Emalia
Florentina Dias
Abeysinghe+m1855 JPW Weerakone of Badulla.
4 (8) Andreas Dias Abeysinghe, unmarried.
4 (9) Dona Louisa Maria Dias Abeysinghe+m1819
Carolis Andreasde Saa Bandaranaike,Mudliar.
3 (2) Don Abraham
Dias Abeysinghe Amarasekere
Mudaliyar, (son of NDA)
b:circa 1768,
Guard Mudaliyar, Galle + m (1) : in
1798 Dona Hetroyda Tennakoon, daughter of Don
Johannes
Wijewardena Navaratna Tennakoon Mudaliyar, (had 5 children) 4 (1) to
4 (5)
(Abraham Dias Abeysinghe Amarasekere,
Mudaliyar of the Guard, and chief
interpreter received a medal from Sir
Robert Brownrigg, Governor of Ceylon, in 1819 for proof
of His Excellency’s
satisfaction with his public service during the period of his
government.)
The foundation stone of the Baddegama Church was
laid,on 14/2/1821, by Mudliyar Abraham Dias Abeysinghe. (Guard
Mudliyar)
(It
is said
that the Richmond College first started in the upstair house
of Mudaliyar
Abraham Dias Abeysinghe, in Dickson Road Galle. May be around
1814.)
4 (1) Adriana
Gertruda Dias Abeysingha
b:1800 -14/4/1822+ Don David Jayathileke Goonaratne
Mohotti Mudaliyar
4 (2) Abraham
Nicholas Dias Abeysinghe
Wijewardene Mudaliyar b:6/4/1801 Mudaliyar of the Gate
and Atapattu,
Interpreter of the Cutcherry of Point de Galle (Page 69 Cheiftains of
Ceylon) + Anna
Gertruda Gooneratne, daughter of
Don Bastian Goonaratne Mudaliyar (4 children)
5 (1) to 5
(4)
5 (1) Rev
Abraham Dias
Abeysinghe Wijewardene b: 5/9/1832-d18/1/1903 (Colonial
Chaplain) (Chaplain
of All saints Colombo.Rev 1859)
(m1) +
Charlotte Johanna Dias Bandaranayaka,b1837-d1858 (d of Thomas Dias
Bandaranayaka) (had
2 children)
6
(1)
Laura Dias Abeysinghe+ (m10/1/1884),Richard Balthaar
Abraham Tillekeratne.No
issue.
6 (2) Nicholas
Dias Abeysinghe,Crown Proctor Galle,+ (m16/4/1888,Venetia Emly
de
Livera,b16/11/1856,d of Francscus de Livera
Seneviratne,Mudliyar of Governor
Gate.
(Possible
that Rev Abraham Dias
Abeysinghe had a 2hd marriage)
5 (1) Rev Abraham Dias
Abeysinghe Wijewardena (m2) +Jane
Perera, d of John Gerard Samaraweera Perera
Gunawardena,Mudliyar of Salpita
Korale. (they had
5 children) 6 (1) to
6 (5)
6
(1) Eugine
Godfred Dias Abeysinghe
(20th Century
impressions page 758) (4
children from 2 marriages)
b:1868 -d22/1/1911,Surveyor (STC & Royal) (Had property in
Colombo,Negambo and Kalutara)
(Mudaliyar Bentota Wallalwita Korale,JP1903+
(M1)
Annie Maria Perera,daughter of AJ Perera (She drowned at sea in
Bentota)
7 (1) Annesley Dias
Abeysinghe b23/9/1901+Terry
Samarakone,d of Mudliar John Samarakone, (5 children)
9 (1) Annesley
Fredrick Dias Abeysinghe
b7/9/1926-d26/9/1989+ (m1)
Therese
Obeyesekere,d of Christoffel Obeyesekere (divorced)
10
Helene Dias Abeysinghe,unmarried,lives in Canada.
10 Taya
Dias Abeysinghe+David Joseph (lives in Melbourne)
11
Deeva (daughter)
11
Son
9 (1) Annesley
Fredrick Dias Abeysinghe+ (m2)
Indrani Senanayake
9 (2) Daisy
Dias Abeysinghe,b30/3/1928,married
thrice without issue.
+ (m1) Dr
Terrance Senewiratne,son of Stephen
Senewiratne
+ (m2) Prof
SB Dissanayake
+ (m3) William
(Bill) Campbell
9 (3) Manel
Dias Abeysinghe,b10/5/1939-d10/8/2013+Paul
Bibile
10 Shyami
10
Shehana+Alan Barbut
9 (4) Maithri
Ian Christopher Dias Abeysinghe,b1940-d2011
(married twice)
+
(m1)
Chandra de Silva,divorced
10
Arjuna Dias Abeysinghe,unmarried.
+ (m2) Veanna
Dhanapala,no issue
9 (5) Nelun
Dias Abeysinghe,b1945+Quintas Tissera
10
Revantha Dias Abeysinghe,died
unmarried.
7 (2)
Eugine Sheldon Dias Abeysinghe b1900 +Elsie Perera
d1983,d of Godwin
Perera of Jaela. (4 children)
8
(1)
Sheldon Colvin Dias Abeysinghe b1926+Malini de Silva
9
Kanishka Dias Abeysinghe
9 Naomal Dias
Abeysinghe b approx 1958 +Dilrukshi
8 (2) Gladston
Dias Abeysinghe
8 (3) Bunchie
Dias Abeysinghe
8 (4) Elsi
Vearlyn Dias Abeysinghe
6
(1) 2nd
spouse of Eugine
Godfred Dias Abeysinghe b:1868-1911 Surveyor (STC & Royal) (Mudaliyar
Bentota Wallalwita Korale + Ellen
Engelina Perera (Annie's sister)
(M2) daughter
of AJ Perera
7 (3) Eugine Granville Dias
Abeysinghe b30/7/1905-d14/12/1982
7 (4) Ellen
Rivette Dias
Abeysinghe b3/7/1907 +Togo
Lionel Samarakkody d23/4/1971
6
(2) Don
Abraham Dias Abeysinghe
b1874 (Proctor) (Stc) Colonial
Chaplain + (m1903) Eva Tagora Gooneratne
(daughter of Edmund Rowland
Gooneratne) (
photo attached) (Residence
Guardia Walauwa Galle built in
1712.Pettigalwatte) 8
children. 7 (1) to
7 (8)
7 (1) Edna Blanche Dias
Abeysinghe + William
Kumbulwela
7 (2) Vernon
Dias Abeysinghe b1915-d16/6/1984+
Audry de Livera b1920-d1990 (1 child) (d
of Percy de Livera)
8 Dharshani
Dias Abeysinghe b1952+ Dr Janaka
Goonetilleke
9
Ranil Goonetilleke
9 Dr
Prasanna Goonetilleke
7
(3) Roland
Hugh Dias Abeysinghe (Barrister)
(M1) 1908--1991
+Manil Lilette Illangakoon
(died of cancer) (d
of SW Illangakoon&
Lilian Obeyesekere) m7/12/1944
8
Jayanthi Dias Abeysinghe (Journalist) + Ranjith
Weerasinghe
7 (3) Roland Hugh Dias
Abeysinghe (Barrister)
(M2) b1908-25/1/1991+
m1958 Gwen
Esther Dias Bandaranaike (b
approx 1930-d5/2/2004) Principal
Bishop's College. (d of Samuel
James Felix DB)
8 Yohan Dias Abeysinghe
+Manjarie Wickremasinghe
9
Hasulie Dias Abeysinghe
9
Chandana Dias Abeysinghe.
8 Kavinda
Dias Abeysinghe +
Shyamani Balasuriya
9 Nadhil
Dias Abeysinghe
6 (3) Maud Dias Abeysinghe
+Godwin Perera of Jaela.
6 4) Madeline
Dias Abeysinghe +
Alfred Tillekaratne (b approx 1877),son of Lambertus
Tillekeratne.
-------
7 (4) Dorothy Tagora Dias
Abeysinghe d19/5/1988 (Dora) +William
Dias Bandaranaike (ASP) b4/4/1907-d17/2/1988
(Son of William
Clement DB)
8 Prof
William Senaka Dias Bandaranaike (Archaeologist
lecturer Kelaniya University)
b23/4/1938
d 2/3/2015 +Manel Fonseka
8 Sri
Thivanka Dias Bandaranayaka b1/9/1942-d10/5/1943
7 (5) Rev
Felix Abraham Dias Abeysinghe (Vicar
Christ Church Dehiwela 1957-1965) d1989
in UK+May Gooneratne (When
corner stone
was laid at Passara Nuwara Eliya church on 24/8/1948,Rev Felix
A ias Abeysinghe
was present.)
8
Christopher Dias Abeysinghe (living in UK)
8 Esther Dias
Abeysinghe (living in UK)
7 (6) Stanley Christopher
Dias Abeysinghe,of Galle
d11/5/1989+ Chandra Keppetipola d31/5/2008, d of Edward
Keppetipola of Gampola
8 Nissanka Dias
Abeysinghe +Ila Tillekeratne,d
of Shirley Tillekeratne
9
Eva Dias Abeysinghe
7 (7) Estelle
Anula Dias Abeysinghe+William Ian
Pieris Siriwardhana
7 (8) Mavis
Swarna Dias Abeysinghe+Eric Ratwatte
6
(5)
Gerald Dias Abeysinghe,Missionery of the Salvation
Army,+Mary Sivaguru
7 Nicholas Dias
Abeysinghe,died young of malaria in Anuradhapura.
7 Audrey Dias
Abeysinghe + Abeywardena
5
(2)
Anne Catharina Dias Abeysinghe m23/5/1844+
Andreas Petrus
Dissanayake Tillekaratne b1816-d26/7/1886 Mudliyar Wellaboda
Pattu Matara.
2 (2),3 (2),4 (2), 5
(3) Fredricka
Dias Abeysinghe b
approx
1840+ James de Livera
(Proctor)
(b approx 1835) Mudliyar,M8/12/1862
at
Galle. (James de Livera is a son of Simon de Livera
Mudliyar,grandson of
Balthasar de Livera Mudliyar)
(Mother of
James de Livera is Florentina dias Abeysinghe b approx 1790)
(They
had 10children) -
(Violet,Jane,Ella,Albert,Edmund,Ronald,Percy,Flora
and
Godwin de Livera) (Galle
book)
(Year
1893
Gazette of Ceylon says,James de Livera had properties in No 1 Hill's Street & 57A
Wolvendhal Street Colombo)
6
(1)
Mabel Violet de Livera (adopted
Mona) (unmarried)
7
Mona + Manickam Saravanamuttu (High
Commissioner
Malaysia)
8
Dr Manorani Saravanamuttu, (Sergeon)
d:2004 + Lucian de Zoysa.
9*****Richard
de Zoysa (Journalist/Actor),1958-1990
STC
Mt Lavinia (assasinated)
6
(2) Jane
de Livera (unmarried) or is it Cornelia
Agnes Carolino de
Livera,b3/2/1865
6
(3) Ela
Augusta de Livera
( unmarried)
b 30/6/1866
6
(4) Albert Dunstan
Egbert de Livera (Hill
Street
Colombo) (District
Engineer
Puttalam) b29/1/1872
- (d approx 1906) + (Married in Mutwal
10/2/1902) Louisa
Alexandra Hester Seneviratne (Negambo
in 1907) b approx
1882-d 11/9/1964 (d of Alexander de
Alwis Seneviratne b1849-STC,member of legislative
council,District Judge and
Louisa Jayatilleke m 1881,Louisa Alexandra his 1st marriage
child ) (Albert.D.E
de Livera M approx 1900)
(They
had 3 children Albert,Eustace and Inyce)
(T case 2920C-1907)
7 (1) Albert Rienzi de Livera, (b 4/11/1902-d:19/9/1937,
Inspector of Police (Mt Lavinia)
died of
car accident + Elizebeth Charmane Dias
Bandaranaike 28/1/1909-1987
(1001)
(M7/2/1935) (d
of Johannes
Franciscus Dias Bandaranayaka.)
8 Louisa Vivina
de Livera
(b 2/3/1936) +
Derek Walter
Samarasinghe, b:17/12/1927 (StcMtl) (John Keels) (they
had 3 children)
9
Dinesh Samarasinghe
9
Surendra Samarasinghe + Ruha Ratwatte b1960 (M1989)
10 Dharini
Samarasinghe (
b1990)
10 Varunika
Samarasinghe ( b1992)
9
Dr Ravindra Samarasinghe*** (1963-2007,
see
below for appreciation) Leopard
Conservationist
Died in a car accident.
7 (2) Alexander Donstan
Eustace de Livera b
approx 1907-d1935 approx. (was in Negambo in 1907) unmarried.
7 (3)
Louisa Inyce de Livera (Girlie) b approx 1905-1990 +
(M1) Fritz Lorenz
Drieberg b19/11/1907-d1986 (m
25/4/1929)
8 (1) baby
boy still born.
7 (3) Louisa Inyce de
Livera had Oosha from (Thamyrajah)
Sabdharatnajyoti Saravanamuttu.1898-1957
(cricketer,military
officer,criminal lawyer,politician)
8
(2)
Oosha de Livera b1931-d 24/6/2019 in Bombay (ballet dancer) (studied at Bishops
College Colombo) +
(M1) Sepala Goonetilleke
M1949.Kala Suri Award
2005.
9
Rohan
Goonetilleke
10
boy
10
girl
8 (2) Oosha
de Livera + (M2) Dr Bhaskaran
Saravanamuttu M1956
9
(1) Kumudini
Saravanamuttu b1957 (Bishops College)
(Asst Governor Central Bank SL-2018)
9
(2) Dr
Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu b1958 (Centre for Policy
Alternatives)
8 (2) Oosha
de Livera + (M3 ) S
Ganeshan
8
(2) Oosha de
Livera + (M4) Dr
Bhaskaran Saravanamuttu
8 (2) Oosha
de Livera + (1931-24/6/2019) (M5) Mohan
Wijesinghe 1934-24/6/2019
7 (3)
Louisa
Inyce de Livera met
Lewellyn John Thorne (Jack) around 1941/42
during world war 2. Jack was a
Petty officer in the British air craft carrier HMS Hermes,
which was bombed by
the Japenese in Trincomalee on 9/4/1942.Jack survived the
disaster. (307 were
killed and 70 survived) Louisa
had
Gillian from Thorne.
8 (3) Jennifer
Gillian Thorne b18/11/1942 in
Bombay. (studied at Ladies College Colombo)
(She participated in a beauty pageant and was crowned
Miss Ceylon
in 1960,but was
eliminated on a
technical issue - parents from two races-Biracial) (Later did
modelling,and migrated to UK)
8 (3) Jennifer
Gillian Thorne + (M1
around 1962) Andrew
Granville Douglas
Gordon b13/8/1942 (son of Lord Douglas Claude Alexander Gordon with connections to the Scotish
Royal Family.)
9
(1) Andrew David
Gordon b1/3/1963
10
Carlota Gordon
b1994
10
Cosmo Gordon
b1996
10 child (name
not known)
9
(2) James Bruce
Gordon b5/10/1965 + Mary Lou
Hartman
8 (3) Jennifer
Gillian Gordon + (M2-after
1969) Philip
Brian Barker b11/9/1938
9
(3)
Nigel Mark Barker b 29/4/1972 (Photographer) + Cristen Chin (M1999)
10
Jack Barker
b2005
10
Jasmine Barker
b2008
9
(4) Mary Anne
Barker b14/7/1976- d 4/6/2015 (M2007)
+ Samantha Jayasinghe
8 (3) Jennifer
Gillian Barker + (M3-2012) Leslie Cameron (UK) (died
6th Sept 2019)
7 (3) Louisa
Inyce de Livera met Middleton an officer in the army in
Bombay around 1943,and Crystal
was born.
8 (4) Crystal
Middleton b 13/9/1944- d2005 approx
6
(5) ****John
Simon Edmund de
Livera, (wrote
the St.Thomas’s
College, college song in 1916)
(b approx
1870 d approx 1935) (Lawyer,Journalist,Editor
Times
of Ceylon) (unmarried) (He may be John
Simon Edmund de Livera of
Hill Street Colombo,who was the guardian in Albert de Livera's
testramentry
case (2920C) alive 1918. (in 1910
lived at 1 Hill Street
Colombo) unmarried.
6
(6) Ronald
Gordon de Livera
(b approx
1890-d17/8/1950)
+ Nellie
Blanch de Livera,b23/4/1890-d3/1/1943.She was
a daughter of John Vincent Richard de Livera Proctor and Mary Teresa Dias
Abeysinghe. (Nellie de
Livera president pass pupils association St Bridgets
Convent.1935/1936)
(see blow***) (They
had 1 son James Ronald)
(Ronald Gordon in
1910, lived at 1 Hill
Street Colombo) (M
approx 1925)
7 James Ronald Victor de Livera (Ronnie),
b22/8/1924-d7/5/1980 (Asst
Commissioner Motor Traffic)
+ Chandrani Tillekaratne,
b8/11/1930-d1/8/2004 (d
of Edmund
ValentineTillekeratne Mudliyar Walalwita Korale) (They
had 4 children) (Gregory's
road)
8
(1) [1] Ronald Gehan de
Livera, Royal, (Planter)
(SLTFOA)
M1977+ [2]
Malkanthi Samarakkody (d
of Solomon Samarakkody & Iole de Livera)
9
(1) [3] Ronald Jeevaka de
Livera + Myra
Fernandes
10 Rehan
de Livera
10 Shanik
de Livera
9
(2) [4] Ronald
Sanjeeva de Livera + Chantelle Chipman (NZ)
10
Cooper
Adrian de Livera
10
Bianca
de Livera
8
(2) Nelum Devikade Livera
+ Edward Perera (son of
Clarence Perera & Ione Samarakkody
9
(1) Nihal Perera
9
(2) Samantha Perera +
Rosewarne
8
(3) Shirani Manel de
Livera b1957 + Ananda
Wethasinghe (NZ) (M1983)
9
(1) Himali Wethasinghe
9
(2) James Wethasinghe
+ Cherisse
8
(4) James Ranil de Livera,
Royal College (Chief
Engineer -OSM) (b
approx 1961) +
Anusha Dickman-No issue.
6
(7) Percy
Walter Fredrick de
Livera 1 (Mudliyar Morawaka Korale) (b approx 1880) + (M27/10/1911) Daisy Ione
Tillekaratne (They
had 10 children) (daughter
of
Lambertus Harry Tillekeratne)
7 (1)
James Henry (Jim)
de Livera.
(24/3/1912-19/10/1985)
(Excise
Inspector) +
Sumana Obeyesekere (1/1/1916-28/6/2000) (d of Hope
Cornelius Obeyesekere + Edith Ganegoda)
(They had 6 children)
8 (1) Daisy
de Livera + Quintas Perera
9 (1)
Palitha Perera + Deborah Berenger
10
(1) Isebella
Perera
10
(2) Hanna Perera
9 (2) Vasanthi
Perera + Manoj Fernandez
10
(1) Daniella
Fernandez
10
(2) Jeyden
Fernandez
8 (2)
Sita de Livera + Sebastián Wickremasekere
9 Shehan
Wickremasekere
8 (3) Ratna
de Livera
8 (4) Juanita
de Livera
8 (5) Rukmani
de Livera +
Tilak Wijesinghe
8 (6) Eriyn
de Livera + Maxwell Fernando
9 (1) Stephani Fernando +
Shean Rodrigues
9 (2)
Shehan Fernando
7
(2) Percy Walter
Fredrick de Livera 2 (Fred)
(Stc Mtl)
(b 1914-d1989) + Ivy Anna Jayaweera (They
had 4 children) (Percy
worked at
Exicse Dept 1952 Kalutara,1969 Trincomalee)
8
(1) Anne
Margantha de Livera
b1944+ Anton Saparamadu
9
(1) Manoj
Saparamadu + Champika Divelgama
10
(1) Chamath
Saparamadu
10
(2) Malith
Saparamadu
9
(2) Anushka
Saparamadu + Prasanjith Wijayatilleke
8 (2) Major.Desmond
Chrishantha de Livera b25/9/1946-d1993
(2hd Lieut in 1972.became
major in SL Army) (Chief
of Security at
Airport Aviation) (Saved
his son and
relative from drowning in the Negambo Sea, but suffered a
heart attack and died
soon after.) + Suwineetha
Nanayakkara
9
(1) Mario
Supundika de Livera + Hasanthi Cooray
10
(1) Marina Shenia
de Livera
10
(2) Dave de
Livera
9
(2) Marino
Sugandika de Livera
+ Camila Gonsal
10
Jasmine
de Livera
9
(3) Dr Ruwanaka
de Livera + Dr Lakmini Gunarathna
(M2018)
10
Athena
de Livera
8
(3) Shulangani de
Livera b1951+ Alex
Fernando (married
1970)
9
(1) Shirantha
Fernando +Dammika Samarasinghe
10
(1) Shevantha
Fernando
10
(2) Shihantha
Fernando
9
(2) Shehan
Fernando +Kumudu Panditharatna
10
(1) Shehani
Fernando
10
(2) Chrishan
Fernando
9
(3) Shiromani
Anna Fernando +Tyronne Perera
10
(1) Hashini
Perera
10
(2) Jehan Perera
8
(4) Michael Amal de Livera
+Shanthi Tissera
7 (3) Albert
de Livera. (Berty) +
Antoinette Vandrensou
8 Roger
de
Livera (Sydney
Australia)
9
9
7
(4) Douglas
Ivan de Livera
b6/2/1918- d26/7/1979 (Lieutenant
Commander Royal Ceylon
Navy-Participated in World war 2-Burma
Campaign,ship-MFV185-The retake of Arakan
and Rangoon in 1945.) (He
was also the
commanding officer of the Sri Lanka Navy’s 1st gun
boat the
“Parakrama”) (Migrated
to Melbourne
Australia in the 1970's)
+ Carmen
Inez
Van Cuylenburg (b12/1/1928-d23/7/2002) (3109)
(They had 5
children)
8 Daphne
de Livera
8 Jennifer
de
Livera + Dominic Boffa (Aus)
8 Cheryl
de
Livera
8 Kevin
de
Livera b1962 (Aus) + Leanna
9 Luke
de
Livera
9 Merryn
de
Livera
8 Christopher
de
Livera b1965 (Aus) +Celeste ( Lisa)
9
Douglas de
Livera
9 Rebeca de
Livera
9
Mathew de
Livera
7
(5) Daisy
Yvonne de Livera + Mervyn Metthananda
7
(6) Michael
Irwin de Livera, STC Mount Lavinia (Served in World War 2
in Singapore) (later
worked at Bank of Ceylon)
+ Hazel Marjorie (Margie)
Irugalbandara. (1930-19/5/2022)
(They had 2
children) (Hazel
is a daughter of Wilfred and
Florence Irugal bandara)
8
Mario Kshani de Livera, St. Benedict's College, Kotahena
8
Dinesh de Livera, St. Benedict's College, Kotahena (lives in Melbourne) + Priyani de Zoysa
9
Druvindra de Livera, St. Peter's College, Colombo 4, Sri Lanka
(Ceylon), McKinnon
Secondary/University
of Melbourne/Deloitte Aus.
9
Erange de Livera, St. Peter's College, Colombo 4, Sri Lanka (Ceylon), McKinnon
Secondary/University
of Melbourne
7 (7) Norman
de Livera, Served in the Royal Army for 2hd
World War (Volunteer) Unmarried.
7 (8) Audrey Fredricka
de Livera + Vernon Dias
Abeysinghe
8
Dharshani Abeysinghe + Dr Janaka Goonetilleke
9
Dr
Prasanna Goonetilleke + Cole
10
Kiran
Goonetilleke
10 Dillon Goonetilleke
9
Ranil Goonetilleke + Piyumi Madanayake
10
Kavindu
Goonetilleke
10
Lilini
Goonetilleke
7 (9) Oswald Christopher
Tillekeratne de Livera (Ossie)
+ Doreen Virginia Christine Fernando
8 Maniraj de Livera (Mani)
(Trinity) (Australia) + Sonali
Tillekeratne
9
(1)
Sohan de Livera
9
(2) Melan
de Livera
7 (10) Ivan
de Livera + Malalasekera
6 (8)
Florance Venetia de Livera
(M21/2/1884) +
Thomas Fredrick de Saa Bandaranaike Proctor (They
had 7 children)
(He maybe also called
Thomas Fredrick DB who
lived at 61 Hill Street Colombo in 1910.)
7
(1) Clive de Saa
Bandaranaike +
Dottie Samarakkody
8
Sripali Bandaranaike
7
(2) Roy de Saa Bandaranaike
+ Grace (They had
5 children)
8
(1) Neil Bandaranaike +
Rajini Pieris Deraniyagala
9
(1) Ayendra Bandaranaike
9
(2) Priyanthi Bandaranaike
8
(2) Shirani Bandaranaike
8
(3) Dawn Bandaranaike
8
(4) Nissanka
Bandaranaike, d:10/9/10 + Girlie
9
Rasika Bandaranaike
8
(5) Hiran Bandaranaike
7
(3) Kingsley de Saa
Bandaranaike + Trixie
Seneviratne (d of
Abraham Isaac
Seneviratne and Alice de Saram)
(They
had 3 children)
8
(1) Nihal
Bandaranaike + Geraldine Nicholas
9
Dushyanthi
Bandaranaike
8
(2) Marcel
Bandaranaike +
9
(1) Oshani
Bandaranaike
9
(2) Ovin
Bandaranaike
8
(3) Sunil
Bandaranaike + Roshanara Bandaranaike (d of Leanard
Bandaranaike and Ettine
Bandaranaike.)
9
Rosunthi
Bandaranaike + Kumar Perera
7
(4) Enid Muriel
de Saa Bandaranaike +
David George Pieris Deraniyagala b1868 (They
had 5 children)
8
(1) Sumana
Pieris b1915 +Meril Amarasekara
8
(2) Mallika
Pieris b1931 + JLT Earl Dassenaike
8
(3) Indrani
Pieris b1909+ Ronald Doyne Seneviratne
1906-2001 (Stc Mtl) (Director
MRI) (m1936)
(Son of Abraham Isaac de Alwis Seneviratne Mudliyar
Wellaboda Paththu
Matara)
9
(1) Ranjith
Seneviratne
9
(2) Manil
Seneviratne + Tennekoon
10
Anushia Tennekoon + Devaka Cooray
11
(1) Devin Cooray
11 (2)
Janek Cooray
8
(4) Merrick
Pieris
8
(5)
Chandra Pieris b1921-d2008 + Vaughn de Livera
b1915-d2003
9
(1) Gayan
de Livera
9
(2) Yasmin de
Livera + Ramesh Abayasekara
7
(5) Pearl Bandaranaike
7
(6) Beatrice
Bandaranaike
7
(7) Queenie Bandaranaike
6
(9) Godfred Gerard Godwin de Livera
(b5/4/1876-1921) (Royal
College,1894 University of Cambridge
Local Examination-from gazette)
CCS,Mohandiram,
Revenue Officer, (Polonnaruwa
District). (1905 -Mohandiram)
(1916 Oct
Gazette-Seneviratne GGG de Livera) (Thamankaduwa,
Polonnaruwa was the capital from 846AD-1277AD and there
after
abandoned,and re-discovered in 1820AD.From 1870
onwards lot of
archaeological research and development had taken place.) Police Magistrate in
1915. Was later promoted
to Asst Govt Agent, but died of pneumonia aged 45 years.
He had a good
knowledge of wild elephants in the area (see sportsman diary
in internet) (also
refered as Muhandiram in some records
in 1908) (12/2/1918
Acted for Fiscal Anuradhapura
-Gazette 1918) (M6/6/1907) + Charlotte
Henrietta
AugustaSamarakkody
(1880-1970), daughter of Louis Charles de Fonseka Samarakkody
Mudaliyar under
Governor's Gate 1883. Mohandiram Alukuru Korale (3118)
(They had 6
children)
7
(1) Hilda Carvita
de
Livera.b 29/5/1908died unmarried
7
(2) Zizka
Stephanie de Livera
b23/8/1909 died 1974 (Approx), unmarried
7
(3) Ivy May de Livera
b25/7/1913.died 1980
(Approx), unmarried
7
(4) Fredrica
Iole de Livera b
6/9/1911 (d21/3/1966) + Solomon
Samarakkody
(Lawyer) (1910-1981) (They
had 8 children) M8/2/1939
8
(1) Dr Srikumar
Samarakkody (STC
Mt Lavinia) (b31/5/1940-d21/12/1987) + Nanda Jayasinghe (no children)
8
(2) Rajan
Samarakkody (STC Mt Lavinia)
b1942-2021 + Irani Alahakoonb1942 m1967
9
(1) Dilukshan Samarakkody
+ Janaki Perera
10
(1) Dinali
Samarakkody
10
(2) Minali
Samarakkody
9
(2) Dinesh Niranjan
Samarakkody + Kamai
Gunerwardena
10
(1) Deelaka
Samarakkody
10 (2)
Thenuk Samarakkody
9
(3) Shanaka Samarakkody +
Shakila Perera
10
Senethi
Samarakkody
8
(3) Srivanka Samarakkody
(STC Mt Lavinia) b24/4/1943-d2/4/2023+
Chitra Welagedera
9 (1) Lalinda Yohan
Samarakkody (Stc Mtl) +Anuradha
Sumanapala
9 (2) Dulanga Samarakkody (Stc Mtl)
+Oshini Jayasinghe
8
(4) Sriyani Samarakkody b
16/4/1944+ Gamini
Jayaweera d2001
9
Dushantha Jayaweera (Pilot) + Nimanthi
Weerasinghe
10
(1) Nimeesha
Jayaweera
10 (2) Deshan
Jayaweera
8
(5) Rohini
Samarakkody b6/4/1945
unmarried
8
(6) [2] Malkanthi
Samarakkody + [1] Gehan de
Livera, Royal, (NZ)
9
(1) Jeevaka de Livera
+Myra Fernandes
10
(1) Rehan
de Livera
10
(2) Shanik
de Livera
9
(2) Ronald de Livera +
Chantelle Chipman
10
(1) Cooper Adrian de
Livera
10
(2) Bianca de Livera
8
(7) Indrajith Samarakkody
(STC Mt Lavinia) b17/8/1948+ Jayanthi
Batuwantudawe
9
(1) Arinda Samarakkody
(Stc MtL) +
10 Aritha
Samarakkody
9
(2) Navodya Samarakkody (St Paul's Milagiriya)
8
(8) Suvendrini
Samarakkody b1951 +
Nihal Gunatilleke
7
(5) James
Godwin Vaughn de
Livera.7/6/1915-23/10/2003 (STC Mt
Lavinia), (Communication officer civil
aviation,Ratmalana.Served in 2hd
World War in England.RAF cadets 2hd batch 1944,British,Europe
and Commonwealth
forces 1937-1946) (RAF
No 1399722)
+ Chandra
Pieris
Deraniyagala. (d of
David Pieris Siriwardena Muhandiram) (1005) (1921-d2008)
(They had 2
children) M17/8/1950
8
(1) Anil
Gyanendra (Gayan)
de Livera (STC
Mt Lavinia) died
unmarried (1954-1982) (Civil
Aviation Dept)
8
(2) Yasmin de
Livera (Bishops
College) + Ramesh
Abayasekara (STC) (Sydney
Aus)
9
(1) Jehan
Abayasekara + Ishini Jayamaha,
Sydney Australia
10
Abayasekara
9
(2) Yohan Abayasekara,
Australia
7
(6) Louis
Charles de Livera
(Carl) (STC
Mt Lavinia) Lawyer
(b
6/5/1919-d19/7/1969), had a large legal
practice related to real estate
and land matters.Lawyer for 26 years.1943-1969 (Had a law
office in hulftsdorf
Colombo and Homagama).Able to sing and play the piano
accordian. (M26/12/1955)
(His Law office was in 247/2 Hulsdorpf St Col
12.His car was VW 4 Sri 3293)
+ Gertrude
Hemawathi Seneviratne
(Senior English
Instructor Kelaniya University 1971-1992)
b:12/4/1931-d1/6/2023 (3108) Degree from
Peradeniya University. (They
had
3 children)
8
(1) Sunil de Livera (STC Mt Lavnia) Musicion, (piano
&drums) died
unmarried (13/9/1956-2003)
8
(2) Jagath Manjula de
Livera (STC Mt Lavinia),
b:1960, (Accountant/Deputy
Chief Internal Auditor Urban
Development Authority Sri Lanka, 1985-2005), migrated to
Melbourne Australia in
2006 + Lakshmi
Arulanandam
(Lawyer) (LLB&Law
College), b:1965
from Batticaloa, md:12/5/1993 (5030)
9
(1) Rahul
de Livera b:1994 Monash University (Aus)
Civil Engineer/Lawyer
9
(2) Shruti
de Livera b2001Rowville Sec College (Aus) /Monash
Uni
8
(3) **Lankika Erandathi de
Livera, Journalist
b:18/2/1964, d:9/4/2011 (Bishops College)
(was able to sing and play the piano.)
(M1990) (Wedding
was held at
Hotel Lanka Oberoi and attesting witness was President JR
Jayawardena,in 1990.) +
Prasanna Panditharatne (STC/Royal
College) d2009
9 Kusan
Panditharatne, b:1995 (STC
Kollupitiya& Mt Lavinia)
8
(3) 2hd spouse of Lankika
Erandathi de Livera
+ Srikumar (Accountant, STC Mt
Lavinia) (M2003)
6 (10) James
Henry de Livera unmarried
b 28/10/1861
5
(4) Caroline
Dias
Abeysinghe (Residence
Galle Thombuwe Walauwwa)
(3170) (daughter
of Nicholas Dias Abeysinghe)
+Francis Earnest Jayathilake Gooneratne (Mohoti Mudaliyar of
Attapattu apointed
4/8/1881,m20/5/1861)
4 (3) Petrus Dias
Abeysinghe Siriwardena
Mudaliyar of the Gate, b:1807, d:1881)
+ M (1) Maria
Anna de Saram d
of Hendrick de Saram Mudaliyar,4 children,5 (1) to 5 (4)
+ M (2)
Arnoldina Angelthina daughter of Don Simon
Tennakoon Mudaliyar
-no issue
5 (1) Cornelis
Jacob Dias Abeysinghe (Muhandiram
Galle
Kachcherie) d1880+Ana
de Saa
Bandaranayake
6
Mary Theresa Dias
Abeysinghe d22/3/1912 (7
children)
+John Vincent Richard de Livera b24/9/1852-d9/3/1903
Proctor
7 (1) Victor
Richard de Livera
b11/1/1832-d25/8/1911 unmarried
7 (2) Elsie
Mary de Livera d21/7/1932+Edwin
Jayaweera
7 (3) Effie
Clare de Livera d19/6/1910
7 (4) Nellie
Blanche de Livera b23/4/1890-d31/1/1943
+Ronald Gordon de Livera b approx 1890-d17/8/1950 (Son of James de
Livera)
.
(Nellie
de Livera president pass pupils association St Bridgets
Convent.1935/1936)
(Ronald
Gordon in 1910, lived at
1 Hill Street
Colombo) (M
approx 1925) (They
had 1 son)
8 James Ronald Victor de Livera (Ronnie), b22/8/1924-d7/5/1980 (Asst Commissioner
Motor Traffic) +
Chandrani Tillekaratne,
b8/11/1930-d1/8/2004 (d
of Edmund
ValentineTillekeratne Mudliyar Walalwita Korale) (They
had 4 children) (Gregory's
road)
9
(1) [1] Ronald Gehan de
Livera, Royal, (Planter)
(SLTFOA)
M1977+ [2]
Malkanthi Samarakkody (d
of Solomon Samarakkody & Iole de Livera)
10
(1) [3] Ronald Jeevaka de
Livera + Myra Fernandes
11 Rehan
de Livera
11 Shanik
de Livera
10
(2) [4] Ronald
Sanjeeva de Livera + Chantelle Chipman (NZ)
12
Cooper Adrian de Livera
12
Bianca de Livera
9
(2) Nelum Devikade Livera
+ Edward Perera (son of
Clarence Perera & Ione Samarakkody
10
(1) Nihal Perera
10
(2) Samantha Perera +
Rosewarne
9
(3) Shirani Manel de
Livera b1957 + Ananda
Wethasinghe (NZ) (M1983)
10
(1) Himali Wethasinghe
10
(2) James Wethasinghe
+ Cherisse
9
(4) James Ranil de Livera,
Royal College (Chief
Engineer -OSM) (b
approx 1961) +
Anusha Dickman-No issue.
7
(5) Dulcie
Augusta de Livera
7 (6) Arthur
Noel de Livera b6/11/1891-d10/6/1943
+Sybil Ethel Morgan.
8 (1) Douglas
Ian de Livera +Esme Samarasekere
9 (1) Dianne
Wendy de Livera+Ralph Pereira
9 (2) Shereen
Ingrid de Livera +Palitha Suraweera
8 (2) Conrad
Eric de Livera + Moreen Bartels
9 (1) Mary
anne de Livera +John Attygalle (4)
10 (1) Sasheen
Attygalle
10
(2) John Andrew
Attygalle (5) +Shalini
Anandappa
11 (1) Layla
Sharmini Attygalle
11 (2) John
Eric Anthony
Attygalle (6)
9
(2) Eric Anthony
(Tony) de Livera
(Stcp/Royal)
(Chairman -TDL Holdings)
+ (M1) Kantha
Hathiramani (d2012)
10
Shaneen Judy de
Livera
9 (2) Eric
Anthony (Tony) de
Livera (Stcp/Royal) (Chairman-TDL
Holdings) + (M2)
Tania Natalie Francis, no issue.
7 (7) Ivy
St Rose de Livera
5 (2) Fredrick
Dias Abeysinghe bp 1834-d1904 +Matilda Tillekeratne
5 (3) George Dias
Abeysinghe b17/5/1836-d1906 Guard
Mudliyar +Engalitina Dias Abeysinghe,d of Henry Thomas Dias
Abeysinghe.
5 (4) Johanna
Gertruda Dias Abeysinghe b10/10/1835
4 (4) Johannes Dias
Abeysinghe Amarasekere Wijewardena
Mudaliyar of the Wellaboda Pattu + Wilhelmina daughter
of Gerard de Saram
Mudaliyar (3
children) m6/9/1832
5 (1) Cornelus
Nicholas Dias
Abeysinghe,b3/8/1833-d1905,Registra Police Inspector,+
(m1) Johanna
Angelina Ilangakoon (m1860)
1 child
6 (1) Laura
Phillipa Dias Abeysinghe
5 (1) Cornelius
Nicholas Dias Abeysinge 1833-1905+
(m2) KL Dona
Dioncia (5
children)
6 (2) Edwin
Francis Dias Abeysinghe,b1889-d1972+Josephine
Eliza Maud (Jessie) Schoorman
(5 children)
7 (1) Francis
Nicholas (Frank)
Dias Abeysinghe+Iris Abeykoon
7 (2) Regina
Eileen Dias Abeysinghe
7 (3) Pearl
Viola Dias Abeysinghe
7 (4) Alexander
Reginald Dias Abeysinghe
7 (5) Edwin
Felix Francis Dias Abeysinghe,b1918-d2006 (Commissioner
of Elections,later
SL High Commissioner of Australia+Beryl Jayasekere (3
children)
8 (1) Nihal
Gamini Dias Abeysinghe,b1945+Lakmali
Ranasinghe
9 Nelomi
Dias Abeysinghe+Wyndham Cramer
10
Elysha
10
Zarah
8 (2) Rohan
Dias Abeysinghe+Priya Sawney,they live
in Melbourne.
8
(3) Malathi
(Menik) Dias
Abeysinghe+Janek Ranatunge
6 (3) Arthur
Alfred Dias
Abeysinghe b2/2/1880 (Royal) (Captain of Cadet
Battalion Ceylon Light
Infantry 1903) (20th
Century impressions
page 764) (He
joined the staff of
Richmond College) +Tillekeratne
6 (4)
Henry Spencer Dias
Abeysinghe
6 (5) Mona
Agnes Dias Abeysinghe
6 (6) John
Alexander Dias Abeysinghe,Police
Officer,Unmarried.
5 (2) Fredricka
Cecilia Dias Abeysinghe,b1834
+Valentine Illangakoon,mudliyar Weligam Korale
6 John Henry
Illangakoon +Rosumund Dias Bandaranaike
5 (3) Johanna
Gertruda Dias Abeysinghe,b1836
4 (5) Henry Thomas
Abeysinghe Amarasekere
Mudaliyar of Bentota 1807-1859+ (m1) Dorothea daughter of
Adrian de Silva
Goonathilake Mudaliyar
5
Engaltina Dias Abeysinghe,+George Dias Abeysinghe,b1836,son of
Petrus Dias
Abeysinghe.
4 (5) Henry
Thomas Abeysinghe Amarasekara
b28/2/1807-d29/6/1859+ (m2)
Wilhelmina
Catharina Ilangakoon,d of Simon Petrus Ilangakoon. (1 child)
5
William Alexander Dias Abeysinghe,b
approx 1815,m23/6/1843 +Anna Petrenela Tillekeratne.d of WF
Dissanayake
Tillekeratne Mudliyar. (2 children)
6 (1) Elisa
Florentina Dias Abeysinghe+ m1873
George Tillekeratne
6 (2) Catherina
Dias Abeysinghe+1870 Dionysius
Abraham Tillekeratne,b1845.
3
(2) Don Abraham
Dias Abeysinghe Amarasekere (Guard
Mudaliyar Galle) +M
(2) Wilhelmina
Catharina Ilangakoon daughter
of Don Simon Petrus Illangakon Mudaliyar (md in 1814)
(1 child)
4 (1) William
Alexander
Dias Abeysinghe b approx 1815+ Anna Petrenella
Disanayake Tillekeratne (M23/6/1843)
daughter of WF Dissanaike Tillakaratne Mudaliyar
(Did
William
Alexander have 5 children)
5
Abraham Nicholas Dias Abeysinghe Proctor
of Galle b1858, (M16/4/1888)
+Emily Venetia de Livera b1856 (5
children) (d of
Franciscus de Livera) (They
lived in "Rosssery",Kynsey
Road)
6
(1) Ethel Mildred
Dias Abeysinghe b6/4/1889+Md
24/10/1918 Stephen Walter Dias
Bandaranayaka,b11/8/1895
(Son of Walter
Dias Bandaranayaka.)
7
Etinne Dias Bandaranayake b7/10/1927
+Leonard Dias Bandaranayake (Son
of
Harry Peter DB)
8
Rev Suresh Dias Bandaranayake +Daphne Hope Ratnaike
8
Roshanara Dias Bandaranayake +Sunil Bandaranayake (Son of Kingsley de
Saa Bandaranayake and
Trixie Seneviratne)
9
Rosunthi Bandaranayake +Kumar Perera
7
Etinne Dias Bandaranaike + (M2)
Hugh F Rupasinghe
8
Harsha Rupasinghe
6
(2)
Freda Muriel Dias Abeysinghe b1897+Md 10/12/1924
Reginold Felix Dias
Bandaranayaka,b17/1/1891 (had 2 children)
7
Christine Manel Dias Bandaranayake
22/2/1928-1967 +David Blackler
7
Felix Reginold Dias
Bandaranaike,b5/11/1930-d26/6/1985 (Minister
of Public Affairs) +
Muthulakshmi Jayasundera
8
Christine Wickremanayake (Adopted)
6
(3) Nora Dias Abeysinghe
b1902 + Dr Albert
Christopher Seneviratne
6
(4)
John Edmund Dias Abeysinghe,b1893-d1968,Police Officer
6
(5)
Edith Dias Abeysinghe,b1895+GeoUdugama,Proctor,Matale-
issue
6
(6)
Bertie Dias Abeysinghe +Ivette Samarakoon -no issue.
5
Dias
Abeysinghe
5
Dias
Abeysinghe
5
Dias
Abeysinghe
5
Dias
Abeysinghe
3 (3)
Dona Ana Hertroyda (Gertrude)
Dias Abeysinghe
b approx
1760-d1803, m29/1/1792 (d of Nicholas Dias Abeysinghe and
Clara Goonaratne) +
Don Bastian Jayathilleke Gooneratna
Attapattu Mudaliyar of Galle b1758-1812 (Son of Philippoe
Jayathileke
Gooneratne Mudaliyar and Juana Abeysinghe)
m:21/1/1792 (2
children)
4 (1) David Jayatilleke
Goonaratne (b
13/4/1802-d11/7/1850) (M1) + Adriana Hetroyda
Dias Abeysinghe
b1800-d1822 (d/o Don Abraham Dias Abeysinghe,Guard Mudliyar)
4 (1) 2nd
spouse of David
Goonaratne (M2) +
Catharina Cecilia Dias Bandaranaike b1818-d1873
(d of Johannes Franciscus Dias Bandaranaike.)
5
Edmund Rowland Goonaratne b1845 -d1914,Atapattu
Mudliyar Galle.STC (M1) +Matilda Illangakoon
(d/o JV
Illangakoon) m1873
(1 child)
6 Valentine
Goonaratne
5 2nd
spouse of Edmund
Rowland Goonaratne (M2)
+ Cornelia Tillakaratne (had
3 sons 2 daughters)
6 (1) Mark Sigmund
Goonaratne b:1881 (played
cricket,unmarried)
6 (2) Eva
Tagora Goonaratne,b1883 + Abraham Dias
Abeysinghe (Proctor) b:1874, (8 children) (Son of Rev Abraham
Dias Abeysinghe)
7 (1) Blanche Dias
Abeysinghe
7 (2) Vernon Dias
Abeysinghe + Audry de
Livera
8
Dharshani Dias Abeysinghe + Dr Janaka Goonetilleke
9
Ranil Goonetilleke
9
Dr Prasanna Goonetilleke
7
(3)
Roland Hugh Dias Abeysinghe (Barrister)
(M1) +Mahil
Lilette Illangakoon (died
of cancer) (d
of SW Illangakoon)
8 Jayanthi Dias
Abeysinghe (Journalist) +
Ranjith Weerasinghe
7 (3) Roland Hugh Dias
Abeysinghe (Barrister)
(M2) +
Gwen Esther Dias
Bandaranaike (b
approx 1925) d
2004 Principal Bishop's College.
8
Yohan Dias Abeysinghe (Lawyer) +Manjari
Wickremasinghe
9
Hasulie Dias Abeysinghe
9
Chandana Dias Abeysinghe.
8
Kavinda Dias Abeysinghe + Shyamani Balasuriya
9
Nadhil Dias Abeysinghe
7 (4) Dorothy Tagora Dias
Abeysinghe +William Dias
Bandaranaike (ASP) b4/4/1907,Md
30/10/1929 (Son
of William Clement DB)
8
William Senaka Dias Bandaranaike (Stc)
b1938-
d2/3/2015 (Archeologist)
+Manel Fonseka.
7
(5) Rev Felix Abraham
Dias Abeysinghe +May
Gooneratne
8
Christopher Dias Abeysinghe
8
Esther Dias Abeysinghe
7
(6) Stanley Dias
Abeysinghe + Chandra Keppetipola
8
Nissanka Dias Abeysinghe
7
(7) Anula Dias Abeysinghe
+ Ian William Pieris
b1905
8
Susil Pieris
8
Priyanga Pieris +Eranga (Singers)
9
Dinuka Pieris (son)
8
Malkanthi Pieris + JR Maurice Perera (former high court
judge)
9
Asoka Perera
9
Asanga Perera
7
(8)
Mawis Swarna Dias Abeysinghe+Eric Ratwatte.
6
(3)
Lionel Felton Gooneratne 1878-1893
6
(4)
Upali Gooneratne
6
(5)
Lilawathi Gooneratne
4 (2)
Anne Hetroyda (Gertruda)
b1804+ Nicholas Dias Abeysinghe
Wijewardena b:1801Mudliyar of Atapattu Galle
Other
A) Mudaliyar
Sebastian
Amarasinghe Jayathileke Dias Abeysinghe (Galle)
alive 1825
B ) John Dias Abeysinghe
+ Mabel Florence Dias Bandaranayaka
b31/12/1881 (d of Dr Abraham William Dias Bandaranayaka)
C ) Henry
Dias
Abeysinghe
Nicholas Dias
Abeysinghe Amarasekera 1719-1794
Abraham Dias Abeysinghe b1874
|
Born |
8 May 1719 |
|
Died |
10 May 1794 (aged 75) |
|
Nationality |
Ceylonese |
|
Education |
Dutch Reformed Church |
|
Occupation |
Colonial Administrator |
|
Title |
|
|
Spouses |
|
|
Children |
Don Balthazar |
EG Dias
Abeysinghe family.
Rev Abraham
Dias Abeysinghe
Nicholas Dias Abeysinghe
Amarasekere Maha Mudaliyar, (Sinhala:
නිකලස් ඩයස් අබේසිංහ අමරසේකර)
(8 May 1719 - 10 May 1794) was a Ceylonese
Dutch colonial administrator.[1]
He was appointed as the Maha Mudaliyar (Head
Mudaliyar) of
Dutch
Ceylon,
hence he was one of the most
powerful personalities in the country.[2] He received Mudaliyar medal from
Governor Jan
Schreuder
in 1768 and later received the
Head Mudaliyar Gold medal on 31 May 1785 from Governor Willem
Jacob van de Graaf,[3]
as a recognition and reward for his fidelity towards the Dutch East India
company. A Mala Padakkama is also said to have
been conferred on him by
the Kandyan King of the era. Nicholas Dias Abeysinghe was
born in 1719 to the family of
Mohandiram Don Joan Dias Abeysinghe and Dona Gimara de
Silva of Galle.
He was married to Dona Clara Goonaratne, daughter of
Domingu Jayathileke
Goonaratne, Mohandiram Atapattu of Galle and to Adriana
Gertruda Ilangakoon,
daughter of Ilangakoon Mudaliyar. He had a son and a daughter from
his first marriage with Clara Goonaratne;
Don Balthazar, who was a Sahabndar Maha Mudaliyar and Dona
Ana Hertroyda, who
was married to Don Bastian Jayathilleke Gooneratne,
Attapattu Mudaliyar of
Galle. He had two sons from his
marriage to Adriana Gertruda Ilangakoon;
Johannes Welhelmus, who was the Mohandiram of Galle and
Abraham, a Guard
Mudaliyar and the chief interpreter of Sir Robert Brownrigg,
the Governor
of British Ceylon.[3] Nicholas Dias Abeysinghe lived
at Pokune Walauwa in Dangedera,
Galle. He had two other Walauwas
located in Colombo
and Katunayake. His Colombo
walawwa was situated at Silver Smith Street and Katunayake
walauwa was situated
at Kotugoda. A ‘Public Servant’, he was indeed a pride of
the
Nation Felix Dias Abeyesinghe::::: On Sunday morning, news reached Colombo that
Felix
Dias Abeyesinghe, a former Commissioner of Elections and
High Commissioner to
Australia, a terrifically upright public servant and a
great family man, had
passed away peacefully in the Australian capital of
Canberra. He had been
battling Parkinson’s for some time, and the inevitable
end-stages of the
sorrowful disease had come. By some twist of fate, he was
to be cremated on his
88th birthday. Felix Dias Abeyesinghe I had heard of Mr. Dias Abeyesinghe as a
young
reporter working for the then Davasa Group. He was the
Elections Commissioner
who introduced the first one day election in Sri Lanka
back in 1960 (
previously elections were held over 3 days),
and that he would have done at the age of 42. My first official contact with him was when
he
granted me a rather rare interview on the eve of the 1977
General Elections. The first thing that struck me when I walked
into
his simple office, was the number of telephones on his big
desk. There must
have been about 20 of them – all hotlines, I was later to
be told, to the
Assistant Commissioners of Elections in the various
districts. It was like an
“Operations Room” during some military campaign. Such was
the logistics that
went into ensuring a parliamentary election in Sri Lanka.
The fact that none of
the telephones ever rang during our one hour interview –
which appeared as the
front page lead story on the eve of that elections, was
indicative of the
well-oiled machinery that was in place. Those were hard
fought elections, as
they are today. But power had been devolved to the men in
the districts – calls
were to be made only if they could not handle it at their
levels. History recorded a landslide win for the UNP
at
that election, but the bigger victory was for democracy in
Sri Lanka. There
were no allegations – not even a hint of it - of
partiality by the Elections
Department; and there was no need for humbug foreign
election observers to come
and give worthless certificates about the conduct of an
election in this
country, or to make profound statements at news
conferences and issue reports
about the standards of elections here. The fact that
despite deteriorating
standards in every institution of government today, that
the Elections
Department still earns the respect of the vast mass of the
citizenry, give or
take a few instances which doesn’t involve the Department
itself, is largely
due to public servants of the calibre of the late Mr. Dias
Abeyesinghe, who
served the public service – and the country - with honour,
dignity, efficiency,
and impartiality. When he retired as Commissioner, the
reputation of
the Elections Department was spotlessly clean. His loyal
duties to his country
continued thereafter, when he served a stint as our envoy
in Canberra during
the difficult period of the 1983 riots back in Sri Lanka,
and then served as
Secretary to the All Party Conference in 1984, when the
then Government tried,
in vain, to settle the northern insurgency amicably. And
then, he went to spend
his well-earned retirement with his wife and son in
Canberra, where he kept abreast
of all the happenings in Sri Lanka – especially the many
elections. Despite the many accusations of polls-rigging
and
the way elections were conducted in the modern age, he
steadfastly defended the
public service, for he understood the pressures they were
subjected to. In service, he showed ample leadership
qualities
that must have inspired peers and subordinates alike who
worked for the public
service. There were a galaxy of such people in the public
service at the time,
but his job was particularly high-profile. Of the many
challenges such a man in
such a job would have had to face, one came in the early
days of his career
when a political whiplash could have easily relegated him
to cold storage, and
the second, at the tail-end of his illustrious career. One
showed his
impartiality in the face of political interference, the
other his partiality
for the welfare of the voter. Way back in early 1960, or thereabouts, the
authority to assign a party symbol passed from the
Minister of Home Affairs to
the Commissioner of Elections. The onerous responsibility
of assigning the
‘Hand’ symbol to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party was
contested. Mr. Dias Abeyesinghe, as a relatively young
public
servant decided, after an inquiry, that the symbol had to
go to Mrs. Sirimavo
Bandaranaike and the SLFP. He received messages from both,
the caretaker Prime
Minister Dr. W. Dahanayake and then Home Minister Stanley
Zoysa, but he took
the pressure in his stride and did exactly what he
believed was the correct
thing to do. In his last report on a General Election, he
commented adversely on the practice of marking a voter’s
finger with an
indelible ink. He felt that this was an insult to a voter;
an assumption that
he was dishonest. He wanted that done away with, not that
a multiple voter is
discouraged by the ink anyway. These are but two illustrations of the man
who was
held in very high esteem by all the political parties
contesting elections as a
thoroughly fair man. I went to see Mr. Dias Abeyesinghe last year.
In
fact, I made it a point to go and see him. He took his
debilitating illness
with characteristic dignity. His mind was racing back in
time, nostalgically,
to the times when public servants were servants of the
public, and not
political servants. He was a good listener, too. Felix Dias Abeyesinghe served as the
Commissioner
of Elections from 1959 to 1978 and later as High
Commissioner to Australia. 11th September 2023.Family and residences
I knew I would not see him again, but a stream of friends,
relatives and
one-time colleagues continued to make it a point to drop
in and pay at least a
courtesy call on this fine gentlemen, in the evening of
his life. He could
relate to people of any age with consummate ease, and an
easy-going bon-homie.
He was a good Christian, as good as they come, and a true
Thomian serving its
Board of Governors for many years. To many, he was like
the ancient Roman
pater-familias, the head of an extended family. He led a
good and full life;
and he served his Motherland well. He was not only awarded
a Deshamanya, but he
deserved it. He was indeed, a Pride of the Nation.
Eddie
He died last Sunday of pneumonia caused by the
end-stages of Parkinson’s
disease, and was cremated in Canberra.
Reference: 1) Sinhalese
Families by Sir Paul Pieris 2) Chieftains of
Ceylon by JC Van Sanden 3) 20th
Century Impressions of
Ceylon 4) Relative
Merits By Yasmine
Gooneratne 5) Internet
Prepared by:
Mr Manjula de Livera
Email: manjuladelivera@yahoo
com
au
Date : 11th
September 2023