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 (died in UK
15/11/2025) Professional
Yachtsman
+Sharon (Jamican lady) no issue.
8 Esther
Dias Abeysinghe (living in UK)
Professional nurse +Tony,no issue.
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 1955)
(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.(His
poems book printed in 1955)
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-d18/11/2025+
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-no issue
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-double degree,Finance & Banking
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)
-no issue
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 + John R Maurice Perera b23/7/1932
(former high court judge)
m24/10/1956
9 Asoka
Perera b4/7/1957 +Dr Usha
Perera,b21/3/1962-d5/12/2019
10 Amithi
Perera
10 Manjari
Perera
(Amathi & Manjari are twins ,b approx
2008)
9 Asanga
Perera b21/4/1961+Rajindri Perera
10 Sahani
Perera
10 Suani
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 |
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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.
Family
and residences
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.
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
Felix Dias Abeyesinghe served as the
Commissioner of Elections from 1959 to 1978 and later as
High Commissioner to Australia.
He died last Sunday of pneumonia caused by the end-stages
of Parkinson’s disease, and was cremated in Canberra.
11th September 2023.
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:
Manjula de Livera
Email: manjuladelivera@yahoo
com
au
Date : 21 December 2025