Sri Lanka Sinhala Family Genealogy
Wijeyegunawardena Ge – Family #3165
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1
Wijeyegunawardena Ge (Perera)
[Is this Perera family
descendants of Portuguese and Sinhalese, or Sinhalese that
converted to
Christianity and were given the name Perera?)
(Is
it the Palihawadana
Family? Which brother? Or is it another Wijegunewardene
family) from Kelaniya area??
Father Factor of the
British? East India Company (Family anecdote re. being a
Factor: If a
ship they took responsibility for sunk before reaching its
destination with
cargo….this family had to bare the cost by selling some land.
If a ship reached
its destination they bought land.). His
Commodities this family dealt
with: spices,
salt, cinnamon, coconut,
rubber, rice, …..etc.
4
Perera
Wijegunawardene (b.1850’s?)
Either he was, or his Father
was Factor
of the British (Dutch?) East
India Company [Worked with
Dutch Previous to this].
Business where
bullock carts go and exchange salt for spices. Then spices go
on ships to
Europe etc. Business
in Pettah and lived
in Pettah…..then Horton Place, Cinnamon Gardens, colombo 7. + Georgiana?
Georgina? Silva (daughter
of a
coffee merchant. Is
it the daughter
of Nanayakkarage Don Paulis Silva (1838-1901) that is
mentioned in Twentieth
Cent. Impr. P.591?? ...not sure at all. Research under way to
see if it is). Supposed
to be a daughter of a prominent waluwe
family. [One of the family
Cemetaries is Borella Kanatte Cemetary].
[One of the Family Churches:
All Saints
Catholic Church, Borella: http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2011/07/10/spe05.asp
]
5
(Wijegunawardene Ge) Jerome Emelion Perera
Wijegunawardene (b.187 ?)
(His family lived next door to American Ambassador’s house. He worked on the survey of Parakrama Samudra
with a famous British engineer Henry Parker. He was in
the oil milling
business (had oil mills and fiber mills). Owned land (d. 1962?) +
Angelina Gunatileke
(GUNATILEKE – see Family #3129)
She died young,
in childbirth.
6 Claude Perera (never married) died 1980’s?
6 Emanuel Perera (never married) died 1980’s?
6 Bernadette Perera (never married) died 1980’s?
6 [2] Dorothy Mary Perera + [1[ Percival Vivian
(Perera?) Samarasinghe?
b. 1902? Mabole, Wattala her first cousin (3128)
7 Son Samarasinghe + Beatrice Blossom
Chandrakanthi Jayawardene Family
#3002
8
Anne-Marie
8
Daughter
9
Daughter
8
Daughter
8
Daughter
8
Daughter
7
2 nd Son J.
Emelion Thomas
Samarasinghe +
Mano Wickremanayaka Seneviratne
(a cousin to
Beatrice Blossom from the Udunuwara Uralawatte side of the
family)
8
Son
8
Daughter + name not known
9 Son
5 John Alfred Perera M.M. C. (1873-1942) – Famous Lawyer Dealt with land
deeds. [Youngest of
the family] Lawyer/Proctor
to many Indian Merchants.
He
had a large house on Castle Street, Borella. It was converted to
a guest house/
hotel in the 1960s called Green Pastures. + Florence Perera
(1888-1955) of Kotahena, whose father
was Proctor
Edwin Wilfred Perera 1855-1918 (his sister
was Matilda Perera who married De
Silva: June Dissanayake’s grandparents) and Florence Perera’s
mother was Nancy
Fonseka (see below) Florence’s sister married
the brother of Stephanie’s
father ( a Wanigasooriya of the
Palihawadena Perera clan)
6 Edward
Aloysius Sylvester
Perera Deputy Prison
Superintendant of
Ceylon 1918-1991
+ Seetha
(Zitan) Goonetillake/Goonetilleke
1920-1995
(daughter
of Luis
Goonetilleke;
a granddaughter of Muhandiram Goonetileke
Zitan's
brothers
were Lindley and Ned). See Family #3129)
7
P.
Perera (Moved to
Scarborough, Ontario in
Canada) +
7
M. Perera
7 J.
Perera (in Canada)
7 N.
Perera (in
Canada)
7
A. Perera (in
Canada)
7
M. Perera (in
Canada)
6 Mary
Annette Florence Perera 1906?- 19?? (oldest) +
Stanley Perera (which Perera family?)
7. John Perera
6 Sr.
Mary Lydwine
Josephine, Mother Superior
1908-1970
6
Marie Evangeline Juanita (Nita) Perera 1910-1990? (unmarried)
6
Mary Magdalene Christophele (Chrissie) Perera 1911-1946
6
John Alfred Tarcicius Perera 191?-196?
+Clotilda
Amparo
Joseph
7 John
7 Richard (died)
7 Sydney
6 Marie
Frances Therese (Thethe) Perera 191?-19?? Married and divorced.+
6
Mary
Alfreda Bernadette (Cuckoo) Perera 191?-19??
6 Margaret
Mary Euphemia
(Effie) Perera b 1920 Unmarried. Attended Good
shepherd Convent Kotahena and St Bridgets In 2011 she was 91
years old (very spry, and full of life).
at St.
Mary’s in Mount Lavinia.
6
Marissa
Katherine (Katie) Mary Perera b 192? Unmarried.
in
England In 2011 she is still living.
6 Joseph (Joe) William
Berchmans Perera 192?-???? + Laurine Casperz in
Canada?
7. Anne-Marie
7 Christopher
(dead)
7 Barbara
7 Dorothy
7 Michael
5 Margaret Georgina
Wijegunawardene Perera b.187?-1941
[Eldest of the family] Main
Wijegunewardene
Mansion: Graylands on 98
& 100 Horton
Place, (was next to
the American Ambassador’s house) Colombo
7 bequeathed to this sister. +
Gate Mudaliyar James Fonseka Kotte? d. 1934 ( Nancy Fonseka sister of
James Fonseka. Brother
Edwin Cornelius Fonseka b.1867-1919, Maria Fonseka Lama Eteni
mother? Proctor
Edwin Wilfred Perera 1855-1918 husband
of Nancy Fonseka….see above)
6 Baby Margaret Muriel Fonseka
1891-1892
6 Father
Basil Fonseka
6 Stanley (JCS?) Fonseka
d. 1974+ Bastian koralalagey
(Koralage?) Laura
Rodrigo from Uswetakeiyawa
(near Hendala, Wattala) b.1908? d.
2001 (Her father David
Rodrigo + Mary )
7 Tony
Fonseka b. 1920’s d. 1989+ Noeline
b.1936?
daughter of Donald de Zilwa and Doris Schokman.
8 Anil Fonseka
b195? + in
Canada?
8 Nalin Fonseka
+ in
USA?
8 Romesh Fonseka +
8 Suresh Fonseka +
in USA?
7 Mimi
(Mignone) Fonseka b. 1930 + Dr. Cecil H.Jayamaha from Pamunugama
8 Senal
Jayamaha + Janice
8 Sargari
Jayamaha +
Harrendra Perera (which Perera
family?)
8 Rohan
Jayamaha +
Nirmali
6 Joseph Carl Lesley
Fonseka + Dulcey Fonseka
(related) div.
7 Lester
Fonseka b. 1930?+ Preetheva
(brother is PriyaShanth Fernando http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lkawgw/tintagel.htm http://sundaytimes.lk/040801/plus/1.html
Gallery Café, ‘Paradise Road Tintagel
Colombo’, sister
is Mihiri Fernando in Australia, who’s
husband was the late Dr. Malcolm Fernando)
8 Nayantara
Fonseka (renowned Sri Lankan fashion designer/interior
designer, event
organizer…..who owned many hotels including Taru Villas, Tamarind Hills, Lake Lodge, etc.) http://www.taruhotels.com/
8 Roshanara
+ Ranjith Page b. 1959
[owner of Cargills
Dept. store chain,
Ceylon Theatres,
etc. ]
9 Maya Page
9
Viran Kumar Page
7 Doreen Fonseka + Kith De
Silva
8 Hiranthi de Silva
8 Sriyan de Silva
7
Neville
Fonseka + Jean
8 Mark Fonseka
8 David Fonseka
4 (Bastian???)
Perera Wijegunawardene + Wife
4
Daughter Perera
Wijegunawardene +
4 Daughter
Perera Wijegunawardene +
( Family Location: Mutuwal or Mattackuliya???? Way back.)
Research
done by: Anne-Marie
Samarasinghe and
Vinodh Wickremeratne.
Mansions on Colombo 7
(Horton Place etc.) in the 1800’s etc:
(p.11) Book: Cinnamon
Gardens by
Shyam Selvadurai
‘These streets
contained…grand mansions…..They were the homes of the best of
Ceylonese
Society. ……This gentry had attained an affluence they never
could have
foreseen, through trade….The drawing rooms of these homes were
appointed with
the very best that Europe had to offer, the finest
chandeliers, Waterford
Crystal, curtains
from Paris, damask
tablecloths, grand
pianos…..
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[Ragama and Kotahena Wijegunewardene
families our relatives]
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Meaning of Palihawadene/
Palhiyawadena/Paliawadene: Shield/Mace
bearer
of the King-
1.
Glossary
of native, foreign, and anglicized words commonly used in
... - Page 43 H.W.
Coddrington
- 1996
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Which Wijegunewardene family is this?
William Wijegonewardene, MRCS
(England), LRCP
(Lond), b. Sept.
2. 1881 ed.
Trinity College, Kandy. Asst. medical
officer Lunatic Asylum Colombo 1908. Later at Avisawella and
Chillaw since 1923,
MO Badulla.
Book ‘Ceylon’
Plate and Co.
p.120
Which Wijegunewardene family is this?
1. Ceylon sessional papers: Issue 3
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books.google.caCeylon. Pārlimēntuva,
Ceylon. Legislative Council,
Ceylon. State Council
- 1968 - Snippet view
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1 Palhiyawadena
Wijeyegunawardena
2
(? Father ) Perera
Seneviratne Palhiyawadena Wijeyegunawardena Mohandiram
Alutkuru Korale
This ancient family
is said to have emigrated during the time of the Portuguese
occupation from
Matale, in the Central Province.
P. 532
Twentieth Cent. Impr. Book.
They were of
Kandyan origin, whose ancestors were Mace-bearers
(Palhiyawadana) to the Kings
of Kandy Book:
Golden Book of India
3
Abraham
Perera Seneviratne
Palhiyawadena
Wijeyegunawardena (Planter
and Estate owner of
Colombo + daughter
of Mohandiram Abeyesinghe
(Abeyasingha) of
Alutkuru Korale North.
[One of the
family Cemetaries is Borella Kanatte Cemetary].
4 Daughter + Don
Charles Richard Siriwardene Wijesinhe,
Mudaliyar Siyane Korale West 1922 (1906
Mohandiram Panadure and Kalutara)….he
was born 1866, his father Don Abraham Alexander Wijesinhe
Siriwardene,his gf
Mudaliyar Joseph de Silva Wijewickrema
Ekanayake (p. 53/54 Chieftains of Ceylon by Van Sanden). His
cousins: W.R.H.
Wijeyesinhe Mudaliyar Puttalam. J.D.C. Wijeyesinhe, Muhandiram
Kurunegala
Kachcheri.
? ?? 5
Edna Wijesinghe +
Anthoney Conrad Walwyn
Perera Wijegunewardene d.
1982 cousin below
4
Henry Aloysius
Perera Seneviratne Abeyesinghe Palhiyawadena
Wijeyegunawardena b.
1855-1918 Educated
at St. Benedict’s Institute and St.
Thomas College.
Gate
Mudaliyar, Colombo Mudaliyar and Atapattu Mudaliyar.
1874,
Clerk, Colimbo Kachcheri; 1877 passed
Clerical Exam, and transferred to Colonial Secretary’s office; 1879 transferred to
the Colombo Kachcheri. 1884
or 1886 appointed Muhandiram, Colombo
Kachcheri. 1889 promoted Mudaliyar. 1892 Mudaliyar Colombo
Town including
Salpiti Korale and Ambatalenpahala. 1908 promoted kachcheri
Mudaliyar and
Atapattu Mudaliyar, Western Province. 1899
receive a Gold Medal from Government for services rendered
in repressing crime
in his district. 1903 made Gate Mudaliyar of the
Govenor’s gate. 1911
Justice of the Peace, and in 1916 on his retirement was made
Justice of the
Peace for the Island and presented with another Gold Medal
after a period of 43
years service. He was a member of the Excise, Opium, Sanitary
and Education
Boards and of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society +
Emily Josephine 1872-1940 (Youngest daughter of Paulus Gomis Abeyasinghe
Weerakoon Basnayake,
Mudaliyar of the Guards, Colombo. + Dona Johanna
Abeysekere died 1910, gf
Don Johannes Tilekeratne Abeysekere of Dematagoda. Paulus G.
Abeysinghe’s
paternal ancestors were Simon GA and his paternal ancestor was
Marthelis GA.) Residence: Palhiyawadana Wasala Walauwa at
Kotahena. He was
a wealthy land owner. Member of the
Catholic Union. (p.532
Twentieth Century
Impressions).
Lived at Wasala Walauwe
in Kotahena . He had
16 children.
He, with 3 other possible
relatives, donated
bells of Sr. Lucia’s Cathedral (shipped
from
a foundry in Marseilles (France) in the SS Himalaya and were
transported to the
cathedral on the 5th of November 1903) http://wijitha.blogspot.com/2006/07/bells-of-st-lucias-cathedral.html
(
Emily Josephine daughter of Gomis
Mudaliyar of Malwatte
Walauwa, Grandpass, Colombo which was one of the
mansions of Commander
Pieter Sluyskan retired Dutch Govenor of Surat. This mansion
was one of the
country seats of Governor North. (p.
92/93 Chieftains of Ceylon by Van Sanden.
Her brother: Simon Gomis Abeysinghe. )
5
Hilda (oldest )
+ Sam
E. Perera, Mudaliyar Alutkuru Korale
South 1st
cousin. Arthur’s brother
6 E
W Merrick Perera d 1993
Inherited Palihawadene Wassala Walauwe? + Phyllis
Weerasekere (Dadayakkara
Walawuwa-Kadawatha)
7 Garmini
died young
7 Son
died (drowned)
7 Srikanthi inherited the walauwe + Lucian Wijetunge Australia
8 Nel
(Nellie)
8
Shehara + Patrick (Caucasian in
Australia)
5 Henry
Joseph Maurice Perera S.
A. Palhiyawadena Wijeyegunawardena, b. 1892-1963 Mudaliyar
Syane Korale West. 1912 Extra Clerk, Colombo
Kachcheri. 1917
Muhandiram, Ambatalenpahala and acted for Colombo Mudaliyar;
1927 Mudaliyar,
Siyane Korale West; 1928 appointed Inquirer into sudden
deaths. 1934 J.P.,
U.P.M. for Colombo and Negambo districts. He is also
Unofficial Visitor,
Government Dispensaries, Syane Korale West and Gampaha
Hospital; Probation
officer, Gampaha and Colombo; Member, District Agricultural
Committee and
Chairman, Divisional Agricultural Association. (p.
26/53/54 Chieftains of Ceylon by Van
Sanden) + Mary
TRISSETTE
Clemence Perera
1906 - 1998 ?? (2nd
cousin) From which Perera family?
(Her siblings: Algie Perera, Police, Ozzy Perera, Aloy
Perera, Hazel+ )
6 General Dennis Perera Wijegunewardene [now aged
about 80] Army
Commander. (?)
7 Khavan
Perera, Director of the failed Golden Key card Co. (?) ]
6
Eilis + H. Emo
Wickremeratne 1917 - 1975
from Galle (son of
HARRY Edward Wickremeratne and Lucy Perera ?)
7 Christopher
+ Jackie from England
7
Hiromi + Lakdasa Abeykoon
2nd cousin
below.
7 John
+ Mirani
7
Dilkushni + Ruwan
Wirasinha
5 Anthoney
ConradWalwyn
Perera
Wijegunewardene d.
1982+
Edna Wijesinghe (cousin)
6 Damascene
Lawyer
6 Valerine
+ Lakshman Dissanayake (
her relation)
6
Corine
(unmarried)
6
Lester + Nalini
Samarasinghe (which Samarasinghe
family?)
5 Joseph
Dodwell Clyde ( J.D.C.)
Perera
S. A. Palhiyawadena
Wijeyegunawardena b.
1902-1970 Muhandiram
Siyane Korale
East (1923 entered Govt service and promoted to present office
1929.) + Mavis
Edna Clarice Pieries Gunasekera (a relative) b.
1911-1997 daughter of BERTRAM
James Peiries (18??-1957)
of Layards Broadway and Malwatte
Walauwwa-Grandpass & Clarice Abeysekere (1886-1976) of Dematagoda
Walawuwa.. [wife’s gf and ggf are Gate Mudaliyar J.A.
Abeyasekera,
Mudaliyar Colombo and Panditasekera, Mudaliyar Salpiti Korale
(p. 51 Chieftains
of Ceylon by Van Sanden)]. Mavis’
sister Gwendoline
Faith Pieries Gunasekera 1910-1986
(Gunatilake Family # 3129)
6 Trevor Joseph Bertram Perera 1934+
married and divorced Yvonne Gomis
Abeysinghe Jayewardene
(his
relative)
7 Prince Perera b.1961 + Esther Gomis
A. Jayewardene (1st
cousin. Mother’s brother’s daughter) his 2nd
marriage (1st
wife Kalyani. D.
8
Dulan Perera
7
Yohan b. 1963
6
Rita Malkanthi Perera b. 1940 + Terence Marceline de
Silva
of Galle (b. 1934- 1994)
7 Roshni Priyanthi
Anne de Silva b. 1963
+ Huzzie?
7 Ranjith
Desmond Leo de Silva b.
1959
8. Rojith Desmond June de Silva b. 1988
8 Romina Natalie Anne de Silva October 1990
7 Gishan Joseph Terence b.1967 + Sujeewa Mary
Pieris b. 1965
(of Moratuwa)
8
Andrea Gishani Rebecca b.2002
8
Thashani Elisa b.2004
5
ADELAIDE Evira ? Josephine Perera S. A.
Palhiyawadena Wijeyegunawardena
d1955 + Charles AUSTIN Bernard Wanigasooriya
d 1954 Lawyer Owned Sanchi arachchi
gardens ie. where the
Courts are. (His brother Wanigasooriya married Aunty
Effie’s mother
sister….Nancy Perera’s sister from Wijegunewardene Ge
family ; another brother
never married but wealthy. Lissy married a Dr.
Goonesekere. Lissy’s daughter is
Princy Goonesekera + Raja de Alwis the ˝ bother of Eric
Perera below]
6 Margurite
Wanigasooriya + Aloysius
Goonesekere. 1st husband
+ Fernando
2nd husband
7
llewelyn (1st Marriage)
7
Shirani
(2nd Marriage)
7
Luxhman (2nd Marriage)
7
Sharmain (2nd Marriage)
7 Jerome
(2nd Marriage)
6
Henry
(Sonny) Wanigasooriya
(Musician)
+ Lela
7 Nimal
7
Hyacynth
7 Angela
7 Lalith
7
7
6
Marcus Wanigasooriya not
married
6
Ramsay
Wanigasooriya not married
6
Stephanie Wanigasooriya b.1929 +
Eric Perera (1916-2006) in Agriculture Dept What Perera Family did he
come from?? (Father:
Don Abraham Perera
from Kotahena worked at Municipality + Agnes, brother was Hector
C. Perera famous Vet, brother
Eustace Perera in Sales, brother
Lawrence Perera about 60 years ago came to Canada. This is a
different Perera
family than the Palihawadene. Agnes also married a De Alwis
? son Raja De
Alwis, )
7 Antoinette (Dilrukshi) Perera + Noel
Ramalingam (in
Canada)
8 Dinal age 27 @ 2011
8 Kristina age
21
7 Angela + Sunil
Ranasinghe (in
Canada)
8
Shanil Ranasinghe
8
Zara
Dharmasena
5 Lesley Perera
S. A. Palhiyawadena
Wijeyegunawardena +
Topsy Pereira d1989 (burger)
6
Melville
+
7 Simone
6
Desmond
+ Marcy
7 Lisa
7 Anouk
6
Diedre
Anee d 1949 died as
baby
5
Sreeda Perera S.
A. Palhiyawadena
Wijeyegunawardena + Herbert
Edward
Perera b. 1889
( H.E. Perera) President Village Tribunals Kalutara and
Panadura
Totamune. 1916
Muhandiram Hewagama
Korale; 1925 promoted to Village Tribunals. What Perera Family
did he come from?? 1st cousin
6
Loretta Perera + Artie (Arther) N de
Zilva Wijewardene (Proctor)
7 Shantilal +
8.
6 Maxwell +
Adopted
2
children
5 Girtie Perera S. A.
Palhiyawadena Wijeyegunawardena + Harry
Gomis Abeysinghe
No birth children together. Adopted a girl
Lalitha
[ Harry’s children
from previous marriage
6 Elmo
Gomis Abeysinghe +
Dorothy
7
Priyani +
Claude Halpe
8
daughter
8 Son
6
daughter
6
Daughter + Samarasinghe ]
5
Evelyn Perera
S. A.
Palhiyawadena Wijeyegunawardena +
Arthur Perera What
Perera Family? 1st
cousin *
6
Marci (Bandsman) manager
of a band ‘Spitfires’ + (Daisy)
Irugalbandara from
Kotahena
6
Velda + Gaston Jayewardene (Laywer)
Hikkaduwa d. 2006
6
Maureen + Ottey
Abeykoon 2nd
? cousin
below
6
Edorie. she was
unmarried
5 Herbert
Annesly? Anthony? Perera
S. A. Palhiyawadena Wijeyegunawardena
1906 - 1921 died young
5 NITA
Catherine Adelaide Perera
S. A. Palhiyawadena Wijeyegunawardena
1907 – 1965 + SAMUEL Peter Jayawardhana
1896 - 1970 (father
Peter + Sophia Maria Ameresekera Wirasinha/Weerasinghe, his
father Alexander + ,
his father Don Bastian
Boodagamage Jayawardhana
+ Dona Ana m.1777 who was
sent to Mauritius with Ehelepola. Don Bastion had 2 families one
in Mauritius. Mudaliyar?
Don Bastian’s brother Don William? Don Bastian’s father: Don
Johannes Appohamy) [more
info with Justin Jayewardhana great, grandson of Arther
Jayawardhana, who is
the bother of Alexander from
the South (Galle/Matara) ancesters
came is a village
in the hamlet of
Galhena off Beruwala
[is
this Don
Bastian same as: DON BASTIAN JAYAWARDHANA
OF ATADAHEWATTA WALAUWA IN KATHALUWA AHANGAMA.]
6 LINUS
Everard
Samuel Jayawardhana 1942 -
1981 (single)
6 Fr.
Brian/Bryan Jayawardhana
(in Canada).
5 Emil Perera
S. A. Palhiyawadena Wijeyegunawardena
(not married) deceased
5 Hency Perera
S. A. Palhiyawadena Wijeyegunawardena 1908-1957+
Kitty (Katherine? Her
1st
marriage to ? Their daughter
Charmaine Solomons
the cookbook writer)
6
Tony lives in Australia
5 Hugh Perera
+ Prinzy Perera What Perera Family?
6 Anula + Chandi Asirwathan
7 Son
7 Daughter
6 Sweenie +
Ranjit
7 Son
7 Daughter
6 Lucky (Luxmie?) + Mohan Jayasundere?
Both deceased ??
7 Daughter
7 Daughter
6 Ramani +
Ubayatilleke
7 Natasha
7
Ayesha
Are these part of this family?
5 J.
Douglas Perera
b. 1916-200?
+ Doris d. 2010 ?
6. Milroy
Perera b.
1945 + Yolande
Wickremeratne
5 Mohandiram E
Paul Perera d 1951
5 G J Albert
Perera 1982 ????)
4 ?? Perera Seneviratne Abeyesinghe Palhiyawadena
Wijeyegunawardena + Wife
5 Sam E.
Perera, Mudaliyar Alutkuru Korale
South +
Hilda (oldest daughter of
Henry Aloysius Perera Above) 1st
cousin above.
5 Arthur
Perera + Evelyn
Perera
(daughter of Henry Aloysius Perera
Above) 1st
cousin above.
????
5 Herbert
Edward Perera b.
1889 ( H.E. Perera) President Village Tribunals Kalutara and
Panadura
Totamune. 1916
Muhandiram Hewagama
Korale; 1925 promoted to Village Tribunals + Sreeda Perera S.
A.
Palhiyawadena Wijeyegunawardena 1st cousin above.
4
?? Perera Seneviratne Abeyesinghe Palhiyawadena
Wijeyegunawardena + Wife
5
4
?? Sister Perera Seneviratne Abeyesinghe Palhiyawadena
Wijeyegunawardena +
Husband
5
4 Philip Perera Seneviratne Abeyesinghe Palhiyawadena
Wijeyegunawardena (aka Philip Perera Mudaliyar…..from an
ancient Vellala Sinhalese
family, immigrated from Matale, during the Portuguese
occupation) Lived
at Wasala Walauwa Salpiti Korale. The Walawwa, Kesbewa?? Born: Colombo 1851. Educated at St.
Benedict’s institution,
Kotahena and
Colombo Academy (now Royal
College). 1871
entered the Control
Department of the Military Establishment at Colombo. In 1873
worked as translator
to the Colombo Kachcheri. In 1885 appointed as Mohandiram of
Salpiti Korale. In
1892 was promoted to Mudaliyar of Salpiti Korale. 1893-1905,
he was Deputy
Fiscal of the same district. 1897 Acting Atapattu Mudaliyar.
In 1897 he received a
Gold Medal from the Ceylon Government for
meritorious services. In
1902 he was conferred the high lank of Mudaliyar
of the Governor’s Gate. He was a wealthy
landed proprietor, owning coconut estates in the Colombo and
Kalutara
districts. He was given medals and other awards for exhibiting
fruits and other
products. 1882
married Clementina
Matilda (only daughter of John
Henry Corea Abeyekoon, Justice of the Peace and
Mohandiram of Kalutara).
Ref:
Twentieth Century Impressions of Ceylon by Arnold
Wright
5 Daughter
+ Joseph Peter
Fernando (son of Manuel
Joseph Fernando landed proprietor and peace officer of
Chilaw). His town
residence: Sandringham House. He was a landed proprietor and
arrack renter and
store owner, coroner p.744 Twentieth Cent.Imp. book.
5 Roland
Perera , a
Catholic Priest.
5 Hector Perera Seneviratne Abeyesinghe Palhiyawadena
Wijeyegunawardena + Rae Pieries
Gunasekera 1911?-1996
Sister
Mavis Pieries Gunasekera married to Joseph Dodwell Clyde Perera
S.A.
Palhiyawadena, and Gwendoline Faith Pieries Gunasekera married
to Dr. Edmund
Lionel Wickremeratne ( see Gunatilake
Family # 3129).
(This was Rae’s 1st husband).
6 Nimal
5 Beatrice
+ Theodore
Abayakoon from Ranchuwate (Ranchu
ate) Walauwa in Agalawatte in the Kalutara District. (her 1st
cousin) His father
was Mudliyar John Abayakoon,
grandfather Muhandiram John Henry Corea Abayakoon (same as
above).
6
Dawn Abayakoon d. 2002 + Conrad
d.1996 ( son of Aloysius Gunatileke
+ Daughter
of Mr. Gomis
Abeysinghe) Gunatilake
Family # 3129
7 Rohan
+ Suwandi Kotalawala
7 Nihal
+ Theja
7 Ramani
+ Jerry
7 Sweenitha
+ Nimal Soysa
6
Watson/ Watsy
Abayakoon 1924?-1971 + Kumari Siriwardene
1930-79 Gunatilake Family #
3129, Samarasinghe Family # 3142.
7
Ajantha Abeykoon 1949-1996 + (husband
#1 name not known. Div.),
husband #2
name not known
8 daughter Name not known
8 Name not known
7 Rohini Abayakoon b. 1953+ Senaka Niyangoda
8
Suren
Bandara Niyangoda b1974
8 Lakshan
Bandara Niyangoda b 1978
8 Rukshani Sanjeewani
Kumari Niyangoda
b 1979
7 Sobithe Abayakoon b 1959 + Anita Herath
8 Salinda b 31
Jul 1984
8 Thanusha b 1
Feb 1987
8
Shalina
b 20 Dec 1989
6 Henry
[Otley (Autie)]
Bonnoe Abayakoon + Maureen
cousin
above.
7
Lakdasa Abayakoon + Hiromi
Wickremeratne
(cousin above. Daughter of H. Emo
Wickremeratne &
6
Lynette
Abayakoon + Jayawardene
(Which Jayawardene
family?)
6 Morry
Abayakoon
6 Dona Mavis Beatrice
Feelics Abayakoon (c.
Aug 23/2007) + Victor Wijewickrema
Samarakone (Retired
Range Forest Officer)
(7 Sisira ?)
7 Indrani
7 Nanda (US)
7 Gamini
(Businessman)
7 Nirmal
(Retired Range Forest Officer)
7 Anoma
(Agamathie Balika Panadura)
MRS
DONA
MAVIS BEATRICE FEELICS WIJEWICKREMA SAMARAKONE
(nee
Abeyakone), mother-in-law of Pamala (United States), Indu
Renuka (St. Anthony
Boys’ School of Panadura) and Lalantha (Associated Motorways
Co.), grandmother
of Nirmani Tharaka, Senali, Lasani, Denise, Don, Roger and
Paul.
6 Rexie Abayakoon +
Miss D'Alwis
6 BONNIE Phillip Roland
Abayakoon
(22 Jan 1922- 18 Oct 1986) + THERESA Lucille Abeysekere (now
81) [daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. D C E P Abeysekere of Kandy].
7 Niranjali
b 24 Feb 1953 m Eric Basnayake
(Judge)
7 Lathike
7
Dinusha + Abeysundere
7 Dulanga
[ ?? Victor
Emanuel Abayakoon
Is
this the brother of
above Abayakoon from Ranchu ate Walauwe?? 1922
President
Village Tribunals Hewagam Korale. 1902 Clerk Colombo Kachcheri.
1913 Muhandiram
Alutkuru Korale. [Van Sanden
book ‘Chieftains
of Ceylon’ p. 44 Br.
Albert Charles
Polydore Abaykoon Mudaliyar Rayigam Korale. His f. John
Abeykoon Mudaliyar
Pasdun Korale and Wallawiti Korale, oriental scholar and
journalist. Gf.-
J.C.C Abayakoon, Mudaliyar Kalutara and
Panadure Tots. G-gf – D.P.C. (DCP?) Abeykoon Mudaliyar
Pasdun Korale and
Wallawiti Korale] [p.72 mentions father’s 2nd
gff? Don Daniel de
Silva Amaraweera Abeysiri Gunawardana, Mudaliyar Wellaboda
Pattu, and father’s
‘u’? Dona
Catherine de Saa Siriwardena
Manamperi Wijesundera of Ranchu ate walauwa. See the book ‘Some
Sinhalese Families’ re. de
Saa Siriwardenea Manamperi Wijesundera] + Daughter Of Senerat Mudelige Joseph David Perera
Mudaliyar Talpe Patu]
Research
done by: Anne-Marie
Samarasinghe and
Vinodh Wickremeratne.
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Need to verify where the following
fits (Is it this Palihawadana Family?)
1. Palihawadene
Aratchigey
Christina Perera +
Bastiankorallagey Juan Rodrigo (son of
Davit Rodrigo aka Kahene Seeya, grandson of Isaac Rodrigo,
and great grandson
of B. Bastian Rodrigo) (p.
648-651
Twentieth Century Impressions book)
2. Bastiankorallagey Jaconis Rodrigo b. approx. 1805? +
Suraweera Aratchigey Dona Helena (also see Jayewardene Family
# 3002 re
Suraweera Aratchigey member)
3. Bastiankorallagey
Johannes
Rodrigo Weeresinghe Goonewardene, b.
183? Mohandiram Mohandiram,
Fiscal’s Officer, Vidane
Aratchi, Registrar of births, Marriages and deaths; division
officer, inquirer
into crimes and sudden deaths in his district. And Moopoo of
the Roman Catholic
churches of Uswetekeiyawe and Nyacakande. +
Halehapperumegey Lucia Fonseka Goonesekere (eldest daughter
of Hendrick Fonseka
Goonesekere (Peace Officer, Hendella Peruve) and Agida
Fonseka
4. Bastiankorallagey
James Aurelieus Rodrigo Weeresinghe
Goonewardene b. 1862
(Known as J. A. Rodrigo).
Educated at St. Benedict’s Institute.
Officiated for his father in various capacities, then
became a general
merchant and planter. Subsequently
he
joined Messrs. Don Joseph, Don Paul, and A.J. Perera (a firm
engaged in farming
the govt. arrack rents. See p. 651 Twentieth Cent. Imp.) He
owned extensive
coconut, cinnamon, paddy estates in Kurunegala, chilaw,
puttulam,
hendella,..and elsewhere) + Dona
Theodora (eldest daughter of D.Don Hendrick and
Bastiankorallagey M. Rodrigo; sister
of Messrs. Don Joseph and Don Paul of Boditiya in
Pamunugame). Villa
Theodora, Hendella, n Alutkuru Korale
South is his residence.
5.
Son
5.
Son
5.
Son died 1897
5. daughter
5. daughter
1. Palihawadana Aratchigey Perera
5. Palihawadana Aratchigey Francis
Perera from Veliveriya
(Journal of the Royal Sanitary
InstituteVol. 61 p.
93. 1941. Exams
etc.).
Who are these people and where do they
fit???
In another grave
Arthur H P Jayewardene d 3 May 1951
Gloria Jayewardene 5 dec 1913 - 8 Nov
2008 no idea
In another grave
Richard Frank Perera Jayewardene 26 Oct
1898 - 9 Apr 1958
(to be verified whether he fits to our areas)
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Mauritius, by Don William, brother to Don Bastian. In January,
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Paulus Gomis Abeyasinghe
1831-1890? + Dona Johanna
Abeysekere of Dematagoda (daughter of Don Johannes Tilekeratne
Abeyesekere.
Had 4
daughters (and 1
son).
1) Sister Anne Johanna +
Charles Emanuel Peiries Senanayake
1) Emily Josephine 1872-1940 +
Henry Aloysius
Palihawadene Perera
1)
Mary
(Meraya) Regina + John Philip Simon
Pieries Gunasekere
1)
Jane
Agnus + George Emanuel Perera Wijegunewardene (Muhandiram
living in Alwis
Place, Dehiwela)
1) John Gerrard Gomis Abeyasinghe,
b. 1864-1945 Basnayaka
Mudaliyar circa 1890. +
Matilda Herat, 2nd wife Pauline
Herat (2 sisters). [Yagabamunu
Herat's
from the Kegalle area.]
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?????? June
Dissanayake? Staying at St. Mary’s Seniors/Elders home in
Mount Lavinia
(How she is related to the
Palihawadene Perera
family)
4
sisters
1) Sister + Pieris
2Son
3 Daughter +
Wijeyekoon
4Alberta Wijeyekoon (Matale)
+ Lambert
de silva (Wijewardene?) colombo (His mother: Matilda Perera.
Matilda’s brother was Proctor Edwin
Wilfred Perera 1855-1918 of
Kotahena.
Aunty Effie’s maternal grandfather. )
5
June (De Silva) + Dissanayaka.
1) Sister + Palihawadene Perera
2 Son
3
Daughter or son?
4
Mother
5
Stephanie Wanigasooriya.
1)
Sister
1)
Sister
‘June's connection is most likely....Mary
Regina G -A's
husband Simon Pieries, is June's direct grand uncle or great
grand uncle....and
Mary Regina's sister Emily Josephine's grand daughter is
Stephnie..’
Vinodh
0 Don Bastian Boodagamage Jayawardhana +
Dona Ana m 1777
00 Don Johannes Appohamy [ancesters
from the South (Galle/Matara) , from a village in the hamlet
of Galhena off
Beruwala
1 Don
Bastian Jayawardhana
OF ATADAHEWATTA
WALAUWA IN KATHALUWA AHANGAMA who was sent to Mauritius
to be
interpreter of Prison and of Ehelepola.
( had 2 families, 1 in Mauritius, one in
Ceylon). After
coming back from Mauritius, made Mudaliyar
of Galle district, Hubantota, Ragam pattu, and gangaboda pattu
(In book by
Holmaan) + subsequent to 1828 married daughter of Mudaliyar
Karunaratne of
Kumbalwella, Galle *in All Saints Anglican church. (their
descendants inter
married from the Obeysekera family of Kathaluwa, Ahangama).
Brother William
married the other daughter of Mudaliyar Karunaratne.
2 Don Arthur
Karunanayake Jayawardene
- b. 1893 Mudaliar bentota and
wallalawity korale in galle district. Mudaliyar Wellaboda pattu,
Katcheri
Mudaliyar and 1st interpreter of Galle Katchcheri,
Atapattu
Mudaliyar in Galle + Mimmi Obeysekera
3 Gate
Mudaliyar Harry Obeysekera Karunanayake
Jayawardene + Miss Padma Obeysekera
3
Clara + Mr.
Dassanaike
3
Abraham + Jane Mahawalatenne Kumarahamy (2nd d, M.
Ratemahatmaya and
Kumarihami of M. Walauwe in Balangoda…sister of Mr.
|Bandaranayake;s mother)
3
Sophy + Mr.
Eknelligoda
3
Aslin
+ Mr.Sempo S. Obeysekera
( more info
with Justin Jayewardhana great, grandson
of Arther Jayawardhana)
2 Mary +
2 Victoria
+
2 Alexander
(Buddhist) +
3
Peter + Sophia Maria Ameresekera Wirasinha/Weerasinghe
4 Neddie
4 Lilian
4 Wilmot
4 Edward
4 Letitia
4 SAMUEL Peter Jayawardhana
1896 - 1970 +
4 Bertram
4 Frederick
4 Lena
3
Abraham Buddhist priest
3
Edwin
3
Susan
3
Ellen
3
Julia + Rev. Pinto Jayawardene
4 Lila + R.S. Mendis (teaching at St. Thomas College)
4 Fitzroy would be about 100 + Miss Alles
4 Hutchison +
4
Siri + Mr. Ahangama
4 Cerdic + Rani
4 Queenie + Rienzi Alles
2 Enias
2 Catherine
1
Don William
– in Mautsubsequent
to 1828 2 daughters
of Mudaliar Karunaratne of
Kumbalwella, Galle *in All Saints Anglican church (their descendants
inter married from the
Obeysekera family of Kathaluwa, Ahangama).
Research
done by: Anne-Marie
Samarasinghe with
the help of Father Brian Jayawardhana.
Mansions on Colombo 7 (Horton Place etc.) in the 1800’s etc: (p.11) Book: Cinnamon Gardens by Shyam Selvadurai
‘These streets contained…grand mansions…..They were the homes of the best of Ceylonese Society. ……This gentry had attained an affluence they never could have foreseen, through trade….The drawing rooms of these homes were appointed with the very best that Europe had to offer, the finest chandeliers, Waterford Crystal, curtains from Paris, damask tablecloths, grand pianos…..
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[Ragama and Kotahena Wijegunewardene families our relatives]
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William Wijegoonewardene born 02 Sept 1881 was a Doctor of Medicine trained in England.
Which Palihawadana family are these?
Books: Ferguson’s Ceylon Directory, book by John M. Senaveratna mentions a Vijayarajah Palihawadana (P.270),
A gazetteer of the Central Province of Ceylon (excluding Walapane) Archibald Campbell Lawrie. P.410 (Udupama Palihawadana Rala ) and other pages
William Wijegonewardene, MRCS (England), LRCP (Lond), b. Sept. 2. 1881 ed. Trinity College, Kandy. Asst. medical officer Lunatic Asylum Colombo 1908. Later at Avisawella and Chillaw since 1923, MO Badulla.
Book ‘Ceylon’ Plate and Co. p.120
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Which Palihawadana family is this?
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William Wijegoonewardene born 02 Sept 1881 was a Doctor of Medicine trained in England.
William Wijegonewardene, MRCS (England), LRCP (Lond), b. Sept. 2. 1881 ed. Trinity College, Kandy. Asst. medical officer Lunatic Asylum Colombo 1908. Later at Avisawella and Chillaw since 1923, MO Badulla.
Book ‘Ceylon’ Plate and Co. p.120
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