Sri Lanka Burgher Family Genealogy
DE SILVA Family #1331
Researched, compiled, and collated by the late Dr Malcolm
Jansze, Colombo, Sri Lanka
All the de Silvas need their references checked
DE SILVA
(A.K.) Ambapitiya Kankanange
(A.L.) Ahangama Liyanage
(B.) Budihewage
(C.A./K.A.) Catoewa Arachchige
(C.M.) Colomba Muhandiramge
(D.) Devamunige
(D.) Dissanayake
(E.) Etige
(F.H.) Franciscu Hettige
(G.A.) Gajanayake Arachchige
(G.A.) GaneArachchige
(G.A.) Gembuda Arachchige
(G.) Gorakanage
(H.) Hettiarachchige
(I.L.M.) Idalgoda Liyanaarachchi Mahatmalage
(I.) Isterange
(K.) Kaltotage
(K.) Kapugamage
(M.) Magage
(M.A.) Mallawaaratchige
(M.L.) Mapalagama Liyanage
(P.K.) Palihakkara Kankanamalage
(S.) Sadhramarakkalage
(S.A.) Samarasinghe Arachchige
(S.) Sampathawaduge
(T.) Tantulage
(U.) Uswattage
(W.A.) Waltota Arachchige
(W.) Weerasinghe
(W.R.C.M.) (Weeradivakara Rajapakse) Colomba Muhandiramge
(W.) Welvidanage
(W.) Wickremaarachchige
A.
I.
(M.H.) Mattheus Hendrick de Silva b.about 1779
m DRW 28.7.1799 Johanna Carolina ^Fins^ :-
1. Johanna Dorothea bap 9.1.1804
2. (J.M.) John Matthew b.22.2.1805 who
follows under II
3. (P.C.) Pieter Cornelis b.15.2.1807
4. Anna Christina bap 27.11.1808 d. .12.1808
5. (A.P.) Adrianus Philippus b.14.4.1811
who follows under III
6. (F.T.) Frederick Theodorus
b.11.6.1815 who follows under IV
Pr
II.
(J.M.) John Matthew de Silva b.22.2.1805 m SPP 3.10.1839
Margaret Hindle :-
1. (J.S.) John Samuel b.12.1.1841 SPP
2. Sarah Margaret b.20.12.1842 SPP
3. (J.M.) James Matthew b.24.12.1844 SPP
m DRW 17.12.1868 Amelia Clotilda Schoorman b.8.2.1850 dau James
Martin Schoorman & Engeltina Magdalena Gilgott
4. (H.E.) Henry Ebenezer b.1.3.1847 HTC
who follows under V
5. Johanna Carolina b.7.9.1848 HTC
6. (T.T.) Thomas Theobald b.5.6.1850 HTC
m DRW 21.12.1874 Grace Letitia Van Langenberg b.1854 dau John
Alexander Van Langenberg & Wilhelmina Frederica Stratsburg
7. (W.B.) William Benjamin b.8.4.1852
HTC
8. (R.N.) Richard Nathaniel b.1.6.1855
who follows under VI
III.
(A.P.) Adrianus Philippus de Silva b.14.4.1811 m SPF 3.10.1839
Alice Schofield :-
1. Emelia Elizabeth b.19.10.1841 SPP
2. Louisa Ellen b.30.5.1843 SPP m SPP
22.7.1864 Alfred Benjamin Kern b.13.12.1833 w Jane Elizabeth Douwe s Jacobus
Gerardus Kern & Johanna Petronella Matthyz
3. (G.A.) George Adrian b.29.9.1844 SPP
4. (C.P.) Charles Philip (Peter)
b.10.2.1846 SPP who follows under VII
IV. ?M I
(F.T.) Frederick Theodorus de Silva b.11.6.1815
m HTC 24.9.1845 Sarah Schofield :- ?father of 45
1. (F.H.) Frederick Horace b.16.4.1850
bap SPP 1894 who follows under VIII
2. (J.W.) John William b.25.10.1853 bap
SPP 1890 ?M I
V.
(H.E.) Henry Ebenezer de Silva b.1.3.1847 d.27.12.1922
m DRW 15.10.1874 Sarah Lydia Raymond b.16.12.1850 d.27.9.1899 dau
Arnoldus Raymond & Elizabeth Petronella ^Cordill^ :-
1. (J.W.) John Walter b.15.6.1881 who
follows under IX
VI. C-101
(R.N.) Richard Nathaniel de Silva b.1.6.1855 d.1.4.1905
m BCC 4.9.1879 Maria Elizabeth Wright b.4.7.1856 dau Richard Raymond
Wright & Elizabeth Rudolphina Kelaart :-
1. Maria Elizabeth b.19.3.1880 SLK
2. Anna Evelyn b. .4.1881 SLK
d.11.8.1960 m ASB 28.11.1903 Sidney Cornelius Jansz s Stephen Ebert
Jansz & Josephine Elizabeth Dassanayake
3. Rosa b.1882 SLK
4. Angela Matilda b.13.2.1886 SLK
5. (J.H.) John Hindle b.1889 bap SLK
1896 who follows under X
6. Emelia Stella b.1892 bap SLK 1896
7. Grace Marguerite b.1893 bap SLK 1897
m ASB 28.2.1921 Basil John Ferdinand w N. Cecilia Van Geyzel s Gerard
Huybert Ferdinand & Henrietta Vander Meyden ?C-101
8. Beatrice Catherine b.1894 SLK
I. ?Zil l I
VII. ?Zil l I
(C.P.) Charles Philip (Peter) de Silva, wine merchant
b.10.2.1846 m BC 23.11.1871 Georgiana Mortier :-
1. Alice Margaret b.14.9.1872 bap SPP
1885 d.15.3.1913 m SPP 23.11.1898 Gregory Frederick Buultjens b.13.4.1871
d.10.12.1957 s Frederick Adolphus Buultjens & Sophia Betsy de Zilva
2. (C.P.) Charles Peter b.14.10.1873 bap
SPP 1885
3. Esther Lydia b.1.10.1877 bap SPP 1885
4. Stella Edith b.25.7.1879 bap SPP 1885
d.1973 m DRW 25.3.1911 Samuel Peter Foenander b.23.10.1880 d.5.4.1929
s John Armour Foenander & Alice Sophia Foenander
5. Ellen Winifred b.15.7.1881 bap SPP
1885
VIII.
(F.H.) Frederick Horace de Silva, clerk b.16.4.1850
m DRW 24.11.1875 Ellen Henrietta Filder b.11.3.1857 dau John William
Filder (Fildtker, Feilder) & Wilhelmina Gerhardina ......... :-
1. (V.D.) Vincent Donald, fitter
b.21.1.1876 bap SPP 1887 m SPP 12.9.1904 Anne Mary Davidson b.1878 dau James
Davidson, draughtsman d. (Cecilia Thorpe & )
2. (R.G.) Richard Granville b.18.12.1892
bap SPP 1894 (Minnie Newman & Charles Weerappah) who follows
under XI
Pr
IX.
(J.W.) John Walter de Silva, head guard CGR b.15.6.1881
d.12.1.1930 m DRW 15.9.1915 Freda Gertrude Ebert b.27.1.1888
d.Australia 1974 dau Henry Justin Ebert & Frances Matilda Brohier :-
1. (M.R.) Mervyn Rex b.29.11.1918 who
follows under XII
2. dau d.England
3. dau (Perth, Australia)
X.
(J.H.) John Hindle de Silva b.1889 m ASB 7.10.1921
Vita Mary Batta dau Albert Batta & Emily Barbet :-
1. Dorothea Maria b.6.1.1917 ASB
m ASB 30.7.1932 Peter Paul Rodriguesz s Herbert John Rodriguesz &
.........
2. Beatrice Erin b.25.8.1923 ASB m
Tennekumbure 4.7.1966 R.I. Perera
XI.
(R.G.) Richard Granville de Silva b.18.12.1892
m SSHC 18.10.1922 Margaret Maud Cramer b.8.6.1902 d.25.3.1978 dau
Marshall Edward Cramer & Anne Caroline de Silva :-
1. Beatrice Jane
m SSHC 27.12.1944 Luke Philip Schokman s Alexander Richard Schokman
& Lydia Maria Ludowyk
2. Doreen m ......... Schokman
RC
XII.
(M.R.) Mervyn Rex de Silva (Aust), pilot, Air Ceylon
b.29.11.1918 d.Australia 18.8.2005 m 1947 Dorothy ^Armer^ :-
1. John
2. Jennifer
B.
I.
Jacovis de Silva b.about 1824 m ........... :-
1. Anastasion (Aaron) who follows under
II
RC
II.
Anastasion (Aaron) de Silva m SLK 8.2.1864 Philippina
Arnolda dau Lodewyk Arnolda & .......... :-
1. (S.A.) Samuel Andrew who follows
under III
III.
(S.A.) Samuel Andrew de Silva m SPNP 3.7.1893 Mary
Maud Bocks b.23.5.1873 dau James Bocks & Georgiana Peiris :-
1. (S.F.) Salinus Franciscus b. .1.1898
ASB who follows under IV
IV.
(S.F.) Salinus Franciscus de Silva b. .1.1898
m SLK 13.1.1930 Girlie Anne Stielman dau Andrew Richard Stielman
& Esther Fernando :-
1. (S.B.M.M.) St.Bede Mercy Michael
b.11.5.1935
2. (B.A.F.) Basil Alexander Franciscus
b.14.6.1937
3. Felicia Angeline
m SLK 28.12.1960 Dominic Morris Perera b.13.8.1934 d.7.4.1973 s
Dominic Thomas Perera & Bridget Kronemberg
C.
I.
David de Silva b.about 1832 m Ellena ......... :-
1. Paulus b.1852 who follows under II
RC
II.
Paulus de Silva, clerk, storekeeper b.1852
m SACK 17.2.1879 Matilda Lucretia de Zilva b.1861 dau Edwin de Zilva
& Henrietta ......... :-
1. Dorothy Beatrice d.1.2.1957
m SLK 22.5.1912 Cyril Martin Jansz b.22.12.1880 s John Jansz &
Louisa Holmes
2. Albert
3. (A.H.) A. Harold who follows under
III
4. (E.B.) Erasmus Benedict b.1890
m SACK 12.6.1929 Florentina Mary Perera b.5.4.1898 dau John David
Perera & Mary Constance Noel
5. (P.A.C.) Paul Augustus Crispeyn who
follows under IV
III.
(A.H.) A. Harold de Silva m SLK 6.9.1923 Bridget
Cecilia de Zilva b.1.2.1900 dau Peter Stephen de Zilva & Julia Charlotte
Kaule :-
1. Mary Matilda Lucretia b.1.1.1926 SLK
IV.
(P.A.C.) Paul Augustus Crispeyn de Silva d.27.7.1967
m SLK 8.9.1926 Barbara Vita Mary Alexandrina Perera d.16.12.1984 dau
Daniel Lambertus Perera & Johanna Theresa Livera :-
1. (P.A.A.C.) Paul Augustus Anthony
Carlyle b.25.5.1927 SLK d. m Borella 2.6.1953 Anastasia Constance Gabriel
b.26.2.1929 dau Clement Nemerius Gabriel & Lilian Mary de Silva
2. Yvonne St.Clair Anna b.30.7.1928 m
Kotahena 25.6.1963 Anien Marshall William Melder b.20.1.1927 s Melville
Ignatius Melder & Orissa Muriel Hilda Ferreira
3. Noeline Innocent Lucy b.6.12.1929
m SLK 28.12.1957 Elwin Vernon La Faber b.5.1.1932 d.2.11.1996 s
Allanson Vernon La Faber & Pearl Muriel La Faber
4. Rita Mary Bertha b.1931
m ASB 26.1.1959 Neville Spencer Van Twest b.10.6.1933 s Christian
Gelden Van Twest & Christobel Florence La Faber
5. (D.C.M.) Derebincourt Christopher
Meredith b. .2.1933 m Bambalapitiya 16.9.1959 Gwendoline Sylvia La Faber
b.31.1.1935 dau Dedrick Denzil Donald La Faber & Caroline Maud Juriansz
6. Philomena Lourdes Regina b.8.4.1936
m ASB 7.6.1966 Winston Jude Henry Rodrigo s Cecil Rodrigo &
.........
7. (J.K.G.) Joseph Kingsley Gordon
b.29.4.1938 who follows under V
V.
(J.K.G.) Joseph Kingsley Gordon de Silva of Kotte b.29.4.1938
d.6.1.2004 m SLK 4.2.1961 Pearl Barbara La Faber dau Dodwell Rosmund
La Faber & Mary Georgiana de Valliere :-
1. Cordelia
2. Ronnie d. m Padmini .........
3. Jude (USA) m Samanthi .........
4. Honorine m Rohith Pinto
5. Anne ]
6. Marie ] m Cholmondeley Gomes
7. Averille-Mavia m Sanjay ^Pinidiya^
Joseph - gf Raveen, Shalini, Ronnie, Rehan, Suranga, Sanduni,
Hachel, Ayesha, Cassandra, Natasha & Charith
Kingsley Joseph Gordon de Silva m Pearl Barbara La Faber ?dau
Allanson Vernon La Faber & Pearl Muriel La Faber
D.
I.
?A-768
(I.L.M.D.A.) Idalgoda Liyanaarachchi Mahatmalage Don Andris de
Silva (Goigama) m ......... :-
1. (I.L.M.D.F.) ILMD-Francisco
m SACK 30.11.1844 Welmina Dekker dau Lodewyke Dekker & Justina
.........?D I
RC
II. ?29
Francis de Silva, clerk (S) b.about 1840 m Francesca Wilhelmina
......... :-
1. (F.W.) Francis William b.1862 who
follows under II
2. (J.C.) John Charles who follows under
III
3. (H.C.) Henry Clement b.1864 who
follows under IV
4. Matilda b. .10.1865 SACK
5. (S.W.) Stephen Wilhelm b.1869 who
follows under V
6. (A.H.) Andrew Hilarion b.26.9.1876
SACK who follows under VI
III.
(F.W.) Francis William de Silva, planter b.1862
m SACK 30.5.1888 Agnes Clara Milseck b. .9.1872 dau William Peter
Milseck & Matilda Wilhelmina Mercia ......... :-
1. Leo b.26.10.1889
2. (A.P.) Aloysius Paul b.22.6.1892
3. Symphrose Violet b. .2.1895
4. (W.P.) Wilfred Percy b. .12.1898 who
follows under VII
5. Leonora Eledin b. .10.1902
6. Mary Magdalene b.26.5.1906
7. Beatrice Ruby b.1910
m SACK 15.6.1934 Cathiravelupillai ......... b.1904
IV. D'S B I
(J.C.) John Charles de Silva (later D'Silva) m Mercy Virginia
Anne Reckerman b.1861 dau John Henry Reckerman & Zeferina Conceican :-
1. (H.A.C.) Henry Andrew Clement who
follows under D'Silva B II
2. Alice Maud b.21.4.1880 SACK (deS) (S
Goi) d.11.10.1974 m SSHC 7.6.1905 John Evan Young s Henry Young &
Catherine Franciscus
3. Agatha J. Loreta b.6.4.1883 SLK (deS)
4. (C.W.) Charles Walter b. .1.1886 SJGr
(deS) who follows under VIII
5. Catherine b.20.9.1887 SJGr (deS)
6. (J.E.P.) Joshua Elvar Prins b.
.4.1889 SLK (deS) who follows under IX
7. Beatrice (Beta) d.7.3.1975 (D'S)
8. Mabel
9. (J.L.) James Lionel b.20.1.1898 who
follows under X
V. ? 118 ?88
(H.C.) Henry Clement de Silva, clerk b.1864 m
a. SACK 23.10.1889 Mary Matilda
Georgesz b. .4.1871 dau Henry Georgesz & Merciana Dekker
b. SACK 25.11.1915 Agnes Clara
Milseck b. .9.1872 w Francis William de Silva dau William Peter Milseck &
Matilda Wilhelmina Mercia .........
Of the first marriage
he had :-
2. (B.M.) Basil McCarthy b.16.8.1890
3. Judith Leonora b.6.11.1891
m SLK 18.4.1927 Joshua Elvar Prins de Silva b. .4.1889 s John Charles
de Silva & Mercy Virginia Anne Reckerman
VI.
(S.W.) Stephen Wilhelm de Silva, clerk b.1869
m SACK 9.2.1898 Millicent Evangeline May Cooke b.31.3.1875 dau John
George Cooke & Amelia Dorothea Van Sanden :-
1. Frances Evelyn Mary b.7.2.1900
m SACK 3.6.1922 Emil John Livera b.1898 d.17.2.1968 w Marcella Anne
Walles s Richmond Benedict Livera & Charlotte Cecilia Oorloff
2. (C.A.) Clement Aloysius b.25.5.1901
who follows under XI
3. Dora Annunciata b.20.4.1903
m SACK 24.11.1923 Alphonsus Lawrence Fernandez b.1.10.1898 d.6.9.1978
s Raphael Fernandez & Chrysanthus .........
4. Maud Elaine b.20.8.1904 d.10.12.1987
m SACK 23.6.1928 George Radcliffe Muthumani, medical practitioner
b.1901 d.18.8.1980 s Visvason Muthumani, medical practitioner & Joanna
(Jane) Wise
5. Hazel Constance b.22.8.1906 d.UK
3.5.1983 m SACK 11.2.1928 Evan St.Clair Anthony Rode, BA (Hons)
b.17.4.1900 d.8.4.1981 s Lloyd Roland Rode & Josephine Elizabeth Holsinger
6. Trilby Anne b.21.7.1909
7. Merle Anastasia b.24.3.1911
d.21.11.2008 m Nuwara Eliya 23.4.1942 Kenneth Jayatilleke Ratwatte d.12.11.1985
s Cudah Ratwatte, Kt. & .........
8. (P.P.) Placide Prabhu, OSB,
rev.father, OSB
9. (S.W.) Stephen Wilfred b.24.9.1913
who follows under XII
VII.
(A.H.) Andrew Hilarion de Silva, clerk b.26.9.1876
m SACK 22.10.1906 Dorothea Edna Cooke b.1882 dau John George Cooke
& Amelia Dorothea Van Sanden :-
1. Margaret Constance b.27.8.1907
2. (T.G.) Thomas Godfrey b.7.3.1909
3. (G.H.) Gerard Hilary b.18.6.1911
m SMNaw 21.7.1952 Nita Dorothy Therese ......... b.1929 dau Adikaram
Koralage Don ^Paul^, clerk & .........
4. Sybil Mary b.21.5.1913 d.28.6.1983
m SACK 3.10.1942 Roy Vernon Watson b.26.1.1911 d.19.5.1992 s Thomas
John Watson & Annie Vane Hayes
5. Rita Ursula b.22.10.1915 d.24.10.1999
m SACK 28.12.1935 Alfred McCarthy Kannangara b.1904 d.10.11.1977 s
Don Mattheus Kannangara & Dona Johanna .........
6. Terentia Edna Joyce b.10.4.1922
m SACK 15.10.1946 Quintus Joseph Atapattu b.1910 s Charles R.
Atapattu & Robertina G. ....... (R. Theodore Nathaniel)
7. (E.W.) Eric William b.7.4.1924 who
follows under XIII
VIII.
(W.P.) Wilfred Percy de Silva b. .12.1898
m SACK 1.6.1921 Mary Teresa de Saram b.28.6.1902 dau Jonathan Henry
de Saram & Anita Vander Poorten :-
1. Evelyn Martha b.21.3.1921
IX. ?112
(C.W.) Charles Walter de Silva b. .1.1886 m Mary Eleanor
Solomonsz b.29.3.1881 dau Philip Francis Solomonsz & Eleanor Anne White :-
1. Theresa b.10.1.1903 SLK
X.
(J.E.P.) Joshua Elvar Prins de Silva b. .4.1889
m SLK 18.4.1927 Judith Leonora de Silva b.6.11.1891 dau Henry Clement
de Silva & Mary Matilda Georgesz :-
1. (D.H.) Douglas Hermon b.25.1.1930
XI
(J.L.) James Lionel de Silva (?later D'Silva) b.20.1.1898
m SLK 25.5.1921 Irene Monica Leonard dau William Edmund Leonard &
Euphemia Sophia Pietersz :-
1. Rachel Mercia b.29.4.1922 SLK
m SLK 26.4.1943 Francis Michael Paul d.20.11.1964 s E. Arthur
Alphonso Paul & Ethel Gertrude de Silva
XII.
(C.A.) Clement Aloysius de Silva, director, rubber research
institute b.25.5.1901 d.30.10.1974 m SACK 28.12.1932 Mary Cameron
d.30.6.2004 dau David Stewart Cameron & Antoniamma ......... :-
1. Marie Joan b.1935 m SMAC 10.1.1959
Ralph Augustine Lawson Fernando b.1937 s Shelton Clarence Fernando & Edna
Karunatilleke
2. Stuart
3. Elaine m Carl Obeysekere b.23.2.1931
s Don Frederick J. Obeysekere & Nancy Kumarage
XIII.
(S.W.) Stephen Wilfred de Silva b.24.9.1913 m Nita Frances
Muthumani dau Visvason Muthumani, medical practitioner & Joanna (Jane) Wise
:-
1.
2.
XIV.
(E.W.) Eric William de Silva, landed proprietor b.7.4.1924
m SACK 21.1.1956 Dandagoda Arachchige Nellie Mercy Perera b.1925 dau
DA-Richard Perera & Harriet ......... :-
1. (E.H.F.) Emanuel Hilary Francis
b.9.10.1960
E.
I. ?related to 88 ?f1
(W.D.) W. Daniel de Silva (Sinh) b.about 1846 m Sophia Perera :-
1. (C.B.) Charles Benjamin who follows
under II
2. (J.D.) Joseph Daniel who follows
under III
RC
II.
(C.B.) Charles Benjamin de Silva m SPNP 24.5.1886
Emily Lidwina Kaule dau John William Kaule & Jane Tisler :-
1. (A.E.) Albert Edmund b.18.9.1886 ASB
2. (F.P.) Felix Pius b.19.9.1887 who
follows under IV
3. Sophia Lilian b.1.3.1894 SLK
4. (C.W.) Charles William b.17.12.1895
SLK
5. Adeline Sophia b.27.9.1898 SLK
6. Mary Josephine b.4.11.1900 SLK
7. (A.V.) Archibald Valentine
b.23.7.1903 SLK
8. (J.O.) Joseph Oswald
m SLK 13.8.1929 Waduwarage Dona Elizabeth Perera dau WD-Charles
Perera & P. Catherine .........
III.
(J.D.) Joseph Daniel de Silva m
a. Cecilia Margarita de Zilva
b. SLK 27.1.1908 Mary Anne
Elizabeth Misso b.19.11.1870 dau Gerrit Joseph Maria Bravi Misso & Caroline
Juliet Le Dulx
Of the first marriage
he had :-
2. (A.J.) Alfred Joseph b.17.3.18.. who
follows under V
3. (A.D.) Andrew Daniel b.13.5.1883 SLK
who follows under VI
4. (A.M.) Aloysius Martin b.18.3.1886
SLK who follows under VII
5. (S.J.) Stanislaus James (Tiny)
b.1.5.1888 who follows under VIII
6. Genovefia Belle b.4.9.1890 SLK
m SMB 11.2.1914 Felix Dias Karunaratne s Francis D-Karunaratne &
Christina de Alwis
7. Gertrude Daisy Linda b.28.7.1893 SLK
m SMB 26.9.1923 Felix Pius de Silva b.19.9.1887 s Charles Benjamin de
Silva & Emily Lidwina Kaule
8. Beatrix Sophia b.11.9.1895 SLK
9. Mary Lydia b.12.4.1901 ASB
Of the second
marriage he had :-
10. (C.L.) Cyril Lester b.18.12.1908 who follows under IX
IV. ?B-261
(F.P.) Felix Pius de Silva b.19.9.1887 m SMB 26.9.1923
Gertrude Daisy Linda de Silva b.28.7.1893 dau Joseph Daniel de Silva &
Cecilia Margarita de Zilva :-
1. Felicia Bernadette b.12.7.1924
d.9.4.1999 m SMB 4.1.1947 Arthur Kenneth Van Cuylenberg s Victor
Albert Van Cuylenberg & Lorna Seneviratne
2. Millicent m Quintus ......... d.
3. (C.J.) Charles Joseph (Eugene)
d.26.2.2003 ?B-261
V. ?D'S 14
(A.J.) Alfred Joseph de Silva b.17.3.18.. d.13.10.1941
m SLK 10.2.1909 Sybil Leonora Claasz b.1.10.1883 d.19.12.1940 dau
Samuel Oswin Bernard Claasz & Emily Margaret Fernando :-
1. Brenda Emelia Mary b.8.12.1909 SLK
d.9.4.1990 m 8.6.19.. Arthur William Melville Harridge b.12.8.1908 d.23.11.1985
s Edgar Clarence Harridge & Mary Ann Gertrude Ludowyk
2. Zena Cecilia Marjorie b.28.2.1911
SLK ?d.19.10.1986 m SMB 4.9.1943 Edward Felix de Silva
b.8.11.1910 ?d.19.10.1986 s John William de Silva & .........
3. (S.J.) Shelton Joseph (Shelley)
b.30.7.19.. d.27.7.1984 m SMB 6.8.1942 Iris Erin Adelaide Misso
b.20.11.1909 d.2.11.1996 dau Lawrence Gerard Misso & Adelaide Ellen
Daniels ?D'S 14
4. Iris Delia Frances b.20.8.19..
d.Australia 15.6.1990 m 26.10.1946 Terrence Neville Aloysius Kerner b.7.11.1918
s Raymond Joseph Andrew Kerner & Evelyn Constance Anne Bottoni
5. Rita Christobel b.20.6.1914
d.29.5.1998 m SMD 4.3.1943 Bob Nathaniel Overlunde b.4.8.1911
d.24.9.1967 s Lionel Balangero Overlunde & Alda Ivy Nugara
VI.
(A.D.) Andrew Daniel de Silva b.13.5.1883
m SLK 10.6.1914 Frances Beatrice de Zilva b.26.10.1891 dau Peter
Stephen de Zilva & Julia Charlotte Kaule :-
1. Esme Frances Erin b.14.3.1915 SLK
m HCG 9.6.1954 Bernard Gilbert de Zilva s Dunstan de Zilva &
Aileen Tissera
2. (A.J.E.) Andrew Joseph Eustace
b.30.11.1916 SLK
3. Verna Beatrice Gertrude b.7.12.1918
SLK
4. (E.D.) Eusebias Daniel b.16.12.1920
SLK
5. Antoinette Mary Angela b.7.3.1922 SLK
6. Clara Patricia b.26.3.1934 SMMat
VII.
(A.M.) Aloysius Martin de Silva b.18.3.1886
m SLK 30.10.1918 Hilda Mary de Zilva b.6.12.1895 dau Peter Stephen de
Zilva & Julia Charlotte Kaule :-
1. (J.D.) Joseph Dagobert b.30.12.1923
SLK
VIII.
(S.J.) Stanislaus James (Tiny) de Silva b.1.5.1888 d.
m SMB 9.5.1917 Victorine Letitia Holsinger b.23.1.1893 d.28.5.1969
dau Matthew Bernard Holsinger & Victoria Letitia Emelia Van Sanden :-
1. Norma d. m ......... Karunaratne
2. (S.E.A.) Stanley Eric A. b.13.7.1920
who follows under X
3. (A.C.) Anthony Clifford
m ASB 3.5.1975 Irene Blossom de Hoedt b.14.3.1940 dau Vivian Sherline
(Shelley) de Hoedt & Hyacinth Myrtle Henricus
4. Therese Mary Linda b.14.5.1927
d.6.12.1989 m SPNP 17.7.1950 George Charles Atton b.26.10.1923
d.16.2.1988 s Francis Charles Atton & Florence Matilda Jena Rosairo
IX.
(C.L.) Cyril Lester de Silva b.18.12.1908 d.1966
m SMD 17.5.1937 Charlotte Amelia Keegel b.30.1.1915 d.9.5.2009 dau
Alfred Julian Keegel & Charlotte Amelia Jansz :-
1. Lucille Marlene m
a. St.Augustine's Church, Vancouver,
Canada 19.10.1968 Anthony Aubrey Errol Blake s Anthony Kingsley Blake &
Esme Lidwina Frances Ebert
b. Colin ^Sandhurst^
2. Ellsworth
X.
(S.E.A.) Stanley Eric A. de Silva of Kelaniya b.13.7.1920
d.15.2.1997 m SPNP 4.9.1948 Olean Pansy Clementina Atton b.2.2.1929
d.2.12.2009 dau Francis Charles Atton & Florence Matilda Jena Rosairo :-
1. (E.C.S.) Eugene Charles Stanislaus
b.2.6.1949 SMNaw who follows under XI
2. (O.E.C.) Oswin Eric Cecil
b.22.11.1954 who follows under XII
3. (E.T.A.) Eardley Tyrone Anthony
b.5.5.1953 who follows under XIII
4. (G.D.) Glen Derrick b.14.1.1960 who
follows under XIV
XI.
(E.C.S.) Eugene Charles Stanislaus de Silva b.2.6.1949
m ASB 30.12.1983 Virajini Marie Willatgamuwa dau D.J.M.S Willatgamuwa
& Grace ^Alwis^ :-
1. (E.V.S.) Ellswin Viraj Stanislaus
2. (V.E.M.) Virahan Elrich Malintha
XII.
(O.E.C.) Oswin Eric Cecil de Silva (Aust) b.22.11.1954
m ASB 2.9.1978 Karin Anne Outschoorn b.22.7.1958 dau William Eustace
Outschoorn & Rachel Maria Fernando :-
1. Kendra Ann Bernadette b.13.8.1984
2. Odile Erica b.Australia 14.10.1987
XIII.
(E.T.A.) Eardley Tyrone Anthony de Silva b.5.5.1953
m ASB 11.6.1983 Marina Estelle Trek dau John Annesley Trek & Daphne
Enid Robertson :-
1. (E.A.T.) Evans Anthony Travis
b.21.5.1984
2. (M.E.) Molino Emmanuel b.23.12.1988
XIV.
(G.D.) Glen Derrick de Silva b.14.1.1960
m ASB 25.6.1988 Sunethra Ranasinghe dau Herbert Ranasinghe &
Nanda .......... :-
1. Dilhara Anne Dede b.25.7.1989
F.
I.
(A.A.) Andrew Alexander de Silva, blacksmith b.1847 m SPP
8.7.1869 Engeltina Emelia Nelson b.1851 :-
1. (E.A.) Edward Alexander who follows
under II
2. Agnes Cressida
m SSHC 26.11.1896 Charles Wilfred Asker s Charles Henry Asker &
Emily Pollocks
3. (S.F.) Simon Francis who follows
under III
4. Clara Lucy m ASB 17.7.1902
Joseph Christopher Perera s James Andrew Perera & Susan Ford
Pr
II.
(E.A.) Edward Alexander de Silva m SPNP 12.1.1893 Edith
Catherine Pfeiffer dau John Andrew Pfeiffer & Petronella Paulina Perera :-
1. (W.E.) Walter Edward b.8.9.1893 who
follows under IV
2. Evanielle Gertrude b.31.1.1895
m ASB 23.10.1913 Simon Hansze s Henry Hansze & Elizabeth
.........
3. Clara Chrysilla b.16.6.1896
4. (E.C.) Ernest Christopher b.26.9.1897
5. Evonia Beatrice b.10.11.1899 ASB
m SAM 14.5.1929 Wilfred de Silva s Henry de Silva & Matilda
.........
6. (E.G.) Eric Granville b.18.12.1901
ASB
7. Violet Ruth b.13.9.1903 ASB
8. (D.F.) Dunstan Fabian b.16.5.1910 ASB
9. (A.D.) Andrew Denzil b.1.11.1911 ASB
III.
(S.F.) Simon Francis de Silva m ASB 30.1.1907 Nellie
Margaret Ferdinand b.25.2.1885 dau Gerard Huybert Ferdinand & Henrietta
Vander Meyden :-
1. (G.J.) Granville James b.27.3.1920
2. (H.G.) Harold George b.18.11.1922
IV. ? 205 ? 238
(W.E.) Walter Edward de Silva b.8.9.1893
m SLK 4.2.1926 Frederica Violet Martil b.30.12.1903 dau William
Martil & Matilda Cecilia Steinwall :-
1. (V.E.) Victor Edward b.18.12.1926
SJMut
2. Clarice Irene b.15.3.1928 SJMut
G.
I.
Nicholas de Silva, compositor b.about 1851 d. m Kate .........
:-
1. Stephanus who follows under II
2. James who follows under III
3. Albert who follows under IV
4. William who follows under V
5. Emily b.1883 m SPP 26.2.1906 Wilfred
Fambeek b.1874 s Peter Dedrick (Edward) Fambeek & Elizabeth Holdenbottel
RC
?Nicholas de Silva m Margaret Catherine Fernando :-
6. Clara Amelia Theresa m SPNP 14.1.1886
Joseph Archibald Glenlyn Campbell b.W.Australia 22.5.1855 d.Colombo 7.5.1909 s
John Campbell of Scotland & Mary ^Bryce^
??Nicholas de Silva b.about 1827 m ......... :-
7. Johanna b.1847
m SACK 3.5.1869 Richard de Kauwe b.1846 s (Johannes) John de Kauwe m
Charlotte Bernardus
II.
Stephanus de Silva, clerk m SPNP 23.5.1891 Cecilie
Grace Kelaart dau John Vincent Kelaart & Catherine Sophia Pieris :-
1. William b.25.6.1891 who follows under
VI
2. Florence b.24.7.1892 m SLK 31.10.1916
William Hubert Van Dort b.10.3.1891 s Richard E. Van Dort & Elizabeth
Matilda Adams
3. Aloysius b.2.6.1894 who follows under
VII
4. Anna b. .2.1896
5. Cyril b.23.9.1898
6. Gilbert b. .5.1901 who follows under
VIII
7. (E.S.) Edmund Stanley b.6.10.1905
SJGr
III.
James de Silva (Sinh), tailor m SPNP 24.11.1898
Angelina Fambeek dau Peter Dedrick (Edward) Fambeek & Elizabeth
Holdenbottel :-
1. Adeline m SSHC 29.12.1927
Ignatius Herbert Ferdinand d.28.9.1961 s Alfred William Ferdinand & Jane
Eliza Nugara
2. (S.W.) Stanley William who follows
under IX
3. Lucien who follows under X
IV.
Albert de Silva, postmaster m SLK 11.2.1907 Margaret
Agnes Felthman b.11.5.1888 d.23.3.1966 dau Charles William Felthman & Mary
Dabrera :-
1. (N.C.) Noel Colman (Collin)
b.29.10.1907 SLK who follows under XI
2. Una Symphora b.25.6.1909 SLK
d.9.1.1998 m Felix Anthony d.
3. Gertrude Anna b.9.9.1910 SLK
4. Greta Venetia b.18.5.1914 SLK
5. Olga Mary b.15.9.1916 SLK d.Australia
26.5.1993 m SLK 16.6.1938 Gregory Simon (Geggie) Fernando b.15.3.1912
d.Australia 19.9.1982 s William Fernando & Gertrude Elizabeth Pietersz
6. (D.S.) Donovan Simeon b.1.1.1920 SLK
who follows under XII
7. Frances Gwendoline b.6.3.1922 SLK
d.29.10.1987 m Ashley Milton Candappa b.1.6.1917 d.17.5.1986 s Jerome Alfred
Candappa & Alice Margaret Simon
8. (K.W.) Kingston William (Kingsley)
b.25.6.1926 SLK who follows under XIII
9. Bridget Norma b.3.2.1928
V.
William de Silva m SPNP 4.10.1910 Sophia de Zilva dau
William Robert de Zilva & Cecilie ......... :-
1. Aloysius b.26.10.1904
2. (O.S.A.) Oswald Sebastian Alexander
b.22.2.1906
3. Agnes Mary b.16.2.1911
VI.
William de Silva b.25.6.1891 m ASB 8.2.1915 Mabel Anne
Pereira dau Patrick Charles Pereira & Anna Visser :-
1. Bertha Esther Louisa b.28.9.1916 ASB
2. (J.A.) Joseph Aloysius b.17.10.1917
ASB
3. Anacleta b.9.6.1919 ASB
4. Millicent b.15.4.1923 ASB
VII.
Aloysius de Silva b.2.6.1894 m
a. ASB 14.10.1918 Julia Margaret
Wittebron w Edward Nelson dau Matthew Petrus Wittebron & Appollonia
Sebastiana Fernando
b. SSHC 18.8.1927 Anna Rosairo dau
John Rosairo & Margaret Reyhardt
Of the second
marriage he had :-
2. Stanley b.2.1.1928 m Kotahena
19.2.1955 Ruth Merlyn Bittaar b.8.3.1937 dau Alexander Bittaar & Dottie
Williams
3. Rita d.28.8.2004
m SSHC 30.4.1955 Cuthbert Tennyson (Sweetie) de Hoedt b.16.9.1931
d.16.11.1985 s Ernest Michael (Kruger) de Hoedt & Anne Florence Charlotte
(Girlie) Dirckze
4. Ruth m SSHC 27.8.1953
Justin Bernard Martin s Clarence William Martin & Theresa Kronemberg
VIII.
Gilbert de Silva, fireman CGR b. .5.1901 m
a. SLK 15.2.1926 Camilla Victorine
Josephine Van Dort b.14.10.1897 dau Richard E. Van Dort & Elizabeth Matilda
Adams
b. SACK 25.11.1945 Sybil Myra
Darius b.26.10.1919 dau Clement Oscar Darius & Alice de Silva
Of the first marriage
he had :-
2. Matilda Queenie b.8.7.1926 SLK
m SACK 2.7.1945 Augustine Thomas Kinson b.5.2.1918 s Patrick Victor
Kinson & Agida Jones
3. (A.E.) Anthony Elmo b.26.7.1930
m SJGr 30.5.1953 Mary Winifred .........
4. (M.A.) Mervyn Aloysius b.30.10.1932
m SJGr 27.12.1958 Mercy (Mary) Luchow b.17.10.1933 dau George
Boniface Luchow & Margaret Mary Senn
5. Myrtle Felicia b.22.9.1943
Of the second
marriage he had :-
6. Anne b.1.9.1945
IX.
(S.W.) Stanley William de Silva d. m SPNP 26.9.1940
Iris Constance Sepion d.6.12.1993 dau Frederick Alexander Sepion & Eliza
Lilian Rode :-
1. Deirdra m SMD 18.9.1965
Clement Bamish Fambeek d.8.8.1998 s Edward William Fambeek & Mildred
Almeida
2. Carmen m SMD 23.8.1966
Maxwell Theile s Peter Percy Theile & Rosamund Hekel
X.
Lucien de Silva of Seeduwa d.before 2008
m SSHC 24.9.1942 Mary Madeleine Davidson d.20.2.2008 dau Richard
Garret Davidson & Georgiana Barbara de Silva :-
1. (M.G.) Monroe Giles
m ASB 27.5.1972 Christine Heather Nicholas dau Bernard William
(Vernon) Nicholas & Doreen Maud Sylvia Kerner
2. Phyllis (Canada)
3. Tyrone m Dilrukshi ..........
4. Brian m Antoinette ..........
5. Barbara m Malcolm Holdenbottel s
Bobby Anthony Holdenbottel & Gertrude Fambeek
6. Bertha m .......... ^Perera^
Madelei - gm Ramon & Sonali, Annalyn & Lynsey (Canada),
Anita, Marlon, Navin & Anice
- ggm Kymaa, Kieran
& Kayden
XI.
(N.C.) Noel Colman (Collin) de Silva b.29.10.1907 d.21.9.1994
m SLK 26.5.1937 Regina Mary Young b.7.9.1906 d.24.5.1963 dau John
Evan Young & Alice Maud de Silva :-
1. Jean
2. Carmen
XII.
(D.S.) Donovan Simeon de Silva b.1.1.1920 d.Australia 19.2.1988
m SLK 30.12.1957 Leonie Celine de Saram d. Brisbane, Australia
28.11.1997 dau Cyril Morgan George de Saram & Esme Christobel Thomasz :-
1. Nigel
2. Vanessa m Adrian Crowley
3. Jerome who follows under XIV
4. Michele m Kelly Grady
5. Kenneth who follows under XV
XIII.
(K.W.) Kingston William (Kingsley) de Silva b.25.6.1926
m SLK 30.6.1954 Annabel Marina Dagmar Lappen b.19.10.1935 d.17.3.1997
dau Ignatius Roy Lappen & Theodosia Felsianes :-
1. Bernadine m Kenneth Dabarera (Aust) s
Alfred Dabarera & Eyelyn .........
2. Aloma m Gamini Nugapitiya
3. Oswald (Aust) m Asoka .........
4. Coreen m Brian Baldesing (Canada)
5. Wayne m Beverley Ferreira dau Ernest
Roland Horatio (Joy) Ferreira & Mary Sheila Dagmar .........
6. Lester who follows under XVI
7. Shereen m Anura Perera
XIV.
Jerome de Silva m Natalie de Silva Jayasundera dau Arthur
Everard deS-Jayasundera & Heather Delryn Vandersay :-
1. (A.M.) Alex Michael b.Australia
8.10.1993
XV.
Kenneth de Silva m 23.9.1989 Andrea
Parry (?Harvey) dau ......... Parry & Kathy ......... :-
1. (K.D.) Ky Danyon b.Australia
19.10.1994
XVI.
Lester de Silva (Aust) m Tania Juriansz b.15.7.1967 dau Daniel
Lawrence Juriansz & Stephanie Christine Henricus :-
1. 4 children
H. ?g I ?56 ? 81 ?84
I.
Francis de Silva, blacksmith b.about 1851 m ......... :-
1. Garret b.1871 who follows under II
II.
Garret de Silva, signal foreman, CGR b.1871 d. m
a.
b. SPP 2.7.1903 Adeline Cecilia (Ada)
Martil b.21.11.1882 d.21.6.1970 dau Richard Martil & Elizabeth Allay
Of the second
marriage he had :-
2. (G.C.) George Colin b.1897 who
follows under III
3. (W.F.) William Frank who follows
under IV
4. Gertrude Muriel Therese b.9.8.1905
d.28.6.1992 m J.V. Taylor
III.
(G.C.) George Colin de Silva of Wattala, clerk CMC b.1897
d.3.7.1963 m SPKy 3.11.1930 Esther Alice Norma Porritt b.1900 dau Herbert
Aubrey Norman Porritt & ......... (Oscar Theodore Fernando Senaratne,
engineer, buildings CMC & Samuel Gordon Ludekens, clerk) :-
1. Daphne Muriel Esther b.9.8.1931 SPKy
m Hugh Francis William Keir b.1924 s Henry Keir & Mary Florence Visser
2. Audrey Cynthia b.27.4.1933 SPKy m
Gamini de Silva
3. Bianca Ruth b.1.12.1934 SPKy m
Stephen Cole s Alfred Aloysius Cole & Dorothy de Silva
4. Norman m St.Thomas'Church,
Kingsgrove, NSW, Australia 10.8.1963 Wendy Ann Koch b.3.9.1942 dau Cedric
Manoel Koch & Argina Ethel Amy Love Thiedeman
5. May m SPM 11.9.1965 Eardley
Dickson s Irwin Vernal Dickson & Phyllis Christobel Joseph
6. Cheryl Jeanne b.20.7.1947
m SMB 31.10.1967 Thomas Leonard Hugh Clement Kelaart b.3.8.1940 s
Leonard Thomas Henry (Bobby) Kelaart & Alexandrina Mary Bartlett
7. George
IV
(W.F.) William Frank de Silva, divisional suptdt of post offices
m SJohnNug ......... Clara Ruth (Callo) Dunsford d.31.12.1977 dau Albert James
Dunsford & Eliza Margaret Oorloff :-
1. Barbara m SJNug 27.4.1957
Godfried Eric Lawson Koch b.19.8.1932 s Edwin Lawson Garvin Koch & Nobel
Beryl Nicolle
2. Gary m Barbara Ingram dau Horace
Victor Benedict Ingram & Pearl Rene Solomonsz
3. (D.F.) Dudley Franklyn who follows
under V
4. Jenny d. m
a. Gordon de Silva s Leo Anthony de
Silva & Catherine Clara Van Hoff
b. ?Bryan .........
5. Yvonne m
a. Deva Tambyah
b. Nanda .........
6. Anthony ] m Viola .........
7. Frank ]
V.
(D.F.) Dudley Franklyn de Silva (Aust) d.Melbourne, Australia
31.8.2010 m Sunil Myrna (Sue) Gamalatge d.Australia 11.4.2007 dau D.C.
Gamalatge & Grace Lekamge :-
1. Deirdre m Stan ..........
2. (R.F.) Randolph Franklyn who follows
under VI
3. Jeremy m Karen ..........
Sue - gm (Jamie,) Chantelle, Sean, Fraser & Joel, Cherydon -
& Skyla (between 2007 & 2010)
VI
(R.F.) Randolph Franklyn de Silva m St.Stephen's Church,
Mt.Waverley, Victoria, Australia 5.4.1992 Sheani Anne Lieversz b.28.5.1969 dau
Darrel Walter Lloyd Lieversz & Shanti Dias :-
1. (J.F.) James Franklin b.Australia
23.10.1998
I.
I.
John de Silva b.about 1852 m Maria Symons :-
1. Alexander who follows under II
2. Elizabeth m SLK 13.6.1889
John Frederick Isaac s Francis Isaac & Maria Wilhelmina Willig
RC
II.?B-388
I.
Alexander de Silva m
a. SLK 23.5.1892 Sophia Elizabeth
Ziegelaar dau Francis Ziegelaar & Louisa Pieris
b. SLK 18.2.1901 Priscilla
Ziegelaar sister of (a) above
Of the first marriage
he had :-
2. (P.F.) Petrus Fredrickus b.29.4.1893
SLK
3. (L.P.) Leo Paul b.10.4.1895 SLK who
follows under III
4. Elizabeth b. .6.1897 SLK
5. Joseph b. .6.1898
6. Jessie m SLK 17.10.1918
Julian Frederick Gregory s Joannes Gregory & Rose Van Hoff
7. Anastasia m SLK 7.9.1933
Julian Frederick Gregory w Jessie de Silva s Joannes Gregory & Rose Van
Hoff
Of the second
marriage he had :-
8. Hilary m SJBM 28.12.1940
Charlotte Rodrigo dau S.J. Paul Rodrigo & K.M. Victoria
Fernando ?B-388
9. Mary b.12.9.1911 SLK
10. Rebecca b.19.2.1915 SLK
III.
(L.P.) Leo Paul de Silva b.10.4.1895 d.2.6.1974
m SLK 6.5.1925 Freda Van Hoff dau George Van Hoff & Agnes Ludowyk
:-
1. Bertha Mary b.5.6.1926 SLK
d.19.12.2006 m SJGr 29.12.1947 John Joseph Don Paul b.29.9.1923
d.24.3.1994 s Alexander Don Paul & Alice Beatrice Rodrigo
2. (H.A.) Herbert Andrew b.10.11.1927
who follows under IV
3. Brenda Katherine b.10.1.1930
d.8.4.2005 m SJGr 19.7.1950 Vincent Mervyn Hamer d.24.3.1996 s Hector
Hamer & .........
4. (M.P.) Maurice Patrick b.23.12.1931
who follows under V
5. (H.D.) Hyginus Dudley b.11.1.1934 d.
m SAW 25.4.1962 Erma Rachel Anna .........
6. (A.K.) Anthony Kingsley b.1.9.1936
7. (K.D.) Kenneth Dunstan b.29.4.1939
SJGr d.
8. (A.J.) Aloysius Joseph b.21.5.1941
SJGr m Makola 29.12.1965 K.R. Dona Mary Lilian .........
9. Marlene Felicia b.13.11.1943
m SAW 27.12.1975 Leslie Noel Corteling b.24.8.1950 s Claude Ernest
Corteling m Clotilda Ferdinands
IV.
(H.A.) Herbert Andrew de Silva of Kandana b.10.11.1927
d.1.4.1999 m SLK 29.12.1954 Doris Cynthia Vander Laan b.26.10.1934
dau Theophilus Reginald Vander Laan & Constance Adams :-
1. Malcolm m Nishanthie .........
2. Darrel, capt. m Shyama .........
3. Corinne m Joe .........
V.
(M.P.) Maurice Patrick de Silva of Kandana b.23.12.1931
m SJGr 26.12.1955 Zena Ellen Rachel Van Hoff b.18.10.1935 d.24.5.2009
dau Joseph Van Hoff & Marian de Silva :-
1. Sabrina ] m Thiham .........
2. Chasnyn ]
3. Russel m Veronica .........
4. Jessica m Jerome .........
Zena - gm Quraisha, Helshan, Malik, Darren, Allen & Eileen
- ggm Halina &
Duane
J.
I.
(W.A.) William Adolphus (Augustus) de Silva, mercantile clerk
b.about 1852 d. m RO 30.8.1872 Georgiana Charlotte ......... :-
1. (N.H.) Nathaniel Hector, mercantile
clerk (B) b.1878 m
a. SPP 11.2.1911 Alice Ursula Rebera
b.1881 dau Louis Lawrence Rebera & ......... (Emanuel Lionel Walwin
Sepion, court clerk & )
b. SPP 24.1.1918 Estelle Caroline
Johnson b.1894 w ......... Morris dau James Johnson & ......... (Luke
Bernard Jansz, clerk & Daniel Albert Johnson, engine driver)
2. (W.A.) William Augustus b.21.2.1884
bap SPP 1886
3. (G.C.) Garfield Chester (Godfried
Christian) b.7.5.1886 SPP who follows under II
4. (L.L.C.) Lionel Leonard Cyril
b.27.7.1888 SPP who follows under III
Pr
II.
(G.C.) Garfield Chester (Godfried Christian) de Silva, clerk
b.7.5.1886 m SPP 16.7.1913 Constance Mary Cecilia Austin b.16.10.1889 dau
Arthur Nathaniel Austin & Priscilla Seraphina Piters (Francis Joseph
Simon, store keeper & Henry Dias Jayasinghe, sub editor, "Cey
Independent") :-
1. (C.A.A.) Chester Arthur Austin
b.9.1.1924 SPP
III.
(L.L.C.) Lionel Leonard Cyril de Silva, chief clerk, Chamber of
Commerce b.27.7.1888 m HTC 27.12.1911 Constance Agnes Muriel Jansz
b.3.8.1891 dau Wilfred Edmund Jansz & Julia Agnes Lewis :-
1. (A.E.) Algernon Erastus (Joy) who
follows under IV
2. (I.M.) Ian Maxwell b.1914 who follows
under V
3. Herman d.
4. Cora d.30.7.1999 m Aloysius Alexander
Parker Ingram b.5.2.1916 d. s Horace Victor Ingram & Mary Anne Elizabeth
Perera
5. (S.E.L.) St.Elmo Lincoln b.21.4.1922
SPP
6. (N.R.) Neil Ralph b.9.8.1925 SPP who
follows under VI
IV.
(A.E.) Algernon Erastus (Joy) de Silva d.11.11.1982 m Doreen
Annette Margaret Plunkett b.7.8.1921 d.Australia 20.8.2007 dau George Reginald
Plunkett & Delrine Dagmar Ferreira :-
1. Ralph who follows under VII
2. (C.A.) Clement Anthony b.1946 who
follows under VIII
3. Reginald who follows under IX
4. Russell who follows under X
Doreen - ggm Georgia, Laura, Owen, Jane & Samantha
V.
(I.M.) Ian Maxwell de Silva of Anuradhapura, CCS b.1914
d.13.12.1982 m SPKy 30.12.1939 Helen Doreen Claire Jansen b.5.12.1917 dau
George Shelton (?Walter) Jansen & Helen Amabel Clair (Dottie) de Moor :-
1. (R.I.) Rex Ian b.22.10.1940 SPKy
2. (M.D.) Maxwell Douglas b.14.5.1942
SPKy
3. (M.J.) Michael John b.6.10.1945 SPKy
d.
4. Maryann Helen b.23.6.1947 SPKy
5. (B.E.) Brian Errol b.29.2.1952 SPKy
VI.
(N.R.) Neil Ralph de Silva b.9.8.1925 d.1.10.2005 m
a. SLB 3.5.1952 Christobel
Gwendoline Ambrose b.1936 dau Frederick Wilson Ambrose & Irene Anne Jansz
-div
b. Erica Stella ......... d.25.9.1998
Of the first marriage
he had :-
2. Geraldine m Cleve Everton Anthony
Simmons b.1.1..... s Edward Hilarion Simmons & Leonie Flavia Baldesing
Of the .........
marriage he had :-
3. Warren who follows under XI
4. Deirdre m Kanishka ......... (Aust)
5. Diane m Marlon .........
6. Kevin m Cornelia .........
Neil - gf Tamara, Trevon, (Ryan, Mike,) Chantal, Joanne, Aundre,
Andrea, Lorenzo & Lozanne
Erica - sis Madge & Dorothy
VII.
Ralph de Silva m CCGF 25.6.1966 Romany Maclean dau Ian
Russell Maclean & Patricia Maureen Beryl da Silva :-
1. Alex
2. Amelia
VIII.
(C.A.) Clement Anthony de Silva b.1946
m STT 26.12.1969 Mollie Evangeline Hope Christoffelsz b.1948 dau
Peter Edward Christoffelsz & Doreen Iris Bulner :-
1. Tammy
2. Andrea
3. Melissa
IX.
Reginald de Silva m Holy Nativity Church, Murrumbeena,
Australia 9.11.1974 Gail Dianne Schrader b.14.1.1953 dau Frederick Terese
(Derrick) Schrader & Carmen Jeanette Vander Wall :-
1. Sasha Dianne b.Australia 16.8.1976
2. (D.T.) Daniel Tory b.Australia
19.6.1980
3. (D.E.) Dale Evan b.Australia 13.8.1982
X.
Russell de Silva m SMJN 28.4.1973 Fatima Esther de
Waas dau M.T. de Waas & Joyce Beatrice ......... :-
1. Damian
2. Janee
XI.
Warren de Silva (Aust) m SMD 26.8.1978 Charmaine
Ferdinand dau Granville Michael Ferdinand & Gertrude Mary Eileen Felsianes
:-
1. Ryan
2. Michael
K.
I.
(G.A.) George Alexander de Silva b.about 1853 m Caroline
Elizabeth Stouter :-
1. (B.A.) Benjamin Aloysius b.30.7.1873
who follows under II
RC
?1a-KI & 1c-62\1
((G.A.) George Alexander Silva & Percy Ladbrook Wait) -
witnesses to wedding of Cecil Vincent Francke of Hunupitiya, clerk b.1876 (s
Charles Jacob Francke & Emelia Elizabeth) m SMAC 1.5.1901 Ellen Mary
Cartwright b.15.1.1873 (dau William Cartwright)
II.
(B.A.) Benjamin Aloysius de Silva b.30.7.1873
m SPNP 6.11.1895 Jane Sophia Augusta Augustine b.19.10.1871 dau James
William Augustine & Harriet Louisa Jason :-
1. Lucian b.2.8.1900 ASB
m ASB 5.8.1926 Myra Mary Reid dau William Aloysius Henry Reid &
Eliza Dias
2. (H.S.) Hugh Stanislaus b.6.12.1902
ASB who follows under III
3. (J.G.) Joseph Glanville (Joy)
b.20.6.1905 ASB who follows under IV
4. Florinda Mary b.30.6.1909 ASB
d.18.6.1985 m ASB 15.11.1928 Richard Charles Hendricksz b.5.9.1902
d.24.8.1970 s Peter Hendricksz & Caroline Perera
5. Merlyn Evangeline b.26.7.1915 ASB m
Walter Oswald Gregory d.25.6.1969
III.
(H.S.) Hugh Stanislaus de Silva b.6.12.1902 d.before 2009
m ASB 26.12.1925 Mabel Bridget de Silva b.25.2.1902 dau Philip de
Silva & Clara Harriet Allay :-
1. (R.B.) Raymond Bridget b.23.1.1927
ASB d.before 2009 m ......... ^Kamalaneson^
2. (A.A.) Anton Athanasius b.6.8.1928
ASB m SLK 26.12.1955 Olga Mona Senn dau Norman Senn & Gertrude
(Dottie) .........
3. Rita Madeleine b.27.10.1931 ASB
4. Clarice
5. (M.G.) Mervyn Gregory who follows
under V
6. Benedict
7. Edward who follows under VI
8. Ethel m Sunil Malawana
IV.
(J.G.) Joseph Glanville (Joy) de Silva, supervisor CGR
b.20.6.1905 d.23.6.1980 m RO ......... 7.12.1929 Blanche Matilda
Nelson b.23.5.1902 d.5.12.1970 dau James Louis Nelson & Georgiana Dekker :-
1. Joyce Mildred b.18.4.1930 ASB m
30.12.1952 Michael Stanley Pieris
2. (N.G.) Nelson Godfrey, CGR
b.29.10.1931 ASB m SPNP 4.2.1956 Philomena Rita McLeod b.12.4.1933
dau Matthew McLeod & Melrose Grace Margaret Nelson
3. Stanislaus m ASB 30.12.1965
Philomena Bastiansz dau Nicholas Wilfred Bastiansz & Bertha Lilian Mary
Clarke
4. (C.C.) Conrad Camillus who follows
under VII
V.
(M.G.) Mervyn Gregory de Silva, RCeyN d.5.1.2009
m SMD 26.9.1964 Chrystal Ann (Bubbles) Adolphus dau Dodwell Adolphus
& ......... Rosairo :-
1. Jackie m Mark Smith
2. Mohan m Shehana .........
VI.
Edward de Silva d.10.4.2010 m Pamela ......... :-
1. Jerome
2. Jamie (UK)
VII.
(C.C.) Conrad Camillus de Silva, engine driver CGR d.24.12.1985
m SAntDem 26.9.1962 Bridget Martil dau Patrick Gerald Martil &
Regina Gregory :-
1. Kennedy
2. Geraldine
3. Christine
4. Shane
L.
I. ?de Zilva 26
(W.C.) William Charles de Silva, indent agent b.1830 m SPP
26.1.1853 Emelia Catherine Assauw (RC) b.1832 :-
1. (E.W.) Ebenezer William b.30.12.1853
who follows under II
2. Eleanor Anne Eveline b.9.9.1860 m
1901 Peter Perera Wijeyeratne, plumbago merchant b.2.1.1868
3. Clara W. b.1862 SLK
4. Virginia b. .11.1863 SLK
5. Sarah m SLK 26.10.1892
Frank Willisford Siegertsz d.26.12.1956 s Charles Stephen Siegertsz &
Sophia Cecilia Misso
6. Clara Virginia b.1868
m SACK 18.10.1898 Emmanuel John de Zilva b.3.10.1864 s Martinus de
Zilva & Valentina Tisler
7. Anna Mary Eleanora m Edmund Dionysius
Milhuisen b.31.8.1854 s George Milhuisen & Elizabeth Jane Bennett
8. (A.E.) Albert Edward William
b.8.1.1876
9. Herbert b.1879 who follows under III
II.
(E.W.) Ebenezer William de Silva, mercantile accountant
b.30.12.1853 d.Kandy 1.5.1890 m DRW 3.12.1877 Amanda Lucretia
Schubert b.3.11.1858 d.Kandy 3.5.1931 dau George Martin Schubert & Eliza
Sophia Van Eyck :-
1. (C.E.P.) Claude Ernest Percival
b.29.8.1878 who follows under IV
2. Gwendoline Lucretia b.16.9.1879
d.9.4.1955 m 26.12.1904 Percival Frederick Joseph b.22.5.1875 s Samuel
Frederick Joseph & Ellen Emelia Taylor
3. (G.E.W.) George Ebenezer William
b.30.4.1884
4. (T.B.) Thomas Bertram b.17.11.1886
5. Maria b.1.4.1888 SLK
6. Pearl Elizabeth b.1.4.1888
d.Australia 24.3.1962 m DRB 16.4.1914 Samuel Arthur Koch b.15.2.1888
s Ebenezer Theodore Koch & Georgiana Elizabeth Schubert
7. Lilian Amanda Lucretia b.13.3.1890 m
Peter Paul Wickremasuriya
Pr
III.
Herbert de Silva, planter b.1879 d.Africa m
a. 1914 Constance Keegel b.16.4.1888
d.12.5.1914
b. DRR 15.10.1919 Millicent Louisa
Solomonsz b.8.12.1896
Of the first marriage
he had :-
2. Clive d.29.12.1967
3. Noel
4. Clarice Blanche Leonie d.18.5.1995
m SMB 28.12.1925 Julian Matthew Andriesz b.8.4.1878 w Helen Claribel
Anastasia Holmes s John Matthew Andriesz & Eleanor Josephine Elders
IV.
(C.E.P.) Claude Ernest Percival de Silva, chief clerk, audit
office b.29.8.1878 d.15.6.1936 m DRW 21.12.1908 Stella Hope Joseph
b.24.9.1881 d.Australia 1.2.1968 dau Samuel Frederick Joseph & Ellen Emelia
Taylor :-
1. Lenore b.1909 d.Australia 9.11.1987
m SMB 19.4.1938 Aloysius Irwin Dabrera b.3.8.1909 d.Australia
22.4.1979 s Vyvil Walston Dabrera & Vita Noble Beatrice Corteling
2. Kathleen b.4.7.1912 d.Australia
15.12.2002 m DRB 4.12.1943 George Leslie Ernst b.9.4.1912 d.Australia
24.5.1990 s James Clement Osmund Ernst & Henrietta Margaret Jansz
3. Louise Mary b.21.2.1911 ASB
4. (F.W.) Frederick William (Rick)
b.1914 who follows under V
5. (E.M.) Ernest Maxwell b.27.7.1915 who
follows under VI
6. Estelle b.1.2.1916 m .........
Cowasjee
7. Isobel d.Australia 2.10.2008
m DRD 30.8.1941 Alfred Patrick (Alphie) Koelmeyer b.1909 d.Australia
7.11.1974 s Alfred Cornelius Koelmeyer & Julia Agnes Lewis
8. Thelma m ......... Nalliah
9. Norma d. m Merrill Kerner d.11.7.1978
s Raymond Joseph Andrew Kerner & Evelyn Constance Anne Bottoni
10. Yvonne Cynthia d.Aust 7.9.2006 m Peter Gregory Dudley
Fernando d.30.6.1970 s Peter Dudley Fernando & Enid Violet Welsh
V.
(F.W.) Frederick William (Rick) de Silva b.1914 d.Melbourne,
Australia 15.7.1987 m 1937 Rosemary Ina Barbet Kiel dau Archibald Randolph
Constantine Kiel & Irene Harriet Vanden Driesen :-
1. Vivienne Marlene Rosemary (Pinky)
b.9.8.1942 m Australia 1963 Bernard Thresher s R.S. Thresher of England &
.........
2. Frederick who follows under VII
VI.
(E.M.) Ernest Maxwell de Silva b.27.7.1915 d.Australia 27.3.1967
m
a. 20.3.1942 Rena Rankine (Peggy Ann)
Fernando b.9.12.1922 dau Victor Vernon Templer Fernando & Christina Dagmar
Rankine - divorced
b. SKK 18.9.1948 Carmen Mignon Kiel
b.1920 dau Archibald Randolph Constantine Kiel & Irene Harriet Vanden
Driesen
Of the first marriage
he had :-
2. (M.V.) Maurice Vernon b.30.6.1942 who
follows under VIII
Of the second
marriage he had :-
3. Nanette (adopted) m Russell Plunkett
s George Clarence Plunkett & Irma Olivia Gwendoline (Dolly) Templer
4. (D.M.R.) Desmond Maxwell Randolph
b.10.7.1949
5. (M.C.) Michael Claude d.Victoria,
Australia 22.4.1973
6. Glen who follows under IX
7. Astra
VII.
Frederick de Silva m Diane ^Micken^ :-
1. Richard b.1970
2. Claire b.1973
VIII.
(M.V.) Maurice Vernon de Silva b.30.6.1942 m Pieta ^de Reus^ -
divorced :-
1. Janine Pieta b.26.6.1964 m Geoffrey
Harris
2. (C.M.) Christopher Maurice b.4.5.1966
3. (M.D.) Michael David b.29.3.1969
IX.
Glen de Silva m Presbyterian Church, Noble Park, Australia
6.4.1974 Marie Jamieson dau S. Jamieson & ......... :-
1. Lauren Jean b. .4.1984
M.
I.
(D.A.) Don Alexander de Silva, pastor b.about 1853 m .........
:-
1. (H.A.) Henry Arnet b.1873 who follows
under II
Pr
II.
(H.A.) Henry Arnet de Silva, postmaster b.1873 m SMAC 16.8.1899
Edith Constance Peiris b.1883 dau Thomas Martin Peiris & ......... (AC
Gomes & CH Frida) :-
1. (S.A.) Samuel Albert b.1901 who
follows under III
2. Constance Adelaide b.1901 m SMAC
26.12.1925 Euchariste Harold Joseph b.3.3.1905 d.30.6.1986 s William Arnold
Joseph & Annie Irene Ethel Ferdinands
III.
(S.A.) Samuel Albert de Silva b.1901 m SPM 27.12.1924
Florence Beatrice Patterson b.18.12.1903 dau Eugene Walter Patterson &
......... :-
1. (E.A.) Edward Arnet b.18.10.1925
d.27.10.1993
2. Audrey d. m ......... Perera
3. (A.B.) Ainsley Bertram b.25.6.1927
4. (S.A.) Samuel Albert b.30.3.1930
5. (H.M.) Hermann Maurice b.12.9.1931
who follows under IV
6. Estelle Florence b.14.3.1933 d. m
......... Varma
7. Esther Irene b.28.12.1934 m .........
Gunatilleke
8. (E.R.) Eustace Reginald b.18.4.1939 m
England .10.1964 Doreen Ferdinands dau Collin A. Ferdinands & Stella de
Zilva
9. Christobel Noeline b.20.12.1940
10. (N.P.) Norman Patrick b.6.6.1942
IV.
(H.M.) Hermann Maurice de Silva (Aust) b.12.9.1931 d.30.5.1990 m
Ruby Dabrera dau Simon Wilfred Dabrera & Gertrude Edna de Valliere :-
1. Charmaine m Randolph Holdenbottel s
Elmo Sylvester Holdenbottel & Mary Bernice Iona Melder
2. Maurice ] m Trissette .........
3. Gerard ] m Maneka .........
4. Roger ] m Priyanthi .........
] m Kumudini .........
1. Sandra m Jude .........
2. Esther m Rohan Dias s Nissanka Dias
& Hyacinth Gunawardene
N.
I. (?related to EA de Silva - P I) ?A IV/2
(J.W.) John William de Silva, petition drawer b.1854
m DRW 21.1.1878 Alice Mary Herft b.1860 dau John Charles Herft &
Anna de Moor :-
1. Rosaline Sophia
m SSHC 26.4.1897 Walter Dominic Van Dort b.29.3.1874 d.30.12.1933 s
Emanuel Wilfred Van Dort & Eliza Cornelia Rode
2. Sarah Irene b. .5.1883 ASB
3. Clotilda Beatrice
m ASB 26.11.1906 Austin Boniface Ferreira s Oliver Bonifacio Ferreira
& Clara Theodora Rowlands
4. Alice Mary b. .5.1888 SLK
5. (C.D.) Charles Daniel b.1.10.1889 SLK
who follows under II
6. Anna Belle d. .11.1957
m ASB 6.10.1909 Victor Hugh Herft s Richard Daniel Herft &
Harriet Miller
7. (A.M.) Alfred Martin b.15.1.1893 ASB
who follows under III
8. Rita Irene b.26.4.1897 ASB
m ASB 7.4.1915 Peter Daniel Anthonisz b.15.4.1893 d.16.8.1960 s Frederick
Arthur Anthonisz & Mary Matilda Fonseka
RC
II. ?A-163
(C.D.) Charles Daniel de Silva, head guard, CGR b.1.10.1889
d.4.3.1963 m
a. SMB 12.9.1932 Helen Margaret de
Silva dau W. Louis de Silva & Laura B. .........
b. Dehiwela 20.10.1950 Hilda Blanche
Anthonisz d.2.3.1969
Of the .........
marriage he had :-
2. (D.M.) Daniel Mervyn who follows
under IV
III.
(A.M.) Alfred Martin de Silva, fitter CMC b.15.1.1893 m SPKy
28.12.1926 Doris Ralph Nell b.1.1.1897 d.28.6.1957 dau Ralph Nell &
Charlotte Matilda Ebert :-
1. Charlotte Matilda b.16.5.1927 SPKy
IV.
(D.M.) Daniel Mervyn de Silva d.15.3.1984 m Madge Eliza Dickman
d.8.4.1994 dau Allan Stanmore Fairfax Dickman & Irene Quyn :-
1. (B.A.) Benny Anthony (Cucoo) who
follows under V
2. Denzil who follows under VI
3. Deanna m SMD 27.12.1965
Desmond de Silva s Clement de Silva & Basilia Olga Corea
4. Jean m
a. Sydney Jayawardene
b. ......... Collette
V.
(B.A.) Benny Anthony (Cucoo) de Silva d.Australia 21.2.1984 m
Iona Cole :-
1. Roger
VI.
Denzil de Silva m SMB 12.6.1970 Mary McLeod dau Robert
Forbes McLeod & Ulrica Clare (Eileen) Raymond :-
1. Kevin
2. Angelo
3. Steve
O.
I. ? A-`176
(W.R.C.M.C.) (Weeradivakara Rajapakse) Colomba Muhandiramge
Cornelius de Silva (Sinh). ayur.dr. b.about 1855 m ......... :-
1. (C.M.C.) C.M. Cornelius who follows
under II
2. Timothy
3. (G.E.) George Edmund b.Nuwara Eliya
8.6.1879 who follows under III
Pr
II.
(C.M.C.) Colomba Muhandiramge Cornelius de Silva d. m MC,
Galle Matilda ......... :-
1. Beatrice d.
2. Graham d.
3. Lionel d.
4. Clement d.
5. F.N., dr. d.
6. Chrismerlyn d.
7. G.B. (Quintus) b.Nuwara Eliya who
follows under IV
8. Arnold of Nugegoda, attorney
d.2.2.2004
9. (B.P.) Basil Percival b.27.8.1922 bap
SPKy 1945
10. (A.A.) Astor Ariya who follows under V
11. Vernon d.between 1992 & 2004
12. Sybil
13. Emerald
14. Eva d.between 1992 & 2004
15. Neil (Insurance Corp) d.7.6.1992
III.
(G.E.) George Edmund de Silva of Kandy, proctor; minister, State
Council; MP b.8.6.1879 d.12.3.1950 m SPK 23.1.1908 Agnes Marion Nell
b.30.10.1884 d.6.7.1961 dau Paul Nell & Alice Mary Sophia Newman :-
1. Marcia Winifred Ethel, historian
b.7.3.1909 d.Cambridge, UK 29.10.1996 m
a. Robert Nicholl-^Cadell^, lt.commander
RN
b. Philip de Vigier, scientist
2. (G.P.N.) George Paul Nell
b.10.10.1910 who follows under VI
3. (E.F.L.) Edmund Frederick Lorenz
b.30.3.1912 who follows under VII
4. Percival, legal draughtsman
b.20.10.1913 d.24.12.1972
5. Minette Phyllis Bernice, architect
b.28.2.1915 d.22.11.1998
6. (M.H.L.N.) Montis Herbert Louis Nell
b.16.7.1916
IV.
G.B. (Quintus) de Silva of Kandy, attorney, JPUM, MMC d.9.2.2004
m Bhadra Wickrematunge :-
1. Ajith, attorney ] m Pushpa
^Chandrasena^, dr.
2. Leisha, attorney ]
3. Deepthi m Parakrama Weerappuli, dr.
(USA)
4. Rupika, attorney m Nanda Senanayake
5. Janak, attorney, state counsel m
Viveka ........., state counsel
Quintus - gf Nilupa, Priyan, Charindra, Chinthaka, Dhananjani,
Nayanajith, Yasodha & Kuveesha
- gf-il Mangala
V.
(A.A.) Astor Ariya de Silva (Aust), attorney d.Melbourne,
Australia 1.10.2010 m Mary Doreen Coopman d.Melbourne, Australia 23.2.2000 dau
John Coopman & Violet Enright :-
1. (A.M.R.) Astor Mario Ravindra, dr.
2. (D.G.W.) Dilum Gerard Winston, lawyer
VI.
(G.P.N.) George Paul Nell de Silva of Kandy, planter b.10.10.1910
d.21.2.2002 m Merlyn ......... d.19.11.1998 :-
1. (A.G.) Asoka George b.18.4.1942 who
follows under VIII
2. Nissanka (Nicko) (Aust) b.23.12.1943
m
a. 21.6.1976 Ramanie Fernando
b. Nikki .........
3. Mahendra (Aust) b.4.11.1948 m Nelum
Shrianee Abeyratne b.13.4.1950 dau George Cuthbert Edward Abeyratne &
Doreen Estelle Fernando, doctor
4. Maya b.1.1.1950 m Anton .........
Merlyn - sis Clarence d., Doreen (Aust) & Denzil d.
VII.
(E.F.L.) Edmund Frederick Lorenz de Silva, MBE, MP, mayor of
Kandy; chancellor, University of Peradeniya; barrister at law, Gray's Inn
b.30.3.1912 d.7.4.1993 m
a. Esme Norah Gregg Nathanielsz
b.19.3.1910 d.London, England 15.2.1982 dau Arthur Holman Nathanielsz &
Elaine Kathleen Norah Macgregor
b. Gladys Anderson Nathanielsz
b.18.4.1914 d.28.8.1997 w Rienzie Alexander Wijekoon dau John Julian
Nathanielsz & Winifred Victoria Anderson Kennedy
Of the first marriage
he had :-
2. (G.D.L.) G. Desmond L. who follows
under IX
3. Helga m
a. St.Pauls Cathedral, London, England
......... Jonathan Oliver Tallemache Blow d.UK 22.11.1977 s Delmar Blow &
Winifred ^Tollemache^
b. ......... ^Ratnagopal^
c. Desmond C. deL.St.D. Perera
VIII.
(A.G.) Asoka George de Silva (Aust) b.18.4.1942
m SLB 14.6.1967 Leonie Ingrid Dickson b.1943 dau Irwin Vernal Dickson
& Phyllis Christobel Joseph :-
1.
IX.
(G.D.L.) G. Desmond L. de Silva, QC m England 5.12.1987
Katarina, Princess of Yugoslavia dau Tomislav, Prince of Yugoslavia &
......... Von Baden, Grand Duchess :-
1. Victoria
P.
I. ?y I
Stephen de Silva b.2.9.1851 d.1.7.1916 m
a. Cecilia Christina Collas
b. OLBMH 13.1.1896 Mary Emily Grant
w Reynoldus Boniface Rezel dau John Norton Grant of Scotland & Winohamy
?Kiriella/ ?Kiridena
Of the first marriage
he had :-
2. (W.C.) Walter Clement b.26.4.1873 who
follows under II
3. Cecilia b.12.1.1875
4. Catherine Eugenie b.6.9.1876
m SMB 19.9.1898 Anthony Joseph Armand de Souza, editor, Ceylon
Morning Leader b.Goa 29.10.1874 d.1925 s Anthony Narcies Wasconcelles de Souza
& Idalina Genrose Pinto
5. (F.M.) Felix Mathias
b.13.1.1879 ?y I
6. (L.E.) Lawrence Emanuel (Lala)
b.12.8.1881 who follows under III
7. Maria Lourdes b.30.12.1883
d.Australia 18.8.1977 m SSHC 20.9.1907 Caulfred James Pietersz s
Daniel Francis Pietersz & Anna Elizabeth Bocks
8. Charlotte Elizabeth b.4.11.1886
d.14.7.1964 m ASB 21.11.1918 Dionysius Leonard Pietersz b.6.11.1887
d.29.5.1943 s Daniel Francis Pietersz & Anna Elizabeth Bocks
9. Gertrude b.14.11.1889
10. (R.W.) Reynardus William b.1.11.1891 who follows under IV
11. (V.W.) Vincent Wenceslaus who follows under V
12. (C.C.) Cecil Christie b.25.9.1895
Of the second
marriage he had :-
13. (A.V.) A. Victor b.1898
14. (L.A.) Leo Anthony b.1899 who follows under VI
15. Mary Grace (Dottie) b.1901 d.17.7.1995 m Stanislaus Cyril
Wijesinghe
16. Florence Stephanie b.1903 d.16.12.1980
m ASB 5.7.1922 Montague William Terence Smith d. s John James William
Smith & Cecilie Josephine Salgado
17. Stella b.1906
18. (D.S.) Dominic Stephen b.1908 m ASB 26.6.1933 Mary
Ida Wijeysinghe dau Julian David Conrad Wijeysinghe & Jane Henrietta
Gooneratne
19. (S.C.) Severinus Cyprian b.1910 who follows under VII
RC
II.
(W.C.) Walter Clement de Silva b.26.4.1873 d.15.4.1910
m SSHC 25.4.1895 Margaret Lucretia Pereira adop dau Vincent William
Pereira & Justina ......... (dau of Halkege Samuel (Salman) Appu &
Justina) :-
1. (S.W.) Stanislaus Walter who follows
under VIII
2. Susan m George Caldera
3. Hope m Eldred deSilva Wijeyeratne d.
4. Ladislaus
III.
(L.E.) Lawrence Emanuel (Lala) de Silva, irrigation engineer
b.12.8.1881 m
a. SSHC 17.1.1910 Halliwage
Anastasia Theresa Perera dau H-Simon Perera & Selbina .........
b. Rose Margaret Bartholomeusz
b.23.2.1889 d.25.1.1966 dau Thomas Alexander Bartholomeusz & Sophia Anna
Brown
Of the first marriage
he had :-
2. (M.L.R.) Mervyn Lawrence Raphael who
follows under IX
3. Angela Anastasia (Titty) b.1914
d.8.1.1998 m Andrew P. Ondaatje b.23.1.1909 d.19.8.1975 s George A.J. Ondaatje
& C. Enobia .........
4. Rex who follows under X
5. Rae m Eustace Daniel Ebert
d.7.10.1974 s Daniel William Ebert & Margaret Frances Pietersz
6. Monica m Elroy Van Gramberg s
Aloysius Denzil (Lloyd) Van Gramberg & Adeline Mary Lobendahn
7. Walter d.
8. (J.T.) Joseph T. d.24.9.1973
9. (A.L.) Anthony Lawrence (Anton) who
follows under XI
Of the second
marriage he had :-
10. Mary Rose Gem b.2.1.1922 ASB
IV.
(R.W.) Reynardus William de Silva b.1.11.1891
m SSHC 17.11.1913 Halliwage Susanna Helena Perera dau H-Simon Perera
& Selbina ......... :-
1. (A.E.) Anthony Earl who follows under
XII
2. Josephine Lourdes d.5.4.1998 m Edward
Herbert (Bobby) Adams b.20.9.1913 d.30.10.1969 s John Nicholas Adams &
Minna ^Perera^
3. Naomi d.
V.
(V.W.) Vincent Wenceslaus de Silva b.28.9.1893 m
a. ASB 29.9.1920 Rose Margaret
Melder dau John Melder & Philomena Cecilia Kerner
b. ASB 3.6.1926 Mary Frances Hayden
d.11.8.1990 dau John Lionel Hayden & .........
Of the first marriage
he had :-
2. (J.I.W.) Joseph Ignatius Wenceslaus
b.4.5.1922 ASB
Of the second
marriage he had :-
3. Mary Iris Daphne b.13.8.1928
m SPNP 5.6.1952 Mervyn Brindley Fernando b.25.11.1922 d.13.9.1998 s
Clarence Leslie Fernando & Gladys Helen Knower
4. (J.B.W.) Joseph Bertram Wenceslaus
b.15.2.1931
VI.
(L.A.) Leo Anthony de Silva b.1899 d.before 2013
m ASB 19.4.1922 Catherine Clara Van Hoff b.14.9.1902 d.7.2.1979 dau
Henry Andrew Van Hoff & Anastasia (Anna) Lodewyke :-
1. Gwendoline Sylvia b.1.11.1922 ASB
d.9.9.1991 m SPNP 26.12.1946 Dodwell Royston de Rosairo d.Australia
11.9.2008 s Stephen de Rosairo & .........
2. Myra Felicia b.30.1.1924 ASB d.
3. (S.T.) Sydney Titus b.6.2.1925 ASB
who follows under XIII
4. (M.R.) Maxwell Remigius b.1.10.1927
ASB who follows under XIV
5. Edelweiss Therese b.22.8.1930 ASB d.
6. Carmel m Lionel Daniels
7. Derrick m Mercedes .........
8. Gordon m Jenny de Silva d. dau
William Frank de Silva & Clara Ruth (Callo) Dunsford
VII.
(S.C.) Severinus Cyprian de Silva m Monica (Mona) Mildred Pearl
Nugara :-
1. Neliya m Nihal Wijesuriya d.5.6.2010
2. Virginia
3. (A.C.) Anthony Cyprian (Anton)
b.28.1.1941 who follows under XV
4. Rennie who follows under XVI
5. Lucian who follows under XVII
6. (J.B.) John Bertram b.2.11.1948 who
follows under XVIII
7. (M.J.) Meryl Joseph of Kandy
b.8.2.1951 d.26.6.2003
8. Rosemaid Fatima (Romy) b.2.11.1952 m
Sarath Gurusinghe
9. Olga Margaretta b.2.12.1956 m
a. Rachaka Peiris ^Millaniya^
d.1979 (& had Kulani b.1976)
b. Damian Nugara div Florida Bowman s
Terence Nugara & .........
10. Lorraine Therese b.20.12.1961
VIII.
(S.W.) Stanislaus Walter de Silva m SMB 29.7.1925
Esther Florence ......... :-
1. (J.M.B.) Joseph M. Bosco who follows
under XIX
2. (E.A.) Enrico Anton d.
3. Rita Patrick
4. (J.B.V.) Joseph Bernard Vincent
b.7.8.1946
5. (M.D.M./ M.P.M.) Martin de Porres
Marie b.18.2.1949 who follows under XX
IX.
(M.L.R.) Mervyn Lawrence Raphael de Silva, postmaster
d.27.11.1966 m ASB 29.12.1934 Irene Sylvia Orchard d.10.11.1979 dau
George Oswald Orchard & Blanche Violet Vander Gucht :-
1. Anita Yvonne b.27.9.1935 ASB
d.19.11.1963 m Nugegoda 27.12.1955 Maurice Ian Hardy d.29.5.2007 s Thomas
Charles Hardy & Phyllis Lorena .........
2. Beatrice Maude b.30.7.1937 m
a. ASB 27.12.1955 Kenneth Cecil
Loos b.16.2.1929 s Bertie Cecil Loos & Sylvia Matilda Loos
b. Bernard de Silva (Aust)
3. (A.M.) Annesley Mervyn (Billy)
b.19.4.1939 ASB who follows under XXI
4. Errol (NZ) m
a. Minette .........
b. Jean .........
5. Sylvia Therese Blossom b.11.2.1943
m SLK 28.12.1960 John Stelmond Joseph Gerreyn (UK) b.15.5.1932 s
Joseph George Gerreyn & Maria Antoinette (Nita) Martil
6. Elmo who follows under XXII
7. Heather m Neil .........
8. Kenneth m Ranjini .........
9. Gordon m Kusuma .........
X.
Rex de Silva of Kalutara d.6.3.1999 m Rita ......... :-
1. Lawrence m Lalani .........
2. Anita d.22.11.2001 m Denzil
Paramanathan s Bernard Paramanathan & Sujatha .........
XI.
(A.L.) Anthony Lawrence (Anton) de Silva d.20.12.1985 m Beryl
Jackson d.25.4.1982 dau Gabriel Jonathan Jackson & Agnes Muriel Cobban Lea
:-
1. Jeremy d.28.6.1967
2. Royceton m Felicia Victoria
3. Fern
XII.
(A.E.) Anthony Earl de Silva of Wattala d.5.6.1992
m SLK 10.4.1939 Bianca Gladys Anne de Fransz d.7.9.2003 dau Reginald
Aloysius Lester (Barney) de Fransz & Mary Margaret Lucretia (Pearl) Walles
:-
1. Decima Antoinette
m ASB 19.4.1960 Gerald Dalton Ferdinand b.28.1.1935 d.2.3.1998 s
William Ferdinand & Maude Buultjens
2. Ainsley who follows under XXIII
3. Trevor m Ruby .........
4. Joan m Dev Joysurry (UK)
5. Dalrene m Asoka Seneviratne
6. Charles m Iona .........
XIII.
(S.T.) Sydney Titus de Silva b.6.2.1925 d.11.3.1977 m Marjorie
Beatrice Moses dau James Percival Moses & Mary Elizabeth Ludowyk :-
1. Cheryl d.20.12.1994 m Milroy de Silva
s Dennis Roy de Silva & Mildred Hazel .........
2. Travice (Aust)
3. Christopher m STT 26.6.1976
Kathleen de Zilva dau John William (Joe) de Zilva & Hyacinth Nonis
4. Wendy
XIV.
(M.R.) Maxwell Remigius de Silva b.1.10.1927 d.26.7.1983 m
2.1.1953 Maureen Joyce Irma Jansz b.22.11.1930 dau Oswald Bennett Jansz &
Jessie Rita Beryl Poulier :-
1. Mark m Gertrude ......... ?B-873
XV.
(A.C.) Anthony Cyprian (Anton) de Silva, engine driver, CGR
b.28.1.1941 d.18.6.2012 m Angela Wijesinghe dau Stanislaus Cyril Wijeyesinghe
& Mary Grace (Dottie) de Silva :-
1. son
2. Russel d.at 5 years - leukaemia
3.
4.
5.
XVI.
Rennie de Silva of Dehiwela (CGR) m Cordelia Christoffelsz
b.12.11.1941 d.3.4.2003 dau Francis Denis (Dan) Dan Christoffelsz & Eleanor
Elizabeth (Girlie) Wiramanaden :-
1. Natalie m Murray Robins s G. Augustus
Robins & Eva Helen de Zilva
2. Kurt (Canada) m Marise Pereira of
Moratuwa
XVII.
Lucian de Silva of Kandy, MMC m Jacintha Molligoda dau Francis
Xavier Molligoda & Irene .......... :-
1. son
2. son
3. son
4. Geraldine d.at 8 years in traffic
accident
XVIII.
(J.B.) John Bertram de Silva of Kandy, supervisor PWD
b.2.11.1948 m Sumanawathie ^Hapuarachchi^ :-
1. son
2. son
3. son
4. dau
XIX.
(J.M.B.) Joseph M. Bosco de Silva d.Aust. 23.3.2005 m Alberga
(Anne) Roosmale Cocq dau Edward Arthur Roosmale Cocq & Vita Felicia
Koelmeyer :-
1. Sonali ] m Stephen .........
2. Melissa ]
XX.
(M.D.M./ M.P.M.) Martin de Porres Marie de Silva of Col 3
b.18.2.1949 d.14.2.2008 m Sunella Liyanaarachchi dau Ossie Liyanaarachchi &
Bernie ......... :-
1. Shana (Eng)
XXI.
(A.M.) Annesley Mervyn (Billy) de Silva of Narahenpita, RCeyN
b.19.4.1939 d.26.4.1998 m
a. Nugegoda 31.12.1963 Claudette
Bernadette Virginia Harrison dau Roy George William Harrison & Blanche
Teckla Cynthia Gomesz
b. Rita .........
Of the first marriage
he had :-
2. Troy who follows under XXIV
Of the second
marriage he had :-
3. Judy
4. Denis
5. Dilhani
XXII.
Ainsley de Silva of Hendala d.14.11.1997 m Consy ......... :-
1. Christine m Nishantha .........
2. Russel
3. Nilanka
4. Nilushie
XXIII.
Elmo de Silva m Claudette Bernadette Virginia Harrison div
Annesley (Billy) de Silva dau Roy George William Harrison & Blanche Teckla
Cynthia Gomesz :-
1. (R.A.) Ricky Annesley b.21.10.1967
who follows under XXV
XXIV.
Troy de Silva m ......... ^Manikpura^ :-
1. Joanna
2. Jessica ) twins
3. Jason )
XXV.
(R.A.) Ricky Annesley de Silva b.21.10.1967 m Rowena .........
:-
1. 2 sons
B.
Q. (?related to JW de Silva - M I)
I.
(E.A.) Edward Alexander de Silva, overseer, fitter, CGR b.about
1861 d. m Wolv 12.3(?5).1880 Eleanora Juliana Perera :-
1. (W.B.) William Benjamin b.4.10.1881
SLK
2. (J.H.) John Henry b.26.9.1887 SLK who
follows under II
3. (S.V.) Samuel Victor b.2.6.1893 SPP
who follows under III
4. (T.A.) Tom Albert b.1896 who follows
under IV
5. (J.C.) James Charles b.8.8.1897
SPP (Thomas Vincent Rode & Susan Charlotte Merciana Byrne (? through
John William de Silva LI)) who follows under V
(Paul Byrne, fitter &) (S.V.) Samuel Victor de Silva,
police - witnesses to wedding of Clement Arthur Herft b.1891 (s Henry William
Herft & Paulina Faustina Perera) m SPP 21.2.1916 Daisy Violet Gerlach
b.16.5.1894 (dau Martin Siebel Gerlach & Sophia Louisa Nelson)
RC
II.
(J.H.) John Henry de Silva b.26.9.1887 m ASB 16.6.1910
Clara Misso dau John Frederick Misso & Mary Perera :-
1. (A.E.E.) Alexander Eric Ebenezer
b.9.1.1914 ASB
2. (F.C.) Frederick Charles b.11.1.1916
ASB m SLK 14.4.1941 Violet Adams b.10.11.1921 dau Stephen Adams &
Josephine Scott
3. (A.W.) Arthur William b.10.8.1927 ASB
4. (J.C.) John Christie b.17.8.1928 ASB
5. Mary Elizabeth b.20.5.1931 ASB
III.
(S.V.) Samuel Victor de Silva, police constable b.2.6.1893
d.28.11.1965 m SPP 28.10.1919 Marian (Mayzene) Elizabeth (?Violet Elizabeth
(Valete Priscilla)) Keyzer b.1901 dau John Andrew Keyzer & ......... (
& Oswald Walter Backhouse ):-
1. (E.C.\E.A.) Edward (Charles)
Alexander b.28.10.1921 SPP bap ASB 1930 m Mabel Anna Pereira w William de Silva
dau Patrick Charles Pereira & Anna Visser
2. Irene Priscilla b.10.10.1923 SPP bap
ASB 1930 m Gerard .........
3. Beatrice Belinda (Merine) b.5.10.1925
bap ASB 1930 m Thomas .........
4. Hazel Florence b.17.11.1928 SPKy
5. Doreen Silvestrine b.25.5.1930 ASB m
Terrence .........
6. Ruth Gwendoline d.12.11.1999 m
Bambalapitiya 27.12.1952 Michael Aubrey Eustace de Jong b.13.9.1920 d.25.2.1986
s Victor Hubert Isidore de Jong & Rachel Mary Beatrice Misso
7. Helen Eleanor b.1.6.1936 d.15.9.1970
m Mervyn Douglas Weerpass d.9.8.1991 s Lionel Edward Weerpass & Vera Margaret
Schokman
8. (R.A.) Ralph Anthony (Anton) who
follows under VI
9. Monica m Bernard .........
10. Sherrin m Sarath Amerasinghe
IV.
(T.A.) Tom Albert de Silva, foreman b.1896 d.23.6.1972 m SPP
26.12.1921 Jane Catherine (Nonno) Thomasz b.1894 dau Richard Owen Thomasz &
......... :-
1. Doreen Catherine b.7.10.1923 SPP
d.19.9.2008 m Peter Oswald Thomasz d.23.9.1981
2. Nita Hazel b.22.10.1928 SPKy d.
3. Queenie Elizabeth b.5.10.1931 SPKy m
Richard Morgan
4. Marina Silvestrie b.6.2.1935 SPKy
m SMDem 21.2.1956 Lionel George Kenny d.23.10.2010 s Reginald Bismark
Kenny & Ellen Van Eyck
V.
(J.C.) James Charles de Silva b.8.8.1897
m ASB 28.12.1925 Melrose Ernestine (Dotty) Jansz b.15.10.1904
d.2.5.1984 dau Sidney Cornelius Jansz & Anna Evelyn de Silva :-
1. Catherine Eleanor (Monica)
b.2.11.1926 ASB d.8.5.1994 m Grandpass 29.12.1949 Peter Severinus Almeida
b.21.2.1917 d.12.11.1993 s Victor Aloysius Almeida & Susanna (Susan) Adams
2. (C.C.) Charles Clifford b.30.12.1928
ASB d. m Borella 4.9.1956 Yvonne Cecilia Simmons
3. (J.G.) James Gordon b.24.9.1930 ASB m
Rukmani .........
4. Myrtle Veronica b.23.4.1934 ASB
m SJGr 2.1.1953 Irwin Stanislaus (Stanley) Caldera b.5.3.1931
d.14.9.1995 s Edward Franklin Caldera & Denagamuwage Agnes ^de Silva^
5. Barbara m John S.K. Namasivayam
d.21.10.2006 s Robert Namasivayam & Agnes ..........
VI.
(R.A.) Ralph Anthony (Anton) de Silva of Wattala d.1.8.1997
m SAntDem 28.12.1961 Marie Jean Lodewyke b.27.5.1940 d.13.9.2004 dau
Bertus Valentine Lodewyke & Florence Cecilia Alexander :-
RC
1. Romaine m Elmo (Lucky) Thomasz (USA)
2. Steve m Priyanthi .........
3. Portia (Rosy) m Patrick Benjamin
(Aust)
Marie - gm Leon, Fiona, Arunna, Avon, Camilia, Ricardo, Shane,
Patricia, Trinishia & Trinella
R.
R.
I. ??e II (252) (367))
H.A.A.) Henry Arnold Alexander de Silva, clerk b.1867 m SPP
29.9.1890 Alice Evangeline Vander Slott b.1869 :-
1. (H.T.) Henry Theodore b.23.12.1891
SPP (Arnold Thistle, John Oliver Berman (m Vanderslott) & Elisabeth
Clotilda Ruben (m George Wilfred Aldons)) who follows under II
2. (J.S.) John Samuel b.14.8.1893
SPP (Susan de Silva, (422) Francis Serpanchy (m b Vanderslott) &
Harriet Serpanchy (nee Rebert w Vanderslott) & John Sepion) who
follows under III
3. Blanche Rachel b.31.3.1895
SPP (Margaret Vander Slott, Caroline Vander Slott & John F. de
Silva) 252
4. (C.G.) Carl Granville b.26.1.1897
SPP (Francis A. Sepion, Thomas Sepion, Lucia Sepion & Mabel Rebert)
5. Hazeline Rebecca b.16.1.1898 SPP
6. Noble Leah b.2.10.1900 SPP
II.
(H.T.) Henry Theodore de Silva, storekeeper b.23.12.1891 d. m
......... :-
1. (H.A.) Henry Arnold b.1930 who
follows under IV
[(& (H.T.) Henry Theodore de Silva, store
keeper) witness to the wedding of Vivian Sherline (Shelley) de Hoedt (s
Robert Sidney de Hoedt & Clarice Evelyn Weerpass) m SPKy 26.12.1932
Hyacinth Myrtle Henricus (dau John Oscar Henricus, tailor & Lydia Josephine
de Silva (vide 367) )]
III.
(J.S.) John Samuel de Silva b.14.8.1893 d.28.2.1971 m
a. Mabel Elizabeth Felsianes b.11.2.1898
dau Lloyd Oswald Felsianes & Lilian Mabel Herft
b. Rita Grace Felthman d.18.9.1990 dau
Francis Felthman & Grace Henricus
Of the first marriage
he had :-
2. Lulu d. m Girlie .........
3. (O.A.C.) Osmund A.C. (Darkey) who
follows under V
4. Dennis, RCeyN d. m Dotty .........
Of the second
marriage he had :-
5. (N.F.) Norman Francis who follows
under VI
6. Michael d.before 2012 m Mavis
.........
7. Marlene m Russel Guinan s Gerard
Peter Guinan & Monica Van Gramberg
8. Jeffrey m SMD 30.12.1970
Marian David dau Terence Edward (Ted) David & Joyce Marian Mortier
IV.
(H.A.) Henry Arnold de Silva, stoker, RCeyN b.1930 (B) m SPKy
9.4.1956 Prinszie Christobel Monica Asker b.23.7.1938 dau Lionel (Lincoln)
George Asker & Grace Elizabeth Ferreira :-
1. Jennifer m ......... Peiris
2. Ronald m Olive de Kauwe dau James
Walter (Sonny) de Kauwe & Sheila Ferreira
3. Royston
4. (T.R.) Tony Ralph m Ashani .........
V.
(O.A.C.) Osmund A.C. (Darkey) de Silva d.11.12.1992 m Leah Blok
dau Bertram Christopher Blok & Millicent Ernst :-
1. Clarence who follows under VI
VI.
(N.F.) Norman Francis de Silva of Dehiwela d.17.12.2012 m Inez
Pietersz dau Francis M. Pietersz & Elizabeth (Dottie) Jarkey :-
1. (P.N.) Perry Norman
2. Perrine (Sindy) m Adnan Abu bin Adi
of Jordan - div (and had Marisae Khuithum Abu bin Adi)
3. Tamara Inez d.7.7.2011 m Barrington
Charles Juriansz b.6.4.1960 s Richard Charles Harrison (Chappie) Juriansz &
Lorraine Hyacinth Sellar
Norman - gf (Marisa,) (Andrew, Jason) & John
- ggf Mehieal
VII.
Clarence de Silva d.9.4.1983 m SMT 27.12.1975 Jasmin
Kiel dau Aloysius Kiel & Angelina (Daisy) ......... :-
1. Marlon (USA)
S.
I.
(J.S.) John Samuel de Silva b.about 1872
m BCC 12.8.1892 Clara Elizabeth Lockhart b.23.8.1873 dau Edward
Lockhart & Emelia Euphemia de Silva :-
1. Irene Ruth b.19.6.1894 d.Australia
.5.1985 m MCKo 8.7.1911 Allan Liebert Alvis b.15.10.1883 s Bernard
Edwin Alvis & Georgiana Oorloff (?Pereira)
2. (A.R.) Alan Roy b.28.5.1893 bap SMAC
1927 who follows under II
II.
(A.R.) Alan Roy de Silva b.28.5.1893 m SPK 19.2.1927
Daisy Annette Hendrick b.1896 dau James Richard Hendrick & ......... :-
1. (D.A.) Douglas Alan (Algy)
b.30.12.1927 SMAC who follows under III
2. Yvonne Annette b.12.1.1929 SMAC
m SFAML 27.12.1969 Medwin Cecil Keegel d.30.8.1983 s Medwin Hugh Keegel
& Eliza .........
3. Morris
III.
(D.A.) Douglas Alan (Algy) de Silva, ambassador b.30.12.1927
d.USA 17.12.1995 m Malini Jayasinghe Peiris, associate professor, faculty of
music, Washington University dau Herbert Wakefield Bingham Peiris &
......... :-
1. (A.M.) Anil M. who follows under IV
2. (S.M.) Shari M., MD
3. Shirin R., MD
IV.
(A.M.) Anil M. de Silva, MD m Nalini ^Desai^, MD :-
1. Karin Malini
T.
I.
II.
III.
IV. m.r
U.
I.
(C.J.) Cecil James de Silva b.about 1881 m ......... :-
1. (J.A.) John Albert b.1901 who follows
under
II
(J.A.) John Albert (Bertie) de Silva b.1901 d.before 2008 m
Irene Frederica (Renee) Aserappa b.1911 d.16.4.2008 dau Alfred (Arthur) Ernest
Aserappa & Birdie Alice Kanagasundera :-
1. (J.A.M.) John Albert M. (Chandra) who
follows under II
RC
III.
(J.A.M.) John Albert M. (Chandra) de Silva, asst. conservator of
forests d. .2.1967 m ASB 6.4.1961 Marina Bernadette Joachim
b.15.12.1934 dau Arian Walter Richard Joachim & Lucille (Lucy) Thelma Mary
Cox :-
1. Janaka who follows under
2. Deepika m Jeff .........
Irene - ggm (Annissa), Johann & Djivan
IV.
Janaka de Silva m Ganegoda Appuhamilage Dona Yasanti Seneviratne
dau GD-Irwin Tissa Seneviratne & Numanie Panditharatne, dr. :-
1. Annissa
V.
I.
(G.D.) George Dennis de Silva b.about 1888 m Ada Adelaide de
Kroes :-
1. Salton d.
2. (R.M.) Rienzi Merlyn who follows
under II
3. Iris Dagmar b.30.5.1911 d.Australia
14.4.2003 m DRB 22.10.1930 John Jonathan Gauder b.9.12.1902
d.31.12.1980 s Charles Allan Gauder & Agnes Margaret Gauder
4. Thelma Ruth b.13.11.1917 d.before
2007 m John George de Vos b.3.2.1909 s John George de Vos m Eva Agnes
Sebastiana Ludowyk
5. Ada Maureen b.22.3.1922 d.Australia
14.7.2000 m SPNP 30.12.1939 Placidus Errol Henry Koelmeyer
b.28.9.1911 d.Australia 19.2.1992 s Henry Robert Koelmeyer & Violet
Adelaide de Neys
Pr
II.
(R.M.) Rienzi Merlyn de Silva, head guard CGR d.6.6.1978
m DRB 28.2.1938 Irene Grace (Ranee) Van Buuren b.1.8.1914 d.6.3.1984
dau Henry Lorenz Van Buuren & Charlotte Edith Irene Hunter :-
1. Merlyn m Alfred Ranasinghe (UK)
2. (R.M.) Rienzi Maurice b.1940 who
follows under III
3. (H.M.) Harold Merril who follows
under IV
4. Josephine m Damian Corteling (Aust) s
John Aloysius (Jackie) Corteling & Eileen Le Mercier
5. Shirlene b.23.9.1946 m
a. Toshitani Chiba
b. Hiran Serasinghe
6. Pauline m Jerry Pieries, captain
III.
(R.M.) Rienzi Maurice de Silva b.1940 d.22.12.1992 m
a. SLB 2.12.1961 Lokukankanange
Sheila Marjorie Pieris b.1939 dau L-Kenneth Gerald Pieris & Stella Belle
Van Dort
b. Shanthi .........
Of the second
marriage he had :-
2. Manori
IV.
(H.M.) Harold Merril de Silva d.26.11.2001 m Lilani ......... :-
1. Shane m Viveka .........
2. Shawn m Roshika .........
Harold - gf Deshan
W.
I.
(G.A.J.F.) Gembuda Arachchige John Frederick de Silva b.about
1894 m Dona Sophia Jayasinghe :-
1. (G.A.H.W.) GA-Hector Walter who
follows under II
II.
(G.A.H.W.) Gembuda Arachchige Hector Walter de Silva, captain d.
m SPNP 26.9.1934 Etta Anna Bianca Cramer b.11.11.1912 d.26.4.2002 dau
Gilbert Eugene Cramer & Clementine Agnes Overlunde :-
1. (G.A.B.) GA-Benito who follows under
III
2. Theresa m Jay Liyanage (USA) s Sam P.
Liyanage & .........
3. (G.H.) Gerard Hector who follows
under IV
4. Clementine m Sumith Liyanage s Sam P.
Liyanage & .........
5. Eugene who follows under V
6. Jerome
III.
(G.A.B.) Gembuda Arachchige Benito de Silva (Canada)
m ASB 18.7.1963 Annette Philomena Chapman b.7.7.1936 dau Harold
Ernest Chapman & Zita Pauline Maria Rabot :-
1. Gavin who follows under VI
2. Dianne m Roy ......... (Canada)
IV.
(G.H.) Gerard Hector de Silva, general m Lalitha Rupesinha d.
3.2002 dau E.W. Rupesinha & Puwaneswari .Theagarajah........ :-
1. Bridgette Lakshika De
Silva m Shehan Lalendra Peter Wijeyaratne (maternal
grandparents are Chevalier C.H.Z Fernando and Lady Catherine De Soysa).
Divorced in 2010 and remarried Malindu Ranasinghe (maternal grandparents are
Wilfred Piyadasa Perera and Aslin Pieris) in 2012. Children from her first
marriage are Shalaka Leon Gerard Wijeyaratne and Latasha Bridgette Mari
Wijeyaratne. Shalaka Leon Gerard Wijeyaratne married Thisakya Maya Senanayake
in 2016.
2. (G.H.) Gerard Hiranjan De
Silva m Krishni Nagendra. They have two children Anik Gerard De
Silva and Sahith De Silva.
[IV above, updated/corrected by Shalaka
Wijeyaratne <shalaka.wijeyaratne@gmail.com> on Sep 18, 2019]
V.
Eugene de Silva m Madonna ......... :-
1. Christopher
2. Rapthi
3. Warren
VI.
Gavin de Silva m Janice ......... :-
1. Nicholas
X.
I.
(L.M.) Lewis Martin de Silva b.about 1894 m Ellen Christian
......... :-
1. Mary Girlie b.1914
m SJGam 26.9.1931 Valentine de Silva s Andrew de Silva & Matilda
.........
2. (I.A.) Ignatius Aloysius who follows
under II
3. (C.J.G.) Cuthbert James Godfrey
b.20.3.1920 m SJBal 21.1.1954 Gwendoline Florence Agnes Stronach
4. Protus b.11.9.1923 SJGam
5. Theresa b.21.12.1925 SJGam
RC
II.
(I.A.) Ignatius Aloysius de Silva m SMB 20.5.1925
Magdalene Violet de Silva dau James de Silva & Caroline Bocks :-
1. Aloysius (Barnie) b.1926 who follows
under III
2. Rita b.1928
m SJGam 10.5.1944 Joseph Abraham b.15.10.1918 d.6.12.1982 s Andrew
Abraham & Evelyn Mary Rooff
3. (H.J.) Hermon Joseph b.1931
m SACK 2.3.1957 Ethel Beda Berenger b.11.10.1930 dau Robert Clement
Berenger & Theodora Irene Abraham
III.
Aloysius (Barney) de Silva of Boralesgamuwa b.1926 d.4.2.1999
m SJGam 27.12.1948 Therese Noeline Rudd b.13.10.1931 dau Thomas Rudd
& Jenny Ursula ......... :-
1. (A.D.R.) Anton Derrick Roy b.3.5.1950
SJGam who follows under
2. Elizabeth Ursula Regina (Dolly)
b.11.8.1951 SJGam m Carlyle Vyvil Wood d.23.2.1987 s Carl Vivian Wood &
Pearl Olive Crutchley
3. Gwendoline Brenda Philomena
b.9.5.1953 SJGam m Nugegoda 15.12.1984 Dharmadasa Perera
4. (M.R.S.) Michael Ronny Sherwin
b.7.12.1954 SJGam m Corina .........
5. Martha Dorothy Jennifer b.4.11.1957
SJGam m Trevor .........
6. Tony m Sujatha .........
7. Angeline m Kervin .........
8. Veronica m Markku ......... (Sweden)
Barney - gf (Rozanne), Eugene, Cedric, Kevin, Dhanushka, Amila,
Terrence, Vienna, Amanda, Nicklas, Marie, Emma, Ralston, Nicole, Melissa,
Carissa, Dennis & Amanda
RC
IV.
(A.D.R.) Anton Derrick Roy de Silva b.3.5.1950 d.29.4.2008
m SACK 28.12.1976 Bernadette Eunice (Molly) Wood b.16.10.1946 dau
Albert Wood & Opal Rudd :-
1. Rozanne m Ranga .........
Y.
I.
(J.W.) John William de Silva b.about 1900 m ......... :-
1. (A.B.) A. Bernard who follows under
II
2. (C.D.) Charles Dunstan who follows
under III
3. (E.F.) Edward Felix b.8.11.1910 who
follows under IV
4. G.H.
5. I. Joe who follows under V
6. Therese Winifred (Kitty) d.13.11.1982
m Gangodawilage Bernard Dabare d.13.8.1960
II.
(A.B.) A. Bernard de Silva m Laura Bernice (Sweetie) .........
d.1992 :-
1. (A.B.) Anthony Brian who follows
under VI
2. Gloria Lourdes Bernadette m Raman
Velupillai
3. (M.N.) Maurice Nihal who follows
under VII
4. Pamela Lynette Mary
5. (D.T.) Dennis Timothy m Gloria Holmes
6. Ronald d.27.1.1971
7. (A.M.R.) Angelo Michael Rex m Shirani
.........
8. Antoinette Maureen Shiranee
9. Kanthi Bernice m Nimal Ranchigoda s
Eric Godfrey Buyser (Ranchigoda) & Prema Rita Obeysekere
10. Marie Indra
11. Claire Malinee
12. Mary Chitranie (Chopsy) b.11.8.1956 m St.Anthony's
Church, Glenhuntley, Victoria, Australia 30.10.1982 Gavin Mario Bennett
b.12.9.1955 s Leo Cedric Godwin Bennett & Mary Lynnette Forbes
13. (L.D.) Len Dominic m Michelle .........
RC
III.
(C.D.) Charles Dunstan de Silva of Bambalapitiya d. m Helen
......... d.1.8.2000 :-
1. Joy m Marie Dabare dau Gangodawilage
Bernard Dabare & Therese Winifred (Kitty) de Silva
2. Austin ]
3. Christopher ] m Joan .........
4. Anne m Placidus Payoe d.
5. Conrad who follows under VIII
6. Monica m Jon Barber
7. Angelo who follows under IX
8. Lucian m Sharma Casie Chitty dau
Emmanuel Joseph Casper (Joy) Casie Chitty & Poomani Fernandopulle
IV.
(E.F.) Edward Felix de Silva b.8.11.1910 ?d.19.10.1986
m SMB 4.9.1943 Zena Cecilia Marjorie de Silva
b.28.2.1911 ?d.19.10.1986 dau Alfred Joseph de Silva & Sybil Leonora
Claasz :-
1. Rohini b.7.9.1944 m Jayantha Mendis s
J. Ossie Mendis & Lakshmi Theckla .........
2. Manel b.10.9.19..
3. Anne Shanthi b.9.8.19..
m SMB 3.1.1976 Mahinda Saranapala b.26.10.1946 s Dombagoda Liyanage
Saranapala & Claire Agnes Ferdinandusz
V.
(I.J.) I. Joe de Silva d.Australia m Therese Margaret Felicia
Rosairo b.6.7.1916 d.Melbourne, Australia 26.6.1994 dau Venantius Charles
Rosairo & Agnes Mildred Orr :-
1. Annemarie ] m Neil Peiris
2. Lynette ]
VI.
(A.B.) Anthony Brian de Silva of Battaramulla d.16.1.2010 m
Clare ......... :-
1. Ravi ] m JoJo .........
2. Druvi ]
3. Minuka ]
Brian - gf Jhannieque, Yitzchak & Kavya
- bil also of Hector,
Dagma d. & Anna
RC
VII.
(M.N.) Maurice Nihal de Silva m
a. .4.1962 Cherie Anderson dau Eustace
Elroy Hartley Anderson & Mabel Hyacinth Reimers - divorced
b. Moira de Zilva div Earle Ludekens dau
Alfred Edmund de Zilva & Eunice Emily (Una) Brown
Of the first marriage
he had :-
2. Michele
3. Suzette m Graham de Waas s Radliffe
Kenneth Anthony (Johnny) de Waas & Neuma Noeline Patricia Kelly
4. dau
VIII.
Conrad de Silva m SPM 22.4.1972 Carina Virginia
Brohier b.23.1.1949 dau Llewellyn Carl Brohier & Enid Pearl Mozel Perera :-
1. Andrew
2. Tania
IX.
Angelo de Silva m Janina ^Cantrill^ dau John ^Cantrill^ &
Cath ......... :-
1. Renee Catherine b.1981 d.Melbourne,
Aust. 27.5.1993
2. Janelle
3. Nicolle
4. Collette
Z.
I.
Alick de Silva b.about 1910 m
a. Violet .........
b. Ezne Beatrice Juriansz d.8.2.1987 dau
Richard William Juriansz & Agnes Venetia Jansz
Of the first marriage
he had :-
2. (P.H.D.A.) P.H. Dinsdale Alexander
who follows under II
3. Neville (Aust)
4. (E.C.) Elmore Carlyle b.Galle
24.3.1921 who follows under III
5. (S.A.) Shelton Allen who follows
under IV
6. Ivor (USA)
7. Venice Catherine d.21.5.1995 m
Ravindra Artie H. Weerakoon d.1.2.2007
Of the second
marriage he had :-
8. Althea Edelweiss m Christie Jacob s
Carey I. Jacob & Grace Meadows
II.
(P.H.D.A.) P.H. Dinsdale Alexander de Silva d.26.4.1992 m
Charmion Beatrice Venetia (Jackie) Juriansz d.10.7.1995 dau Bonnie Charles
Juriansz & Beulah Christobel ^Whetton^ :-
1. Denise Ianthe m Dayawansa Wijeratne
(Germany)
2. (P.H.J.D.) P.H. Jeremy Dinsdale
m St.George's Church, Bentleigh, Australia 1.2.1980 Beverley Hasselmeyer
dau Jocelyn Edward Karl Hasselmeyer & Erica Sheila Bartholomeusz
3. (P.H.M.R.) P.H. Michael Ray (Aust)
4. Diane Shyamalee (Aust)
5. Jilska Beulah m Vijith Chandrasena
(USA)
III.
(E.C.) Elmore Carlyle de Silva (Aust) b.24.3.1921 d.Australia
8.4.1981 m Marlene Florence Duckworth b.4.12.1933 dau Norman William
Werkmeister Duckworth & Veda Hortense (Molly) Ryde :-
1. (L.E.) Larry Elmore b.Wattala
21.9.1957 who follows under IV
2. (T.M.) Travice Mark b.Mutwal 3.3.1963
m London, UK ......... Alice ^Laurisden^
IV.
(S.A.) Shelton Allen de Silva, priest d.12.4.2008 m Kamala
Philips dau G.C. Philips, dr. & Lily ......... :-
1. Santhushi (USA) ] m Gloria .........
2. Chinthan ]
3. Renuk ]
4. Jani ]
Shelton - gf Umanga (USA), Johann & Jonathan
V.
(L.E.) Larry Elmore de Silva b.21.9.1957 m Melbourne, Autralia
......... Lani ^Kryger^ :-
1. (L.E.) Liam Elmore b.10.7.1996
2. Sian Lynette b.14.10.1998
AA.
I.
Edgar de Silva of Dehiwela d.2.7.1983 m Myrtle Agnes .........
d.14.7.2000 :-
1. Yvonne m Christopher Lancelot de la
Motte b.24.7.1937 d.3.7.2000 s Peter Dennis Kennedy (Sunny) de la Motte & Sheryl
Angeline Dorothy de Zilva
2. Godfrey who follows under II
3. Brian m Prema .........
4. Terrence who follows under III
Myrtle - gm (Darrel, Marina, Tania), Denham, Minoli, Enoka,
Lucille, (Romano & Romany)
- sis Muriel
II.
Godfrey de Silva d. m Lily ......... d. :-
1. (D.E.C.) D.E. Calixtus who follows
under IV
2. (C.M.) Cecil Mallet who follows under
V
3. Milton m Pearl ......... d.
4. Walter m Henrita .........
5. Joe m Stephanie .........
6. Bernadette
III.
Terrence de Silva m Eroma de la Motte dau George Kingsley de la
Motte & Myrtle Decima Schokman :-
1. Romano
2. Romany
IV.
(D.E.C.) D.E. Calixtus de Silva of Col 15 d.2.11.2001 m Hyacinth
Jayasekere dau Lloyd Jayasekere & Ethel ......... :-
RC
1. Christine m Vasantha Gomez
2. Surintha who follows under VI
3. Anjalie, rev.sis.
4. Renuka m Averell Goonetilleke s Joe
Goonetilleke & Hondamuni Patricia de Soyza
Calixtus - gf Suranee, Sashini, Yohan, Rochelle, Stefan, (Asitha
& Sahani)
- bil (Merlyn d.,)
Pearl d., Henrita, Stephanie & Dixon, Benildus & Leonie
V.
(C.M.) Cecil Mallet de Silva of Mutwal d.16.5.2006 m Merlyn de
Zoysa d.17.1.1997 :-
1. (A.V.) Anton Virgil m Nirmalie
.........
2. Angelo m Mallika .........
3. Joy m Neliya Fernando dau J.V. Collin
Fernando & Meraya Praxede Dalpethado
4. Kumari m Anton .........
Cecil - gf Varuna, Raveen, Chalani, Dharshana, Dinuk, Mario,
Geethanga & Dinushi
VI.
Surintha de Silva m Nadisha Senadhira dau Ainsley Senadhira
& Manel Rajini Karunaratne :-
1. Yohan
2. Rochelle
3. Stefan
AB.
I.
(F.H.C.) Franciscu Hettige Christombu de Silva m Rosamaria
......... d.27.2.1970 :-
1. (F.H.A.) FH-Aelian who follows under
II
2. (F.H.W.) F.H. Walter d.before 2010 m
Dulcie Fernando dau P.C. Fernando & Winnie .........
3. Enid Esther d.Australia 12.2.2010 m
Bede Jansz (Aust) d.5.12.1986 s W.S. Peter Jansz & Agnes .........
4. Mary m Patrick ......... (USA)
5. Elsie d. m Dharmasena .........
6. Dottie d. m Henry .........
7. Violet m Victor .........
8. (F.H.B.S.) FH-Basil Sylvester who
follows under III
9. Shirley d.
II.
(F.H.A.) Franciscu Hettige Aelian de Silva of Moratuwa
d.11.10.2000 m Placida Fernando d.25.6.2000 dau Victor Joseph Fernando &
Mary Margaret ......... :-
1. Benildus who follows under IV
2. Clement who follows under V
III.
(F.H.B.) Franciscu Hettige Basil Silvester de Silva d.5.11.2005
m
a. Delreen Iris Virginia Joseph
b.11.4.1933 d.11.5.1996 dau Thomas Philip Joseph & Ruby Blanche Fox -
divorced
b. Ann .........
Of the first marriage
he had :-
2. FH-Laureen Desiree Rani (UK)
3. FH-Shereen Ann Chrysanthi m Wiliam
Costley (UK)
IV.
Benildus de Silva m Stella ......... :-
1. Nirmalath
2. Sriyanga
3. Shalini
4. Sharmila
V.
Clement de Silva (USA) m Martita ......... :-
1. Maria
2. Dayan
AC.
I.
S.A. Silva of Chilaw d. m ......... :-
1. Joseph, accountant d.16.2.1965
2. Muriel d.4.7.1992 m J. Andrew de
Andrado d.15.4.1962 s Joseph Edmund de Andrado & Angelina Perera
Jayawardene
3. John d.
4. (E.P.F.) Eutarius Peter Francis
(Freddie) who follows under II
5. (C.R.) C. Reggie who follows under
III
6. Bede d.24.11.1994 m Maureen
Katugampola dau David Katugampola & Mabel .........
7. Florence d.
8. Maxie d.
9. Ossie who follows under IV
10. Benedicta (Ditta) d.4.10.2006 m Mahamendige E. Joe Mendis
d.11.5.2008 s M- ......... Mendis & Christina ^Fernando^
RC
II.
(E.P.F.) Eutarius Peter Francis (Freddie) Silva of Chilaw,
irrigation engineer d.17.8.2000 m Noeline Mary Melania Leitan d.31.5.2001 dau
Joseph ?Mason Leitan & Grace Maria de Silva :-
1. Nalini Marie Pamela m
a. Nissanka .........
b. Festus Senanayake s Kingsley
Senanayake & Regina .........
2. Rohan who follows under V
3. Shanthi m Ron Fredericks
4. Sharmalene Ann m Ravi Fernando
5. Sriyani Therese Bernadette m Milroy
Dissanayake
6. Lilanthi Josephine Vyvette m Mario
Madawala
III.
(C.R.) C. Reggie de Silva of Negombo d.24.4.2003 m Joan Stella
Ranasinghe dau Michael deSilva Ranasinghe, dr. & Mary Angeline (Dotty)
Fernando :-
1. Marie m Ravindra Pinto s Vincent
Pinto & Rita .........
2. Nirmalie m Ranjan Fernando s K.M.M.
Fernando & Cecilia (Cissy) Arsecularatne
3. Roshan, colonel m Sonali .........
4. Mario m Niroshini .........
Reggie - gf Ramali, Nadeesha, Rehan, Ranil, Roshanali, Roshni,
Nimesh & Rohesh
IV.
Ossie Silva of Chilaw d.17.9.1998 m Rita ......... :-
1. Thilatha m Rohan Ekanayake (Aust) s
Vivian Royston Ekanayake & Therese Winifred Maria Wanigaratne
2. Thilak
3. Sandra m Benny ^Westman^ (Sweden)
4. Waruni m Gamini Samarasekere
Ossie - gf (Nadeen), Caroline, Christopher (& Dilhara)
V.
Rohan de Silva m Chryshanthi ......... :-
1. Judith Krishni Anisha
2. Anne Marie Renasha
3. Bernadine Delusha
Family Tree data collected and compiled by the late Dr. Malcolm
Jansze, Colombo, Sri Lanka - mjansze@sltnet.lk
* See Church Abbreviation List
** Research done by the late Dr. Malcolm Jansze