PORTUGUESE, DUTCH AND BRITISH BURGHER SURNAMES OF CEYLON/SRI LANKA Download the PDF file . Compiled by Dennis and Helene de Rosayro – In alphabetical order (from as far back as possible) January 2024 A Aldons Alvis Arndt Atwell Anthonisz Anderson Arnolda Atton Adams Altendorff Armstrong Austin Assauw Andriesz Andree Arentsz Alphonso Alexander Anderiesz Andrado Armitage Augustine Albrecht Auwardt Abel Achilles Allen Atkinson Adolphus Aponso Ashmore 2. B Baptist Bartholomeusz Berenger Barrow Beekmeyer Blaze Bocks Bartels Boustead Barsenbach Bowen Beling Boulton Bolling Blacker Barber Balmond Buultjens Balthazar Bastian Batcho Bird Byrde Brohier Bottoni Berman Baines Bulner Boucher Burke Barthelot Baldsing Ball Barbet Barker Bowles Brown Boole Bellise Brengman Bennett Bilsborough Barlow Blake Bekelman Berhardt Barrington Bernard Beven Baillie Bertus Blom Bogstra Britto Boudewyn Baillie Baptiste C Cramer Collette Crusz Colin-Thome Cox Callender Cotterling Cottling Crake Caspersz Corner Chapman Carron Cannon Cassel Collom Carter Cameron Claasz Claessen Crozier Costa Colaas Correa ...
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The forgotten history of slavery in Sri Lanka – by Tamara Fernando Jesus – College Cambridge 5 September, 2021 Source: sundayobserver The names Vijayabhahu, Dutugamunu and S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike are likely more familiar to the student of Sri Lankan history than Kedoe, Selestina and Cander Wayreven. Who were these three, and why are their life histories not better known? For one thing, all of them were slaves. The 23-year-old Kedoe was brutally executed for the murder of a Dutch official named Barent van der Swann and his wife in 1723 (as punishment, Kedoe was quartered and drawn up outside the walls of the Pettah), Selestina was tried in court for killing her new-born baby (the child may have resulted from rape by her master) in Colombo in 1820 and Wayreven was flogged eighteen lashes for travelling in the palanquin of his owner in Jaffna in 1819. In the early 19th century, ...
Jul 8, 2023
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BRITISH GOVERNANCE FROM 1815-1832 – By Dr. Tilak S. Fernando In 1815, the locals consented to hand over the Governance to the British to govern Ceylon. The social standards maintained during the 16, 17 and 18th centuries were challenged mainly by foreigners such as Solis, Portuguese and the Dutch. Some of the social norms were deep-seated in Sinhala traditions. However, from 1815 to 1918 British exerted much pressure so that Sinhalese could not counterattack or think of quashing it, and emotions died down. When Ceylon was at the peak of being an independent sovereign with the highest culture, the British did a tremendous skilful act in taking over an independent ruler. The question remained unresolved as to why the Sinhalese tolerated and remained quiet. However, collecting various economies and producing history is the central theme in compiling this book (author’s comment). Up to 1832, economic progress in Ceylon was the ...
Jun 16, 2023
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