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In this page I have documented some of the De Fonseka names that I have come across during my research, and which I have not been able to connect to the genealogy tables given in the Ancestry page or the family trees listed under the Family Trees pages. Further research on these names is bound to put all these in the correct place.
Your help in identifying these persons ( or details of any De Fonsekas not listed here ) are most welcome. Please respond with whatever details you may have, however small or insignificant it may seem at the moment. It is hoped that one day this site will contain a comprehensive database of all De Fonseka families of Sri Lanka.
Other Family Trees :
Hewafonsekage:
Family Tree of Hewafonsekage Abraham (de) Fonseka
The Anglican De Fonseka Families :
In my study of the De Fonseka name, I have come across three distinct family groups or segments. One is the Arasanilayitta clan of Kalutara which is well documented in this site. The other group is the predominantly Buddhist group of families originating from Panadura, which is found in a separate page in the Ancestry section. The third group is closely intertwined with the Dutch Burgher community and seems to be Anglican. Most of the names listed below belongs to this group.
Borella Baptisms :
Fredrick Winston Anthony Dias son of Fredrick Walter Dias and Novah Cecilia Maud de Fonseka 14/12/1924.
Anglican Church Colpetty (Baptisms):
Floris de Fonseka and Eliza de Abrew
Rajapakse of Maradana
Son - Joseph Robert
29/11/1867 17/11/1878
Son - Philliph Albert
20/11/1865 17/11/1878
Sadoris De Fonseka Abeysekera Gunaratna and Batcho de Soosa Wickremasinghe of
Pohaddaramulla Caltura
Son Abraham Flores
12/5/1847
Dutch Reformed Church, Wolvendaal - Baptisms:
Manuel De Fonseka and Cornelis Bosi
Theadosin
17/11/1737
Manuel
30/10/1740
Nicolaas
19/05/1743
Anne Maria
10/07/1746
Nicholaas De Fonseka and Regina Gomes
Joan
11 days
Clara
21 days
Solomon
1mnt 6days
Hendrik Diderik Dias De Fonseka and
(entry damaged) x
(more details under others )
Johannes (adopted)
21/07/1781 3D/3 132
Rudolf (adopted)
12/01/1782 135
Simon De Fonseka and Maria Wilhelmmiina
Wesselius
Sara Wilmma
25/05/1796 3D/3 283
Anna Maria
02/02/1799 3D/3 310
Johan Simon
02/08/1801 3D/3 330
Johan Nicolaas
15/07/1804 3B/2 48
Theodore Louis
10/09/1809 3B/2 142
Henrikus Phillippus
10/04/1814 3B/2 185
Louis De Fonseka and Anna Maria Pieris
Sara
02/08/1801 3D/3 330
Christiaan De Fonseka (Colombo) and Dona
Giemara of Matara on 07/08/1808
Anna Maria
10/06/1801 3B/2 155
Johannes Louis
03/09/1820 3B/2 240
Johan De Fonseka and Nattalia Gomes
Cornelis
29/01/1758 3D/2 297
Michiel
08/03/1767 3D/2 409
Anna Catherina
20/11/1774 3D/3 76
Jan Marcus De Fonseka (Colombo) and Anna
de Croos on 11/02/1753
Anna
30/12/1761 3D/2 338
Lodewyk De Fonseka and Johanna Francina
de Seram
Balthazar
26/07/1767 3D/2 419
Petronella
25/06/1769 3D/3 23
Juliana Francina
27/10/1771 3D/3 49
Sara
11/02/1777 3D/3 48
Cornelis Adriana
11/06/1780 3D/3 119
Joan De Fonseka and Patronella Gomes
Pieternella
20/08/1780 3D/3 122
Regina
04/10/1778 3B/1 113
Clara Magdalena
22/06/1783 3B/1 130
Cornelis, Sicilia, Silvia, Christiaan, Christina and Joseph
( All adopted )
23/07/1780 3D/3 121
Bernado De Fonseka and Maria Gomes
Anna
30/06/1767 3D/2 416
Louis De Fonseka and Louisa Wolvrant
Anna Maria (adopted)
07/07/1771 3D/3 45
Johan Simon De Fonseka and Anna Elizabeth
Fernando
Louisa Wilhelmina
28/06/1829 3B/2 335
Johanna Marciana
11/03/1832 3B/2 366
Johanna Arnoldiva
07/02/1836 3B/2 416
John Simon De Fonseka and Johana
Margeritta Phillipsz
Edward William
08/04/1844 3B/2 523
Mary Ellen
19/09/1847 3B/2 583
Amelia
21/10/1849 3B/2 611
Marciana Matilda
03/06/1855 3B/3 49
Deaths - St Paul's Burial Grounds:
Don Cornelius De Fonseka 64 Yrs on
23/11/1830
Cornelia, daughter of Cornelis De Fonseka 5 mnths 05/04/1832
Marriages - Trinity Church Colombo
Warnage William Henry De Fonseka to Madapuliarachchige Matilda Elizabeth on 16/11/1911
Extracts from the Baptismal Register of Christ Church, Galle Face, Colombo
Sadoris de Fonseka Abaysekera Guneratna
and Katcho de Soosa Wickremasingha of Pohaddaramulla, Caltura
Abraham Floris de Fonseka (Son) Born
12th May 1847, Baptised March 17th 1878
Floris de Fonseka and Eliza de Abrew
Rajapakse of Marandahn, Colombo
Phillip Albert de
Fonseka Born 20th November 1865,
Baptised March 17th 1878
Joseph Robert de Fonseka Born
29th November 1867, Baptised March 17th 1878
Extracts from the Registers of St. Paul's Church, Kynsey Road, Colombo
Marriage - John Simon de
Fonseka and Johanna Margaritta Philips on the 20th of February, 1838.
No 21, Folio No 5.
Baptismal - Jane Chrlotta de Fonseka
(daughter) Born 15th February
1839, Baptised 7th April 1839.
No 69, Folio No 5.
Sophia Elizabeth de Fonseka (daughter) Born 2nd November 1840, Baptised 25th
December 1840.
No 125, Folio No 5.
Unconfirmed Source
:
Phillipus Arend of
Zevenbregen bombardier widr. Of Cornelis Van den linden and Klara de Fonseka of
Cbo. Married 25/1/1767.
My thanks to Andrew Buultjens for searching the parish registers and other church and government archives for most of these names.
Others :
De Fonseka names, family trees and details picked up from various sources.
(1) Hendrik Diederick Dias de Fonseca, source Sri Lanka Gen Web - Notables in Ceylon in the year 1760, posted by Ms. Jennifer van der Greft, Kfar Saba, Israel.
Following here is an example of a
translation describing the funeral procession of Robertus Kramer - Dissave of
Colombo, by Mr. De Vos, one of the most knowledgeable people of the VOC period.
Mr. F.H. de Vos gives lots of personal information concerning the persons
attending the funeral which cannot be found anywhere else.
At the funeral of Robertus Cramer the following persons were present:-
47. Hendrik Diederick Dias de Fonseca, OnderKoopman. He died in Colombo in 1785 and was married twice: 1st time with Hester Catharina Kriekenbeek in 1767 and the 2nd time with Anna Elizabeth Leembruggen in 1776.
(Onderkoopman = Merchant - Second Class;
Senior rank in the Dutch Administration; Grades were Clerk, Assistant, Book-Keeper, Under-Merchant, Merchant, Upper-Merchant and Commandeur (only in Jaffna and Galle)He is also mentioned in Archives Volumes 2622 and 2623 (see D'andrado Papers).
2622 1781 January 3 - December 31, Nos. 1 - 188. By Hendrik Diederi, Dias da Fonseka.
2623 1781 - 1796 January 25.( n.b. Although composed by different clerks the numbering in this file is consistent), Nos. 1 - 54. The specification is as follows:
Nos. 01-11: 1781 - 1783 September 5 by Dias da Fonceka ; (see No. 2622).
(2) Lyn De Fonseka - Librarian 1958 Colombo Museum and Asst. Secretary Royal Asiatic Society. ( Source Obituary RAS Journal XIV 1970, 134-135 )
(3) Sourced from Birth/Death/Marriage Certificates