Paternal
Grand Father: Mr. Gulawathage Don Julis Appuhamy was born on 23rd November 1853 and passed away on the 28th July 1912.
Grand Mother: Mrs. Gulawathage Don Julis Appuhamy. Nee Miss. Matilda Perera from Walana Panadura daughter of Juvanis Perera. She passed away --------
Grand father was a General Merchant & Planter
in Walana, Panadura. in Sri Lanka which is about 15 miles from the Capital,
Colombo.
They were married on the 20th April 1883 and had seven children,
five girls and two boys. My father was the youngest.
The ancestral home in Walana stands on a 2 acres plot of land which
my father and his brother - Don Charles, inherited in equal share. At my
father's death he had willed it to the Buddhist Congress to be run as a Orphanage.
The Buddhist
Congress in turn handed it to a committee to run it and my cousin
Nissanka Wijewardane ( the former Secretary to Governor General of Sri
Lanka and later Chairman Bank of Ceylon ) was the Chairman of the committee
from 1965 to 1982 and I took over as Chairman of the committee from 1982
to 1994. Since 1994 Nissanka is Chairman again.
My grand parents also built Walana Temple just few yards from their
home and a School (Photos of the school not avalble at this time). Their ashes are buried at the school grounds. Photos
of The Temple, House now (Orphanage) & School built by my Grand Parents.
A short Biography of my grand father was
compiled by G.H.Perera Senaratna , Pandith Gunatilaka Muhadiram and Editor
"Dinakaraprakasa" and was published by the "Dinakaraprakasa"
press in 1912 at his death.
This publication is in sinhala and for a translation in English
Click
here .
Grand Father: Mr. Subasinghe
Grand Mother: Mrs. Subasinghe. Nee Miss. Suriyabandara
Grand Father was one of the Sri Lankan Judges appointed by the
British. They were from Galle which is 72 miles from Colombo. They had
eight children, six girls and two boys. My mother was the eldest.
Don Edmond Wijewardane May Lilian Subasingha
B.A. ( Oxon. ) B.C.L
Barrister at Law ( Middle Temple )
Former Public Trustee of Sri Lanka
and Assistant Custodian of Enemy Property.
Official Unveiling of his photograph
Click Here
My father was born on the 14-10-1898 in Panadura and
passed away on the 17-02-1965
My mother was born on the 09-05-1912 in Galle passed away on
the 09-02-1997
