Barr-Kumarakulasinghe, Richard Rasanayagam

Birth Name Barr-Kumarakulasinghe, Richard Rasanayagam
Gender male

Events

Type Date Place Description Notes
Birth 1864 Tellipalai, Sri Lanka    

Attributes

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Parents

Father Barr-Kumarakulasinghe, Appucutty Joseph W.
Mother Sivakamipillai, Murugesar Muthukumarar
Siblings
  1. Barr-Kumarakulasinghe, Ariyanayagam
  2. Barr-Kumarakulasinghe, Arunthathinayagam
  3. Barr-Kumarakulasinghe, Chelvanayagam
  4. Barr-Kumarakulasinghe, Kanakanayagam Charles
  5. Barr-Kumarakulasinghe, Mangalanayagam
  6. Barr-Kumarakulasinghe, Raneenayagam
  7. Barr-Kumarakulasinghe, Singanayagam S.
  8. Barr-Kumarakulasinghe, Thayalnayagam

Families

Married Wife Mutthiah, Rasamma
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  Children
  1. Barr-Kumarakulasinghe, Caroline Gnanamooranam
  2. Barr-Kumarakulasinghe, Chelvaratnam Samuel
  3. Barr-Kumarakulasinghe, Emily Grace Gnanapooranam
  4. Barr-Kumarakulasinghe, Joseph Selvadurai

Narrative

The following is from Van Sanden, J. C (1936) The Chieftans of
Ceylon, ISBN 81-7013-124-3
Maniagar, Valiikamam 1902; Justice of Peace;
Held office of Maniagar for 25 years and on his retirement was maded
Justice of Peace in recognition of his meritorius services. His
father was a well known scholar and writer of Tamil verse and is
mentioned in Arnolds Galaxy of Tamil Poets. The family is old and
distinguished tracing descent from an ancient Jaffna King in
acknowledgement of which social poition the Dutch Government in 1756
conferred on an ancestor of the Maniagar the title of
"Irumarapuntuyya".

Pedigree

  1. Barr-Kumarakulasinghe, Appucutty Joseph W.
    1. Sivakamipillai, Murugesar Muthukumarar
      1. Barr-Kumarakulasinghe, Ariyanayagam
      2. Barr-Kumarakulasinghe, Arunthathinayagam
      3. Barr-Kumarakulasinghe, Chelvanayagam
      4. Barr-Kumarakulasinghe, Kanakanayagam Charles
      5. Barr-Kumarakulasinghe, Mangalanayagam
      6. Barr-Kumarakulasinghe, Raneenayagam
      7. Barr-Kumarakulasinghe, Richard Rasanayagam
        1. Mutthiah, Rasamma
          1. Barr-Kumarakulasinghe, Caroline Gnanamooranam
          2. Barr-Kumarakulasinghe, Chelvaratnam Samuel
          3. Barr-Kumarakulasinghe, Emily Grace Gnanapooranam
          4. Barr-Kumarakulasinghe, Joseph Selvadurai
      8. Barr-Kumarakulasinghe, Singanayagam S.
      9. Barr-Kumarakulasinghe, Thayalnayagam

Ancestors