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Disappearing Burgher Surnames in Island Lanka–by<\/span> Michael Roberts<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n

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Source:<\/span><\/strong>Thuppahis<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Michael\u201cDisappearing Burgher Surnames in Island Lanka\u201d \u2026.<\/strong>\u00a0Author and location unknown at present\u00a0\u2026\u00a0<\/strong>and not to be confused with Careem\u2019s article on \u201cDisappearing Burgher & Malay Surnames in Island Lanka\u201d<\/strong>\u2026at\u2026<\/em>\u00a0https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2017\/01\/30\/disappearing-burgher-and-malay-surnames-i<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Pix of Burgher Tennis Club in the Fort of Galle in 1928\u00a0<\/strong>inserted here\u00a0<\/strong>courtesy of David Colin-Thome \u2026<\/strong>\u00a0for names: visit\u00a0https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2017\/06\/29\/burgher-tennis-club-in-galle-circa-1928\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Some of the most colourful surnames that once stood as a beacon to help distinguish the ethnic backgrounds of locals have now gone into abeyance. The ethnographers are of the opinion that the frequent intermarriages with\u00a0members of the prominent ethnic groups and the death of male line descendants have gradually airbrushed the identities of many minorities. However, it is unmistakably clear that many of the Lankan patronymics and surnames have European roots. The Ceylon Burgher Community is the finest exponent of this European Onomatology in Sri Lanka, as the members of the community carry some of the World\u2019s rarest surnames, several of\u00a0which at present verge on extinction. The ancestors of the Dutch Burghers were not necessarily Dutch by ethnic origin as the Dutch East India Company installed hundreds of mercenaries from all parts of Europe who later reached the shores of Lanka to strengthen the Dutch garrisons on the Island.<\/span><\/p>\n

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These Europeans later espoused local women and paved the way for the Lankan Eurasian Community, which later came to be known as \u2018Dutch Burghers\u2019 meaning \u2018Town Dwellers\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Dutch surnames can be recognised by the \u2018tussenvoegsel\u2019 referring to\u00a0the words positioned between the forename and last name similar to the\u00a0Scottish prefixes. Many Dutch surnames begin with \u2018Vanden\u2019 a collective term meaning \u2018from the\u2019, while prefixes such as \u2018Van\u2019 meaning \u2018of or from\u2019, \u2018der\u2019 meaning \u2018of the\u2019 and \u2018de\/het\/t\u2019 meaning \u2018the\u2019 are commonly used by the Dutch Burghers in Sri Lanka.<\/span><\/p>\n

The fifth Solicitor General of Sri Lanka was Mr. James Van Langenburg and based on his surname it is clear that the\u00a0<\/u>progenitor of his family hailed from the German village Langenburg.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Ceylonese Van Geyzals descend from Franc Van Geyzal from Belgium\u00a0(St. Nichola\u2019s) who married the daughter of Angelo Pegolloti, an Italian,\u00a0and his descendant Carl Theodore van Geyzel, was a first-class Lankan\u00a0cricketer.<\/span><\/p>\n

While the Vandorts trace their lineage to the Dutch hamlet named \u2018Dordrecht\u2019, and the first Vandort to have set foot on Lankan soil was Cornelis Jansz Van Dort from Utrecht who arrived on the ship \u201cBellois\u201d in 1700 and settled down in Galle. One of his descendants was Leonhard Kalenberg Van Dort, born in 1831, a famous artist whose water colours of 19th-century Sri Lanka can still be found in Leiden,\u00a0\u00a0\"\"<\/a>while Lankan Cricketer Michael Vandort is yet another descendant.<\/span><\/p>\n

The famous \u2018Van\u2019 prefixed surnames include, van Arkadie (from Arkadiem,\u00a0France), van Cuylenburg (from Culenberg, Germany), van Dersil, van der Straaten (Van der Straeten, presumably Flemish), Van Hoff (also spelt as Van\u2019t Hoff like in the case of Jacobus Henricus van \u2018t Hoff, Dutch Physical and Organic Chemist), Van Rooyen (also spelt Van Rooijen, meaning those from the remote areas), Vander Zeil (from the rail), Vander Putt\u00a0(topographic name for someone living besides a \u2018putt\u2019 meaning pit or well-\u00a0Village \u2018Putte\u2019 in Netherlands and Belgium), Van Sanden and Vander Gucht.<\/span><\/p>\n

The origin of surname, Van Houghton remains blurry as \u2018Houghton\u2019 or Hutton\u00a0is an Anglo- Saxon habitation locational surname referring to a \u2018High Town,\u2019\u00a0while \u2018van\u2019 is purely Dutch. However, the early English names had three parts, the first name (Christian name), followed with \u2018De\u2019 and the name of the place which the family lived (locational name) and Houghton is derived from \u2018De Hocton\u2019.\u00a0\u00a0Nevertheless, Van Houghton is at present an endangered\u00a0surname in the world, and based on the geographical spread its only the\u00a0Ceylon Burghers who use this uncommon surname.<\/span><\/p>\n

The De Soysas, De Silvas, Peiris, Rosayro, Dias and De Serams identify\u00a0themselves as \u2018Sinhalese\u2019 though they are bearers of Portuguese surnames.\u00a0However, Dr. Lucian de Zilwa, the first Ceylon F.R.C.O.G. and former Senior\u00a0Physician and Gynaecologist was a Dutch Burgher and not a Sinhalese, as\u00a0substituting the letter \u2018S\u2019 for letter \u2018Z\u2019 is yet another Dutch Burgher feature seen in their surnames like Diasz (days), Peiriz, De Zoysa etc.\u00a0\u00a0The prefix \u2018De\u2019 meaning \u2018the\u2019 was used by both the Dutch and Portuguese.\u00a0Surnames like De Kresters (e.g. Dr. David Morritz de Kretser, a Ceylonese\u00a0Medical Researcher who later became Governor of Victoria, Australia), De\u00a0Hoedt, De Koning, De Niese, De Kauwe, De Wet, De Vos, and De Coan helps\u00a0exemplify the \u2018De\u2019 prefixed Dutch Burgher surnames.<\/span><\/p>\n

Amongst the Lankan Burghers we do find abbreviated patronymic surnames, like Jansz which is originally the Dutch surname Janszoon meaning \u2018Son of Jan\/ John;\u2019 while Loos\u00a0 is the abbreviated patronymic of \u2018Lodewijk\u2019 meaning \u2018akin to Louise\u2019. Other Dutch surnames used by the Burghers include Prins (meaning Prince), Antonisse, Andriesz, Baldesinger, Brohier (R.L.Brohier, an Engineer who built Ceylon\u2019s first whole irrigation system), Bulne, Beekman (meaning \u2018Creek man\u2019), Claasz, Ebert, Engelbrecht (glorious Angel), Foenander, Fernandez (son of Fernando\/ Spanish), Frugtniet, Kegel (Dutch and German origin) Kelaart, Martinus, Melder, Meynert, Milhuisen, Neydorff, Passe, Philipsz, Scharenguivel, Werkmester, Wille, and Willenberg.The \u2018Barthalomeaucz\u2019 is of course such a totally unheard of name in present\u00a0day Sri Lanka.\u00a0 However, in the bygone Era, this particular patronymic was so popular that people couldn\u2019t ignore it. As we delve deep into the etymology of\u00a0this distinctive surname, it is clear that the patronymic is derived from\u00a0Bartholomew\u2019, meaning \u2018son of Ptolemy\u2019 based on Aramaic literature. The Dutch variant of Bartholomew known as \u2018Bartholomeuszoon\u2019 has filled several volumes of military history and Egbert Bartholomeuszoon Kortenaer\u00a0(1604-1665), who bore the same patronymic, was a renowned hero of the\u00a0Second Anglo-Dutch War.\u00a0The earliest known ancestor of the Barthalomeaucz clan in Sri Lanka was\u00a0Daniel Barthalomeaucz (1735-1798) who made settlement in Jaffna and after the advent of the British, the family expanded and domiciled in the Western\u00a0and North Western provinces of British Ceylon.\u00a0Some of the notable Barthalomeucz who have stamped their identity in Ceylon include Surgeon Noel Bartholomeusz and Ramani Barthalomeaucz, former model, actress and Miss Sri Lanka.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Milani & Alice Sansoni ...courtesy of David Sansoni<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Sansoni\u2019s (Sansone), yet another unique patronymics which is neither Dutch nor German and based on onomatics it is of Italian origin. The name is originally the Italian variant of English Samson meaning Sun child or bright sun in Hebrew. Guiseppi Joseph Sansoni born in Italy, regarded as the progenitor of the Sansoni clan in Ceylon was the commander of the ship \u201cLivorna\u201d which served the Dutch belligerents during several battles. The Sansoni\u2019s have definitely left their mark in Lankan history, and former Chief Justice Miliani Claude Sansoni who chaired the Sansoni Commission which investigated the 1977 communal violence helps testify the importance served by a Sansoni in the Lankan Judiciary.<\/span><\/p>\n

The ancestor of the Oorloff clan in Ceylon hailed from Russia as the Patronymic is derived from the\u00a0<\/u>Russian Eastern Ashkenazic personal name \u2018Orlov\u2019 corrupt form of \u2018oryol\u2019\u00a0meaning eagle. Andris Andriesz Oorloff (b. 1730) of Rypdewack, the founder\u00a0member of the family arrived in Ceylon in 1761 in the ship \u201cFransz Elizabeth\u201d which served the Dutch East India Company. Back in the days of the British, both the Medical sector and the Railway Department benefited from the services extended by the Oorloffs. Besides the Oorloffs, the surname Heins\/Heyn (Major General Bertram Russel Heyn) is also derived\u00a0from Russian Hutterite\/Mennonite.<\/span><\/p>\n

Though the bearers of the patronymic \u2018Ohlmns\u2019 identify themselves as \u2018Dutch Burghers\u2019, sources reveal that the founder member of the family was\u00a0originally a German and his descendants later intermarried with other Eurasian families in Ceylon thus making this rare German Surname part of the Dutch Burgher Community. The founder member, Jan Carel Ohlmns, born at Hildesheim an ancient town located in North Western Germany arrived in the ship \u201dAmelisvaart\u201d, and later settled down in Sri Lanka as a mercenary serving the Dutch.<\/span><\/p>\n

While surnames like Koch, Gogerly and Landberger are also derived from German literature and the name Koch refers to a Cook.<\/span><\/p>\n

The surname Lourensz is derived from German (Roman) word \u2018Lorenteus\u2019 meaning \u2018from Lorenteum\u2019 and Cole is derived from German \u2018Khol\u2019 meaning \u2018swarthy\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

The French in Sri Lanka are also identified as Burghers a common term used by the locals to identify those of Eurasian descent, and this French factor\u00a0is clearly manifested by the use of Lankan surnames like Toussaint,\u00a0Kherkovan, Crozier, Delile, Andre, Gauthier, and Spitttel.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Dr RL Spittel<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Toussaint is French patronymic of baptismal origin and the Medieval English surname \u2018Spittel\u2019 is derived from \u201cspital\u201d, an aphetic form of the Old French \u201chospital,\u201d while Crozier is derived from old French word \u2018Crois\u2019 for crook.\u00a0<\/u>Dr. Richard Lionel Spittel, was a foremost expert on Lankan Veddha\u00a0Community and authored several books on Lankan heritage.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Anglo Saxon (English) Burgher surnames include, Villiers (from Villiers, Normandy), White (Athlete Duncan White), Arndt (derived from Ernault or Arnolt, meaning an eagle\/rule), Wright (from \u2018wryhta\u2019 or \u2018wyrhta\u2019, meaning worker or shaper of wood), Herft (Model Sabrina Herft), Bevan (from Welsh \u2018ab Evan\u2019 meaning \u2018Son of Evan\u2019), Deutrom, Hepponstall (Habitation surname derived from Parish Hepponstall, Yorkshire), Sella (Scottish occupational surname used to refer a merchant who works in a cellar or saddler), Rode from\u2019 Rodd\u2019 a village in Harefordshire, Steinwall, Robertson, Greig (pronounced \u2018Greg\u2019 originated in Scotland from the Scottish Highland clan MacGregor), Baldsing, Holdenbottle, Fraser (Scottish surname derived from French word\u00a0\u2018Frederius\u2019) Keegal, Hingert, Barker etc.<\/span><\/p>\n

Morrel is a Medieval English\u00a0surname derived from \u2018morel\u2019 originally from the nickname More or \u2018Moore\u2019\u00a0meaning dark complexioned man.<\/span><\/p>\n

Last but not least, the famous Ondaatje\u2019s aren\u2019t really Burghers as the progenitor of the clan was a Tamil Ondaatchii from Tanjore South India who was commissioned by the Dutch to serve in Ceylon<\/span><\/p>\n

******<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Sansoni Lineage\u201d \u2026.\u00a0<\/strong>by David Sansoni, responding to a Thuppahi request, 14 December 2022<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>While Guiseppe\u00a0Sansoni (b. 1745) is indeed the first \u2018Sansoni\u2019 on record, as far as the family\u2019s \u201cCeylon<\/strong>\u201d period is concerned, the acknowledged forefather of the \u2018modern era\u2019 is surely Miliani Henri Sansoni (b.1849, d.1907).<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Great-grandfather Miliani married Alice Rosalind Aldons (b.1856, d.1921). All the Sansonis of your acquaintance \u2014 Aldo, Pip, Dominic\u2026many more, including my sister Astrid, and I \u2014 are the\u00a0fruit<\/em>\u00a0of their union.<\/span><\/p>\n

And therefore; here they are, on their 25th Anniversary \u2013 circa 1898.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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