Good evening I am hoping someone can answer a couple of question. As can be seen below Sri Lanka has had various names CEYLON Portuguese Serendib.Ceilão 1505-1650 Dutch 1650 -1796 Crown Colony 1796-1948 Dominion Feb. 4 1948- Sri Lanka May 1972 My first question is, what did the Dutch called the island during their tenure The second question is. Did some females married at an early age. I have a few who were under 13, and had children at fourteen. Is this possible? regards Eric

Hi there, Re;- the early marriages. I think many of us have these in our ancestry, I have one of 13 and one of 14. I have come to the conclusion that this is in some way to do with the 'army allowance' for children stopping when a child was 14, and in the case of my own family this brought about marriage for the girls and enlistment for the boys. A different world and life was in the main short. All the best- Lesley