Going back a few generations...

I had this nice and interesting email:

Dear Mr.Jacob Matthan

I am Sunil George Koshy from Mullamangalam family of Kottayam.

I just came back from the funeral service of one of the grandsons of Arch Deacon K.Koshy – Mr. John Mathai who passed away on Sunday 9th at the age of 93.

After coming back from the funeral, I searched for Mullamangalam in Google and found the website on R.M.Kurien Ashan which mentions his mother as the sister of Koshy Achen (who was the son of Maramon Koshy).

My great grandfather is the youngest brother of Arch Deacon K. Koshy (Koshy Achen) , Mullamangalam. Like his eldest brother, Koshy achen, my great grandfather was also a teacher at the CMS School at Kottayam. Both Koshy achen and John Ashan (popularly known as Chempolil Ashan) where the sons of Maramon Koshy (who had other sons too, as written in the Madolil Family History – published by the Madolil Kudumbayogam), Koshy Achen being the eldest and John Ashan, the youngest.

I have often heard, in my younger days, my father – George Mullamangalam Koshy (Thankappan) who is 83 years now, discuss R. M. Kurien Ashan and Dewan Bahadur Kuriyan Matthan, at family gatherings.

Every year, in December, the Madolil Family (of which Mullamangalam, Chempolil, Pullavallil, Vengalil etc. are branches) meet for the Kudumbayogam in Maramon.
I think and hope that you can gather more information from people who gather at this meeting.

I will write to you after talking to my father. I hope he still remembers the visits of the Dewan.

Warm Regards

Sunil G. Koshy

From the above I am glad to decipher this side of the family.

Marmon Koshy had several children, of which Arch Deacon K. Koshy (Koshy Achen) was the eldest and John Ashan (popularly known as Chempolil Ashan) was the youngest. One of their sisters was the mother of Kurien Aaschan (my great grandfather).

Kurian Aaschan was brought up by his uncle Arch Deacon K. Koshy (my great great grand uncle), so John Ashan was also my great great grand uncle.

George Mullamangalam Koshy, who is now 83, is, therefore, the second cousin of my grandfather (Dewan Bahadur Kuriyan Matthan) and the writer of the email (Sunil) in my father's third cousin.

John Mathai, who is reported by Sunil to have passed away, was also the second cousin of both Dewan Bahadur Kuriyan Matthan and George Mullamangalam Koshy.

I have recorded as much as possible of the Maliyakal Ravoor Matthan Kurien [also known as Maliyakal K. Aaschan (1852 - 1935)] on my web page about the Maliyakal family. (I apologise to many of you who have fed me much valuable information but which I have not yet used.)


My grandfather, Dewan Bahadur Kuriyan Matthan (1877 - 1951).

My father, Kuriyan Matthan (1911 - 1993).

Me, Jacob Matthan (1943 - ).

Thank you Sunil for this fascinating input.