[ Maliyakal Ravoor Matthan Kurien, alias Maliyakal K. Aaschan, alias Kurien Assan, the founder of the House of Maliyakal ] [ Kuriyan "Mysore" Matthan (1877 - 1951) ] [ Dr. Kurian Kuruvilla ] [ K. George ] [ Mariamma ] [ K. Kurian ] [ Elizabeth ] [ Susan ] [ K. Jacob ] [ Sara ]
Dewan Bahadur Kuriyan
Matthan family in 1936
Back Row: Appachen
(Kuriyan
Matthan Jr.), Chinchaya (Mrs. Elizabeth M. M. Thomas),
Langford Appachen (the late George Matthan), Langford Ammachi
(the late Mrs. George Matthan), Kochupappen (Jacob Matthan
Sr.)
Seated: Grant Road Ammachi (Mrs.
Mariam K. C. Chacko), Valliammachi (late Mrs. Kuriyan Matthan
Sr.), Valliappachen (late Dewan Bahadur Kuriyan Matthan Sr.),
Pappachi (Mrs. Susan G. T. Verghese), 123
Ammachi (late Anna Mrs. P. G. Abraham), Accachi (Mrs. Grace
M. V. Kurian)
Seated on ground: Ammnikochamma
(late Mrs. M. A. Abraham), Baluchachen (George Matthan
Jr.)
(Missing: late Thangammakochamma
(deceased before this date), Babyappapen (Late Mr. M. Matthan)
who was studying in Cambridge, UK and Johnnyappapen (late Mr.
John Matthan) who was studying in the Railway Engineering Institute
in Jabalpur.
Maliyakal Kuriyan "Mysore" Matthan
Dewan
Bahadur
Author: JACOB MATTHAN, Oulu, Finland
This page is under construction. It awaits information from several of you out there. If you have anything to add about the family of Maliyakal Kuriyan "Mysore" Matthan, his ancestors, his wife and her family, his brothers and sisters, or information about his siblings, we would like to hear from you.
Ravoor may have been the land where his father's house was located. The house name was Maliyakal (also written by some as Malaykal).
This is presently a joint project of several cousins and second cousins, including one in the Middle East, Abu, and another in Finland, Sushil, as well a greatgrandson, Rahul Matthan. Generous inputs have been received from Gracykochamma in the USA and my late Godmother, Chinchaya, in Bangalore. Many thanks to Omena in Bangalore and Mohan in Canada for providing details of their immediate families. I hope to add photographs of all the individuals listed here from either my photograph archives or from those which have been sent to me.
Mysore Matthan studied at the Madras Christian College in Tamabaram, Madras, and joined the Mysore Civil Service. He rose to the top,,finishing his career as First Member of the Council of His Highness, the Maharaja of Mysore. Mysore Matthan was awarded the title Dewan Bahadur. During his career he was responsible for the establishment of many industries in the Princely State of Mysore and was Chairman of several of the corporations.
He married Mariamma of the Karimpanakal
family and had 12 children, 6 daughters and 6 sons. The eldest
daughter, Thankamma died in her early teens. The first born son,
who was named Kuriyan, also died soon after being born. When the
next boy was born, he was so small that he was not expected to
survive long. So, he was not named after his father / grandfather,
but named George (Kutty). He survived and went on to become one
of the State of Mysore's leading Administrators like his father.
The eldest daughter was Anne (Kochanamma) who died in 2001. The
second daughter, Kunjukochamma, was the first Indian student to
be admitted to the Bishop Cotton School in Bangalore.
Details of his family, children and their
families are given below (Items
in red are those who are deceased):
Kuriyan Mysore Matthan (1877 - 1951) + married Mariamma
(1883 - 1976, Karimpanakal family) and they had 12 children, 6
sons and 6 daughters, 16 grandchildren.
Valliappachen in 1925?
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Valliammachi pictured in the Lalbagh Road House
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- Thankamma ( - )
- George (1904 -
1973) + Mariammakochamma
(1908 - 1986)
- Ammini (1930
- 2003) + Baby M. A. Abraham (1927 - ) in Bombay
- Vinod ( - ) + Sujata ( - ) in Bombay
- Joshua ( - )
- Alisha ( - )
- Vinita ( - ) + Johnny [Poonnen] ( - )
- Vini ( - )
- Pradeep ( - )
- Ranjit ( - )
- Balu George (1933 - ) + Nirmala
(née Joseph) ( 1936 - ) in Bangalore
- Uday ( - ) in Bangalore
- Poornima ( - ) in Bangalore
- Anand (1941 - ) + Shalini (née
Ninan) (1947 - ) in Bangalore
- Rahul (1971 - ) + Ahalya
(née Vemulkar) ( - )in Bangalore
- Dhruv (10th Feb. 2007 - )
- Rohit (1974 - ) + Kavita [nŽe Watsa] (
- ) in Bangalore
- Anne (Kochannammakochamma) (1905 - 2001) + P. G. Abraham (
- 1975)
- Mariam (Kunjukochamma) (1907 - 2003) + Dr. K. C. Chacko
( - 1984)
- Malli (1941 - ) + Thamban I. K. Nainan ( -
) in Trivandrum
- Sushil ( - )
- Jacob ( - )
- Ipe ( - )
- Kuriyan (1911 -
1993) + Mariam (1914 -
2000) (daughter of K. C. Mammen
Mappillai)
Appachen on his return from England
|
Ammachi on her graduation from Women's Christian
College, Madras
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1970: Kuriyan Matthan's 60th birthday celebration in Bombay
- Nalini (1937 - 1960) + Peter
Jacob ( - ) in Kalamaserry
- Ashok Peter Jacob (1960 - 2000) + Deepa
(1963 - ) (née Koshy) in Sydney, Australia
- Philip
(1989 - )
- Sarah (1991
- )
- Alex (1997
- )
- Ranjit
Kuriyan (1941 - 2000) + Thangam Anna Mani (1947 - ) in Chennai
- Nandini (1969
- ) + Deepak Chandy ( - ) in New York, NY, USA
- Rohan (2000 - )
- Anisha (2002 - )
- Nirupa (1972
- ) in Boston , MA, USA
- Sushil Jacob (1943 - ) + Annikki Rauha
(née Reinkka) (1944 - ) in Oulu, Finland
Wedding photo 1967: Annikki & Sushil
- Susanna (1967 - ) + Chris Rogers (1964 -
) in Billinghay, Lincoln, UK
Wedding photo 1992: Susanna & Chris
- Asha 21.8.1997
Asha, 2005, copyright Susanna
- Jacob (1968 - ) in Birmingham, England

2001: Jaakko in Oulu Winter
- Joanna (1971 - ) + Tony Manninen (1969 -
) in Oulu, Finland
Wedding photo 1995: Joanna & Tony
Family photo 2005: Tony, Joanna, Samuel and Daniel
- Samuel 7.3.1997
- Daniel 5.5.2004
- Mikael Kuriyan (1973 - ) in Oulu, Finland

2005: Mika at Nallikari beach
- Thangamma Elizabeth (1946 - 2000) + Jacob
Matthai (1938 - ) in Chennai
- Chitra Mariam (1968 - ) + Sajit
Zachariah ( - ) in Akron, USA
- Succhi Rachel (1972 - ) + Michael Bettua
( - ) in Hoboken, NJ, USA
- Elizabeth (Chinchaya) (1913 - 2007) + M. M. Thomas (1913 - 1978)
- Nirmala (1943 - ) + Gulden J. Kurian ( -
) in Bangalore
- Vikram ( - ) + Tuli ( -
) in New Jersey, USA
- Kabir (1998 -)
- Sameer (2006 - )
- Matthan (1914 - 2001) + Lulukochamma (née
Verghese) (1920 - 1982)
- Ajeet (1941 - ) + Omena (1948 - ) in
Bangalore`p~

Ajeet, Omena, Yasmeen and Reshmi
- Yasmeen (1971 - ) + Joseph (1964 - )
(Medical Oncologist, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
- Reshmi (1976 - ) + Philip ( 1974 - )
(Software Engineer in Bangalore, India)
- Geeta (1944 - ) + Moni K. B. Thomas ( - )
- Lalit (1971 - )
- Ashwin ( - )
- Arun (1949 - ) + Yasmin ( - )
(née Shah) in Bangalore
- John
(1918 - 1989) + Thangam (1921 -
2005) (née Peter) in Bangalore
- Jacob (1920 - ) + Annamma (née
Chacko) (1925 - ) in Bangalore
- Elizabeth (Susheela), 1947 - ) + Georgie (George
Koshy) ( - ) in Vellore
- Pushpa ( - ) + M. G. Jacob (Mohan) ( - ) in
Bangalore
- Grace (Accachi) ( 1925 - ) + Thambi Dr. M.
V. Kurian (1917 - 2005) in Ernakulam
- Padmini (1946 - ) + Babu J. Issac (1945
- ) in Ernakulam
- Sharmila (1975 - ) + Rajesh ( - )
- Niranjan (2000 - )
- Anjali (2002 - )
- Mohan (1950 - ) + Reena (née
Verghese) (1956 - ) in Canada
- Priya (1980 - )
- Praveen (1983 - )
- Nisha (1986 )
- Susan (Papachi) (1925 - ) + Baby Dr. G. T.
Verghese ( - ) in Bangalore
Please send your comments to:
Jacob Matthan
Kampitie 6 B,
FIN-90150 Oulu,
Finland
Tel.:+358 - 8 - 33 69 39;
email:
jmatthan@gmail.com
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