My Relatives ...page5
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Mrs. Omana Philiposewas the third daughter of  Adv. K A Cherian & Sosamma ( Kollamparambil ,Arattupuzha ).Adv. K A Cherian was practicing as Advocate in Thiruvella Munsif Court .
He belonged to Kurudamannil Kanthapallil Ammanethu family.
 Adv. K A Cherian <S/o   Ammanethu Abraham & Mariamma (W) 
< S/o Kanthapallil Chacko & Mariamma (W) ( Valiyathundiyil ,Vanchira )
< S/o Kurudamannil Irpootty & Elayacharamma, ( Mallapally Kaiyalathu)
< S/o Thengumthottathil Soman Tharakan (1748-1830) < Tharayilleth / thayillam Family, Ayroor .....

             The history of Kurudamannil family is as follows .One  nazrani family in Ayroor village was known as 'tharayilethu' (thaayillum) family. This ancestral place is situated about one kilometre west of Cherukolpuzha by the side of the main Thiruvella Cherkolpuzha road. Today there is a marble tower erected by the ' thayillam kudumbayogam' as a landmark cherishing the root family of so many well-known branches. There are dark pages in the history of Kerala, however there are documentation dating back to AD 974 ('mambilly sasanm' ) where Ayroor village is decreed to establish a Hindu temple. Five families are mentioned in the historical records, Tharayilleth is one of the five ancient families in Ayroor. The sixth generation from 'thaayillam' was the 'thengumthottathil 'family. The eldest of the two sons of Thengumthottathil Soman Tharakan (1748-1830), called IRIPOOTTY founded the glorious Kurudamannil dynasty. Iripootty married Elayacharamma, from Mallapally Kaiyalathu family and settled in "Kurud-mon"(small farm) around AD1800. The 'kurud mon' skirted by the 'kaduva thod' (tigers brook) and Pamba River, set amidst scenic splendour about one km. east of Cherukolpuzha, later became the famous Kurudamannil.

Kurdamannil Iripootty begot six sons- 1. Kaipallil Simon, 2. Kaiplackal Potha, 3. Kurumpelil Irupootty, 4. Kanthapallil Chackko, 5. PuthenpurackelVarghese 6. Kurudamannil Ittyavra

In the after math of their father's premature death, inspired by their magnanimous mother, these magnificent six, sprung back resiliently, ventured on the most incredible enviable foundation. The wisdom and understanding, that the riches you get by dishonesty will soon disappear made these six dynamic, hardworking brothers so earnest and enthusiastic and amassed all prosperity, with out any sophistication, by mere physical strength and sheer determination, which the present day (eighth) generation enjoys. Their dealings were just and righteous. The hard work of the brotherhood spread out their "small farm" from Ayroor up to Ranny, most of which was forests with dangerous wild life. They were not only wealthy farmers, but also very God fearing and kind men, who stood up against all the social injustices and their fame spread far and near.

The 'magnificent' six brothers established their families and two dozen sons and two score daughters. ie: third generation. Most of this generation chose to follow their parents' footsteps as they were in an era where there were limited choices; nazranis had no opportunities in government jobs. Expansion and diversification started by these 2 dozen entrepreneurs spared no effort to enhance fame and fortune, embarked on new venture, trading, business etc. They were educated and intelligent as well as illustrious and took advantage of the opportunity in socio- political environment prevailed in the state. The ethos of being kind and caring echoes their efforts in establishing schools churches. The life expectancy was very short in their days, and due to the very nature of their adventurous and hard life style, many demised prematurely in life.

They had a very strong religious upbringing. The heated passions involved deep split within the church and found embroiled in the fraught politics of Malankara church in crisis. Ayroor and Maramon, the heartlands of reformation pioneered by Rev. Abraham Malpan and his nephew Palakunnathu Mathews Mar Athanasios, there was great upheaval in the church history. Two sisters from Kurdamannil family were married to Palakunnathu and hence the geopolitical hot spot of reformation painfully were at odds. Unfortunately, there was a great acrimonious incident, ending in violence in Kozhencherry church, (AD1862) the aftermath being criminal court cases, prison sentences for some close relatives, nonetheless a pivotal turning point in the establishment of Mar Thoma Church. Unclouded by doubt, scepticism or blood relationship utterly convinced by their conscious stood by their conviction. All except four families were now active members of Marthoma church and both the Orthodox Church and Marthomma church in Ayroor came up side by side with the help of Kurdamannils. 
During the formation of St. Thomas Evangelical church , the Kurdamannils was not left behind. One can only be proud of the late H.G. Dr. Mathews Mar Athanasios, a stalwart in the Marthoma church, was one of the fourth generation fathers, who reached the high echelons in the church. The schools and institutions he built all over the state stands to cherish the contributions made by him envious. 

The attitude of our forefathers no doubt contributed to the uniform well being and social status of our present day generations. Another contributory factor to the sustained growth and prosperity has been the marriage alliances our forefathers forged with the best elite families of the land, which brought in its wake the qualities of up-rightness, honesty, truthfulness, intelligence and Godliness in their progeny. The greatest in our well being however is the faith of our fathers in God almighty, whose grace has led us hitherto.

Despite minor skirmishes they all lived in harmony, a special family gathering (kudunba yogam) was started and the first meeting was in 1896 at the residence of Kaiplakel Peter Mathew and declared the family motto "dwell together in peace".

                   My grand mother (mum's mother), Omana is the youngest daughter of late Adv . K.C.Cherian and Sosamma of the Kurudamannil Kanthapallil Ammanethu ,, Ayroor. She has two elder sisters and a brother- Thankamma ,Kunjamma, and Kunju. 
Mr.K.C.Cherian was a prominent lawyer practising at the govt.court at Thiruvella.
Thankamma (Mary ) married K.K.jacob (Chackochen ,S/o Koruth ,Kythaparambil ,Melpadom,  and Elachiamma,Karimacherril ,Kumarakom ).At an early age ,he took a ship to Malaya and after the world 
war moved to Singapore in 1948 and gradually progressed upwards in his job.he retired as works 
manager of a mixing plant of the Malayan Fertilizers in 1961.He is wellknown forhis humour 
and could keep all the family roaring with laughter for hours on end wiyh his stories and other 
ancedotes  and these remain a favorite with his grand children. On retirement ,He came back to India, 
and settled down in Melpadom, via Mannar and had been involved in looking after the property around
  the house as well as the cultivation of paddy fields besides contributing to the Melpadom community.
They have four children :- Mohan (K.Jacob Koruth),Dr.Valsa (Rachel),Dr. Cherian kunju(Jacob 
Cherian ) and Dr. A****(S***** ).
               Mohan married Sajini Samuel (D/o K.K.Samuel ,Kalarickal,Manganam, and Sally ,Arikupurathu ,Parumala ). He did his Mechanical Engg. from Trivandrum Engg.College .He was selected for mechanical Engg. in BITS ,Pilani and in IIT ,Delhi in 1961 but opted for TEC (CET)for his own reasons. He worked as a lecturer in Mechanical Engg. Dept. in TEC but left a year later to join ICI India ,Calcutta . He retired on march 2001. Two children :- Mary Ann Koruth (Shaleena) and Jacob SaM Koruth ( Cooky ). Shaleena is married to Bini Mammen (S/o K.E.Mammen and Soma ,Vengal) in 1996.She moved to Indiana University , Bloomington in 1997 on getting a scholarship to do her M.S. in Communication and graduated in May 2000. Cooky graduated as a doctor from CMC ,Ludiayana in 1997 and he is ,since Nov 1999 ,doing a rural posting at a leprosy hospital at Malkunda in Assam.

GOTO THEIR FAMILY WEBSITE- www.koruth.itgo.com   
Jacob Koruth :- jacobkorut@nettaxi.com  
Sajini :- sajni@nettaxi.com 
Bini Mammen:- bmammen@kpmg.com 
Mary Ann Koruth:- makoruth@kate.ucs.indiana.edu 

                      
                                                           
Cherian kunju (Dr. Jacob Cherian ) was born in Kuala Lumpuer and his studies were in Singapore ,
BishopCottons ,Bangalore and Madras Christian College .He graduated from Medical School in Manipal 
and worked at Puspagiri Hospital ,Thiruvella., before going to Nigeria where he and his wife Jolly 
(Annie Cherian ) worked at ABU University in Zaria.They have four children . JJ (John Jacob 
Cherian) , Rabin ,Ashish and Rhea. JJ took his masscommunication degree from MMC ,Chennai and 
presently employed at-----------. Rabin is doing his BA literature graduation from MMC ,Chennai. 
Ashish and Rhea are studying are studing in Std IX and VI respectively in Marthoma Residential 
School ,Thiruvella. Jollyis a teacher in the same school. Cheriankunju is doing private medical 
practice in Melpadom. Their family is staying and looking after their parents at their ancestral
house in Melpadom.
John Jacob Cherian:- jayjaycheri@usa.net  
rabin :- rabin_tc@usa.net 

Valsa (Dr. Rachel Jacob) graduated in dental surgery from Nair Medical College, Bombay.Valsa and 
her husband Sharath Mallya migrated to Canada in 1975 and she took up her medical studies again in 1982 at Boston and graduated with an American qualification .She moved to Philadelphia after this to set up her dental practice. They have three children-Anitha, Jacob,John.
Sharat Mallya:- cybomall@hotmail.com 
Rachel Mallya:- rmallya@aol.com 
John Mallya :- JB56@email.byu.edu 
Anita Mallaya:- ammallya@aol.com 

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Kunjamma Cherian was married to a late P.K.Koshy, Thevalakkara. They have two children:-
Shaji(P.K.Alexander) and Annu. Shaji, an advocate by profession, is married to Leema and have a son.
  Shaji is now in America. Anu is married to Dr Johnny and have two children.

Late Kunju(Abraham Cherian) and his wife Daisey have two children. Dileep, an engineer, is married 
to Deepa and looks after the family business. His sister is married to an engineer, Baby, Mulamoottil, Kozhencherry.
Dileep: cochinpackers@vsnl.com 
Deepa: abrahamm@satyam.net.in          

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