Sri
Lanka Colombo Chetty Family Genealogy
Christian Chitty Family #7001
Standing L to R: Christian
Chitty, Charles Wilfred Chitty, George Edmund Chitty, Marian Chitty, Charles
Cyril Chitty.
Seated L to R: Matilda Augusta Chitty, Rose Beatrice Chitty, Laura
Sophie Chitty, teddy representing Francis Charles Chitty,
Emily Maude Chitty, James Morel Chitty (Naren Chitty 2021 6 x 4 feet huile sur
toile).
The painting draws on the group photographs displayed below the text.
Christian Chitty was
a Nineteenth Century descendant of Udayappa Chetti of Kodalaru
(Cuddalore) in the Nayakdom of Gingee on the Coromandel Coast of India.
Operating from Koddiyar in Trincomalee, Udayappa engaged in commerce with the
Seventeenth Century Kingdom of Kandy on a Royal Charter from King Rajasinghe II
(1608-1687). Unlike Udayappa, Captain John Knox (father of Robert Knox)
displeased King Rajasinghe II by breaching protocol. Anchoring The Anne in
Koddiyar Bay in early February 1660, Knox Snr. did not gain royal permission to
enter the King’s Domain. He and his son ended up captives of the King, as
recorded in An Historical Relation of the Island of Ceylon.
Udayappa’s origins are discussed in The
Milieu of the 17th Century Coromandel Coast and Chetty Migrants to Dutch Zeylan.
Hisson Francesco Chetty settled
in Dutch Ceylon in the border town of
Batticaloa. The last Will of Francesco was drawn by Peter Wambeek, a Dutch
Merchant, on 17th May 1759.
Christian Chitty was a descendant of
Francesco’s daughter Falestina who married Kanthappa Chetty. His branch of the
descendants of Francesco lived in Colombo.
By the mid-nineteenth century, the concept
of Ceylonese was emerging in a growing Colombo, the capital of
what had been British Ceylon for over half a century. The uncertainties of
the period of regime change from Dutch to British had receded into the past.
The legal profession was beginning to develop. The Supreme Court was
established in 1801 & Law College in 1874. Both edifices stood on
Hulftsdorp Road, close to the Chitty residence - 42 Silversmith Street,
Kotahena. The Chittys resided here until circa 1910, when it became the
townhouse of Sir Solomon Bandaranaike.
It was in this world Christian
Chitty, a Colombo-based landed proprietor, lived and had his being. The family
used the surname Chetty in the Nineteenth Century, and Chitty at least from
1901 - as indicated in the Order Nisi, connected with the death of
eldest son James in January 1901. (Reproduced below). Many Colombo
Chetties placed the name Chetty after their family names in Dutch Zeylan as a
matter of course.
Matilda and Christian Chitty
Matilda Augusta Morel,
a.k.a. Mitzi, was a French Huguenot, daughter of M and Mlle JH
Morel. She and Christian were married at St. Thomas, Kotahena, the Colombo
Chetty Church, on 10 December 1860, a year-and-a-half after Abraham (elder
brother of Christian) wedded Henrietta Maria Morel (elder sister of Mitzi), on
21st. May 1859. Sadly, Henrietta died within the year. Abraham married her
cousin Elizabeth Quyn (Family
#1383).
Christian & Mitzi had
nine children: Marian, James Morel, Francis
Charles, Laura Sophie, Emily Maude, George
Edmund Snr., Charles Wilfred, Charles Cyril, and Rose
Beatrice. (See the Tree displayed below). Francis, whose second name
was Charles, died in childhood, likely soon after George Edmund was born. This
explains why two sons, who followed George Edmund, were named Charles.
Christian Chitty died circa 1891 and his
eldest son James Morel Chitty, an advocate, followed in 1901. George Edmund Chitty
Snr., an advocate himself, dealt with testamentary matters related to James. He
moved from 42 Silversmith Street, Kotahena, to houses on Ward Place, Cinnamon
Gardens (Gladeslyn and Deepdene) between 1906 and 1917.
This was while Stafford House, completed by the end of 1916, was
being built on his twelve-acre property that stretched from 105 Stafford Place
near Kynsey Road to 105 Norris Canal Road. The late President, J. R.
Jayewardene, & Mrs Elena Jayawardene, lived in Deepdene soon
after their marriage and before settling down at Braemar, Ward
Place. The Chitty’s also owned Courtview, in Chilaw, next door to the
Corea residence, Sigiriya.
George Edmund Snr. married Florence Mabel
Drusila Pullenayagam, of The Ark, James Street, Chilaw. They
brought up their four children George, Mabel, Rene, and Alexis, and the older
orphaned children of James and Laurie : Pearlie, Vivienne, and Lylie. Circa
when Mitzi died in 1917, the married children of Christan and Mitzi converged
around the Stafford House property to be close to their mother. Marian and David
Jansz lived at Reviela, and Rose and Dr EV Ratnam
at Annington, both houses in Regent Street (now E. W. Perera
Mawatha); the Tambimuttus stayed at Summer Cottage on de Saram
Road when in Colombo.
The family agency house, C. S. Chetty
& Co., was run, in the early 20th. C., by two sons of Christian -
George Edmund Snr. and Charles Cyril. Christian had real estate in Kotahena,
paddy lands in Orrs Hill, Trincomalee,and coconut estates in the Chilaw region.
His son, George Edmund Snr., owned plantations at Kusalai, Mandaline,
Rajakaduluwa, and Villatava. Landed gentry with interests in courts and commerce,
the Chittys were largely successful in avoiding the glare of publicity and
service on gubernatorial staffs during the colonial period.
Children of Christian and Mitzi married
into various communities. Marian married a Dutch Burgher. James Morel, George
Edmund Snr., and Charles Wilfred married Colombo Chetties. Laura Sophie, Emily
Maude, and Rose Beatrice married Tamils. Charles Cyril married a Kandyan
Sinhalese. Their descendants have taken partners of American, Danish, Chinese,
Colombo Chetty, English, French, German, Goan, Irish, Japanese, Kandyan
Sinhalese, Low Country Sinhalese, Moorish, Parsee, Polish, and Tamil, among
possible others.
See also British
Ceylon through a Family Lens: 1850-1950 in The
Ceylankan Vol.27, No. 4 November 2024.
1 CHRISTIAN S CHITTY b
circa 1841 m 11 Dec 1860 d circa 17 Dec 1891 + MATILDA AUGUSTA
MOREL (Mitzi) d 1917
2 (1)
MARIAN CHITTY b Oct 29 1861 d. 16 Jun 1950 +
DAVID MATHEW JANSZ b 13 Jun 1858 d 1917
David Mathew Jansz was Secretary of
the Courts in Colombo, Chilaw and Matara. Son of John William Jansz d 8 Oct
1871 and Wilhelmina Catherine Ranasinghe (Family #3779)
3
(1) Reginald Victor
Jansz b 28 Jan1889 + Evangeline Ivy Speldewinde b.
1894
3 (2)
Vivian Maurice
Jansz JP, UM b 21 Jun 1894 d. 6 Sep 1973, of Nuwara Eliya + Gladys
Ivy Tissera b 25 Aug 1897 d London 13 Sep 1983, d/o of Charles Oliver
Tissera and Emily Maria Morel who was also m/o of Neville Oliver Morel Tissera
b 9 Feb1893 m Winifred Eugenia (Winna) Hatch b 9 Apr (?) d 20 May1967, d of
John Cecil Hatch m Anna Francina Wilhelmina Fontyn (Family #7032)
4
(1) Pravin Jansz + Amira Fallil d/o Sherrif Dean & Yvonne Fallil
3 (3)
Elaine Muriel b
21 Sep 1898 + Henry Melville Nagel Staples b
1904 (JDBU
Vol 40 No 2 1950 Staples Ancestry) d 1963
3
(4) Clarence
John Chitty Jansz
4
(1) Mignonne Jansz m Karunairajan
4
(2) Charmaine Jansz
Reginald
Victor Jansz and Elaine Muriel Jansz of Galle, and Vivian Noris (sic) Jansz of Wellawatte along with
Sibil Lilliyan Jansz of Galle, Clarence John Chitty Jansz of Mallakam (sic), and Louise
Jansz of Galle, are mentioned in a court action (1938) to gain possession of
the Orrs Hill property in Trincomalee (which Christan purchased from a naval
officer). It is not clear Sibil & Louise are ds/o Reginald & Elaine of
Galle.
Vivian Maurice Jansz was a Solicitor
of the Supreme Court
Charmaine Jansz worked for Air Ceylon
2
(2) JAMES MOREL CHITTY b 7
Mar 1863 d 5 March 1901 + LAURIE PULLENAYAGAM d 6 May 1900.
James Morel Chitty was an Advocate of
the Supreme Court and served as Crown Counsel & Forest Settlement Officer
3
(1) Pearle Christine Chitty b1895 m circa 2023.+ Tharmasothy
Vethavarnam Saravanamuttu b 1890?
T. V. Saravanamuttu was Commissioner
of Excise
4
(1) Lakshmi Saravanamuttu + Raja Selvaratnam, b/o Visva
Selvaratnam
5
(1) Shailendran Selvaratnam
5
(2) Meneka Selvaratnam
Shailendran Selvaratnam is an actor
in London
4
(2) Tharma Lohini Saravanamuttu b 29 Jan 1925 d 24
Jan 2007 + Lucian Chandraraj Arulpragasam
Lucian Chandraraj Arulpragasam served
the Food & Agricultural Organization in Rome
5
(1) Dr Shyamala Abeyratne b
1953 + Seneka Abeyratne (1st spouse of
Shyamala Abeyratne) s/o Dr Ernest Frederick Lucinus Abeyratne b 1921
s/o Dr Lloyd Oscar Abeyratne MP b 28 May 1893 m 14 Aug 1920 d 27 Jan 1978 + Dr
Maria Augusta Pinto (Family
#3203)
Shyamala Abeyratne is a freelance
consultant in international development.
Seneka Abeyratne is a Gratiean Prize
winning playwright
6
(1) Rehan Abeyratne b 1984 + Anna Lamut
7
(1) Ella Abeyratne b 2018
7
(1) Ahana Abeyratne b 2021
5.(1) Dr Shyamala Abeyratne + Jayantha Joseph
Perera
5
(2) Jehan Arulpragasam b 1962
Jehan Arulpragasam is an economist
with the Southern Africa department of the World Bank
5
(2) Anjali Arulpragasam b 1964 + Donald Ashley
6
(1) Shanti Chiara Ashley
6
(1) Sahana Ashley
4
(3) Savithri Saravanamuttu + Shinya
5
(1) Yasuka b 1953 d circa 1957
4
(4) Indrani Saravanamuttu + J Mylvaganam
5
(1) Janaki (Tanoo) Mylvaganam
5
(2) Dushy Mylvaganam
5
(3) Mihal Mylvaganam
5
(4) Paul Mylvaganam
4
(5) Mahal Saravanamuttu + Wickram
4
(6) Sarojini Tharmanalini Saravanamuttu + George Sellayah
5
(1) Akushla Sellayah (d. 2025) + Christopher Raymond
6
(1) Vrai Christa Natalie Raymond + Chandrahasan Perera
6
(2) Roel
Christa Quan Raymond + Asanga Welikala (2nd spouse
of Roel Raymond), Arosh de Silva (1st spouse of Roel Raymond)
6
(3) Revon Christa Fallan Raymond + Chaminda Fernando
6
(4) Zared Christopher Israel Raymond
Akushla Sellayah was an actress &
Model
Vrai Raymond is Head of Secretariat
at AmCham Sri Lanka
Roel Raymond is Editor-in-Chief of
Roar Media, Sri Lanka
5
(2) Ymara Sellayah + Shiran Viswasam
6
(1) Tamiko Cidel Viswasam
6
(2) Tharik Viswasam
3
(2) Vivienne Rosamany Chitty b
8 Nov 1897m circa 1914 Edward C. Shelton Storer
Shelton Storer was a plantation owner
4
(1) Vivian Storer + Rukmani nee Storer (?)
4
(1) Mervyn Storer + Sheila Bartels
5
(1) Chris Storer +Dinusha Dalpethado
6
(1) Druvi Storer +Christina Kopp
7
(1) Viktor Storer
7
(1) Wilhelm Storer
5
(2) Anne Storer + Paul Sproule
6
(1) Aleisha Sproule
6
(2) Anthony Sproule
5
(3) Roberto Storer (Robbie)+ Ishara
Haputantri
3
(3) Karmani Lylie Chitty (Lady
Corea) b 29 Feb 1899 m 1936 Sir George Claude
Stanley Corea KBE MP, b 29 Jan 1894 d 2 Sep
1962 (Family
#3070)
Sir Claude served as President of the
United Nations Security Council, Ceylonese
Minister of Labour, Industry and Commerce in the first Cabinet
of the Dominion of Ceylon, Ceylonese Ambassador to
the United States, Ceylonese High
Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Ambassador to France and the Ceylonese
Representative to the United Nations.
4
(1) Nihal Corea d 2005 + Gillian Ondaatjie (Family #7000) b
1935 d/o Philip Mervyn Ondaatje b 1906 and Doris Gratiaen, b 1905
(d/o Willy Gratiaen + Lalla Keyt & brother of Noel Gratien), m 11-Apr-1932
5
(1) Shaan Corea +
Pradeep Jayewardene s/o Ravi Jayawardene (s/o President Junius R.
Jayawardene b 17 Sep 1906 d 01 Nov 1996 + Elena Jayawardene b 1913 d 17 Nov
2007 d/o Mrs & Mrs G. L. Rupasinghe) and Charmaine Vanderkoen (d/o Mabel
Chitty + Maharajah Vanderkoen)
6
(1) Akana Jayawardene
6
(2) Tera Jayawardene
6
(3) Tahaan Jayawardene
5
(2) Creon Corea d:2006
5
(3) Tiruni Corea + Peter Bluck
6
(1) Kai Bluck
6
(2) Tareck Bluck
4
(1) + Shirani Wijewickrama (2nd spouse of Nihal Corea)
5
(4) Iroshini Corea + Kanishka
Weeratunge
6
(1) Kailee Weeratunge
5
(5) Duindra Corea + Damithri Thudahewage
6
(1) Dian Corea
6
(2) Dimi Corea
5
(6) Kanishka Corea
Nihal Corea was head of Marketing at
Liptons
Shaan Corea is Founder/CEO Awakening
Lanka & Appé Lanka
Pradeep Jayewardene was Consul
General of Sri Lanka in Frankfurt
4
(2) Harindra
Jayantha Corea MP b 4 Mar 1936 d 21 Oct 2005 +Damayanthi
Corea (1st spouse)
The Hon. Harindra Corea was a Member
of Parliament, Minister of State for Posts and Telecommunications, Deputy
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Minister of Public Administration,
Barrister of Law (Inner Temple)
5
(1) Sheonie Corea
4
(2) + Rochelle Corea (2nd spouse of
Harindra Corea)
5
(2) Harindrini
Corea
Harindrini Corea is an
Attorney-at-Law
4
(3) Chandra Corea b 1937 d 27 Jan 2022 + Indira
Chitty d/o George Chitty Jnr. + Leila Chitty d. 14th April 2015
5
(1) Chandeep
Corea b. 1975 + Surovi Abeyratne d/o Ajit Abeyratne
s/o Dr Ernest Frederick Lucinus Abeyratne b 1921 s/o Dr Lloyd Oscar
Abeyratne MP b 28 May 1893 m 14 Aug 1920 d 27 Jan 1978 + Dr Maria Augusta Pinto
(Family #3203)
6 (1) Mishaal Corea
6 (2) Tameem Corea
5 Dinusha
Corea b 1969 + Dinesh Bulathsinghala
6 (1) Seriah Bulathsinghala
6 (2) Josiah Bulathsinghala m. Keshia Ranatunga
6 (3) Nathan Bulathsinghala
2
(3) FRANCIS CHARLES CHITTY b. 9
May 1865, d.1872?
2
(4) LAURA SOPHIE CHITTY b. 4 July 1867 + EMANUEL
R TAMBIMUTTU
3
(1) Laurel Tambimuttu b. 1903 d 25 Jul
1986 + Justin Wilmot Hoole Casinader (Robert) b
15 Feb 1896 d 1959
4 (1) Padmini
Cecile Casinader, 1926-2002 + Eric Christiansen
5 (1) Marl
Christiansen
5 (2) Peter
Christiansen + Jonna
4 (2) Dr
Suvendrini Casinader + Nawaz Jazeel
5 (1) Riza
Jazeel + Olenka Tomasczevska
6 (1) Amali
Jazeel + Joanna
7 (1) Annie-May
Jazeel
5
(2) Amyn
Jazeel
5
(3) Dr
Tariq Jazeel
4
(1) Ranjitan
Justin Tambimuttu Casinader b. 25 Sep 1930 d 5 Feb 2020 +
Romanie Wright (1st spouse)
5 (1) Dr Niranjan
Casinader
5
(2) Tarini
Casinader
The Hon. E. R. Tambimuttu was a
member of the Legislative and State Councils of Ceylon
Laurel Casinader was Executive Vice
President of the International Alliance of Women, Westminster. She and Lady
Evelyn de Souza co-founded the Ceylon Women’s Association in London in 1949.
Ranjitan Casinader was an engineer
whose work took him to Australia Ceylon, Ghana, Malaysia, the Philippines, UK
& US
Niranjan Casinader is an Adjunct
Senior Lecturer at Monash University
Tarini Casinader was Regional
Director for Victoria of the Bureau of Meteorology
5
(3) Robin
Casinader
4
(1) Name Not Known + Jennifer Snowden (2nd spouse of
Ranjitan Casinader)
3
(2) Victorine Soundram Tambimuttu b 1907 m circa 1934 +
Victor Samuel Rogers b 1903 s/o Dr W. A. Roberts
Dr. W.A. Roberts was a Barrister at
Lincolns Inn
4
(1) Lalitha Marilynne Fraser
4
(2) Shirley
Rogers + Roy Nissanka
5
(1) Keith Dilendra
Nissanka
5
(2) Sean Ravindra
Nissanka
5
(3) Gavin Hirantha
Nissanka
5
(4) Priyan Rogers Nissanka
4
(3) Yvonne
Rogers + Leslie Nadarajah, SLAF
4
(4) Daphne
Rogers + Dharma Seevaratnam
5
(1) Romesh
Seevaratnam
5
(1) Devprasanth
Jerome Seevaratnam
4
(5) Lalitha
Rogers + Reverand Allan Frazer
5
(1) Naomi
Fraser
5
(1) Chris
Fraser
5
(1) Camille
Fraser
3
(3) Dr James Tambimuttu + Letitia
Grace Kotigala d. 2011
Dr Jim Tambimuttu worked at the Kandy
Hospital
4
(1) Lilani
Tambimuttu + Charles Ramanaden
4
(3) Malila
Tambimuttu + Paul Noone
4
(2) Shamali
Tambimuttu + Leslie de Zoysa
2 (5) EMILY
MAUDE CHITTY (Maude) b 29
Mar 1869, d 4 Jul 1952 + REV JOHN R TAMBIMUTTU d. 16 Feb
1932
3
(1) Rajanayake Maude Tambimuttu (Rani) b.
13 May 1909? + Weerasingham
3
(2) Selvanayake Tambimuttu (Selvie) b 19.5.1911
m Dr Sefton Adolphus Lambert Pullenayagum
Dr Sefton Pullenayagum was Captain in
the Medical Corps d in Bristol on 11.12.1951 during his training in radiology.
4
(1) Shiranika Pullenayagum + Mark Herbert KC
4
(2) Lohan Pullenayagum b. 2 Nov 1942, d. 20 Aug 1985
4
(3) Raghwan Pullenayagam + Shirley
2
(6) GEORGE EDMUND CHITTY Snr. b
7 Dec 1870 m Mar 4, 1908, d Jul 1947 + FLORENCE MABEL
DRUSILLA PULLENAYAGAM b 4 Mar 1881 d 1968
3
(1) George Edmund
Chitty Jnr, QC, (George) b Jan-1-1909, d Dec-23-1974
+ Leila Rutnam (d/o Dr. EV Rutnam & Rose
Beatrice Chitty d/o George Edmund Chitty Snr & Mabel Florence Drusilla
Pullenayagam )
George Edmund Chitty Snr was an Advocate
of the Supreme Court, a landed proprietor, & co-owner with his brothers of
C. S. Chetty & Co.
Dr. E.V. Ratnam was Founder of Ratnam
Private Hospital, Tamil Union Cricket Club, & philanthropist & believer
of all religions
George Edmund Chitty Jnr was Educated
at Royal College, Colombo, University College, Colombo. Won Dadabhoy Prize for
Natural Science, Junior Essay Prize, Jayawardena Prize for English, De Heer
Memorial Prize for General Merit. Prefect Harvard House. Editor Royal College
Magazine. Passed Law Final. Advocate 1934. Called to the bar May 1935. Crown
Counsel 1938. In charge of Defence Regulations 1942-1944. Reverted to the
Official Bar 1945. Commissioner of Assize 1954. QC 1955. Member MC, Bribery
Commission 1961. Member Gratien Commission on Prison Reform 1949. Board of
Governors Trinity College Kandy. Director Mercantile Credit Limited, Hino
Motors Limited, Chitra Lanka Limited which produced the Sinhala Film, REKAWA.
Conducted the prosecution of the SWRD Bandaranaike assassination case.
4
(1) George
Lalith Ajit Kumar Chitty (Ajit) d 18 Oct 2017 + Rapti
Gundevia (d, of Yezdezard Dinshawi
Gundevia b 1908 d 1986 + Roxi Gundevia)
Ajit Chitty was Chairman of Colombo
Shipping and a Member of the Ceylon Tea Board
Yezde Gundevia former Secretary to
the President of India, Secretary of the External Affairs Ministry of
India, High Commissioner to Ceylon and Ambassador to USSR
5
(1) George
Ajit Zal Chitty (Zal) + Anouk Chanmugam d/o
Dunkirk Neilendran Chanmugam + Oosha de Saram (Family #3126)
Zal Chitty was on the Sri Lanka Rifle
Shooting Team at the Olympics
Anouk Chitty is a golf champion
6 (1) Aaron
Zavareh Chitty
6 (2) Ayla
Sharik Chitty
5 (2) Roshan
Chitty
5 (3) Rustam Chitty
5 (4) Sajith Chitty
4 (2) Gritakumar Edmund
Chitty (Kumar) b 14 Jun 1938 m 1968
d 6 Jan 2022 + Shanta David d/o Renee Margaret
Chitty + Benjamin Manoharan David.
G. E. Chitty was a Sri Lankan jurist
& career diplomat at the United Nations; & was the founding Registrar
of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and Chairman of the
National Oceans Commission of Sri Lanka
5 (1) Gitendra Erajkumar Chitty
(Gitu) + Sadhana
Vikrantha
5
(2) Shonine Chitty + Shehan Wijayanayake
4 (3) Indira
Chitty d 14 Apr 2015 + Chandra
S Corea d. 27 Jan 2022 s/o Lady Lylie Corea (d/o James
Morel Chitty + Laurie Pullenayagam Chitty) + Sir Claude Corea b 4 Sep 1984
d 2 Sep 1962 (Family
#3070)
5
(1) Chandeep
Corea b 1952 + Surovi Abeyratne
5
(2) Dinusha
Corea + Dinesh Bulathsinghala
6
(1) Seriah Bulathsinghala
6
(2) Seriah Bulathsinghala
6
(3) Nathan Bulathsinghala
4
(4) Chrishanta
Rohan Lalithkumar Chitty (Chris) + Julienne Wood
Chris Chitty is President of Soho
Inc., Timely Travel International in Beverly Hills, Ca. USA
5
(1) Christian St John Chitty
5
(2) Charles Cameron Chitty
3
(2) Mabel Elizabeth Chitty (Mabsy) m 27 Feb 1933+ Maharaja Vanderkoen (Family # 5036)
4
(1) Charmaine
Vanderkoen + Ravi Jayawardene (s/o
J.R. Jayawardene) (Family
# 3002)
5
(1) Pradeep Jayewardene + Shan Corea (d/o Nihal Corea & Gilian
Ondaatjie (Family
# 7000)
5
(2) Rukshan Jayewardene
5
(3) Amrik Jayewardene + Ramani Fernando
6 (1) Akil
6 (1) Amish
4
Charmaine Vanderkoen + Ricky Mendis s/o NSO Mendis (2nd spouse)
Ricky Mendis was Chairman Lewis Brown
& Co., Mackwoods
5
(4) Sanjiv Mendis
Artist
3
(3) Renee Margaret Chitty + Benjamin Manoharan David
Benjamin David was Dept. Manager at
Bousteads (Engineer Contractors) Ltd. (1950) & Secretary of the Tender
Board of the Gal Oya Project (1952)
4
(1) Priya David d 29 Jun 2018 + Nadine Rutnam d/o
Robin Leslie Rutnam and Henrika Van Cuylenberg (JDBU
1914 Vol 7 No 3)
5
(1) Nidhu David + Avini
5
(2) Randir David + Maryanne
5
(3) Rashmir David + Frank Cooray
4
(2) Shanta David + [3] Gritakumar Edmund Chitty (Kumar)
3
(4) Samuel Alexis Chitty+Doris Chitty
Samuel Alexis Chitty was CEO of Lewis
Brown & Co. He was a Captain in the Ceylon Light Infantry at the end of World
War II
4
(1) Surendranath
Alexis Chitty (Suren) b dec 12 1947 d Mar 9
2013 + Chryshanti Jayatunge d/o Noel & Leah
Jayatunge
Suren Chitty was a national
award-winning hurdler, a front-rank rugby player at Trinity College Kandy, an
Executive at Shaw Wallace & Hedges, & later in the IT sector in the US
5
(1) Shehara Chitty + Christopher Spencer
Shehara Spencer is a track &
field athlete in the US
6 (1) Sohana
Spencer
Sohana Spencer is a High School
soccer star in the United States
6 (2) Christopher
4
(2) Professor
Emeritus Narendranath Jayantha Chitty AM (Naren) + Dr
Gina Ismene
de Souza d/o Senator
Doric de Souza & Violet Gunawardena
5
(1) Sabina Chitty + Dr Uthum Dias s/o Professor Neil Dias
Karunaratne + Visvapali Wijewardene
6 (1) Charlie Dias
6 (2) Armand Dias
6 (3) Bianca Dias
Sabina Chitty is a lawyer
5
(2) Grischa Chitty
4
(4) Dilkusha Saraswathy Chitty (Dilki) + Malcolm De Costa s/o
Malcolm de Costa Snr + Vanaruha Aserappa
5
(1) Shari de Costa + Revanke de Silva
6 (1) Tahan de Silva
6 (2) Darrick de Silva
4
(4) Ravindranath Dishanker Chitty (Ravin) + Nilufer
Sellayah (Dido)
5
(1) Tehani Chitty
Ravin Chitty was in shipping
2
(7) CHARLES WILFRED CHITTY (Willy) b
6 August 1874 m 19 Nov 1900 MARIA ANTONIO NONIS CANDAPPA (Family # 3792)
3
(1) Birdie Elaine Chitty m 12 Apr 1932 d 17 Sep 1977 +Julius
C. Nadarajah Ponniah (Family #5045)
4
(1) W. Ponniah
4
(2) P. Nagamma
3
(2) Charles Clarence Noel Chitty bap 24.4.1932 m 25 Sep
1940 Philippa Mary Rodrigo Pulle d/o Stephen Rodrigo Pulle +
Lucia Fernando Chitty (Family
#3792)
2
(8) CHARLES CYRIL CHITTY (Charlie) b. 01
May1879 d circa 1935 m Leela (?) (Kandyan lady)
3
(1) Miss Chitty (details unknown)
2 (9) ROSE
BEATRICE CHITTY + DR. ELIYATAMBY VISUWALINGAM RATNAM, b
May 1874 dn21 Jul 1949 s/o
E. V. Ratnam was Surgeon-in-Charge,
General Hospital, Colombo. He founded Ratnam Private
Hospital in 1905 (the first private hospital in Ceylon), &
was president of the Tamil Union Cricket & Athletic Club (1931 to 1937),
& a philanthropist.
3
(2) Nesamani Pathmavathy Ratnam b. 1 Nov 1906 + Neville
Selvadurai
4 Shanti Selvadurai
3
(3) Dr Rajathurai Mathiyaparanam Ratnam (Rajah) b. 12
Dec 1907 + Rajeswary Candiah d
2007 d/o Mr & Mrs Candiah of Kattudai
4
(1) Dr Sita Ratnam + N. Sivarajah
4
(2) Sarojini Ratnam + N. Sabanathan
5
(1) Dr. Niranjan Sabanathan
4
(3) Dr. Ganesh
Ratnam b 25 Jun 1946 d 19 Jun 2018 + Dr
Lankadevi Sinnethamby
Dr Ganesh Ratnam ran Ratnam Hospital
until his passing
5
(1) Dr Shobana Ratnam + Dr Ramanan Vadivelu
6
(2) Shreya Ramanan
5
(2) Dr Dinesh Ratnam + Debbie
4
(4) E. V. Ratha Ratnam + A. Sri Balaskanda
5
(1) Murali
5
(1) Dr Swarupa
3
(4) Mahesa Chitty-Ratnam b. 1 Sep
1912 + Annette Alles
3
(4) Kumarasingam
Chitty Ratnam (Kumaran) b 01 Jul
1910 + Meena Coomaraswamy
Mahesa Ratnam was a Lawyer.
Dr Kumaran Ratnam ran Ratnam’s
Hospital and served as Mayor of Colombo in 1950
4 (1) Raji Ratnam
3
(6) Leila Ratnam 15 May 1914 d 15 Aug
2016 + George Edmund Chitty Jnr s/o George Edmund
Chitty Snr
Christian Chitty,
photograph
Christian
Chitty, bust
Mitzi
& Christian circa 1860
(Naren
Chitty 2021 6x 6 inch huile sur toile).
Standing L to R: (1) Christian Chitty; (2) ?; (3)
Charles Wilfred Chitty; (4) ?; (5) Charles Cyril in the
background; (6 & 8) Brothers Morel (?);
(7) George Edmund Chitty Snr; (8 & 9) ?
Seated L to R: (1 &
2)?; (3) John R.Tambimuttu; (4) E. R.Tambimuttu; (5) E. V.
Ratnam; (6) James Morel Chitty.
Order Nisi of 13 Mar 1901
Maude, Rose & Laura Chitty
Emily Maude and Laura Sophie
Obituary on George Edmund Chitty Snr -
1947
Chitty Family Photographs
The Children of George Chitty Snr and
Mabel Pullenayagam (L to R George Jnr., Alexis, Rene and Mabsy).
The bride, Pearlie Chitty, Standing Lilie
Chitty (bridesmaid), TV Saravanamuttu (Groom),
and Laurel Tambimuttu (Bridesmaid)
Bandaranaike Assassination Prosecution
Team
Vivien Leigh dancing with Alexis
Chitty at the latter’s residence, The Rotunda, in
1953
See also:
(1)
The
Milieu of the 17th Century Coromandel Coast and Chetty Migrants to Dutch Zeylan.
(2)
British
Ceylon through a Family Lens: 1850-1950
Version 2 of 3 Nov 2024
Compiled in remembrance of Suren
Chitty