Tuesday, 4 February 2014

UPASI ISAAC MOSES AND FAMILY : PART I :

   U.P.A.S.I  Issac Moses   was one of the greatest sons of kanyakumari distrct . He was one of the famous Deacons of the Home Church , Nagercoil and his wife Thayammal was one of  the direct descendants of the legendary Mylaudy Maharasasn Vethamanickam.. He was  serving as the Chief Agent of the United Planters Association Of South India[U.P.A.S.I.] at Nagercoil . So he was generally  known as UPASI  Isaac Moses .
   U.P.A.S.I  ISAAC MOSES AND MRS .THAYAMMAL MOSES.

His  date of birth and place of birth :  Mr.  Isaac  Moses was born at a beautiful village, located on the feet of Maruthuvazh  Malai , [Medicine Hill] , near Mylaudy , in Nanjil  Nadu , Kanyakumari district , called "Osaravillai " , on 12th April, 1885,  in a good christian family.


His  married life   :  Mr. Isaac  Moses was privileged to  get  Thayammal , a direct descendant of Mylaudy Maharasan Vethanmanickam ,as his wife .This lovely couple were blessed with 9 children . As  Isaac Moses got a responsible job  at the United Planters Association , Nagercoil ,as Agent to recruit people to work in the  lovely Estates in Ceylon   and Estates in South India , he was provided with a beautiful Bungalow at the UPASI compund ,Vettoornimadam ,Nagercoil . Moses moved to the UPASI  bungalow at Vettoornimadam ,Nagercoil  along with his wife Mrs. Thayammal  Isaac Moses . Isaac  Moses as  the Chief Agent of United Planters Association of South India  , recruited hundreds of people from Kanyakumari district and the neighboring districts  to work as Plantation workers in  the Tea and Coffee Estates located on the beautiful mountain slopes of Ceylon and South India .


His Children : Isaac Moses and his wife Thayammal took active part in the  Church  oriented  activities. Mr Isaac Moses and Thayammal were blessed with 9 blessed children :[1] Their first daughter Mrs. Joyce Samraj ,was the Daughter -in-law of the Rev. Gnanamuthu Jesudasan , the First Ordained Pastor of Lutheran Mission [M.E.L.I.M.-I.E.L.C.] ,[2] Mrs. Rajammal Sathiadhas, [3] Mr. Stphenson Moses, [4]Prof. Miss.Jessie Bai  Moses [Former H.O.D  of History Dept , American College  , Madurai], [5] Mr. Charles Vethamanickam Isaac Moses ,[6]  Mr. Henry Daniel Moses,[ Former Administrative officer, Brook Bond  Company],[7] Mr. Arther  Moses  [8] Mr. Richard Moses [Former Joint Secretary , Finance Dept, Govt of Tamil Nadu.],[9] and  Mrs. Leela Bai  Christudhas , the wife of late Dr .Christudhas ]






He served as the Deacon of the Nagercoil Home Church  :  U.P.A.S.I  Isaac Moses   was elected as a Deacon of the historical Nagercoil Home Church in 1936 and he served as the deacon for 9 years continuously till his death . As a  Deacon of the Nagercoil Home church , he diligently and faithfully worked for 9 years  from 1939 to 1945.  Moreover he served  efficaciously  as the Head of the Property Committee of the Home Church , Nagercoil


He passed away   :   UPASI Isaac Moses  died on 7th December , 1945.   His  corpse was interred  at the Nagercoil  Home Church Cemetery . As a  Deacon , UPASI Isaac Moses  served the Home Church, Nagercoil   for 9 years . He was very sharp, intelligent, hard working ,  magnanimous and God fearing.. He was well respected by the Pastors , fellow Deacons and fellow Christians.  His Funeral Service  was conducted  by Rev . Paul Nesamani; and  Mr. J. M. Joseph [ Former Head Master of Scott Christian High School, Nagercoil], Mr. D.M. Jesudhas, and Revd. J. E. Kesari , paid fitting tributes to  the departed Isaac Moses- Deacon.  He is no more with us , but definitely as one of the most  efficacious and  dynamic Deacons of the Nagercoil Home Church , he will  live long  in the  history of Nagercoil Home Church .
[The  inspiring  Profiles of his Children  and Grand Children  will  be dealt with in Part  II.]

P. BABU  MANOHARAN. M.A,  [Rights reserved. This Article will be enlarged, modified, altered and corrected if needed , later ]







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