Joy Casie Chetty & Poomani Fernandopulle

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Wedding of Joy Casie Chetty and Poomani Fernandopulle

Wedding of Joy Casie Chetty and Poomani Fernandopulle

Thanks to Nirmalie Mirando for providing this photo of the wedding of her parents!

Who's Who? (Left to Right)

  • 👩🏾 Amy Fernandopulle. She is Poomani’s younger sister;
  • 👨🏾 Mervyn Casie Chetty. He is Joy’s younger brother. Mervyn married Julie Alles, daughter of Emmanuel Caetan Alles;
  • 👧🏾 Flavia Casie Chetty. She is the daughter of Joy’s sister Beda and her husband Linus Casie Chetty;
  • 🤵🏾 Joy Casie Chetty. He is the son of Abraham Peter Casie Chetty and Mary Clara Anandappa. His full name is Emmanuel Joseph Gasper, and he likely got his name Gasper from his paternal grandfather and Emmanuel from his maternal grandfather;
  • 👰🏾 Poomani Fernandopulle. She is the daughter of Anthony Joseph Fernandopulle and Mary Chitty. Her full name is Daisy Margaret Poomani;
  • 👦🏾 Joseph. He is the son of Poomani’s sister Othelia;
  • 👨🏾 Zernie Serpachy. He is the best man and friend of the groom;
  • 👩🏾 Rajie Casie Chetty. She is Joy’s sister.

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Related Content

Explore a few historical documents of their ancestors:

Here are some relevant family trees for Joy and Poomani:

Research Questions - Can you help?

  • Do you have any photos of Joy Casie Chetty, particularly with his siblings?
  • Do you have any photos of Poomani Fernandopulle, particularly with her siblings?
  • Who are the siblings of Poomani's father Anthony Joseph Fernandopulle?
  • Who are the siblings of Joy's grandfather Casper Casie Chetty?
  • What is the maidan name of Joy's paternal grandmother (i.e. A.P. Casie Chetty's mother)?

Tree updates

A few new trees have been added…

There were also a few updates to existing trees:

Feature update: The family trees have been adjusted to show whether a person had more than one spouse. For example, in the family tree of Philip James Mutukisna, we can now see that Henry Theobold Mutukisna married Juliana Casie Chetty and Sabina Rodrigo Muttupulle.

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