Arulai John Sahayam

Arulai was the only daughter of P.D. Packianathan and Gnanapoo. She had two brothers, Devasahayam and Arumainayagam. The family lived in the tin-roofed house located west of 'Uppu Kinaru" in the White House Street. Arulai married John Sahayam the eldest son of Yovan. Yovan was the brother in law of P.D. Dewasagaim. Packianathan endowed Arulai with large areas of property in Nagercoil when she married JohnSahayam. Her husband was working in a fibre factory near Colachel established by the Aspinwal Company. Her uncle P.D. Dewasagaim, whose wife Elizabeth Gnanai was childless, had a great liking for John Sahayam and Arulai and the couple lived with them in the "Mavadi Veedu". Fate laid her cruel hand on Arulai and she died young leaving no children. John Sahayam later Married Salomi, the eldest daughter of Rev. J. Joshua.

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