Sri Lanka Memon Family Genealogy

GODIL - Family #304

Habib Karim, son of Abdul Karim Junagadhawala, arrived in Colombo in 1918 and worked at Abdul Latif Sulaiman & Company in the 50's after which he worked as a partner at STR Salay Mohammed & Company for twenty years until 1979. In 1980 he started his own company under the name of Rizwan Textiles on Third Cross Street Pettah.

Iqbal, son of Habib Karim, had his early schooling at Hameedia College in New Moor Street, a well known school in the old days named after the famous Turkinh Sultan Abdul Hameed II. He started Lux Shirts with the help of his father in 1963 and in 1973, after it was bought over by a fellow Memon, M H Omar, started his own business under the name of Riyaz Traders, whicyh still continues in business.

Irshad, son if Iqbal, left for higher studies at The National University of Singapore, and later entered Santa Monica College, USA. While studying he did various part time jobs at Toys R Us, Robinsons-May, and Best Buy, which he says has taught him some very valuable lessons and skills. In January 2006 he successfully transferred to California State University North Ridge, having completed two years at Santa Monica.

1 Godil

    2  Abdul Karim Junagadhawala Godil

        3 Habib Karim Godil

4 Iqbal Habib Karim Godil

5 Irshad Iqbal Godil

Compiled by the Webmaster of the Sri Lanka Genealogy Website from available data in Sri Lankan archives together with data extracted from "Memons of Sri Lanka" - Men Memoirs Milestones, by Asiff Hussein & Hameed Karim Bhoja, May 2006, iSBN 955-1408-00-4, Published by The Memon Association of Sri Lanka