Sri Lanka Memon Family Genealogy

Zholka - Family #307

The Zholka family has its origins in Dhoraji, north of Junagadh. It was in 1900 that Mohammed Abdul Karim Zholka, also known as Dhorajiwala named after his hometown, arrived in Ceylon. He worked as an Accountant at first in a rice storehouse (kittangy) in the Pettah and married a Malay lady from Moedra in 1916 who bore him three sons and two daughters. The family lived at Kew Lane in Slave Island.

One son, Abdul Aziz, is a well known social worker among the Memon community. He currently works as a general Clerk at the Memon Society of Sri Lanka. He has also served in the Namaz Committee of the Memon Assoictaion of Sri Lanka which has been the live wire behind the organization and conducting of Eid Prayers at the Galle Face green during the two Eids each Hijri year since 1958. He has seven children of whom four are sons.

One of Abdul Aziz's sons, Mohammed Siddique and fifteen members of his family, including his in-laws, were caught in the Tsunami of 2004 where thirtenn of them perished in the lashing waters that engulfed them on the Pelawatte Bridge on their way to visit a shrine at Akuressa in the southern province. Siddique survived but the rest of his family perished.

1 Zholka

    2  Mohammed Abdul Karim Zholka aka Dhorajiwala

        3  Abdul Aziz Zholka

            4  Mohammed Siddique AbdulAziz + Naimath Bee

                5 Siyam Siddique

                5 Azna Siddique

            4  Abdul Sattar AbdulAziz

            4  Mohammed Cassim AbdulAziz

            4 Ashroff AbdulAziz

            4  Ayesha AbdulAziz

            4 Ayeshathul Marliya AbdulAziz

            4 Fathima Silmiya AbdulAziz

        3 Tayoob Zholka

        3  Ismail Zholka

        3 Hajira Bee Zholka

        3 Kathija Bee Zholka

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