Kamarbai Manji

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Mrs. Kamarbai Manji
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Town of birth
Province of birth
Country of birth
Date of Birth
  • 1894
Date of Death
  • 1960/11/19
Place of Death
Country of death
Name of Cemetery and plot no
  • Upanga Seaview Road Khoja Ismaili Cemetery
Source of Information
  • Versi Family
Place of longest stay
Profession or occupation carriedout for the longest period in life
  • Dukawalla-Merchant & Housewife
Where-City or Country
Partners
Gokal Versi Vasram 18901960

Born in 1894 Sarodar

Kamarbai, who was called Bibi, was both a dukawalla and a busy housewife having given birth to seven children.

She was married to Gokal Versi Vasram, who came from Sarodar,Kathiawar. She followed her husband to Tanganyika in 1915, with her 6 children in on a British steamship called the Karapara.

She immediately joined her husband in the duka in Kariakoo, Dar es Salaam , learing both Kiswahili langauge and vyapar business 'on the job'

In the shop, beause of the spices that they packaged every day for sell, she developed a cough and used to smoke cigarettes to supress her cough.

She died in Dar es Salaam.