Bhanji Jiwa

by Munira Jamal, Toronto, ON, November 27, 2011

Bhanji Jiwa my grandfather had four sons and a daughter (Jamal, Fatma, Janmohammed, Hassan and Shamshu)

Jamal - wife Sherbanu, children - Sadru, Malek, Gulshan and Farida. Business -Grocery store in Pangani

Fatma - husband Jafferali Dhanji Suleman, one child – Nasim. Business - Cloth store in Dar-es-salaam (later settled in Tanga in the 60's)

Janmohammed - wife Shirin, children - Zarina, Feroz, Roshan, Aziz, Farida, Yasmin, Sultan, Shamim, Anar, Riyaz, Amin and Karim. Their House No. 10 was visited by Prince Aly Khan who called it a boarding house! Business - Crockery store, later Central Restaurant

Hasan - wife Khatun. Children - Shiraz, Nasim, Tazim and Nazir. Business - Scrap yard

Shamshu - wife Saker, children - Munira, Salim, Zahur, Rubina. Business - Grocery store in the early 50's, then Auto Body shop/Used car dealer in the 60's.