MILESTONES
Names of contracting parties marrying out of the community have been culled from the registers seen at the Old Customs House (OCH) at Fort and at Khar. However, those names that could not be identified as Zoroastrian have been deleted.
The OCH registers revealed 22 interfaith marriages whereas at Khar the count was 16. One civil union respectively had taken place at both the locations.
At the Chandanwadi crematorium 16 Zoroastrian bodies were cremated during the four-month period.
The age of Zoroastrian brides (as listed in this issue) ranged between 22 and 32 years, the arithmetic mean — the total number of individual ages divided by the total number of brides — being 27 years. The corresponding figures for the grooms were 26 and 33 years, averaging at 30 years.
Based on the information from one south Bombay hospital and families who send us copies of birth certificates there were only two babies born. Deaths at Bombay’s Doongerwadi numbered 43 for the 15 day period.
The biggest killer was heart disease that took the lives of 12 people. Five of those were 80 and above. The other fatal diseases were pneumonia/lung disease (eight), cancer and old age/general debility (four each), brain disease (three), septicemia and multi organ failure (two each) and kidney failure, cellulitis (inflammation of connective tissues), gastritis, hypertension, asthma, diabetes, gastroenteritis and cachexia (a state of constitutional disorder, malnutrition and general illhealth) (one each). A 57-year-old male was the youngest to breathe his last, the eldest, 96-year-old female. The mean age at death of Zoroastrians between May16-31 in Bombay, was 81 years.
The data on births, marriages and deaths has been compiled from information supplied by various newsletters and anjumans in India and abroad, courts and hospitals. This information is not always complete or consistent: we are unable to carry data from areas where the anjumans do not furnish the particulars; the birth figures for Bombay are supplied by two hospitals — births in suburban hospitals and private nursing homes are not included unless individuals send us information together with a copy of the birth certificate. There may be an inadvertent repetition of names in the marriage list when a civil marriage precedes a religious ceremony. The names of the deceased are supplied by the Bombay Parsi Punchayet. In the break-up of deaths according to illnesses, especially of the elderly, death is often due to a combination of several diseases.
If readers have any births/ marriages/deaths they would like published, some proof to ensure the veracity of the report would be required. We are sure our readers would appreciate this requirement and cooperate with us.
BOMBAY
born
A girl to Piya and Zirak Marker on May 17, 2013
A boy to Kainaz and Jeraz Tamboowalla; May 21
married
Aditi Vikram Sanghvi and Zubeen Murad Kersi Randeria; January 2
Mala Gulati and Mehernosh Kapadia; January 4
Salma Mansoor Curmally and Zubin Minoo Nalawalla; January 4
Dilnaz D. Bottlewalla and Abhishek Mangeshikar;
January 7
Jouita Dadi Mehta and Sherburn Fonseca; January 10
Celestine Rebeiro and Adil Khorshed Mistry; January 23
Jayashree Jakhade and Zubin R. Kabraji; January 24
Shaheen Dorabshaw Davar and Amar Deepak Kapoor; January 29
Arnaz Farokh Tamboly and Hasan Bilal; January 29
Poonam Sushil Chopra and Karl Minoo Wadia; January 31
Lagna Satish Das and Ruzeveh Kersie Gandhi; February 3
Simone Eruch Khambatta and Karan Panthaky; February 5
Armin Phiroze Jamula and Mohammed Ahteshamoddin; February 11
Anutha Shetty and Zahan
Neville Umrigar; February 11
Anahita Adi Zaveri and Manoj Suresh Talekar; February 12
Farzana Bahadur Mistry and Aijaz Ahmed Phool Mohammed Shaikh; February 13
Urmi R. Mehta and Jamshid Adi Doctor; February 14
Bianca Behram Khandhadia and Nazmuddin Nuruddin Presswala; February 14
Namita Prakash Sawant and Firdaus Burjor Guzder;
February 15
Shweta Shyamanuj Sharma
and Yazad Shapur Irani;
February 15
Shakti Jayraj Salgaokar and Kaiwan Pervez Yezdani;
February 15
Benaifer Kersi Engineer
and Anshul Prakash Shah; February 15
Ceamon Noshir Shroff and Leroy Paul Lobo; February 18
Sharmila Sinha and Naushir Mistry; February 21
Yuka Nagan and Farokh Hoshang Irani; February 22
Jasmin Joberaj Suryavanshi and Khoremand Homi
Golwalla; February 25
Pooja Devkumar Sharma and Firoj Dastagir Jamadar; February 25
Sasha Cristina Kelawala and Girin Singh Kohli; February 25
Kermin Eddie Bhot and Abhishek Chandrashekhar Mande; March 1
Kainaaz Rohinton Billimoria and Ashdin Mackey Pithawala; March 1
Zohabia Mustafa Maimoon and Kayzad Darius Sepoy; March 1
Jalpa Harekrishna Umarvanshi and Hemin Jimmy Patel; March 7
Margaret Gillian Taleyarkhan and Rasheid Jamsheid
Taleyarkhan; March 14
Tanaz Saran and Farhad Rohinton Shaw; March 18
Yasmin Noshir Patel and
Ruzbeh Jehanbux Irani;
March 21
Anita Pervez Dubash and Amol Dinkar Jadhav; March 21
Kainaz Kersi Kutar and Nikhil Prakash Tendulkar; March 28
Marjon Behrooz Phiroozmand and Shapur Behram Irani; March 31
Nikita Ramnik Palolia and Nevil R. Patel; April 2
Rokhsar Cavas Panthaky and Mehernosh Viraf Kekobad; April 5
Carolina Figueroa Espinosa and Khudabux Zubin Saklat; April 6
Zenobia Shapur Hadvaid and Kerman Dadi Daruwalla;
April 12
Thrity Bahman Yazdani and Rohinton Jal Photographer; April 20
Akshata Ajit Singh Rajput and Neville Jamshed Anklesaria; April 25
Meher Pesi Daruwalla and Bhushan Sudam Choudhari; April 26
Meher Keki Antia and Danesh Farokh Irani; April 27
Nazneen Hoshi Patel of Nashik and Jahan Sheriar Irani of Deolali; April 28
Shernaaz Hormaz Nagarwalla and Huzvak Soli Bhagat;
April 29
Sherry Hosi Bilimoria and
Mehernosh Minoo Shroff;
April 29
Priyanka Pradeep Parvatkar and Yazad Zerxis Lakdawalla; April 30
Armaity Khusroo Anklesaria
of Virar and Firoze Faram
Balsara of Ambernath; May 5
Behnaz Jamshedji Gaiwala of Adajan and Porus Pervez Dastur; May 6
Delna Kersi Bhadha and
Farzan Rustom Siodia of
Nashik; May 12
Simone Percy Patel of Thana and Ushhan Dinshaw Gundevia of Lucknow; May 18
Tina Percy Karkaria and
Neville Rustom Achhadwalla
of Vasai; May 23
Delnaaz Nozer Bhumgara of Goregaon and Zubin Sohrab Mobed of Palghar; May 24
died
Hoshang Sheriar Kermani (80), residing at E/16, Rustom Baug, Victoria Rd, Byculla, 400027; January 10 (cremated)
Ernie Khurshedji Dubash (87), E/2, Palacimo, Silver Oaks
Est, B. Desai Rd, 400026; January 12 (cremated)
Noshir Dhunjishaw Guard (46), Sonal Apts, Padma Ngr, 104, Agashi Rd, Virar (W), Thana, 401303; January 28 (cremated)
Rohington Dongaji Daruwala (81), Room no 31, Railway Hotel, Railway Bldg, Raja Ram Mohan Roy Rd, 400004; February 13 (cremated)
Banoo Nani Reporter (76), 6, Girdar Niwas, 15/17, S. B. Rd, Colaba, 400005; February 16 (cremated)
Roshan Keyomerz Guzder
(83), F. S. Parukh Dharam-
shala, 34, Hughes Rd, 400007; February 19 (cremated)
Soli Shapoorji Bamji (94), Minerva Mans, Maulana Shaukatali Rd, 400007; February 28 (cremated)
James Ratanshaw Shroff (85), c/o Rusi R. Shroff, 28, N. S. Patkar Marg, 400007; March 3 (cremated)
Treeti Krishna Sahni (99), 31, Sherman, 22, Narayan Dabholkar Rd, off Napean Sea Rd, 400006; March 9 (cremated)
Jiju Sorabji Contractor (96), B. Wassiamul Bldg, Grant Rd (E), 400007; March 21 (cremated)
Gool Phiroz Thanawalla (77), 2/2, Contractor Baug, Mori Rd, Mahim, 400016; April 3 (cremated)
Gool Rustomji Bharucha (89), Shapoorji Pallonji Home for Senior Citizens, B. D. Petit
Parsee General Hospital, 400026; April 14 (cremated)
Freni Omkar Sahib (78), B/1, Sukh Nivas, 3rd Pasta Lane, Colaba, 400005; April 14 (cremated)
Amy Cooverji Bhabha (95), 49, Cuffe Parade, Colaba, 400005; April 22 (cremated)
Pesi Ratanshaw Heera (75), Minerva Mans, next to Super Cinema, Grant Rd, 400007; April 25 (cremated)
Sooni C. Patuck (85), Mani Mount, 26, Altamount Rd, 400026; April 25 (cremated)
Pervaz Tehmurasp Anklesaria (77), B. Merwan Bldg, opp Grant Rd Stn, Grant Rd (E), 400007; May 15
Fredoon Nusservanji Kapadia (89), 28, Malcolm Baug, Jogeshwari (W), 400102; May 16
Rustum Bapuji Mulla-Feroze (87), D/16, Cusrow Baug, S. B. Rd, 400039; May 16
Darius Sorabji Ayrton (72), 302, Samudra Setu, Saher Agiary Lane, B. Desai Rd, 400026; May 17
Minoo Nariman Daruwalla (65), 8/15, Tata Clny, Tardeo, 400034; May 17
Rustom Manchersha Dastur (63), B-406/7, Ahumsa Aditya Animdi Co-op Hsg Soc Ltd, Malad, 400064; May 17
Banoo Boman Dubash (74), 66/E, next to Soonaiji Hirji Agiary, Gowalia Tank Rd, 400036; May 17
Roshan Noshir Joshi (85), F. S. Parukh Dharamshalla, 34, Hughes Rd, 400007; May 17
Behram Nariman Mehervaid (81), 320, Main St, Mhow, Madhya Pradesh, 453441;
May 17
Nargez Pirojshaw Dhondy (88), 666, Orient Hse, Lady Jehangir Rd, Parsi Clny, Dadar, 400014; May 18
Shapur Sorabji Hadvaid (61), Room no 13, Dinshaw Bldg, Kalyan Parsi Anjuman Compd, Parsi Lane, Kalyan (W), 421301; May 18
Homai Fali Mehta (92), 14, Commonwealth, 181, Madam Cama Rd, 400020; May 19
Silloo Farock Batliwala (84), Baltiwala Villa, 44/A, Sleater Rd, 400007; May 20
Coomi Faramroze Damania (83), 605, Karim Manzil. J. S. S. Rd, 400002; May 21
Ardaviraf Nadirshah Ghandhi (81), Umergaon Bldg, Dr B. A. Rd, Parel, 400012; May 21
Hutokshi Sohrab Gimi (76), 62, Aderbad, 34, Hughes Rd, N. S. Patkar Marg, 400007; May 21
Godrej Dhunjishaw Mehta (87), D-3/75, S. B. Bharucha Baug, S. V. Rd, Andheri (W), 400058; May 21
Perviz Dhunjishaw Cooper (78), 103, Shri Sai Siddhi Apt, Haji Malang Rd, Kalyan (E), 421301; May 22
Parveen Dhunjishaw Daji (60), 12/A, Rockside, 112, Walkeshwar, 400006; May 22
Goolcher Minoocher Dhalla (90), 602/B, RNA, Regency Park, M. G. Rd, Maharashtra Ngr, Kandivali (W), 400067; May 22
Nargish Sam Malbarwala (87), D/214, Pushpanjali Soc, Vaswani Marg, off J. P. Rd, Andheri (W), 400061; May 22
Homai Sorabji Vakil (79), Karani Widow Chawl, 16/B, Marzban Clny, Gilder Lane, 400008; May 22
Noshir Phiroze Variava (89), H/29, Cusrow Baug, S. B. Rd, 400039; May 22
Khurshid Khaikhasru Darukhanawala (81), 7, Ali Bldg, Wadia St, Tardeo, 400034; May 24
Rusi Bapuji Medhora (89), 202, Vraj Vihar Co-op Hsg Soc Ltd, opp Makhmali Talao, Old Agra Rd, Thana (W), 400601; May 24
Kety Gev Baria (71), G-2/10, Shapur Baug, V. P. Rd, 400004; May 25
Cawas Ratanshah Mistry (88), Petit Block no 2, J. Petit St, Grant Rd, 400007; May 25
Roshan Dara Bhesania (73), 1/2, Tata Clny, Tardeo, 400034; May 26
Azar Rohinton Sumondy (66), A/64, Gold Coin, Tardeo Rd, 400034; May 26
Dhun Keki (Kekhushroo) Buhariwala (90), 190/A, Presswala Bldg, Lamington Rd, 400007; May 27
Naval Godrej Ghadiali (75), B/8, Ness Baug, Nana Chowk, 400007; May 27
Aloo Keki Khajotia (76), 5, Chatriwala Bldg, 20, Wadia St, Tardeo, 400034; May 28
Jalamai (Jaloo) Faramroz Mirza (95), 11/3, Salsette Parsi Clny, Pump Hse, Andheri (E), 400059; May 28
Roshan Faredoon Karbhari (85), 16/251, Adarsh Ngr,
Prabhadevi, 400025; May 29
Gool Behram Karaka (96), F/14, S. B. Bharucha Baug,
S. V. Rd, Andheri (W), 400058; May 29
Piloo Homi Vakil (82),
Kala Niketan Bldg,
M. Karve Rd, Marine
Lines, 400020; May 29
Jer Cawas Damania (92), 7, Petit Block no 5, M. P. Agiary Lane, Balaram St, 400007; May 30
Parvez Ardeshir Kamdin (84), Sobhagya Hse, Mahim Stn, Tulsi Pipe Rd, 400016;
May 30
Fili Kakhersroo Marolia (57), Nasakhana, Doongerwadi, Kemps Corner, 400026;
May 30
Tehmina Jalejar Sachinwala (91), E/45, R & B Kuka Co-op Hsg Soc Ltd, Gilder Baug, J. B. Ngr, Andheri (E), 400093; May 30
Dina Cavas Vervatwala (84), Elizabeth Home, 501/502, St Francis Rd, Santacruz (W), 400054; May 30
Kersi Dhanjisha Wadia (64), 9, P. B. Modi Bldg, Golanji Hill, Parel Village, Parel, 400012; May 30
Dhunjishaw Manekji Neterwala (94), 16/D, Il Palazzo, Little Gibbs Rd, Malabar Hill, 400006; May 31
POONA
died
Motibai Behram Irani (77), 8, Kapadia Bldg, 873, Dastur
Meher Rd, Camp, 411001; May 2
Nergish Dinshaw Irani
(95), 5/1, Ardeshir Baug, Ma-Perviz Rd, 411002;
May 21
Rummy Jal Gandevia (62), 9-B, Mody Clny, Synagogue St, Camp, 411001; May 24
Haune Jehangir Pesuna (73), 895, Synagogue St, Camp, 411001; May 25
SECUNDERABAD
died
Gool Minocher Marker (65), sister of Coomi Jilla and
Bapsy Jilla; May 25
Khorshed Minoo Sidhwa (71), sister of Tehmi K. Umrigar, Dilly A. Sarkary, Roshan M. Irani, Naval J. Gandevia, late Eruch J. Gandevia, Shirin M. Gandevia and late Peroja P. Kalwachwalla; May 28
SURAT
died
Zinobia Shorab Kutnawala (80), B/80, Neville Park
Soc, New City Light Rd,
Althan; May 2
Zarin Keki Patel (74), 102, Aashirwad Corner, Popat
Mohollo, Nanpura, 395001; May 3
Rohinton Ratanshaw
Dahenugara (52), Ravantad, 2/5126, Rustompura, 395002; May 16
Gev Nadirshaw Patrawala (54), 1/1162, Karai Mans,
Dangor Mahollo, Nanpura, 395001; May 16
Yazdi Mahervanji Dudhwala (61), 12/2742, next to
Shahenshahi Atash
Behram, Sayedpura,
395003; May 20
• • •
AUSTRALIA
New South Wales
died
Nina Bhavnagri; May 16
CANADA
Alberta
born
A boy, Kian, to Zeeba and Mershab Irani in Calgary; January 7
A boy, Astad, to Bakhtawar and Kaizad Debu in Edmonton; February 14
Ontario
born
A girl, Livia Tristin, to Zara and Fred Phelps in Ottawa; February 12
A boy, Karl, to Nazneen and Ferzad Dorabshaw in Toronto; May 14
married
Aban Jasoomani, daughter of Armine and Aspi, and Sammy Shaker in Mississauga; May 4
died
Temina Pardiwalla, sister of Soli and Godrej in Toronto; April 27
IRAN
died
Iraj Jahangirji, husband of Shida and father of Maziar
and Monica in Tehran;
December 5, 2012
PAKISTAN
Karachi
died
Khorshed Dhunjishah Bharucha; May 2, 2013
Paricher Faram Appoo, mother of Farishte Jamsheed
Ghaswalla, Farshad and Maneckji; May 7
Shapur Shroff, husband of Freny and father of Armeen Minoo Sukhia, Spenta Jamshed Behrana and Eddie; May 7
Bejan Eruch Vakharia,
husband of Meher and father of Jamshed and Shermeen; May 16
Bejon Kaikobad Kanga, husband of Roshan and father of Shernaz Rustom Darrah, Rustom and Feroza; May 19
Hoshang Dinshaw Bharucha, brother of Khodabuksh and Adil; May 27
Framji Sorabji Sethna, brother of Hutoxi Dinshaw and
Fradoon; May 27
Homai Nadirshah Sidhwa, mother of Ava Jal Boga, Armaity Maneck Dastur and late Perviz Fram Framji; May 27
USA
died
Dhunjishah Hosy Bharucha (48), father of Ryan;
February 7
Rhoda Sorab Gorimaar, mother of Tehmaas; February 10
California
born
A girl, Riaa Dolly, to Cyra and Farzin Morena, sister to
Ryaan in Orange County; January 9
A boy, Nashwan, to Jennifer and Homyar Dastoor in
Mountain View; April 22
married
Nazneen Bahrassa, daughter
of Persis and Feraydoon of Little Rock, Arkansas, and
Zal Bilimoria, son of
Firoza and Yaz of San
Diego in Woodside; May 18
Colorado
born
A girl, Aria Victoria, to Nikki and Cyrus Irani in Denver; April 23
Illinois
born
A girl, Nazneen, to Maha-
zabeen and Ariz Master in Chicago; April 28
died
Villoo Kharas, mother of
Zenobia Shahrukh Lala and Dilnavaz Rusi Lord in Chicago;
April 13
Keki Bhote, husband of
Mehroo and father of
Safeena, Shenaya, Adi
and Xerxes; May 7
Maryland
died
Khodamorad Kamran
(80), husband of Banoo
and father of Faranguis
Farahfar, Madji Mohabat
and Shahin Kamran
Foroutan in Bethesda;
February 9
New York
born
A girl, Arnaz, to Tanaz and Gustad Mody in New York; January 21
Texas
married
Ami Desai, daughter of
Ansuya and Dinesh, and
Sarosh Dastoor, son of
Tehmi and Firdaus in
Austin; February 16