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My Grandparents
I was born in Mauritius. My grandfather was very handsome and wore earrings. He spoilt and loved me very much. He lived with us at St Pierre. He worked in a sugar factory.
I was born in 1936. My grandad came from India. I am the 3rd generation. He must have come at an early age, as I remember him always speaking Creole to me.
When I got married, I lived with my father-in-law and mother-in-law i…
Contributors
- Mankion
Subject
- Indenture
- Grandparents
- Legal instrument
- Mauritius
- Human migration
- India
- India
- Human migration
- Family
- Mauritius
Contributors
- Mankion
Subject
- Indenture
- Grandparents
- Legal instrument
- Mauritius
- Human migration
- India
- India
- Human migration
- Family
- Mauritius
Providing institution
Aggregator
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- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Places
- Mauritius
- Mauritius
- Republic of Mauritius
Identifier
- http://contribute.europeana.eu/contributions/a04996e0-4b5e-0138-87f1-6eee0af5043f
Language
- eng
- en
Is part of
- Border Crossings Collection Day, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, 2020-02-29
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2020-04-17T14:57:55.774Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2021-11-03T11:22:04.772Z