It was only in May 2015 that Cyrus Cowasjee of Karachi and Eleanor Weber-Ballard of London realized that they shared a common ancestor, "The Merchant Prince of Karachi,” Hormusjee Jamshedji Rustomjee, popularly known as "HJ.” Although Weber-Ballard, a postgraduate student from London, had a photograph of her great-great-grandfather who she believed was known as Ratanjee the only knowledge she had of him was that he was a Parsi merchant trader who had featured in Who’s Who.
In her quest for further information she had sent a letter to Parsiana (see "Information on Ratanjee,” Readers’ Forum, May 7, 2015) wherein she......