Life was hard in India in the second half of the nineteenth century. There was no work and the future did not look bright. Therefore, two brothers, Ramjaun ( No. 287257 ) and Joomye ( No. 287344 ) who were adventurous enough, decided to look for work abroad. They must have heard that in those days, Mauritius was looking for labour. They did inquire and finally decided to register themselves to work in the cane fields as indentured labourers in Mauritius. Their father named Gureebo lived in the Village of SOHOKHUR, Zillah PATNA and Pergunnah BESWOCK, in India. Both brothers sailed from Calcutta on board FUTTAY SALAM, ship No. 1024 to reach Mauritius around 10h February, 1862. The trip from Calcutta to Port Louis, Mauritius, in those days used to take about five weeks. The weather had a big influence on this especially during the months when cyclones are most prevalent in this part of the world. It is pretty certain that they had relatives as indentured labourers on board the Futtay Salam. These could have been the Owadally ( No. 287152 ), Mooseanah ( No. 287314 ), Aumjaud ( 287150 ), Aumeerun ( 287312 ). They came from either the same village or close villages in India and remained closely knit afterwards, probably because they had no other choice. Ramjaun ( No. 287157 ) was still a young boy of 12 years when he reached here. He was 3 feet 11 inches ( 1 m. 19 cm ) tall. He had a scar under his right eyebrow which indicates that, though young, he must have got hurt on his face while toiling hard to help his parents. Joomye ( No. 287344 ) was younger than his brother when he came here. He was only 9 years old and measured 3 feet 6 inches ( 1 m. 05 cm.) The two brothers who were working at Benares, Riviere des Anguilles were married to two sisters, Baicchun Dauhoo and Peerun Dauhoo (born 20d January, 1867 at Grand Port, Birth Certificate No. 82, Grand Port), daughters of Dauhoo (No.181675) father and Ozeerun (No. 181835) mother, who lived at Grand Bois. The civil marriage of Ramjaun ( No, 287157 ) who was already 32 years old and Baicchun Dauhoo took place on 24t March, 1884 at Savanne. Joomye ( No. 287344 ) married Peerun Dauhoo at the same place and may be on the same day. Subsequently, the family purchased land in the South of the island for cane growing and other crops. Baicchun Dauhoo and Peerun Dauhoo had a brother called Abdoolah Dauhoo (bomn 25h September, 1880 at Rivière Sèche, Birth Certificate No. 714 Rivière Sèche, Flacq).

Ramjaun (no. 287157 ) had three (3) sons ( Mamade Hussain Rumjaun, Ally Hossen Rumjaun and Yusuf Rumjaun ) and two (2) daughters ( Ameenah Rumjaun and Koolsoom Rumjaun ). Joomye ( No. 287344 ) had five (5) sons ( Abdool Raman Joomaye, Ismael Jomaye, Soleman Joomaye, Abdool Gafoor Gariboo and Mahmood Gariboo) and two (2) daughters ( Zainab Joomye and Fatmah Gariboo ). After the birth of four of his children under the surname of Joomaye or Joomye, he left Mauritius with his wife for India. They came back, this time not as indentured labourers, but as traders under the surname Gariboo. They had three (3) more children surnamed Gariboo. They went to live in the capital, Port Louis and opened up retail and wholesale shops. They were also involved in the import and export business.

As they lived in town, they were closer to the places of learning. The parents realised very early on that education is a must for social advancement. By the third generation, that is sixty years after the arrival of Joomye ( No. 287344 ), Hassenjee Joomye won the English Scholarship ( Bourse d'Angleterre ) and was proclaimed/Laureate in the country in 1922. He proceeded to England to study medicine at Middlesex Hospital and graduated in 1928. Afterwards, Hassam Gareeboo also of the third generation was proclaimed Laureate, in 1959, that is 97 years after the arrival of Joomye ( No. 287344). He too went for medicine at Guy's Hospital, London and graduated in 1966. Automatically, this paved the way for more members of the subsequent generations to be professionals in various fields - medicine, education, agriculture, accountancy, computer programming and so on.

Abdool Gafoor Gariboo ( 2°d generation ) was for some time a successful trader ( as from 1910 ), in foodstuffs like rice, flour, pulses, cooking oil and canned food at 24, Queen Street, Port Louis. He, together with Hakim Ramjaun, was also involved in the building industry (Cité Gariboo at Vallée des Prêtres ). Hassenjee Joomye ( 3rd generation ) managed to convince the wife of his uncle Ally Hossen Ramjaun ( 2ed generation ) who was then a childless widow to donate one her properties into a Waqf in favour of the Islamic Cultural College which was founded in 1949. That property is the famous white, one storeyed, square building, constructed in front of the Port Louis Harbour during the French Period in Mauritius. Unfortunately, Hassenjee Joomye died only a few months after the college opened its doors in Curepipe.

Abdool Rawoof Joomye ( 3"d generation ) a trader at 26, Queen Street, Port Louis, who introduced Pilchard ( canned fish from South Africa ) in Mauritius, was in 1970 one of the first Mauritian to start a poultry farm on an industrial basis at Mont Ida, East of Quartier Militaire - a business which lasted until 1989. He even made an incursion into politics and stood as a candidate for the Port Louis Municipal election. In 1953, he was elected as a councillor. Mahmad Aniff Joomaye ( 3"d generation ) was in 1974 appointed Chief Education Officer at the Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs and for a short while in 1982 to 1983, a Member of the Public Service Commission.