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Anthony Aranha (Anthappa Shenoy) (Shenoy)

Also Known As: "Anthappa Shenoy"
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Husband of Anthappa's wife Aranha
Father of Emmanuel "Manu" (Modle Ghar) Udyavarkar Shenoy Aranha (Shenoy)
Brother of Unknown Name Hindu; Unknown Name Hindu; ? Shenoy; Udyavar Keshav Shenoy and Vithappa Shenoy

Occupation: Anthony Aranha was originally Anthappa Shenoy. He and his son Manu Shenoy converted to Christianity around 1750 taking the names of Anthony Aranha and Manuel Aranha. Anthony had two brothers who remained Hindu. There is not much information about Manuel A
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About Anthony Aranha (Anthappa Shenoy)

Anthappa Shenoy


He was called Anthappa Shenoy before conversion to Christianity. He and his son Manu were converted abut the year 1750. His two brothers remained Hindus. He lived in Mulki.

  • **** Added by RJ Aranha-Shenoy, 20-Jun-09 : Courtesy a document I receieved from Aloysius Rebello *****

The Aranhas of Gazni are one of the most important Mangalorean

families to hail from outside Mangalore proper. For over two centuries,

this has been the leading Catholic family of the Mulki area and its

members have married into leading families of other areas such as the

Colacos of Moodbidri, the Mathiases of Belman and the Rebellos of

Kallianpur.

More significantly, the Gazni Aranha family is one of the very few

Mangalorean families whose genealogy can be traced back to the time of

conversion. Its earliest known member was Anthony Aranha, born about the

year 1710, who is said to have started life bearing the Konkana name

Anthappa Shenoy. He married before his conversion and is known to have had

one son named Mannu. Father and son were converted about the year 1750 and

took the names Anthony and Manuel respectively. About the same time, they

migrated (from Goa) to Gazni, near Mulki.

Anthappa Shenoy had two other brothers who remained Hindus; one

settled at Udyavar and is said to be the ancestor of the Shenoy Brothers

(booksellers of Mangalore); another settled in Mulki and is thought to be

the ancestor of Vittalray Shenoy of Mulki.

It is not known if Anthappa Shenoy had other children apart from

Mannu. If he did have other sons, they either remained unmarried or

migrated to other parts. All known members of the Gazni Aranha family

descend from Manuel Aranha, but the surname Aranha is also to be found in

the old church records of parishes such as Shirva and Kirem. Baptismal

records at Shirva date back to 1860, and as one member of the Gazni Aranha

family is believed to have settled at Shirva in the early 19th century, it

is possible that these are his descendants. But marriage records at Kirem

go back to 1815 and there appear to have been quite a few Aranhas residing

at Kirem parish in the beginning of the 19th century. These cannot possibly

be descendants of Manuel Aranha and the family is either a different one

or is comprised of descendants of a brother of Manuel Aranha

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