AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF CARLOS BORROMEU LUBECK It is just over 20 years since we left China and came to this hospitable country, the United States of America. I do not have anything of value to leave behind, but there is one thing I can give you. It is the record of our family antecedents, which I […]
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The Menezes family crest Família Ribeiro The family history and photobiography of Fernando and Maria Fernanda de Menezes Ribeiro Peter Grills Familia Ribeiro: The family history and photobiography of Fernando and Maria Fernanda de Menezes Ribeiro was originally published as a book. SBN 978 1 74027 488 3Copyright © text Peter Grills 2008First published 2008Prepared for the author
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF FATHER JOSÉ “ZINHO” GOSANO First published in the UMA Bulletin Apr-Jun 2011 Vol 34 No 2 [Editor’s Note: A number of years ago the late Fr Zinho Gosano’s friend in New Zealand, a Father John Griffin, sent the UMA News Bulletin editor a floppy diskette containing an autobiographical narrative by Fr
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A Macanese Entrepreneur by Daniel R Gomes Originally published in the UMA News Bulletin Spring 2009 “Hovering” the mouse pointer over a Portuguese or Macaísta word will often show its English translation. Praia Grande During the 17th Century, Macau was the “Venice” of European trade with China, Japan and South East Asia. Here is a
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Autobiography Oscar Jorge Collaço I was born on a cold clear Monday on March 21, 1938, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Shanghai, China at 5.30am weighing 5½ pounds and measuring 14 inches in length. I was not born prematurely: my mother , was afraid to have a big baby, because her cousins who had given
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Macau Grand Prix Originally published in the Macau Closer Magazine Nov 2012 (Original article by Suzanne Watkinson was updated in September 2013 by Nana giving more details.) Photos courtesy of Macau Grand Prix Museum This being the Diamond Jubilee of the Macau Grand Prix, I think it is appropriate to reflect on the first Grand
