Autobiography Oscar Jorge Collaço I was baptized at St. Peter’s Church in Shanghai by Rev. Père R. de Chalain with godfather uncle Gilberto and godmother aunty Mary. At age 3 I was taken to Day Care at a Portuguese lady’s home at Park Apts. I was born on a cold clear Monday on March […]
Ray Cordeiro Article by Daniel Gomes first published in the UMA Bulletin Fall 2012 and republished in Casa Newsletter Volume 35 Issue 1 March 2023 Reinaldo Maria Cordeiro MBE SBS was born on 12 December 1924 and died on 13 January 2023 aged 98. Known professionally as”Uncle Ray”, Ray was a Hong Kong broadcaster, disc jockey and
by Daniel R Gomes Originally published in the UMA News Bulletin Spring 2009 Praia Grande During the 17th Century, Macau was the “Venice” of European trade with China, Japan and South East Asia. Here is a picture of Praia Grande, with the stately homes of the traders of that era.After the Opium
Experiences at Shamshuipo & Sendai Camps Cicero RozarioPreviously published in Voz de Macaenses de Vancouver in November, 2001 and in two issues of the Bulletin of Lusitano Club of California. The permission of the Lusitano Club to reproduce these articles is gratefully acknowledged. Drawings by Cicero Rozario and A V Skvorzov, Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Force Editorial
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
Experiences of Frank Correa and Hetty Van Langenberg during World War II. FOREWORD It seems appropriate to mark our son Anthony’s fortieth Birthday with this document which relates to his father’s experiences during the turbulent years of the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong in the Second World War. We all recall Frank often reminiscing about
Genealogy Genealogia We are fortunate that Dr Jorge Forjaz, an eminent genealogist, studied the family trees and histories of Macau and documented them in seminal works Familias Macaenses: the first edition, in 1996 broke new ground; the second edition in 2017 improved further, bequeathing to all Macanese a treasured record of their roots. He has
Dr Eduardo Liberato “Eddie” Gosano 1914-2010Feature Story from Club Lusitano, Hong Kong, 18/06/2021Extracts from his extraordinary, and colourful autobiography, “Hong Kong Farewell”, by Eddie Gosano, (1997), after he migrated to the USA. A full copy is available in the Club Lusitano Biblioteca.This is enough insight of my ancestry to give you a particular insight into
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Hong Kong Almanacks – List of Portuguese The 1846 and 1850 Hong Kong Almanacks show the names of hundreds of Portuguese and their occupations. These were extracted and listed here, with attempted matches to individuals in the database. Where possible, links have been made so that clicking on a name or an ID number will
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