From the Trucial States of the Gulf to Singapore, positions were filled in two categories: Anglo andEurasian. One was Anglo when born locally to Brit parents. Eurasians were of multi parentage, looselyapplied often to include families that had adopted the English language. Idalina DeSouza, born 1865 in Salvador was clearly Eurasian, going by portraits and the features of herchildren. She married in Sangolda and died in 1953. Both her sons stole Anglo designated jobs, one headed Overseas Cable in the Trucial States and Sindh, the other with the London owned Bombay Gas Company. Do not report me, but I own two Midland made ornate cast iron posts that supported pretty gas lamps in London. Idalina, now Pinto, had two daughters, Philomena and Flaviana. Philomena was office clerk of the BritishRailroad in Vasco. She married the boss, George Clarke an engineer native of Kent. They had six children,all of whom moved to Britain and Canada where they lived and died. Descended from them are another threegenerations who number over a hundred. They invariably call themselves Eurasians on Social sites. Flaviana had her own family. A child, Violeta Aria Pinto Durso was born this week to her great grand daughter.Americo Euro Asian, the tale lingers.
