FN Thank you for the info, it would be nice to know if these little remembrances & links will one day all fit together, and I will be able to complete this jigsaw puzzle of teh 1950's Goa. Maria D'Souza was not a petite lady, she was 'heavy boned' I would say, quietly spoken but could hold her own, very sympathetic to my mother & was always there to help if needed. I have received more emails, from a first cousin in Portugal & her niece on several occasions now. They are searching family archives & digging where they can to glean more info on my father, CM & the other relatives memories are being jogged too (not an easy task I imagine), all the relevant people are deceased, only their children & their childrens' children.... & pictures, books etc remain. I await the papers & pictures, to add to mine. John Monteiro ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JOHN MONTEIRO = My mother's best friend in 1950's was Maria D'Souza. She was an Anglo-Indian' with a fair complexion. She dressed in traditional clothes, sarees were the only clothes I saw her in, never a skirt. --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Frederick FN Noronha * Independent Journalist http://fn.goa-india.org * Phone +91-832-2409490 John, the late prominent artist FN Souza's then wives was named Maria D'Souza (if I recall right). Was it the same person? Mrs Maria Aurora Couto (author of 'Goa, A Daughter's Story') has written on Souza's work and would know perhaps. Copying this mail to her too. FN ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regards John Monteiro
