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CONNECTIONS (By Alberto M Vol. 35. No. 2 A Publication of UMA, Inc Apr-Jun 2012 Editor: Daniel Gomes, 4394 N. Sweetbriar Ct, Concord, Ca 94521 E-Mail: [email protected] CONNECTIONS (by Alberto M. Guterres of Sydney, Australia) The Diaspora of our ethnic group from the Far East including Shanghai, Macau and Hong Kong have caused many family ties and friendship to go astray and contacts to be lost and some never to be regained again. I was always very interested in the Indochina branch of my family - “da Cruz”, since I was never given the opportunity to meet most of the members who resided in Saigon. My mother and her 2 children (Peter and self) left Macau in December 1946 for Brazil via Portugal. Brazil was never attained and so we made our home in Lisbon, Portugal without ever visiting Saigon. The French Indochina War began on December 9, 1946 (a day after we left Macau for Portugal) and terminated on August 1, 1954 with the defeat of the French Forces in Dien Bien Phu. My “da Cruz” branch of the family migrated to France in 1954, after sensing the country was lost and due to the death of the Patriarch Antonio Maria Augusto, who died that same year. He had learnt with horror that his country home in Dalat was destroyed and his home in Saigon had been taken over by the Communists. My mother used to write to her father until his death in 1954 but lost contact with the rest of the ‘da Cruz’ family who left for France. As I grew up, I had learnt much of the wonderful lifestyle of my grandfather Antonio Maria Augusto Botelho da Cruz through my mother and some other members of the family (including Aunty Cano and husband Uncle Riddo, Aunty Nina and her husband Rafael and others) over many years. My desire to contact those in France never waned. I wrote to my Uncle Rafael Hyndman da Rosa in the 1980s, who by then had taken refuge in Portugal from the wars in Angola and it was my good fortune that he put me in contact with Christiane and her husband Georges Eginard with whom I entered a correspondence for many years. Christiane is the daughter of Fernande Maria da Cruz and her husband Eleuthere Bernard Chavigny de La Chevrotiere. When Jorge Forjaz visited my late wife Rosemarie and self in our home in Chatswood, Australia, I provided him with the information of that branch of the “da Cruz” and he expended his research to include the members of my grandfather’s brother – Jose Maria Botelho da Cruz. Meanwhile I was also interested in my late wife’s own family “Noronha” of Holland and through the branch living in Manchester, we were able to contact the late Eric Henry James de Noronha and subsequently were visited by his granddaughter Naomi in Sydney; we became good friends with her and her fiancé Jibin and also with her brother Ramon Miguel – we corresponded with both over many years. My son Gerald and wife Claudine were able to attend the wedding of Naomi and Jibin in Amsterdam in 2001. It needs be said that it all started from a tenuous connection and now we are again a connected family. UMA NEWS BULLETIN – Summer Issue 2012 Page 1 of 36 Connections In 1993 we visited Paris (Rosie and self) and were told of a family gathering to meet us both. To our great surprise we met some 50 members of the family, including my own first cousin Louisette (daughter of my mother’s 2 nd brother Victor and my mother’s own flower girl!). We have been back several times to Paris, the last 2 times I brought my new wife Dorothy and introduced her to some members. She was so delighted that she decided to learn French to be able to converse with them, as none speak English. We were back this year in Paris and we had a wonderful lunch at Terminus Gare du Nord Restaurant with Georges, Christiane and her mother Fernande. Fernande is a spritely old lady of 89 who still travels throughout Paris by bus on her own But not able to use the “metro” because of the numerous stairs. We visited Louisette in Gagny and Dorothy was able to speak to her without my assistance and they held a most wonderful conversation, like good old friends. Dorothy was not able to accompany me to Manchester or Holland due to the arrival of her new grandson Nathaniel in London. I travelled on my own, firstly to Manchester where I met with Hilda Bethell, widow of the late Bill Bethell - son of Aunty Cissy Noronha Bethell (Rosie’s aunt). She told me that Aunty Cissy and son Bill were interned in the Stanley POW and that both had signed a bed sheet together with all the prisoners of the camp that is today displayed at the Imperial War Museum in London; also met with Bill Cain (son of Dorothy Noronha Cain – another aunt of Rosie). We had a great afternoon talking about the family and exchanging photos and family details. I also visited Sassenheim in Holland, in the region where the “de Noronha” family lives but also the region where tulips are grown. I stayed with Ramon and met his wife Magda and children John and Arabella, and we had a wonderful dinner with Naomi and her children. Jibin was away on business. The reason I am writing this short story is to recommend to all members (particularly the young ones) to maintain the links to family and friends, for all the surprises that life holds and for the benefit of future generations, those that one day will ask – whom am I and who are the members of my family and where do they live in this world of ours. Make yourself know. Make an effort, if not for your benefit, but for all those that have a need to know of our most illustrious background and our wonderful families who once were the backbone of many enterprises in the Far East but now roam the whole world and have made new lives elsewhere. UMA NEWS BULLETIN – Summer Issue 2012 Page 2 of 36 Maria Fatima Gomes OUR ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10 th , 2012, at the Pacifica Community Center. Come and find out more about UMA, and enjoy the warm camaraderie of our members. Join our many wonderful volunteers who come together to enjoy each other and do the work of UMA. Come support and work with these outstanding people who have given a great deal to sustain and GROW UMA . Your presence is important and valued, and we need to have enough members present to have a quorum. We look forward to seeing you at this meeting, so please put it on your calendar . This is an ELECTION YEAR, so consider running for office or serving as a director; join us in setting the direction of UMA for the next two years. If you know of anyone who would be a good officer or director, encourage them to run for office. The NOMINATION FORM is on Page 5 of this bulletin. Have you viewed our UMA Facebook Page, www.facebook.com/UMA.USA ? Check it out, and put your knowledge of Macau to the test with our newly launched PORTUGUESE/MACANESE TRIVIA CONTEST. This was created and maintained under the leadership of Denise Pereira Webster, a member of our UMA Web Development Committee . Our UMA Cultural Committee is supporting this endeavor by funding the prizes for the winner. This Trivia Contest is also on our UMA Website. The winner will receive a coffee mug with our UMA Logo and two coupons to be used at the UMA event of their choice. Join in on our fun TRIVIA CONTEST which will end on July 31st. ENJOY THE MANY PICTURES OF THE EVENTS WE HAVE HAD THIS YEAR on our Website www.uma-casademacau.com . Our new Rock ‘N Roll Dinner Dance was a huge success; our All Day Social was well attended and fun for all who were able to attend; our new Golf Social was a delightful day of golf; and our Southern California Luncheon was also an enjoyable and successful event. Some pictures of our All Day Social and Golf Social are on the next page. DON’T MISS OUR UPCOMING EVENTS : the THANKSGIVING MASS on Saturday, July 7 th ; the GOLF TOURNAMENT on Saturday, July 21 st , the FAMILY PICNIC on Sunday, August 26 th , the LAWN BOWLING TOURNAMENT on Saturday, September 1 st , and our NOITE DINER DANCE on Saturday, September 15 th . The events flyers for these events are on Pages 15 to 20. OUR 2011 FAMILY PICNIC was a huge success and a fun event for all three generations present. Check out the photos on our website. Put our 2O12 FAMILY PICNIC which will be on August 26th on your calendar; work on getting your children and grand-children there to have a great time. Bring all your family, friends, and extended family members to enjoy time together at beautiful Heather Farms Park in Walnut Creek, with all the food and fun games provided by our terrific workers. INVITE YOUR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WHAT UMA OFFERS. INVITE THEM TO ENJOY OUR WEBSITE AND FACEBOOK PAGE TO STAY CONNECTED , AND BRING THEM TO HAVE FUN AND SPEND TIME TOGETHER AT OUR EVENTS. UMA NEWS BULLETIN – Summer Issue 2012 Page 3 of 36 ALL DAY SOCIAL on March 24 th , 2012, at the Pacifica Community Center.
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