Ferreira

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Shri Martin amcho Ponjekar bhauv, sarkem uloiloi tum.
The son  Rui Ferreira is married to Soraya (one of
them is a bank employee). The house is a prominent
figure for directions. The road going to the Palacio
de Bismho. Some more examples of similar surnames are:

Cordeiro, Pinheiro, Mergulhâo, Fanalhâo, Pereira,
Carneiro, etc.

In my tour of duty as a tourist guide in Goa I
encountered families having names such as Fernandes
and D'souza hailing from Kerala. Bear in mind that the
Portuguese have sowed their seeds all along the coast.


>If anyone has been to Goa and to Panjim (Panaji) one
>must have seen the church with zig-zagging steps
>painted white. At the entrance to the Church facing
>it on the right side are cabs and three wheelers.
>There is a house beside behind the taxis and this is
the house of a Goan doctor whose surname is Ferreira.
Rui the son lives in the house and I have known him
for sometime. Ferreira is a Portuguese surname and it
could be found in any place where the Portuguese have
been including Mumbai. A world class snooker or
Billiard champion from Mumbai is a Michael Fereira and
a Jesuit Priest (also from Mumbai) who was a very good
athlete in his heyday was a Fr. Ferreira. I have met
Africans with Portuguese surnames in Togo in West
Africa and I once read of a De Souza who came from
Brazil to collect slaves and left 45 children - all De
Souza. Hamku with who I worked in Togo considered
himself Togolese. Do not be surprised if you met a
Chinese with the name Fernandes as he could probably
hail from Malaysia or Macau. A Fernandes who hails
from Goa lives in London like many others. In writing
this I am indulging in banality. Edgar Martins 


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