FONSECA Family Tree
with links to British India
St Thomas the Apostle is said to have arrived in India in 54 A.D. Later, with the advent of the Portugese, the French and the British in India, there was further Christian influence. In India, Christians are basically converts, although there are descendants of European settlers and Anglo-Indians. In Goa, which had long been a Portugese domain, Christians form the majority of the population there.
Various spellings were used in records relating to this family in Australia :
Finsaker; Fensaker; Finsacres; Fonseed; Fouseca; and Fransica.
(Following info received to assist in completing FONSECA Family Tree. Can anyone provide further info ?, Contact: Russel Fonceca sumgenius@gmail.com or Roger Fonseca whaler@ocean7.fsnet.co.uk )
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info from Vanita Lawton
gvlawton@westnet.com.au
?? FONSECA married ??, children:
Jennifer Fonseca
Linda Fonseca
Next Generation
Jennifer FONSECA married Rabindra PARMESHWAR on the 12/2/1972. They had three girls:
Rekha (born 11/8/1973, Perth, Australia) who married Glenn Martin and they had twin girls Hunter and Jazmin (born 19/6/2000, Perth Australia).
Sharmila (born 8/2/1976,Perth,Australia) who married Scott Clissold and they had a boy named Tarrant (born 16/9/2003,Perth,Australia) and is due another one at the end of Feb 2006.
Vanita (born 29/8/1978, Perth, Australia) who married Greg Lawton and they have three children Blake (born 22/11/2001, Perth, Australia), Riley (born 17/8/2004, Perth, Australia) and Tayla (born 17/1/2006, Perth, Australia).
Linda FONSECA married Keith BENJAMIN. They have three children -
Scott Benjamin (twin) (born 22/8/1977, Perth, Australia)
Brett Benjamin (twin) (born 22/8/1977, Perth, Australia)
Lisa Benjamin (born 19/9/1982,Perth,Australia)
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info from Roger Fonseca whaler@ocean7.fsnet.co.uk
I left India in 1956 with my father William & mother Audrey nee Heffernan, and Grandfather Charles Henry Heffernan (ex EIR Railway Asansol).
?? FONSECA married ??, children:
William Emmanuel Fonseca
Next Generation
William Emmanuel FONSECA married Audrey Patricia HEFFERNAN, children:
Roger Adrian Fonseca
Next Generation
Roger Adrian FONSECA married Lorraine TEMPLETON (ERIC TEMPLETONS DAUGHTER- CALCUTTA POLICE)
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Info supplied by Maria Hendricks hendricm@bupa-intl.com hendricm@hotmail.com
?? FONSECA married ??, children:
Next Generation
Edith Beryl FONSECA on 27/12/34, married Wilfred James Hendricks children:
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info from Sophia gia_seca@yahoo.com
?? FONSECA married ??, children:
Ruben Fonseca
Next Generation
Ruben FONSECA married ??, they had 3 daughters:
? Fonseca
? Fonseca
? Fonseca
Next Generation
? FONSECA married ?, children:
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I am wondering if you have ever come across, during
your research, a Moses Fonseca born c.1799. Apart from the
fact that he was a chimneysweep, I know nothing of him prior to his conviction for theft
at the Old Bailey in 1819. On the 9 November 1819 he stole a silk handkerchief from Robert
Easto, in King Street, Cheapside, London. He was tried at the 1819 December sessions
of the Old Bailey, was found guilty, and transported for life to Australia.
Moses
Fonseca sailed from Falmouth, Cornwall, aboard Mangles (1) on 11 April 1820,
arriving in Sydney on 7 August 1820. In due course,
Moses FONSECA married
Esther
AIKEN,
and it was their daughter, Matilda
FONSECA b.1843, who
was to become my 2nd great grandmother.
Various spellings were used in records relating to this family in Australia :
Finsaker; Fensaker; Finsacres; Fonseed; Fouseca; and Fransica.
Kindest regards, Rhonda Turnbull, Cootamundra NSW raturn@dragnet.com.au
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info from Conrad Rego CRego87243@aol.com
?? FONSECA married ??, children:
Next Generation
Noreen FONSECA (born KGF 1923, studied at St. Joseph's Convent, KGF, d Bristol, UK 1998) married George SYMSS (born Kolar Gold Fields 1914, studied at Montfort School, d New Delhi 1993). From KGF Noreen moved to New Delhi in 1975 and after the death of her husband George, she immigrated to the UK in 1994. children:
Happened to come across your site. My grandmothers
maiden name was a FONSECA from Kolar, married a
SYMSS.
She had one brother Harold FONSECA who moved to Salem and passed away.
Another brother is in Canada, Derek FONSECA. This is all I remember for
now. Any info or names will definitely be appreciated. Thanks,
Conrad Rego CRego87243@aol.com
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?? FONSECA married ??, children:
Dominic Bernard Fonseca
Next Generation
Dominic Bernard FONSECA ( b. 2/6/1846) Tivim, Goa married Veridiana Maria LOBO (b.16/5/1857) Vesla Paria Goa. They had 12 kids and he was, as far as I can work out a Doctor in the army. I'm still trying to find dates for the 12!
Margaret Fonseca, Nagpur, nun, "little sisters of the poor"
Francis/Bernard died young
Aloyisius Fonseca dob.6/04/1877, Karnataka?
Ignatius Fonseca
Isabel Fonseca nun Nagpur
Letetia Fonseca m ?
Pius Fonseca
Faber Fonseca Doctor? traveled in Middle East
Mary Fonseca
Lucy Fonseca b.1885
Rosie Fonseca
Calista Fonseca, nun, left convent, married Lawrence deSousa
Next Generation
Aloyisius FONSECA married Elise ? in 1904, 11 children :
Bernard Fonseca b 20/2/1910
May Fonseca b 19/5/1911
Angela Fonseca died at 9 years
Ruby Fonseca b 2 /4/1914
Dorothy Fonseca b 31/1/1916
Nita Fonseca b 25/8/1918 m. Hari Jairath
Theo Fonseca b 14/9/1919
Henry Fonseca b 31/6/20 d.1951
? died in childhood
? died in childhood
? died in childhood
Ignatius FONSECA married Lily BRITTO, children:
Barbara Fonseca
John Joseph Fonseca (was a Major in the Indian Army)
Dominic Fonseca
Albert Fonseca
Teresa Fonseca
Pius Fonseca married Alice SEQUEIRA
Mary Fonseca married Henry GOODWIN
Lucy Fonseca b.1885 married Michael Vincent BRAGANZA from Goa
Rosie Fonseca married Louis ?
Calista Fonseca, nun, left convent, married Lawrence deSOUSA
Next Generation
Bernard FONSECA married Dolly SARGON
May FONSECA married Robert D'SA
Ruby FONSECA married Gerard DIAZ
Theo FONSECA married Jo SELWYN
John Joseph FONSECA married Paddy D'SILVA of Ranchi (Father owned a tea estate), children:
Diana Fonseca
Jennifer Fonseca
Linda Fonseca
John Joseph FONSECA married, 2nd marriage, Blossom AUGUR, living in Perth, children:
Keith John Fonseca,
Sandra Bernadette Fonseca
Teresa FONSECA married Arnold D'CRUZ
Next Generation
Diana Fonseca married Fozdar from Trichur, India
Jennifer Fonseca married Parneshwar from Fiji
Linda Fonseca married Keith BENJAMIN from Burma
Sandra Bernadette Fonseca married Glen Michael HEAD from Perth
Any help or suggestions will be appreciated. I've had little luck trying to contact Goan searchers or searches. Thanks, Marianne Braganza mnbraganza@yahoo.ca
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?? FONSECA married ??, children:
Thereza Fonseca
Next Generation
Thereza FONSECA and Manano ??, Tailor : daughter
Gordiano (born 10/5/1839, baptised 19/9/1838 by Rev M L Rebeiro, Covelong Chapel) LDS Film 530008, Vol 1 (P.312).
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info from Mel McNaught, Any help or info greatly appreciated Thanks. m.mcnaught@ntlworld.com
?? FONSECA married ??, children:
Next Generation
John FONSECA married E.A ?, (b Aug 1840), children :
Elizabeth Anna Fonseca (died 25/4/1880)
Next Generation
Elizabeth Anna FONSECA (died 25/4/1880) married Alfred Brace CRUSE in Madras 1864, they had 2 children:
Annie Florence CRUSE
Arthur Edmund CRUSE.
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