At 03:11 AM 29-08-03 -0400, Gilbert Lawrence wrote...
[ The question
arises how far back does one go before one is excluded as being a Goan i.e. when is one denied of their Goan roots? Many (proud Goans) may respond never.
If that is the case, unrelated to Ashley Tellis, are Catholic Mangloreans to be classified as non-Goans or are they one of the early Goan Diaspora? There is much evidence that the Roman Catholic community in Mangalore started with the immigration of six Goan families to that part of Konkan.]
Would appreciate if Gilbert Lawrence could give me some references for further research on this topic of the 'six Goan families'. My studies show that many Goan Hindu families did migrate to Mangalore because of religious persecution by the Portuguese. But no mention is made of Catholic families migrating.
To the best of my knowledge the Manglorean Catholics have no Goan origins. They were converted by Portuguese (and other) evangelists in the Konkan. As were the 'East Indians' who were locals (Hindus) who were working for The East India Company at the time they were converted to the Catholic faith.
I could be wrong.
Cecil
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