>From Agnelo Gomes" >My dear Alfred, > >According to your account Senhor Tom's father came from a family of " a >Legislative Council of the Governo do Estado da India".
No, my dear Pacló.. I did not say/state "from a Family..." but "A" member/ The office was never hereditary but, albeit, confered. along with Tom's Pappa were, I believed contemporatry Filomerno Figeuiredo, Pinto Rosario and Loyola Furtado... Alás, not one Gomes.......nor even a Tavares!!!!!