FONSECA Family Tree
with links to British India
(see FONCECA as well)
St Thomas the Apostle is said to have arrived in India in 54 A.D. Later, with the advent of the Portuguese, 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.
***************************************************************************************************
?? FONSECA married ??, children:
Peter Fonseca (b 1866, d 19 Aug 1908 Calcutta, cemetry Soorah, age 42)
Next Generation
*****************************
?? FONSECA married ??, children:
Peter Charles Fonseca (b 1875, d 20 Nov 1901 Chittagong, cemetry RC Church of Baudel & Jamalkla), Occupation: Painter
Next Generation
***********************
info from Sophia gia_seca@yahoo.com
George FONSECA married Clementine ??, children:
Joseph Reuben Fonseca (b 10 Jun 1885 Vepery)
Next Generation
Joseph Reuben FONSECA (b 10 Jun 1885 Vepery) married Arokeia Marie ??, they had 3 daughters:
Joseph Peter Fonseca (b 30 May 1919 Madras, d 22 May 1921 Madras)
? Fonseca
? Fonseca
Next Generation
? FONSECA married ?, children:
*******************************
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 (b1973, Perth, Australia) who married Glenn Martin and they had twin girls Hunter and Jazmin (b2000, Perth Australia).
Sharmila (b1976,Perth,Australia) who married Scott Clissold and they had a boy named Tarrant (b2003,Perth,Australia) and is due another one at the end of Feb 2006.
Vanita (b1978, Perth, Australia) who married Greg Lawton and they have three children Blake (b2001, Perth, Australia), Riley (b2004, Perth, Australia) and Tayla (b2006, Perth, Australia).
Linda FONSECA married Keith BENJAMIN. They have three children -
Scott Benjamin (twin) (b1977, Perth, Australia)
Brett Benjamin (twin) (b1977, Perth, Australia)
Lisa Benjamin (b1982,Perth,Australia)
*********************
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. Kindest regards, Rhonda Turnbull, Cootamundra NSW raturn@dragnet.com.au
? FONSECA married ?, children:
Moses Fonseca (b 1799, ? UK)
Next Generation
Moses FONSECA (b 1799, ? UK) married Esther AIKEN : children:
Jane Fonseca (b 8 Jan 1839 NSW)
Moses Fonseca (b 8 Jan 1841 Sydney)
Matilda Fonseca (c 23 Apr 1843 NSW)
Maria Fonseca (b 5 Oct 1844 NSW)
Elizabeth Fonseca (b 14 Aug 1846 Castle Hill, NSW)
********************
?? FONSECA married ??, children:
Dominic Bernard Fonseca
Next Generation
Dominic Bernard FONSECA ( b1846) Tivim, Goa married Maria Frediana LOBO (b1857) 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 b.1877, Karnataka?
Ignatius Fonseca
Isabel Fonseca nun Nagpur
Letetia Fonseca m ?
Pius Fonseca
Faber Joseph Fonseca Doctor? traveled in Middle East
Mary Teresa Fonseca
Lucy Fonseca b.1885
Luisa Placida Fonseca (b 5 Oct 1887)
Rosie Fonseca
Calista Fonseca, nun, left convent, married Lawrence deSousa
Taber Custodis Joseph Fonseca (b 6 Dec 1893)
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
Faber Joseph FONSECA (b 1893) Doctor? traveled in Middle East, at age 34 on 21 Nov 1927 in Gauhati, Bengal, married 51yr Alice Marjorie PORTER (b 1876)
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
********************
?? FONSECA married ??, children:
Thereza Fonseca
Next Generation
Thereza FONSECA and Manano ??, Tailor : daughter
Gordiano (b1839, baptised 19/9/1838 by Rev M L Rebeiro, Covelong Chapel) LDS Film 530008, Vol 1 (P.312).
*********************
info from Mel McNaught, Any help or info greatly appreciated Thanks. m.mcnaught@ntlworld.com
?? FONSECA married ??, children:
John Fonseca
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.
Information on pages contained in this website have been supplied by family members/researchers for the enjoyment and mutual benefit of all concerned.
The Administrator does not vouch for their accuracy. Click on other letters to see other Family Trees :
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
For Additions/Corrections click here
Click here to go back to the Anglo Indian Families Home Page