Braz Anthony Fernandes
Braz Anthony Fernandes (1 August 1881 – 9 June 1951) was a Goan well-known historian and the founder of the Bombay Historical Society. Early life and family Braz Anthony Fernandes was born in Goa on 1 August 1881 and came to Bombay at the age of eight. Fernandes married Eugénie Esther Cordeiro in 1911 and had five children: Albert Anthony Gabriel, Barbara Angela, Charlotte Mary Sophie, Domnic Claudius, and Ernest Braz. His grandfather was Braz Fernandes from Chorão Island, and his granddaughter (from Charlotte) is Bernadette Simmons, who married Ivan Trayling. Albert had two children: Vijay and Leela. Barbara had no children but was an excellent aunt. Charlotte had one daughter: Bernadette. Domnic Claudius Fernandes married Olga Cecilia Pereira and had three children: John Claud Fernandes, Jeanne Claudette Fernandes, and Indira Maria Fernandes. Ernest had one daughter: Eugénie. Historian Fernandes, though a mechanical engineer by training, had various interests and studied botany, zoology, ornithology and knew painting and music. His main pursuit though was history, particularly the local history of Bombay. He spent many years delving into the records of Bombay from 17th to 19th centuries by collecting valuable data from church archives and graveyards, and obtaining Portuguese records of