You are on an ego trip. Come down to earth ----- Original Message ----- Annie 23 From: <luis_k_w@clix.pt> To: "Scot Austin" <scotaustin@comcast.net>; <prt-madeira@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 4:26 PM Subject: Re: [PT-MADEIRA] de Sousa > Scot, > J.P.de Sousa's mother was from Austria. > But you are right about his father being born in Seville (Spain). > > >From "Revista da Armada" http://www.marinha.pt/extra/revista/ra_fev2004/pag_18.html : > > «Nascido em Washington, a 6 de Novembro de 1854, John Philip de Sousa era filho do português António Sousa e de uma austríaca, Marie Elisabeth Trinkaus. António era natural de Sevilha, onde os seus pais, João António de Sousa e Josefina Branco (que algumas fontes referem serem originários dos Açores), se terão refugiado (por motivos políticos?) durante a Guerra Peninsular. Servira nas Marinhas Britânica e Americana e participara na guerra entre os E.U.A. e o México, antes de se fixar definitivamente em solo americano, onde viera a casar. Possivelmente presenciou alguns combates da Guerra da Secessão durante a infância de John Philip. Na sua árvore genealógica figuram nomes como Tomé de Sousa, primeiro Governador-Geral do Brasil, e Martim Afonso de Sousa, colonizador do Brasil e Governador da Índia.» > > Luis K W > Lisboa-Portugal > > ---------------------- MENSAGEM ORIGINAL ---------------------- > I believe his father was born in Spain, he was potuguese, however, his > mother was German. > > Scot > > luis_k_w@clix.pt wrote: > Jose', > > John Philip de Sousa was born in the US. His father was from the Azores. > > I studied in Belgium in the 1970's. In that time there was a portuguese singer called "Linda de Suza" (deolinda de sousa) in the tops in every european country where there was a portuguese community of immigrants. > (she was not as good and famous as Nelly Furtado, but our immigrants loved her, because she told their story in her songs) > > My mother's name includes "de Sousa". > So, Belgians use to call me "monsieur de Sousa". > Once, during an exam, a teacher told me I was from a family with a lot of musicians...! :-)) > > Luis de Sousa K. W. > Lisboa-Portugal > > > > > > ------------- > > Clix ADSL até 24 Mb: a partir de ? 29,90/mês > A Internet mais rápida do mercado, agora com chamadas grátis e downloads ilimitados! > > Saiba mais em http://acesso.clix.pt/ > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PRT-MADEIRA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message