Fernando da Silva Fernando da Silva was born in the heart of Lisbon, on Rua da Trinas in Madragoa, on October 3, 1931, right next to the “Newspaper Sellers” collective, where he later began singing. Fernando Silva arrived in Canada on August 10, 1956. He married Cristina da Silva, with whom he had 2 children: Fernando and […]
Abílio Cipriano Marques was born in Pampilhosa da Serra (a town in Portugal, near the city of Coimbra) in 1929. His father passed when he was still a child, forcing him to take on a job as an agricultural servant at a very young age. At 14, he joined his mother in Lisbon, where she […]
Crescendo numa casa Portuguesa, filha de pais Açorianos, fui exposta a várias tradições Portuguesas. Por exemple, todos os anos nos vamos a Festa do Divino Espírito Santo em Toronto. Eu sou Irmã da Irmandade de Santa Helena. Comemos as sopas tradicionais e recebemos a pensão, que é uma oferta de carne, pão de trigo, massa sovada […]
José de Freitas was born in Santa Luzia in Funchal, on May 27, 1925. He arrived in Halifax on June 2nd, 1953. His first job was picking mushrooms in Milton. Later, in Toronto, he worked in a seed factory, an iron company, a battery factory, and in bread distribution. Since he had always had white […]
Elvino Silveira Medina de Sousa was born in Graciosa Island in the Azores archipelago, on Decemeber 28, 1956. He immigrated to Canada with his parents in 1970 at 13 years old. An honour student since the beginning, Elvino completed a Bachelor and a Masters Degree at the University of Toronto, and obtained his Ph.D. from […]