Early Reference To Valladares
Earliest known verifiable references to a family named Valladares can be found in an extract from Catholic Bombay by J. Humbert S.J. (Pt I – 1321 to 1799) it refers to the conversion of nine families in the Parish of ‘Nossa Senhora de Egypto (Calina) i.e. the Church of Our Lady of Egypt (now Kalina), Mumbai. The record refers a group of nine families in the Village of Kalina who were confirmed in 1761 (and presumably baptised either at the same time or earlier). It is likely that at the time of baptism, that the family adopted the name of a Portuguese official – Filippe de Valladares Souto Maior (b. 1691 - d. 1775), who was a member of the Portuguese Governing Commission in Goa, in 1756 and later became a governor from 4 Feb 1774 to 24 Sep 1774. Adopting the name of the parish priest or local official (who also acted as the godfather at baptism), was a widespread practise in Bombay during these early conversions. The person had no ancestral connections with the families they sponsored.
Today, there is a move to preserve the East Indian Gauthans as heritage properties, but so far that hasn’t eventuated. The old East Indian village includes: Bhatt Pakady, Matharpakady, Corderio Wadi, Desachi Pakadi and Ranwar Pakadi, and the other village of Kolavree across the south east. The Parish Church of Our Lady of Egypt (originally known as Nossa Senhora de Egypto) sits besides the large fresh water lake. It celebrated its 400th centenary in 2008. It was built in 1606 and by 1761, had the following villages under its jurisdiction: - Kole-kalyan, Aldeia, Sur, Sar, Naugar, Vancolem and Cuddy (Humbert I : 223 -238). According to Fr. Paulo da Trindade, the Church and the Parish was founded around (1606–1609).
The Church of Our Lady of Egypt escaped destruction at the hands of the Marathas when they repulsed the Portuguese in 1739. After that Secular Priests took over the pastoral care at the Church of Kallina.
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