Mestre Diogo - Family and Lineal Descendants

Family and Lineal Descendants

D. Diogo had two sons namely Nicolau Roiz and Inácio Roiz from a woman belonging to the Prabhudesai family of Goud Saraswat Brahmin Hindu tribe . The family used the royal diminutive of Roiz instead of its simple form Rodrigues till the late 19th century as the family name. The standing monument in Colva, Goa is the existing structural evidence with inscriptions of the Roiz (Rodrigues) family in Goa. This monument was rebuilt to a bigger structure in 1857 and still stands intact from 2 May 1857, as one of the great grandsons of Diogo died suddenly due to illness at a young age of 38 years, namely Sebastião Francisco Roiz. The monument inscription reads: "Eis os restos de Seb F Roiz fala 18-8-1855 de 38 annos colla 2-5-57 ese pede aos viand pater no p'sua alma". In English translation: "This is the resting place of Sebastião Francisco Roiz who died on 18-08-1855 at 38 years of age and this monument was built in memory of him on the 02-05-1857 and for the resting of his family members". This was\is the only family in Goa with Roiz (Rodrigues) ancestry and one part of the descendants from his son Nicolau still live in the ancestral house that was built by D. Diogo in Colva, Goa and still owned parts of Colva beach property till the 21st century under Indian governance. The family monument is maintained by various family descendant members till date. On 18 February 2012, one of the great grandsons of D. Diogo; Shaun José Roiz Rodrigues visited Rodrigues Island, handed over informative materials of the ROIZ (Rodrigues) family to Perrine Joseph Louis Rosaire from the Rodrigues Regional Assembly, had an opportunity to see the archives managed by Aurele Auquetil Andre from the Francois Leguat reserve and also visited all the 14 municipalities or zones in Rodrigues.