Altina's 83rd birthday on 2nd August 1980

a little Bible-reding done by Dulce before the singing of 'Happy Birthday' dear Grandma!

Grandmother Albina could not count the candles... 

cousins Paulo Cesar & Regina Celia.

Regina Celia Amorim

Elaine watches while Rute & Regina fix the balloon... Sandra & Luis Fernando watch too.

balloon blowing is a major activity... from left to right - behind to front: Maria Lucia, Regina Celia, Luiz Carlos Ribeiro (Ramilo's adopted son), Kelly Cristina, Rute, Elaine, Claudia, Sandra, Arnaldo, Paulo Cesar & Luis Fernando. 

Sandra, Regina, Rute & Kelly sucking her index finger... 

balloon blowing as a major activity... 

Maria Lucia being cheeky while Luiz Carlos watches... 

Roldão Lacerda & wife Cida Corneglian; Edes Garbellini, Dulce Roza, Altina Rosa, Yolanda Darin & Claudio Amorim. 

Great-grand-children Kelly Cristina, Elaine, great-grand-mother Altina Rosa de Jesus, Sergio & Ricardo Coelho. 

Sergio & Ricardo Coelho, Elaine, Arnaldo Amorim & Kelly Cristina.

Tutti quanti... including Myself, the photographer... PauloCesar, Luiz Carlos Amorim, Regina, Rute, Albina, Luis Fernando, Sandra, Arnaldo, Claudia, Gabriel, Belenice, Maria Lucia, Luiz Carlos Ribeiro.

Cida do Roldão (Aparecida Coneglian) & Dulce Roza clowing with her kitten... 

João Amorim, Yolanda Darin, Francisca de Oliveira, Guilhermina & husband João Martins Amorim.

Maria Rosa was Albina's baby child... forever...

Maria Rosa being pampered by her mother in her eighties... 

Albina, Fernando, Antônia, João, Dulce & Mario

Albina Rosa de Jesus, Fernando Antonio Amorim, Antonia, João, Dulce & Mario Amorim.

Claudio Amorim; Fernando Antonio Amorim.

Amorim Family photographed on 18 May 1952: from left to right on the back row: Nadir Martins, Antonia, João, Luiz, Mário, Cláudio, José Coelho and Maria Rosa. On the front row from left: Fernando Antonio Neto, Yolanda Darin, Francisca de Oliveira, Luiz Carlos, Albina Rosa de Jesus, Fernando Antonio Amorim, Gabriel Marcolino Coelho, Dulce holding Celso Silvério Coelho. 

Pedrina Amorim was Virgilio Amorim's daughter; Roldão Lacerda was Maria Rosa de Jesus's son. Maria was Albina Rosa de Jesus' sister.

Albina aka Altina Rosa de Jesus & Fernando Antonio Amorim on 3rd November 1955.

Albina plays table-tennis at our house on Rua Vicente Prado, 4, circa 1972. 

Albina's photo was taken by Editora Abril's photographer Lucinda Rato.

Albina Rosa de Jesus as posted by Editora Abril in one of their photography magazine.

Altina Rosa de Jesus 80th birthday party 1977

Claudete Oliveira Amorim, Rute Maria Amorim, Erica Karg, Dulcineia Coelho & Sandra Helena Amorim.

Claudete, Rute, Erica, Dulcineia & Sandra.

Claudio Amorim, Claudinei & Arnando; Claudio Amorim & João Amorim.

Luis Fernando Amorim.

Erica Karg & her mother Antonia Amorim Karg. 

Claudio Amorim & Francisca de Oliveira

a teen-ager Claudio Amorim.

The wedding party at Rua Rio Claro in Marília - 1950: Francisca & Claudio wedding in Marilia-SP: from left to right clockwise: Nair, a neighbour, Antonia Amorim, Francisca & Claudio, Mario Amorim, Virgilio Amorim; Fernandinho Amorim (crouched), Maria Rosa, Dulce & Gabriel Marcolino Coelho and Nadir at last. 

Francisca & Claudio.

Claudio Amorim was born in Marilia-SP on 6 December 1934 - the 6th child of Fernando Antonio Amorim & Altina Rosa de Jesus. He was their first child born in Marilia for all of the previous ones had been born in Ourinhos-SP. But the Amorim Family moved out of there just after the 1932 Revolution.  

Claudio had always been a precocious and eager young man. Not long after he reached puberty he let it be known to his parents he intended to marry sooner than later. 

Claudio used to visit his cousins, uncles and aunts in Ourinhos quite often. He used to stay at his uncle Virgilio Amorim's who was married to Stela and had only girls. Joãozinho, the only male had been adopted when his mother Catarina died in Avaré.