Carolina D’Araujo Fonceca (Fonseca) originated from the State of Bahia, Brazil. She was born the second child of Jose Antonio D’Araujo Fonseca, a plantation owner and it is held that in 1850 she married Louis Edouard Fonseca, a merchant of Bahia.
She was the mistress of Francis Louis Nompar de Caumont La Force, Comte De Castenau who was appointed to the French Consulate in Melbourne on March 20, 1863. Her name, whilst deliberately spelt as Fonceca but may in reality be Fonseca which is the common form for the surname in her country of Brazil.
In 1848 Carolina met the Count de Casternau during his appointment as the French Consul in the State of Bahia, Brasil. The Count and Carolina’s mother apparently had a business arrangement and during the time 1851-1852 he fell ill and was nursed back to health by Senora Fonceca and her daughter Carolina. On 18 March 1854 a son, Charles was born but was registered with the name Fonceca.
Carolina and the Count had two children. On his death on February 4, 1880 Carolina became the landlady of "Mayfield” a property off Lower Dandenong Road, Mordialloc. The Count’s death certificate gives no indication of marriage or children.
On March 25, 1854 Carolina D’ Aranjo Fonceca and her infant son Charles sailed from Bahia for France aboard the steamer L’Avenir and later landed at Marseilles. In the same year the Count de Castelnau returned to France.
Carolina Fonseca and the Count de Castelnau were together in Paris when she discovered that he was a married man, for they met Castelnau’s wife at a theatre in Paris and ‘there was a scene’.
On December 29, 1855, Carolina Fonceca returned to Bahia with her young son aboard the steamer La Merle, whilst Count de Castelnau travelled to the Cape of Good Hope to take up an appointment as the Consul for France.
Carolina and Charles travelled to Australia, departing from Galle, Ceylon, aboard the P & O steamer Bombay on May 25, 1863 arriving in Melbourne on June 16, 1863.
On 12 January 1864, at the age of 28 years, Carolina D’Araujo Fonceca gave birth to another son, Louis Edward (Edouard) Francis Fonceca, at 5 Albert Street, East Melbourne. His father is listed as Louis Edward Fonceca, a 32 year old merchant who was born in Bahia, Brazil. Shortly after this on 26 October 1864 Carolina was reported in the papers as purchasing four parcels of land in North Melbourne. During the 1860's she was also the purchaser of the steamship "Black Swan".
It is within reason to assume that the Count de Castelnau was the real father of Edward Fonceca and that the name Louis Edward Fonceca was again used as a screen to an otherwise illegitimate birth. A Court case after the death of the Count indicated the Count was Edward’s father.
Carolina Fonceca essentially maintained a low profile, social. She became a naturalised citizen on September 26, 1864.
Fonceca derived income from her real estate investments, including the six large houses in Carolina Terrace in Carlton and maintained a household which was separate from that conducted by Count de Castelnau at 4 Apsley Place,Gisborne Street, East Melbourne as the French Consulate. She remained at 3 Apsley Place for only a short time after the death of Count de Castelnau, moving to 40 Powlett Street, East Melbourne in 1881.
In 1893, she is listed as residing at Burlington Terrace, Albert Street, East Melbourne, and in the following year Carolina Fonceca and her son Edward moved to Mayfield at Mordialloc. She remained at ‘Mayfield Park’ until her death in 1901.
She was the mistress of Francis Louis Nompar de Caumont La Force, Comte De Castenau who was appointed to the French Consulate in Melbourne on March 20, 1863. Her name, whilst deliberately spelt as Fonceca but may in reality be Fonseca which is the common form for the surname in her country of Brazil.
In 1848 Carolina met the Count de Casternau during his appointment as the French Consul in the State of Bahia, Brasil. The Count and Carolina’s mother apparently had a business arrangement and during the time 1851-1852 he fell ill and was nursed back to health by Senora Fonceca and her daughter Carolina. On 18 March 1854 a son, Charles was born but was registered with the name Fonceca.
Carolina and the Count had two children. On his death on February 4, 1880 Carolina became the landlady of "Mayfield” a property off Lower Dandenong Road, Mordialloc. The Count’s death certificate gives no indication of marriage or children.
On March 25, 1854 Carolina D’ Aranjo Fonceca and her infant son Charles sailed from Bahia for France aboard the steamer L’Avenir and later landed at Marseilles. In the same year the Count de Castelnau returned to France.
Carolina Fonseca and the Count de Castelnau were together in Paris when she discovered that he was a married man, for they met Castelnau’s wife at a theatre in Paris and ‘there was a scene’.
On December 29, 1855, Carolina Fonceca returned to Bahia with her young son aboard the steamer La Merle, whilst Count de Castelnau travelled to the Cape of Good Hope to take up an appointment as the Consul for France.
Carolina and Charles travelled to Australia, departing from Galle, Ceylon, aboard the P & O steamer Bombay on May 25, 1863 arriving in Melbourne on June 16, 1863.
On 12 January 1864, at the age of 28 years, Carolina D’Araujo Fonceca gave birth to another son, Louis Edward (Edouard) Francis Fonceca, at 5 Albert Street, East Melbourne. His father is listed as Louis Edward Fonceca, a 32 year old merchant who was born in Bahia, Brazil. Shortly after this on 26 October 1864 Carolina was reported in the papers as purchasing four parcels of land in North Melbourne. During the 1860's she was also the purchaser of the steamship "Black Swan".
It is within reason to assume that the Count de Castelnau was the real father of Edward Fonceca and that the name Louis Edward Fonceca was again used as a screen to an otherwise illegitimate birth. A Court case after the death of the Count indicated the Count was Edward’s father.
Carolina Fonceca essentially maintained a low profile, social. She became a naturalised citizen on September 26, 1864.
Fonceca derived income from her real estate investments, including the six large houses in Carolina Terrace in Carlton and maintained a household which was separate from that conducted by Count de Castelnau at 4 Apsley Place,Gisborne Street, East Melbourne as the French Consulate. She remained at 3 Apsley Place for only a short time after the death of Count de Castelnau, moving to 40 Powlett Street, East Melbourne in 1881.
In 1893, she is listed as residing at Burlington Terrace, Albert Street, East Melbourne, and in the following year Carolina Fonceca and her son Edward moved to Mayfield at Mordialloc. She remained at ‘Mayfield Park’ until her death in 1901.
Carolina D’Araujo Fonceca (Fonseca) originated from the State of Bahia, Brazil. She was born the second child of Jose Antonio D’Araujo Fonseca, a plantation owner and it is held that in 1850 she married Louis Edouard Fonseca, a merchant of Bahia.
She was the mistress of Francis Louis Nompar de Caumont La Force, Comte De Castenau who was appointed to the French Consulate in Melbourne on March 20, 1863. Her name, whilst deliberately spelt as Fonceca but may in reality be Fonseca which is the common form for the surname in her country of Brazil.
In 1848 Carolina met the Count de Casternau during his appointment as the French Consul in the State of Bahia, Brasil. The Count and Carolina’s mother apparently had a business arrangement and during the time 1851-1852 he fell ill and was nursed back to health by Senora Fonceca and her daughter Carolina. On 18 March 1854 a son, Charles was born but was registered with the name Fonceca.
Carolina and the Count had two children. On his death on February 4, 1880 Carolina became the landlady of "Mayfield” a property off Lower Dandenong Road, Mordialloc. The Count’s death certificate gives no indication of marriage or children.
On March 25, 1854 Carolina D’ Aranjo Fonceca and her infant son Charles sailed from Bahia for France aboard the steamer L’Avenir and later landed at Marseilles. In the same year the Count de Castelnau returned to France.
Carolina Fonseca and the Count de Castelnau were together in Paris when she discovered that he was a married man, for they met Castelnau’s wife at a theatre in Paris and ‘there was a scene’.
On December 29, 1855, Carolina Fonceca returned to Bahia with her young son aboard the steamer La Merle, whilst Count de Castelnau travelled to the Cape of Good Hope to take up an appointment as the Consul for France.
Carolina and Charles travelled to Australia, departing from Galle, Ceylon, aboard the P & O steamer Bombay on May 25, 1863 arriving in Melbourne on June 16, 1863.
On 12 January 1864, at the age of 28 years, Carolina D’Araujo Fonceca gave birth to another son, Louis Edward (Edouard) Francis Fonceca, at 5 Albert Street, East Melbourne. His father is listed as Louis Edward Fonceca, a 32 year old merchant who was born in Bahia, Brazil. Shortly after this on 26 October 1864 Carolina was reported in the papers as purchasing four parcels of land in North Melbourne. During the 1860's she was also the purchaser of the steamship "Black Swan".
It is within reason to assume that the Count de Castelnau was the real father of Edward Fonceca and that the name Louis Edward Fonceca was again used as a screen to an otherwise illegitimate birth. A Court case after the death of the Count indicated the Count was Edward’s father.
Carolina Fonceca essentially maintained a low profile, social. She became a naturalised citizen on September 26, 1864.
Fonceca derived income from her real estate investments, including the six large houses in Carolina Terrace in Carlton and maintained a household which was separate from that conducted by Count de Castelnau at 4 Apsley Place,Gisborne Street, East Melbourne as the French Consulate. She remained at 3 Apsley Place for only a short time after the death of Count de Castelnau, moving to 40 Powlett Street, East Melbourne in 1881.
In 1893, she is listed as residing at Burlington Terrace, Albert Street, East Melbourne, and in the following year Carolina Fonceca and her son Edward moved to Mayfield at Mordialloc. She remained at ‘Mayfield Park’ until her death in 1901.
She was the mistress of Francis Louis Nompar de Caumont La Force, Comte De Castenau who was appointed to the French Consulate in Melbourne on March 20, 1863. Her name, whilst deliberately spelt as Fonceca but may in reality be Fonseca which is the common form for the surname in her country of Brazil.
In 1848 Carolina met the Count de Casternau during his appointment as the French Consul in the State of Bahia, Brasil. The Count and Carolina’s mother apparently had a business arrangement and during the time 1851-1852 he fell ill and was nursed back to health by Senora Fonceca and her daughter Carolina. On 18 March 1854 a son, Charles was born but was registered with the name Fonceca.
Carolina and the Count had two children. On his death on February 4, 1880 Carolina became the landlady of "Mayfield” a property off Lower Dandenong Road, Mordialloc. The Count’s death certificate gives no indication of marriage or children.
On March 25, 1854 Carolina D’ Aranjo Fonceca and her infant son Charles sailed from Bahia for France aboard the steamer L’Avenir and later landed at Marseilles. In the same year the Count de Castelnau returned to France.
Carolina Fonseca and the Count de Castelnau were together in Paris when she discovered that he was a married man, for they met Castelnau’s wife at a theatre in Paris and ‘there was a scene’.
On December 29, 1855, Carolina Fonceca returned to Bahia with her young son aboard the steamer La Merle, whilst Count de Castelnau travelled to the Cape of Good Hope to take up an appointment as the Consul for France.
Carolina and Charles travelled to Australia, departing from Galle, Ceylon, aboard the P & O steamer Bombay on May 25, 1863 arriving in Melbourne on June 16, 1863.
On 12 January 1864, at the age of 28 years, Carolina D’Araujo Fonceca gave birth to another son, Louis Edward (Edouard) Francis Fonceca, at 5 Albert Street, East Melbourne. His father is listed as Louis Edward Fonceca, a 32 year old merchant who was born in Bahia, Brazil. Shortly after this on 26 October 1864 Carolina was reported in the papers as purchasing four parcels of land in North Melbourne. During the 1860's she was also the purchaser of the steamship "Black Swan".
It is within reason to assume that the Count de Castelnau was the real father of Edward Fonceca and that the name Louis Edward Fonceca was again used as a screen to an otherwise illegitimate birth. A Court case after the death of the Count indicated the Count was Edward’s father.
Carolina Fonceca essentially maintained a low profile, social. She became a naturalised citizen on September 26, 1864.
Fonceca derived income from her real estate investments, including the six large houses in Carolina Terrace in Carlton and maintained a household which was separate from that conducted by Count de Castelnau at 4 Apsley Place,Gisborne Street, East Melbourne as the French Consulate. She remained at 3 Apsley Place for only a short time after the death of Count de Castelnau, moving to 40 Powlett Street, East Melbourne in 1881.
In 1893, she is listed as residing at Burlington Terrace, Albert Street, East Melbourne, and in the following year Carolina Fonceca and her son Edward moved to Mayfield at Mordialloc. She remained at ‘Mayfield Park’ until her death in 1901.
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