updated April 2010
Alfred is known to have been the brother of Francis and Walter D'Silva, this is confirmed by DNA matching.
I have a Portuguese baptism record for
Walter which gives the information that his, and therefore Francis and Alfred's, parents were Nicholas and Caroline D'Silva.
One of Alfred's
descendants believes that Alfred was an orphan
Alfred married Winifred Larkins but she died in Burma soon afterwards, Alfred then returned to Calcutta and married Winifred's sister Millicent in 1894.
Alfred and Millicent lived in Ranchi where he was a tea planter and principal of the technical college, Millicent ran Clayton's hotel.
Alfred and Millicent had 10 children in Ranchi.