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Francisco Xavier Damiano de Bragança van Uden

Born Lisbon, 8 Sep 1949

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A life in time

  1. 8 Sep 1949

    Born in Lisbon

  2. 1980–1989

    4 children are born

Family

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Parents

Partner

Children · 4

During his lifetime

He has lived through 9 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Lisbon.

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The 1940s · Francisco is born in Lisbon

Who governed

Music

Fado Moves to Theatre Stages

During the 1930s and 1940s, fado singers like Hermínia Silva gained fame performing on theatre stages, moving fado from its origins in taverns and streets to broader audiences.

At the table

Wartime Rationing and Factory Meals

During the 1940s, food scarcity led to the rationing of essential goods like cod, olive oil, and sugar using quarterly coupon booklets. Workers often brought their own meals in aluminum lunchboxes to the factory, heating them with alcohol kept in shoe polish tins.

News and letters

Radio usage under censorship and scarcity

Many Portuguese made personal sacrifices to access radio, which was essential for news due to strict censorship of the press.

The Second World War. The deadliest war in history, from 1939 to 1945: some 70 million people died. Brazil sent 25,000 soldiers to fight in Italy.Around the world · 1939–1945

The Second World War. The deadliest war in history, from 1939 to 1945: some 70 million people died. Brazil sent 25,000 soldiers to fight in Italy.

Chief Photographer's Mate (CPHoM) Robert F. Sargent · public domain

What people wore

Embroidering by oil lamp light

Women frequently worked until 11:00 PM by the light of oil lamps to embroider their festival clothing after a full day of labor.

Daily life

Lack of Basic Infrastructure in Homes

In rural areas, many homes lacked running water, electricity, and toilets, with families often using basic holes in the ground for sewage. Cooking typically occurred on floor-level fires without chimneys, leaving walls blackened by smoke.

Work

Hardship for child laborers and domestic girls

Child laborers in the glass industry earned only 11 escudos per week and were three times more likely to get injured than adults. Girls, often starting work at age nine, frequently received no money, only meals in exchange for their long hours of domestic service.