1931

Marries Sarah on December 30, 1931, in Rio de Janeiro, Ipanema, Church of Peace. The ceremony is simple and intimate with very few guests. The wedding night was spent at the old Hotel London, on Atlantic Avenue.

They spent New Year’s Eve at the Copacabana Palace Hotel. In Belo Horizonte, they chose to become neighbors of Nana and Julius Smith at Blvd Paraúna which later became Vargas Avenue. They dreamt of having many children. But Marcia was the only daughter born on October 22, 1943. In 1947, Maria Estela was adopted, raised and loved as a second daughter.