Complex sentence: In 1942, Ho married his first wife, Clementina Leitao, a woman of great beauty from a prestigious Portuguese family--her grandfather was a lawyer and was Macau's only notary public at the time.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1942, Ho married his first wife, Clementina Leitao, a woman of great beauty was from a prestigious Portuguese family. Her grandfather was a lawyer and was Macau's only notary public at the time.