When Manuel Nogueira da Luz was born in 1785, in Campanha da Princesa da Beira, São João del Rei, Minas Gerais, Brazil, his father, Francisco Martins da Luz, was 45 and his mother, Joana Isidora Nogueira de Souza, was 29.
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Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Manuel, Carlos, Fernando, Alicia, Alvaro, Eduardo, Jorge, Claudio, Geraldo, Juan, Mario. Portuguese Joaquim, Paulo, Afonso, Joao, Manoel.
Portuguese and Galician: habitational name from any of numerous places in Portugal and Galicia (Spain) so named from nogueira ‘walnut tree’ (from Late Latin nucarius, from nux, genitive nucis ‘nut’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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