When Luzia Pereira de Sousa was born in December 1665, in Topo, Calheta, São Jorge, Azores, Portugal, her father, João Pereira Brasil, was 46 and her mother, Agueda Teixeira de Sousa, was 11662. She married João Nunes Bello on 7 January 1691, in Nossa Senhora do Rosário, Topo, Calheta, São Jorge, Azores, Portugal. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 8 daughters. She died on 18 September 1734, in her hometown, at the age of 68.
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Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Manuel, Carlos, Luis, Mario, Fernando, Jorge, Francisco, Pedro, Juan, Julio, Armando. Portuguese Joao, Paulo, Joaquim, Henrique, Ilidio, Agostinho, Duarte, Amadeu, Adao, Ademir, Ligia, Aderito.
Portuguese and Galician: topographic name from Portuguese pereira ‘pear tree’, or a habitational name from a place called with this word in Portugal and Galicia (Spain). This surname is also found in western India, having been taken there by Portuguese colonists.
Jewish (Sephardic): adoption of the Iberian surname (see 1 above) at the moment of conversion to Roman Catholicism. After the return to Judaism (generations later), some descendants retained the name their families used as Catholics.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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