When António Nunes da Fonseca was born on 21 September 1756, in Tábua, Coimbra, Portugal, his father, Manuel da Fonseca, was 32 and his mother, Maria Nunes, was 42. He married Maria Lourença on 29 June 1791, in Vila Nova de Oliveirinha, Tábua, Coimbra, Portugal. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 24 May 1824, in Vila Nova de Oliveirinha, Tábua, Coimbra, Portugal, at the age of 67.
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Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Manuel, Juan, Carlos, Luis, Francisco, Pedro, Jesus, Jorge, Rafael, Raul, Fernando. Portuguese Joao, Joaquim, Agostinho, Amadeu, Henrique, Ilidio, Ligia, Manoel, Margarida, Paulo, Sebastiao.
Spanish and Portuguese: habitational name from any of several places called for a spring that dried up during the summer months, from fonte seca ‘dry well’.
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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