When Jose or Joseph Cardoza Freitas was born on 18 June 1913, in Fajã Grande, Lajes das Flores, Flores, Azores, Portugal, his father, Laureanno Cardoso de Freitas, was 28 and his mother, Maria DeGloria DeSouza, was 20. He married Angelina Plano on 2 May 1938, in Merced, Merced, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Judicial Township 2, Merced, California, United States in 1930 and Merced, California, United States in 1935. He died on 21 April 1996, in Merced, Merced, California, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Merced, Merced, California, United States.
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Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Alcatraz Island officially became Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on August 11, 1934. The island is situated in the middle of frigid water and strong currents of the San Francisco Bay, which deemed it virtually inescapable. Alcatraz became known as the toughest prison in America and was seen as a “last resort prison.” Therefore, Alcatraz housed some of America’s most notorious prisoners such as Al Capone and Robert Franklin Stroud. Due to the exorbitant cost of running the prison, and the deterioration of the buildings due to salt spray, Alcatraz Island closed as a penitentiary on March 21, 1963.
The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Manuel, Jose, Fernando, Carlos, Mario, Luis, Sergio, Armando, Augusto, Jorge, Juanita, Ana. Portuguese Joao, Joaquim, Marcio, Mateus, Paulo, Afonso, Agostinho, Caetano, Duarte, Guilherme, Henrique, Margarida.
Portuguese and Galician: habitational name from any of numerous places called Freitas, or a topographic name for someone who lived on a patch of stony ground, from Portuguese (pedras) freitas ‘broken stones’, Late Latin (petrae) fractae. Compare Fleitas .
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