Rita Fontes Duarte

Brief Life History of Rita

When Rita Fontes Duarte was born in 1829, in Uruguay, her father, Leandro Fontes Umpiérrez, was 33 and her mother, Rafaela DUARTE PÉREZ, was 29. She married Pedro Morales Pérez on 11 August 1849, in Pando, Canelones, Uruguay. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 23 January 1907, in Tala, Canelones, Uruguay, at the age of 78.

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Family Time Line

Pedro Morales Pérez
1827–1893
Rita Fontes Duarte
1829–1907
Marriage: 11 August 1849
Petrona Morales
1850–
Gregorio Morales
1851–
Ynes del Jesús Morales
1852–
Joaquina Jesús Morales Fontes
1853–
EUSTAQUIO MORALES FONTES
1855–
Blas Morales Fontes
1857–
Segundo del Carmen Morales Fontes
1863–1916
Francisco Morales Fontes
1865–
Jose Morales Fontes
1867–
Honorato Morales
1869–

Sources (11)

  • Rita Fontes, "Uruguay, registros parroquiales, 1726-2000"
  • Rita Fontes, "Uruguay, registros parroquiales, 1726-2000"
  • Rita Contes, "Uruguay, registros parroquiales, 1726-2000"

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Manuel, Carlos, Jose, Alfredo, Miguel, Alda, Francisco, Jesus, Mario, Octavio, Alicia, Gustavo. Portuguese Joao, Catarina, Henrique, Paulo.

Portuguese and Galician: habitational name from any of numerous places called Fontes, from the plural of fonte ‘fount’, ‘source, spring’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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