João Felix da Silva

Male24 June 1917–19 August 1979

Brief Life History of João Felix da

João Felix da Silva was born on 24 June 1917, in Pernambuco, Brazil. He married Amara Fellix da Silva in 1936. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 19 August 1979, in his hometown, at the age of 62, and was buried in Pernambuco, Brazil.

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Family Time Line

João Felix da Silva
1917–1979
Amara Fellix da Silva
1922–1979
Marriage: 1936
Manoel Felix Da Silva
1938–1998

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  • Marriage
    1936Pernambuco, Brazil
  • Children (1)

    Name Meaning

    Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Manuel, Carlos, Juan, Luis, Jesus, Mario, Fernando, Francisco, Pedro, Roberto, Miguel. Portuguese Joao, Paulo, Joaquim, Agostinho, Duarte, Henrique, Serafim, Vasco, Ilidio, Adao, Afonso, Altair.

    Portuguese, Galician, and Italian: habitational name from any of the many places called Silva in Portugal, Galicia (Spain), and Italy, or a topographic name from (Old) Portuguese and (Old) Galician silva ‘wood’, later ‘bramble’. Compare Da Silva and Silba .

    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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