When Jose Pereira Cavadas was born on 24 November 1907, in Portela, Porto, Portugal, his father, Manoel Pereira Cavadas, was 27 and his mother, Maria Teixeira, was 31. He married Lúcia Tereza de Pinho Cavadas on 20 February 1927. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 16 November 1982, in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at the age of 74.
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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.
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