When Silveria Maria Ferreira was born about 1805, in Minas Gerais, Brazil, her father, Francisco Ferreira e Sousa, was 27 and her mother, Silveria Maria Freire, was 22. She married Antonio Gonçalves de Mesquita on 3 July 1822, in Três Pontas, Minas Gerais, Brazil. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 6 daughters. She died in her hometown.
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Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Manuel, Jose, Carlos, Luis, Fernando, Mario, Francisco, Armando, Ana, Jorge, Miguel, Sergio. Portuguese Joao, Paulo, Joaquim, Henrique, Agostinho, Albano, Amadeu, Duarte, Ligia, Marcio, Vasco, Adao.
Galician and Portuguese: topographic name for someone who lived by a forge or iron workings, derived from Latin ferraria ‘forge, iron works’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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