When José Quintiliano Pereira was born on 27 August 1898, in Candeias, Minas Gerais, Brazil, his father, João Quintiliano Pereira, was 20 and his mother, Maria Constância de Jesus, was 19. He married Maria Conceição Dias on 24 January 1931. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 30 August 1979, in Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil, at the age of 81, and was buried in Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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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