João Almeida Lima was born about 1913, in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. He married Zeferina Moreira about 1935, in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. He died on 6 September 1988, in Baliza, Goiás, Brazil, at the age of 76.
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Manuel, Carlos, Mario, Luis, Juan, Raul, Ricardo, Roberto, Eduardo, Francisco, Pedro. Portuguese Joao, Paulo, Duarte, Guilherme, Vasco, Joaquim, Albano, Catarina, Goncalo, Margarida, Terezinha.
Spanish: possibly from lima ‘file’.
Portuguese: topographic name for someone living on the banks of the river of this name (of pre-Roman origin, probably akin to a Celtic element lemos, limos ‘elm’).
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