When Jesse Church Fernandez was born on 2 May 1931, in Lincoln, West Virginia, United States, his father, Selvedor Manuel Fernandez, was 36 and his mother, Gypsy Albright, was 26. He married Barbara Jean Porter in 1950, in Logan, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Logan District, Logan, West Virginia, United States in 1940 and Laurel Hill District, Lincoln, West Virginia, United States in 1950. He died in March 1984, at the age of 52, and was buried in Branchland, Lincoln, West Virginia, United States.
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Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Manuel, Juan, Carlos, Luis, Jorge, Miguel, Fernando, Mario, Jesus, Pedro, Francisco. Portuguese Ligia, Joao, Armanda, Godofredo, Wenceslao.
Spanish (Fernández): patronymic from the personal name Fernando . The surname (and to a lesser extent the variant Hernandez ) has also been established in southern Italy, mainly in Naples and Palermo, since the period of Spanish dominance there.
Jewish (Sephardic): adoption of the name in 1 above at the moment of conversion to Roman Catholicism. After the return to Judaism (generations later), some Jewish descendants retained the surname that their families had adopted as Roman Catholics.
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