Manuel W Fontes

Brief Life History of Manuel W

Manuel W Fontes was born on 5 August 1898, in Warwick Parish, Bermuda. He had at least 2 sons and 3 daughters with Sadie Elizabeth Sousa. He lived in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States for about 20 years. He died on 12 December 1996, in Warren, Bristol, Rhode Island, United States, at the age of 98, and was buried in Saint Marys Cemetery, Bristol, Bristol, Rhode Island, United States.

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Family Time Line

Manuel W Fontes
1898–1996
Sadie Elizabeth Sousa
1901–1949
Eugene Anthony Fontes
1920–1944
Alice Janet Fontes
1922–2020
Mildred Irene Fontes
1923–2019
Lawrence 'Larry' Irving Fontes
1927–1995
Shirley Carolyn Fontes
1929–1994

Sources (10)

  • Manuel W Fontes, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Manuel Fontes, "United States Social Security Death Index"
  • Manuel W. Fontes in entry for Sadie Elizabeth Fontes, "Rhode Island, Vital records, 1846-1898, 1901-1953"

World Events (8)

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

1907 · Larchmont sinks

On February 11, 1907, a passenger ship gets rammed by a coal carrier just southwest of Watch Hill, Rhode Island. It takes only 10 minutes for the Larchmont to sink. Only 19 of those on board survive. The next day bodies of those that had been on the ship continue to wash up onto the shore.

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Manuel, Carlos, Jose, Alfredo, Miguel, Alda, Francisco, Jesus, Mario, Octavio, Alicia, Gustavo. Portuguese Joao, Catarina, Henrique, Paulo.

Portuguese and Galician: habitational name from any of numerous places called Fontes, from the plural of fonte ‘fount’, ‘source, spring’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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