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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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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