Brief Life History of Maria Luiza
Maria Luiza Pereira was born about 1910, in Monte Alegre de Minas, Minas Gerais, Brazil. She had at least 4 daughters with Francisco Alves Pereira. She died about September 2007, in her hometown, at the age of 98.
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Family Time Line
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- Legacy NFS Source: Maria Luiza Pereira - Memory of Someone: female
Spouse and Children
1909–2007 Male
about 1910–2007 Female
Children (4)
about 1933–2006 Female
about 1935–about 1999 Female
about 1937–about 1995 Female
about 1939–about 1979 Female
Name Meaning
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.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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