Maria Luiza Pereira

Femaleabout 1910–about September 2007

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

Francisco Alves Pereira
1909–2007
Maria Luiza Pereira
about 1910–2007
Geraldina Alves Pereira
about 1933–2006
Jovina Alves Parreira
about 1935–about 1999
Osvaldina Alves Pereira
about 1937–about 1995
Amélia Alves Pereira
about 1939–about 1979

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  • Legacy NFS Source: Maria Luiza Pereira - Memory of Someone: female

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Children (4)

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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