When Maria Lucia Mendes Marques was born on 11 December 1956, in Porteirinha, Minas Gerais, Brazil, her father, Antônio Dos Santos, was 31 and her mother, Zelita Mendes Pereira, was 24. She died about 3 May 1981, in Janaúba, Minas Gerais, Brazil, at the age of 24.
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Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Manuel, Jose, Carlos, Mario, Pedro, Alberto, Sergio, Armando, Cesar, Domingos, Francisco, Luis. Portuguese Joao, Joaquim, Paulo, Agostinho, Amadeu, Armanda, Guilherme, Henrique, Sebastiao, Valentim.
Portuguese and Galician: patronymic from the personal name Mendo, a shortened form of Menendo (see Menendez ).
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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