Manuel Percy Farias was born in 1894, in São Miguel, Azores, Portugal. He died on 30 September 1979, in Oakland, Alameda, California, United States, at the age of 85.
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Manuel, Juan, Jesus, Carlos, Pedro, Francisco, Jorge, Roberto, Jose Luis, Luis, Raul. Portuguese Joao, Messias, Joaquim, Paulo, Serafim.
Portuguese and Spanish: apparently the plural form of Faria .
Italian (southern): topographic name from Greek pharias, a derivative of pharos ‘beacon’, ‘lighthouse’.
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