Manuel Percy Farias

Male1894–30 September 1979

Brief Life History of Manuel Percy

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.

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Manuel Percy Farias
1894–1979
Georginia Peters
1900–1984

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    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Age 2

    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

    1898 · War with the Spanish

    Age 4

    After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

    1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake

    Age 12

    A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.

    Name Meaning

    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’.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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