When Julia Oliveira Rocha was born about 1885, in Poções, Bahia, Brazil, her father, Antonio José da Rocha, was 22 and her mother, Theodolina Oliveira Rocha, was -13. She died in 1972, in her hometown, at the age of 88.
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Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Manuel, Jose, Carlos, Luis, Fernando, Mario, Luiz, Francisco, Sergio, Ana, Geraldo, Pedro. Portuguese Joao, Paulo, Joaquim, Duarte, Agostinho, Guilherme, Marcio, Sebastiao, Anabela, Henrique, Messias, Ademir.
Portuguese and Galician: habitational name from any of numerous places called Oliveira, from Portuguese and Galician oliveira ‘olive grove’ (from Late Latin olivarius, a derivative of Latin oliva ‘olive’), or a topographic name from this word. Compare De Oliveira .
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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