Brief Life History of Julia
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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- Legacy NFS Source: Julia Oliveira Rocha - Government record: birth-name: Julia Oliveira Rocha
- Legacy NFS Source: Julia Oliveira Rocha - Memory of Someone: death:
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Name Meaning
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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