Esmeralda Machado de Azevedo

Brief Life History of Esmeralda Machado de

Esmeralda Machado de Azevedo was born on 27 November 1897, in São Francisco dos Casais, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil as the daughter of Joaquim dos Santos Azevedo and Quintina Machado de Jesus. She had at least 1 son with Manoel Severo Tortilho. She died on 20 August 1995, in her hometown, at the age of 97, and was buried in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

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Family Time Line

Manoel Severo Tortilho
1892–1966
Esmeralda Machado de Azevedo
1897–1995
Rubem Tortilho

Sources (5)

  • Esmeralda Machado De A.20 Tortilho, “Índice Find A Grave”
  • Esmeralda Azevedo Portillo, “Brasil, Rio Grande do Sul, Registro Civil, 1860-2006”
  • Esmeralda Azevedo Tortilho, “Brasil, Rio Grande do Sul, Registro Civil, 1860-2006”

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Manuel, Jose, Mario, Fernando, Carlos, Alberto, Luis, Adelino, Alvarino, Alvaro, Anselmo, Claudio. Portuguese Joao, Paulo, Agostinho, Joaquim, Aderito, Albano, Damiao, Duarte, Guilherme, Henrique, Ligia, Marcio.

Portuguese: topographic name for someone whose dwelling was by a clump of holly bushes (see Acevedo ). Compare Asevedo .

Jewish (Sephardic): adoption of the Portuguese 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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