José Rodrigues Fontes

Brief Life History of José Rodrigues

José Rodrigues Fontes was born on 7 June 1920, in Afonso Cláudio, Espirito Santo, Brazil as the son of Manoel Rodrigues Fontes and Angentina Francisca de Souza. He died on 17 May 2016, in Canela, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, at the age of 95.

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Family Time Line

Manoel Rodrigues Fontes
1884–
Angentina Francisca de Souza
–1970
Maria Rodrigues Fontes
1917–2002
Petrina Rodrigues Fontes
1919–2005
José Rodrigues Fontes
1920–2016
Nair Rodrigues Fontes
1921–

Sources (1)

  • {name} na entrada para Zilda de Abreu Fontes, “Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Registro Civil, 1829-2012”

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Manuel, Carlos, Jose, Alfredo, Miguel, Alda, Francisco, Jesus, Mario, Octavio, Alicia, Gustavo. Portuguese Joao, Catarina, Henrique, Paulo.

Portuguese and Galician: habitational name from any of numerous places called Fontes, from the plural of fonte ‘fount’, ‘source, spring’.

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

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