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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- {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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