When António Cruz Almeida was born on 15 September 1892, in Fajão, Pampilhosa da Serra, Coimbra, Portugal, his father, Manuel de Almeida, was 20 and his mother, Emília do Carmo, was 20. He married Maria da Encarnação on 24 September 1915, in Fajão, Pampilhosa da Serra, Coimbra, Portugal. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 15 May 1987, in his hometown, at the age of 94.