When Maria Augusta de Oliveira was born on 7 April 1930, in Sítio Novo, Mateus Leme, Minas Gerais, Brazil, her father, Jose Avelino de Souza, was 24 and her mother, Augusta Almeida de Jesus, was 20. She died on 7 April 2012, in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, at the age of 82.
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.
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