Brief Life History of Arthur
When Arthur Motta was born on 7 March 1892, his father, Affonso de Figueiredo Motta, was 33 and his mother, Malvina Machado Netto, was 28. He married Julieta Soares Motta on 28 April 1913, in Júlio de Castilhos, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 24 July 1976, in Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, at the age of 84.
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- Arthur Motta, “Brasil, Rio Grande do Sul, Registro Civil, 1860-2006”
- Arthur Machada Motta, “Brasil, Rio Grande do Sul, Registro Civil, 1860-2006”
- Arthur Motta, “Brasil, Rio Grande do Sul, Registro Civil, 1860-2006”
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Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Manuel, Mario, Carlos, Jose, Luis, Alberto, Alvaro, Armando, Cesar, Felipe, Jaime, Jorge. Italian Angelo, Salvatore, Santo, Amedeo, Antonino, Antonio, Carlo, Carmelo, Dino, Domenic, Flavio, Giuseppe. Portuguese Paulo, Joao, Joaquim.
Italian (mainly northern): topographic name from motta ‘fortified stronghold’, or a habitational name from any of numerous places called with this word, as for example Motta Camastra and Motta d'Affermo in Messina, Sicily, Mottafollone in Cosenza province, Motta Montecorvino in Foggia; Motta Baluffi in Cremona, Motta di Livenza in Treviso, and Motta Visconti in Milan.
Portuguese and Spanish: variant of Mota .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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