Brief Life History of Manuel Maria
Manuel Maria Gomes da Luz was born on 5 February 1904, in Canelas, Estarreja, Aveiro, Portugal as the son of António Gomes da Luz and Maria Tavares de Oliveira. He married Custódia de Oliveira Quadros on 12 February 1960, in Santos-o-Velho, Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal. He died on 8 February 1979, in his hometown, at the age of 75.
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- Manuel Maria Gomes da Luz, "Aveiro, Registros de la Iglesia Católica de Aveiro, Portugal, 1550-1911"
Spouse and Children
1904–1979 Male
1905–1949 Female
Children (2)
1926–2004 Male
–2002 Female
Parents and Siblings
1868–1950 Male
– Female
Siblings (1)
1904–1979 Male
World Events (1)
1911
Age 7
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Manuel, Jose, Carlos, Fernando, Luis, Francisco, Jorge, Mario, Domingos, Jaime, Julio, Luiz. Portuguese Joao, Joaquim, Paulo, Catarina, Henrique, Agostinho, Amadeu, Ademir, Aderito, Aloisio, Conceicao, Ilidio.
Portuguese and Galician: from the medieval personal name Gomes, probably Visigothic in origin, from guma ‘man’. This surname is also found on the west coast of India, where it was taken by Portuguese colonists.
Spanish: variant of Gómez (see Gomez ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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