Born in 1777, in São Francisco do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil, son of José Gomes de Oliveira and Barbara Pereira. Councilman, Ordinary Judge and Orphans' Judge, President of the Municipal Council in São Francisco do Sul, Santa Catarina. He was one of the first settlers of the area adjacent to the territory that would form the Dona Francisca Colony (Joinville, SC). His descendants held significant political influence in northern Santa Catarina over the following 150 years. He held the sesmaria (land grant) of Porto da Caçada, received in 1805. In 1824, as President of the São Francisco do Sul Council, he organised the local defences to consolidate Brazil's Independence. He married Rita Clara de Miranda. They had nine children. He died around 1849.