João Gomes Garanito
◦ 22 January 1888, Santana, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal · † 20 July 1969, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal
2nd Great-grandparents · 5th Generation
Born at three in the afternoon on 22 January 1888 and baptised on the 29th of the same month, at the Sant'Ana Parish Church, in Santana, Madeira, Portugal. Legitimate son of Francisco Gomes Garanito, a labourer, born in the parish of Faial, and Maria de Jesus, employed in domestic work, born in Santana, resident at Sítio dos Lamaceiros. His godparents were José Ferreira da Silva and his sister Maria. He married Virgínia Fernandes de Jesus on 18 June 1914 in Santana, Madeira. They had at least three children: Antonio (1924), Maria (1924) and Virginia (1933). He died on 20 July 1969, aged 81, on the island of Madeira, Portugal.