Born on 13 December 1885, in Santana, Madeira, Portugal, son of Domingos Luís Cardoso Júnior and Sebastiana Augusta de Jesus. He was baptised on 1 January 1885. In 1953, aged approximately 67, he emigrated to Rio de Janeiro. He died in 1980, aged approximately 94, in Santana, Madeira, Portugal. He married Carolina Augusta Cardoso on 24 February 1906. They had six children.