Born on 2 October 1891, in Itajaí, SC, son of Serafim Antonio de Sant'Anna and Belmira Maria de Oliveira. He married Arminda Alves de Oliveira around 1918 in São Francisco do Sul, SC. They had two children: Agenor Sant'Anna de Oliveira (1927) and Arnoldo Sant'Anna de Oliveira. He died on 10 April 1969, aged 77, in Curitiba, PR.