João Mangabeira
My sons and daughters and a few nephews and nieces asked me to tell them stories of my family. Since we are in relative confinement for the COVID-19 virus, we had a live meeting through, that was very. I thought that it would be a good idea to retell this live meeting in my blog. I have already written about Francisco Mangabeira, now I will talk about João Mangabeira. Francisco Cavalcanti Mangabeira, my great-grandfather, was a pharmacist, married to Augusta Mangabeira. They had many children. The eldest daughter was called as “Pepé”, I do not know her rel name. But I know that she became a nun and was the Mother Superior of a convent in São Luís do Maranhão. There were three other daughters, Vina (Lavínia), Maria and Cecília (my grandmother). Francisco Mangabeira was one year older than João. The younger ones were Carlos, that the family called Yoyo, and Octavio. João was born in Salvador in June 26, 1880. João Mangabeira When he was 13 years old he joined the Bahia