father: Edgardo Carlos da Cunha Pereira (Dazinho)

mother: Leopoldina Electo de Souza (Lifa)

b.: Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil, 16th/Apr/1901.

bap.: parish of Our Lady of the Good Trip [N. Sra. da Boa Viagem], Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil, 3rd/Oct/1901, being godparents His Excellence Dr. Francisco Silviano de Almeida Brandão, President of the State of MG, Brazil, and Mrs. Esther Brandão, as told by the oral tradition, in a cerimony that took place at the Chapel of the Palace of Liberty [Palácio da Liberdade].

d.: Niterói, RJ, Brazil, 10th/Jul/1979, at 10:50 hours, int the Hospital Santa Cruz, of "choque séptico, septicemia a gram negativo, abscesso subquêmico, peritonite", 78 years old.

bur.: Cemitery of the Hill Park [Parque da Colina], Niterói, RJ, Brazil, 10th/Jul/1979.

m.: Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil, 25th/Jan/1936.

m.w.: América Viana Cruz da Cunha (b. Sabará, MG, Brazil, 13th/Oct/1908; d. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, 18th/Dec/1989), daughter of Theodomiro Cruz and of Elisa Vianna Cruz.

education/formation: He was alphabetized at home by the half-sister, Ângela Electo de Souza. He did the primary studies from 1909 to 1914, in Peçanha, MG, Brazil, at one of the State Primary Schools. He did the secondary studies at the Normal School of Peçanha, MG, Brazil, that was the only one existing of this level, between 1916 and 1919, receiving the certificate on 8th of February of 1920. He was selected to do the military service, in Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil, to where he moved in 1923. He took advantage of this occasion to attend the course of the Faculty of Odontology and Pharmacy [Faculdade de Odontologia e Farmácia], of Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil, during the years of 1923 and 1924. He received the degree on 18th of March of 1925. To have his diplom recognized, however, he still had to attend to examinations of "madureza" in diverse disciplines. These exams were made at the Externato do Ginásio Mineiro, in Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil, in an ignored date, although the certificates are dated of 1931, and at the Ginásio do Espírito Santo, in Vitória, ES, Brazil, in 1928 and 1929.

profession/activities: Dentist and Journalist. He founded, directed, and edited the magazine Odontólogo, during 18 years. He also was employee of the newspaper Folha de Minas, in Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil, Dentist of the Prefecture of Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil, and accredited at the IPSEMG, in Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil, besides of mantaining his own dentist office.

military service: He was a reservist of the Army.

religion/brotherhoods: He was a roman apostolic catholic. He was one of the founders of the Corporation of Catholic Dentists of Minas Gerais [Corporação dos Odontólogos Católicos of Minas Gerais].

residence: He resided in Belo Horizonte, MG, Diamantina, MG, Peçanha, MG, again in Belo Horizonte, MG, nce again in Peçanha, MG, Virginópolis, MG, Colatina, ES, Vitória, ES, São José do Calçado, ES, again in Belo Horizonte, MG, and finally in Niterói, RJ, always in Brazil.

children: (3): Jorge da Cunha Pereira Filho, Fernando da Cunha Pereira, and Ricardo da Cunha Pereira.