father: José dos Santos Ferreira

mother: Maria Joaquina do Nascimento

b.: Cipo Farm [Fazenda do Cipó], Upper Taquaraçu [Taquaraçu de Cima], MG, Brazil, 24th/Jun/1813.

bap.: Cipo Farm [Fazenda do Cipó] [?], Upper Taquaraçu [Taquaraçu de Cima], MG, Brazil, ±1813.

d.: Jaboticatubas, MG, Brazil, 5th/Jun/1883 [see: VIANNA, Newton dos Santos, "Viannada", B. H., Oct/2000.]..

bur.: Jaboticatubas [?], MG, Brazil, 5th/Jun/1883 [?].

m.1w: Conception of the Wood Inwards [Conceição do Mato Dentro] [?], MG, Brazil, ±1835.

m.2w: Jaboticatubas [?], MG, Brazil, ±1846.

m.1w.w.: Rita Amélia de Cássia (Carneiro) (b.Conception of the Wood Inwards [Conceição do Mato Dentro] [?], MG, Brazil, ±1820; d. Jaboticatubas [?], MG, Brazil, ±18??), filha de ? e de ?.

m.2w.w.: his paternal second-cousin and maternal cousin Felicidade Augusta Alves dos Santos (Cidadinha) (b. Fazenda de Cima dos Alves, Taquaraçu, MG, Brazil, ±1820; d. Jaboticatubas, MG, Brazil, 25th/Dec/1897), daughter of Manuel Alves dos Santos, and of Anna Joaquina Moreira de Castilho, paternal grand-daughter of João Alves de Souza (Dirty Face [Cara Suja]), and of Maria dos Santos Ferreira, and maternal gran-daughter of Joaquim da Costa Vianna e de Anna Maria Telles.

education/formation: He would have the "First Letters" [Primeiras Letras"], and would know "Reckoning" ["Contar"].

profession/activities: He was a farmer and a businessman.

military service: He achieved the rank with Major of the National Guard [Guarda Nacional].

politics/public offices: In 1841, as Major of the National Guard [Guarda Nacional], he tok part in the comission for the cnstruction of the new Chapel of the Curacy of the Male-Fox [Curato do Ribeirão do Raposo], later Jaboticatubas: "This comission was composed of Misters Liutenant-Colonel Francisco Alves dos Santos, Major João Batista dos Santos Viana, Liutenant João Gonçalves de Melo, Floriano Marques Afonso, Felício César, and Francisco Jovita Fernandes, having as treasurer and responsible by the works the 2nd Liutenant [Alferes] Luís Marques Afonso." ["Esta comissão ficou composta dos srs. Ten. Cel. Francisco Alves dos Santos, Major João Batista dos Santos Viana, Tte. João Gonçalves de Melo, Floriano Marques Afonso, Felício César e Francisco Jovita Fernandes, tendo como tesoureiro e encarregado da direção das obras o Alferes Luís Marques Afonso."]. It is said that "by the lot that they did for their home-land" ["pelo muito que fizeram por sua terra natal"] they were considered "great benefactors of Jaboticatubas" ["grandes benfeitores de Jaboticatubas"], he and his half-brothers Felicíssimo dos Santos Ferreira, and Carlos dos Santos Ferreira (Carlos das Lajes). He was the first Mayor of Jaboticatubas, MG, when this locality was elevated to city [see: AFONSO, Leônidas Marques, HISTÓRIA DE JABOTICATUBAS, publication of the auhor, Jaboticatubas, 25th/Mar/1957, 70 pages, at pages 49-50].

religion/brotherhoods: He was roman apostolic catholic.

diverse: In the Census of the Chapel of Higher Taquaraçu [Censo da Capela de Taquaraçu de Cima], dated of 23rd/Mar/1832, it is registerd as "João Bap.ta dos S.tos, [quality=] Bº [=white], [age=] 22 [years], [civil status=] S. [=bachelor], [ocupation=] Dº [=said = businessman]", by which he would have been born in 1810. He was owner, with the wife, of the Upper Farm of the Alves [Fazenda de Cima dos Alves], part of the farm of his father-in-law, with boundaries to the Lower Farm of the Alves Fazenda de Baixo dos Alves], of his brother-in-law Francisco Alves dos Santos, in Jaboticatubas, MG, Brazil. In AFONSO, Leônidas Marques, HISTÓRIA DE JABOTICATUBAS, publication of the auhor, Jaboticatubas, 25th/Mar/1957, 70 pages, at pages 62-63, one find a profile of him: "IV - JOÃO BATISTA DOS SANTOS VIANA // Nasceu na fazenda do Cipó, provavelmente no dia 24 de junho de 1813. // Era filho do Guarda-Mor José dos Santos Ferreira e de sua primeira esposa. // Foi casado, em primeiras núpcias, com D. Rita Carneiro, natural de Conceição do Mato Dentro, tendo, deste consórcio, cinco filhos, entre os quais figuravam o rico fazendeiro José Augusto dos Santos Viana, mais conhecido por Juca do Cipó e o saudoso Pe. Cândido José dos Santos Viana. // Enviuvando-se, casou-se depois com a sua prima, D. Felicidade Augusta Alves dos Santos Viana, irmão do Coronel Francisco Alves dos Santos, transferindo a sua residência para a fazenda que pertencera aos seus sogros. // Cooperou, na construção da igreja matriz e na fundação desta localidade. // Era homem muito bondoso e humanitário. // Do segundo matrimônio, teve seis filhos, dos quais quatro eram varões. // Faleceu, nesta localidade, aos 5 de julho de 1883,"

residence: Jaboticatubas, MG, Brazil.

children: He would have had a total of 13 children, number this, however, that hasn´t been confirmed through documents. He would have had five (5) or more of the 1st matrimony, with Rita Carneiro, of which we know for certain two (2): José Augusto dos Santos Vianna (Juca of Cipó), and Cândido José dos Santos Vianna (Priest Candinho). The names of three (3) more are: Maria Rita dos Santos Vianna, Antônio Batista dos Santos Vianna, and João Batista dos Santos Vianna Júnior [see: VIANNA, Newton dos Santos, "Viannada", B. H., Oct/2000.]. He would have had nine (9) or more of the 2nd matrimony, with his cousin Felicidade Augusta Alves dos Santos, of which we know seven (7): Francisco dos Santos Vianna, Paulo Alves dos Santos Vianna, Rita Augusta Alves dos Santos (Ritinha), Carlos Augusto dos Santos Vianna, Francisca Augusta dos Santos Vianna (Senhorinha), Guilherme Baptista dos Santos Vianna, and Manoel Alves dos Santos Vianna. Following Elisa Vianna Cruz, there would still be more two (2) children: João Batista Alves dos Santos Vianna, and Guiomar Alves dos Santos Vianna. One should note that the first of the names, João Baptista, looks same as the one of the son of the first matrimony, suggesting that also the daughter Guiomar would be so. That is why they were included amongst the children of his first matrimony.