Adoniro José Lemos

Adoniro José was born on December 17th, 1877.  Adoniro José's father was José Maximiano Lemos and his mother was Francisca Cândida de Carvalho.  His paternal grandfather was Manoel José Lemos Filho and his paternal grandmother is Maria do Carmo Ferreira Lemos; his maternal grandparents are Juventino de Assis Pereira Viana and Francisca Cândida de Assis. He had nine brothers and two sisters, named Manoel José, Ananias José, Evaristo José, Juventino José, Saturnino José, Azarias José, Mizael José, Urias José, Francisco José, Olívia Cândida and Maria José.  He is the fourth youngest of the twelve children.

They have five sons and three daughters, named José Adoniro, Manoel, Sebastião, Dionísio, Geraldo, Maria Osório, Francisca and Ana.