father: Antônio José dos Reis

mother: Anna Maria de Jesus

b.: Chapel of Our Lady of Nazareth [Capela de N. Sra. de Nazareth], parish of Our Lady of the Pilar [freguesia de N. Sra. do Pilar], Saint John of the King [São João D'El-Rey], Bishopric of Mariana [Bispado de Mariana], MG, Brazil, ±1755.

bap.: Chapel of Our Lady of Nazareth [Capela de N. Sra. de Nazareth], parish of Our Lady of the Pilar [freguesia de N. Sra. do Pilar], Saint John of the King [São João D'El-Rey], Bishopric of Mariana [Bispado de Mariana], MG, Brazil, ±1755.

d.: Prince Town [Vila do Príncipe], MG, Brazil, 4th/Feb/1821.

bur.: He received all the sacraments and was buried in the Chapel of the Third Order of Our Lady of the Mount Carmel [Capela da Ordem Terceira de N. Sra. do Monte do Carmo], of the Prince Town [Vila do Príncipe], MG, Brazil, 4th/Feb/1821.

m.: in the Hermitage Chapel of Saint John of Guanhães, of the farm of Joam Ribeiro Pereira ["na Ermida de Sam Joam de Guanhaens da fazenda de Joam Ribeiro Pereira"], Prince Town [Vila do Príncipe], MG, Brazil, 24th/Aug/1783.

m.w.: Anna Fortunata da Cunha Pereira Franco (Anninha Nazareth) (b. Mother Church [Matriz], Paracatu, MG, Brazil, ±1762; bap.Mother Church [Matriz], Paracatu, MG, Brazil, ±1762; d. Prince Town [Vila do Príncipe], MG, Brazil, > 1838), daughter of the Customs-Chief Manoel Rodrigues Teixeira Franco, and of Anna Fortunata da Cunha Pereira.

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

profession/activities: On the 13th/Jan/1789, in the baptism of the son Francisco, he was treated by the rank of 2nd Liutenant [Alferes], but from the 14th/Feb/1804 on, baptism of the son Tomaz, he passed to be treated by the rank of Quarter-Master [Quartel-Mestre], with shich he apears also in the baptism of Claudina Cândida do Espírito Santo, on the 29th/Dec/1805, and in the burial of the son Demétrio, on the 24th/Set/1808, all taking place in the Prince Town [Viila do Príncipe], MG, Brazil, rank with which supposedly he died.

military service: He was a career military, professional.

religion/brotherhoods: He was roman apostolic catholic. Certainly, he was a brother of the Third Order of Our Lady of the Mount Carmel [Ordem Terceira de N. Sra. do Monte do Carmo], of the Prince Town [Vila do Príncipe], MG, Brazil, for being a "white man" ["homem branco"], and being sepulchred in the interior of its chapel.

residence: Prince Town [Vila do Príncipe], MG, Brazil, that, after 1838, became the city of Serro, MG, Brazil.

children: (12 or +): Manoel dos Reis Franco, Francisco dos Reis Franco, Joaquim dos Reis Franco, Antônio dos Reis Franco, Brízida dos Reis Franco, Joaquina Cândida da Conceição (Pereira Guedes), José dos Reis Franco, Bernardino Antônio dos Reis Franco, Luiz dos Reis Franco, Tomaz dos Reis Franco, Claudina Cândida do Espírito Santo, and Demétrio dos Reis Franco.