Person labourer landowner driver
João Rodrigues
labourer · landowner · driver
The name appears in several unrelated contexts. It is borne by a labourer nicknamed 'Espera Diabos', sentenced to death for the 1829 Estreito church robbery, and by a sixteenth-century owner of an entailed estate near Calheta. It is also borne by the first Madeiran to drive cars, examined as a chauffeur in 1908.
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- Sacrilege and robbery in the church of Estreito — Madeiran labourer nicknamed 'Espera Diabos', sentenced to be dragged, garrotted and beheaded for the 1829 Estreito church robbery.
- Rodrigues — Sixteenth-century owner of a settled estate near Calheta, ancestor of a Rodrigues line.
- Sport — First Madeiran to drive cars, examined as a chauffeur on 11 February 1908.
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Abroad