Dr. Josué Francisco Trocado, KCSG (27/28 June 1882 - 8 December 1962) was a Portuguese

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Background

Josué Francisco Trocado was born to Francisco Luís Trocado, Jr. and Maria Emília da Cruz Campos in

Póvoa de Varzim Póvoa de Varzim () is a Portugal, Portuguese city in Norte Region, Portugal, Northern Portugal and sub-region of Greater Porto, from its city centre. It sits in a sandy coastal plain, a cuspate foreland, halfway between the Minho River, Minho ...

, and was the paternal grandson of Francisco Luís Trocado and Florbela Rosa, and maternal grandson of Manuel Ferreira Campos and Ana Emília da Cruz.

Life

Josué Francisco Trocado was a

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, a

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, a

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and a

. He married Maria Alves de Campos on 20 July 1907 in

, and had seven children.

Decorations

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of the

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of the

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* OC of the Ordem Militar de Cristo

References

* ''Anuário da Nobreza de Portugal'', III, 2006, Tomo IV, pg. 862 to 873 * ''Costados'', Gonçalo de Mesquita da Silveira de Vasconcelos e Sousa, Livraria Esquina, 1.ª Edição, Porto, 1997, N.º 55 {{DEFAULTSORT:Trocado, Josue Francisco 1882 births 1962 deaths Portuguese composers Portuguese male composers People from Póvoa de Varzim 20th-century Portuguese male musicians