Betty was the eldest of 5 children: Eudora, Elmer,

Lovie, and Beny. She married Rev. Alberico Antunes

de Oliveira, 14 January 1938 in Rio de Janeiro. They

were the parents of Nancy, Betty, Nelson, Junia,

Graucia, and Lincoln.
     Betty She studied piano, composition, conducting,

and organ, and graduated with a Bachelor of Jour-

nalism from the Federal University in Rio de Janeiro.

She also has a Bachelor of Science and Arts of Education

from the Baptist College in Rio de Janeiro.  
     In 1943 Betty began collecting family history, which

spread into the history of North American families

who moved to Brazil that were Baptist. They established

the First Baptist Church in Brazil on 10 Sept. 1871, in

Santa Barbara, Sao Paulo State.
     Betty printed "North American Immigration to Brazil; Tombstone Records of the Campo Cemetery--Santa Barbara D' Oeste, Sao Paulo," in 1978. This was published by the Grafica do Senate, Brasilia, D.F., Brazil. The book has 66 pages and about 150 pictures of tombstones, and a map of the cemetery.
     In 1982 she completed, "Antonio Teixeira de Albuquerque; o primero pastor Batista Brazileiro--1880 (uma contribuicao para a historia dos Batistas no Brasil)." "Centelha em Restolho seco; uma contribucao para a historia dos primordios do Trabalho Batista no Brasil," was completed in 1985.
     Betty has several research projects in progress besides doing extensive genealogical research. She became a member at large of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution on 5 May 1981 through the service of Col. John Thomas. In Sept. 1992, Betty was elected to titular Chair No. 24 of the Brazilian College of Genealogy. They have only 30 titular Chairs, and have three types of associates: single members, adjunct and titular.
     She was a member of the Baptist Church and was a fine Christian woman.

Wikipedia

     Alberico was the son of Segifredo Antunes de Oliveira and Júlia Antunes de Oliveira. After living in Salvador and São Paulo, he went to Rio de Janeiro where he graduated in Philosophy from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. A student at the Theological Faculty of the Southern Baptist Seminary of Brazil, the Brazilian Institute of Reflexology and the Getulio Vargas Foundation, he also attended the Brazilian Society of Genetics, the Brazilian Federation of Homeopathy and the Hahnemannian Institute. Professor of the State College of Amazonas, presided over the Amazon Foundation and the National Campaign of Free Teachers.

     Elected federal deputy by the PTB in 1954, he was in the suppleness in 1950, 1958 and 1962. He joined ARENA after the Military Regime of 1964 and after the MDB, where he was a candidate for alternate senator on the plate of João Veiga in 1966, without achieving victory. Re-elected federal deputy in 1974 and again alter-nate in 1978, migrated to the PDS in 1980 at the invitation of the Minister of Justice, Ibrahim Abi-Ackel, although he abandoned public life.