Her parents were Joaquim Casimiro Júnior[1] and Rita Adelaide de Jesus.

Her father was married to Maria do Carmo Figueiredo and as a result she had a half-sister named Carlota Joaquina da Silva Faria who died in 1913.

Divorce was impossible and her husband gained the custody of their children.

[4] She was one of the first women in Portugal who were concerned with women's subordinate status and in particular about improving the educational opportunities for Women in Portugal together with Francisca Wood, Alice Pestana, Carolina Michaëlis de Vasconcelos, Alice Moderno, Maria Amália Vaz de Carvalho, Antónia Pusich and Guiomar Torrezão.

[6] She married Luís Augusto de Campos Vidal, a Navy doctor in 1872.