Almeyda History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Germany

Early Origins of the Almeyda family

The surname Almeyda was first found in West Prussia and Pomerelia, where the name emerged in mediaeval times as one of the notable families in the western region. From the 13th century onwards the surname was identified with the great social and economic evolution which made this territory a landmark contributor to the development of the nation.

Early History of the Almeyda family

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Almeyda Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Almeyda, Amadej, Amende, Amenda, Almejda, Amadeja, Amedja, Amadij and many more.

Early Notables of the Almeyda family

Notable figures of the period with the name Almeyda were

the Almeyda family of West Prussia

Almeyda migration to West Indies +

The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 1

Almeyda Settlers in West Indies in the 18th Century

Isaac Campos Almeyda, who landed in Jamaica in 1743 2
Rica Campos Almeyda, who arrived in Jamaica in 1745 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Almeyda (post 1700) +

Guillermo Bravo Almeyda (b. 1902), Chilean doctor

Citations +

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)