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Where did the Portuguese Garcia family come from? What is the Portuguese Garcia family crest and coat of arms? When did the Garcia family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Garcia family history?
The Garcia surname is an old Portuguese patronymic surname, derived from the father's given name, and metronymic surnames, which are derived from the mother's given name. Garcia is thought to be a patronymic name formed from a now unknown medieval given name. An older Latin form of the surname was Garsea, the roots of which may well pre-date the Latin era and come from the Basque language.
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Please remember that this page is only a small extract of our complete history that includes: - Ancient origin of the name (usually pre-1100)
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- Early movement of the family name during the Middle Ages
- Noteworthy bearers from the 1500-1600s
- First settlers to North America
- Notable contemporary bearers of the name
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Spelling variations of this family name include: Garcia, García, Garsea, Garsía, Garsia, Garcies, Guarsea, Guarseas, Garsías, Garsias, Gassía, Gassia, Garci, Garcés, Garces, Garcíaz, Garciaz, Garséaz, Garseaz, Gasset, Garcet, Gracía, Gracia and many more.First found in Navarre, where the name is documented in the earliest records.
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This is a small excerpt from our full listing of settlers for the name Garcia. Our PDF Extended History provide the complete listing from our dbase of over 500,000 settlers!
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
- Martín García Oñez was a soldier, conquistador, Corregidor of Peru and governor of Chile at the end of the sixteenth century
- Alejo García, who arrived in the New World in 1528 and explored Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil
- Lope García de Castro was governor of Peru in the 1560s
- Ana García, to Colombia in 1561
- Catalina García, who emigrated to Venezuela in 1561
Garcia Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Alonso Garcia, who arrived in America in 1811
- Elvira Garcia, who landed in Espanola in 1811
- Francisco Garcia, who arrived in America in 1811
- Gonzalo Garcia, who arrived in America in 1811
- Heman Garcia, who landed in America in 1811
Garcia Settlers in the United States in the 20th Century
- Bruno Garcia, who arrived in Texas in 1910
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- Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia (1942-1995), American guitarist, singer, songwriter, counterculture icon, and co-founder of the Grateful Dead
- Aaron Garcia (b. 1970), Mexican American football player
- Aimee Garcia (b. 1978), Mexican American actress
- Carlos García (b. 1967), Venezuelan-American baseball player
- Eric Garcia (b. 1972), Mexican American author
- Staff Sergeant Marcario Garcia (1920-1972), first Mexican immigrant to receive the Medal of Honor
- Hector P. Garcia (1914-1996), Mexican American physician, surgeon, WWII veteran, civil rights advocate, founder of the American G.I Forum and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
- Pascual Cebollada García (b. 1916), Spanish journalist
- Carlos Polestico Garcia (1896-1971), Philippine politician who was president of Philippines from 1957-1961
- Dámaso García (b. 1955), Dominican professional baseball player
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- Guiseppi, Montague Spencer, edition. Naturalizations of Foreign Protestants in the American and West Indian Colonies. Mancester, England: The Huguenot Soceity of London, 1921. Print.
- Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard and David Faris. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 7th Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0806313676).
- Rasmussen, Louis J. . San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists 4 Volumes Colma, California 1965 Reprint. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1978. Print.
- Matthews, John. Matthews' American Armoury and Blue Book. London: John Matthews, 1911. Print.
- Archivo General De Indias, Sevilla. Catalogo de Pasajeros a Indias durante los Siglos XVI, XVII y XVIII Edited by the docents of the General Indian Archives under the Director of the Archives, Don Cristobal Bermudez Plata 3 Volumes - Volume 1 1509-1534. Sevilla, Spain: Imprenta de la Gavidia, 1940. Print.
- Browning, Charles H. Americans of Royal Descent. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
- Filby, P. William and Mary K Meyer. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index in Four Volumes. Detroit: Gale Research, 1985. Print. (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8).
- de Cadenas, Vicente Y Viicent. Patronimica Española Y Sus Patronimicos Compuestos. Madrid: Hidalguía, 19676. Print.
- Bolton, Charles Knowles. Bolton's American Armory. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1964. Print.
- Domínguez, C. Diccionario Hispano de Apellidos y Blasones 4 Volumes. 2001. Print.
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The Garcia Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Garcia Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.
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