Valdivieso History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Spain

Noble surnames, such as Valdivieso, evoke images of the ancient homeland of the Spanish people. The original bearer of the name Valdivieso, which is a local surname, once lived, held land, or was born in the beautiful region of Spain. In Spain, hereditary surnames were adopted according to fairly general rules and during the late Middle Ages, names that were derived from localities became increasingly widespread. Local names originally denoted the proprietorship of the village or estate. The Valdivieso family originally lived in Valdivielso. This place-name is derived from the Asturian word val-di-vieso, which means old man's-valley.

Early Origins of the Valdivieso family

The surname Valdivieso was first found in Leon, a region of northwestern Spain.

Early History of the Valdivieso family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Valdivieso research. Another 82 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1242 and 1544 are included under the topic Early Valdivieso History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Valdivieso Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Valdivia, de Valdivia, Valdivieso, de Valdivieso, Valdivielso, de Valdivielso, Valdevieso and many more.

Early Notables of the Valdivieso family

Notable bearers of the family name Valdivieso

were Spanish priest Antonio Valdivieso, named Bishop of Nicaragua in 1544, a defender of Indian rights
nineteenth century Ecuadoran philanthropist Bernardo Valdivieso
nineteenth century Spanish painter Domingo Valdivieso y Henarejas
nineteenth century Ecuadoran politician José Félix Valdivieso

Valdivieso migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Valdivieso Settlers in United States in the 16th Century

Bartolomé de Valdivieso, who sailed to America in 1514
Pedro de Valdivieso, who sailed to Venezuela in 1534
Lázaro de Valdivieso, who sailed to Florida in 1538
Juan de Valdivieso, who sailed to Peru in 1579

Valdivieso Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Bartolome De Valdivieso, who arrived in America in 1814 1
Pedro De Valdivieso, who landed in Venezuela in 1834 1
Lazaro De Valdivieso, who arrived in Florida in 1838 1
Juan De Valdivieso, who landed in Peru in 1879 1

Valdivieso 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. 2

Valdivieso Settlers in West Indies in the 16th Century

Diego de Valdivieso, who sailed to Cuba in 1538

Contemporary Notables of the name Valdivieso (post 1700) +

Lucas P. Valdivieso, American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from Puerto Rico, 1908 3
Domingo Valdivieso (1832-1872), Spanish painter
Rafael Valentín Valdivieso (1804-1878), Chilean priest and lawyer
Mercedes Valdivieso (1924-1993), Chilean writer
Luz Valdivieso (b. 1977), Chilean actress
Juan Valdivieso (1910-2007), Peruvian footballer and manager
Edison Valdivieso (b. 1989), Ecuadorian footballer
Gabriel Larraín Valdivieso (1925-2008), Chilean Roman Catholic bishop
Carlos Alberto Salinas Valdivieso, Bolivian historian and diplomat

Citations +

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)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 8) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html