Vasco History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Italy

Early Origins of the Vasco family

The surname Vasco was first found in Milan (Italian: Milano, Milanese: Milan), the second-most populous city in Italy and the capital of Lombardy. The two palaces in the Piazza del Duomo, Palazzo Reale and the palace of the archbishops are notable. The city is rich in art, museums, galleries and sights. Castello Sforzesco stands in the Parco.

The Hours of Giangaleazzo Visconti is a Roman-liturgy illuminated Book of Hours that was commissioned by the ruler of Milan, Italy, Gian Galeazzo Visconti (1351-1402.) This work that was completed after this death, is one of the richest examples of an illustrated personal prayer book, now on display in the Biblioteca Nazionale in Florence. Reprints are available worldwide.

Early History of the Vasco family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Vasco research. Another 96 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1277, 1302, 1322, 1327, 1328, 1329, 1339, 1346, 1351, 1352, 1361, 1364, 1366, 1368, 1385, 1388, 1395, 1402, 1404, 1405, 1408, 1412, 1413, 1414, 1447, 1617, 1681, 1693 and 1711 are included under the topic Early Vasco History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Vasco Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Visconte, Visconti, Bisconti, Viceconte, Viceconti, Viseconte, Viscont and many more.

Early Notables of the Vasco family

Prominent among bearers of this family in early times was Galeazzo I Visconti (1277-1328), Lord of Milan from 1322 to 1327; and his son, Azzone Visconti (1302–1339), Lord of Milan from 1329 until his death; Gian Galeazzo Visconti (1351-1402), the first Duke of Milan (1395), ruled the late-medieval city just before the dawn of the Renaissance, the great founding patron of the Certosa di Pavia, completing the Visconti Castle at Pavia begun by his father, married to Caterina Visconti; Caterina Visconti, Duchess of Milan (1361-1404), member of the Italian noble family Visconti, which ruled Milan from 1277 to 1447, served as...
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Vasco migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Vasco Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Juan Vasco, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1820 1
Valyko Vasco, who arrived in New York, NY in 1894

Vasco migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Vasco Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

J. Vasco, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "Caduceus" in 1871 2
R. Vasco, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "Caduceus" in 1871 2
W. Vasco, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "Caduceus" in 1871 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Vasco (post 1700) +

Vasco Tagliavini (1937-2019), Italian professional football player and coach
Vasco Ilídio Alves Cordeiro (b. 1973), Portuguese politician, President of the Regional Government of the Azores (2012-)
Vasco Alves Henriques Lucas Nunes (1974-2016), Portuguese cinematographer, producer, and film director
Vasco Bendini (1922-2015), Italian informalist painter
Vasco Navarro da Graça Moura GCSE (1942-2014), Portuguese lawyer, writer, translator and politician
Vasco Giuseppe Bertelli (1924-2013), Italian Prelate of Roman Catholic Church, Bishop of Volterra (1985–2000)
Vasco Fernandes (1475-1542), one of the main Portuguese Renaissance painters
Vasco Gonçalves, 20th-century Portuguese Prime Minister
Vasco Miguel Lopes de Matos (b. 1980), Portuguese footballer
Vasco Fernando Leotte de Almeida e Costa (b. 1932), Portuguese naval officer and politician

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)
New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 5th November 2010). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html