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An excerpt from www.HouseOfNames.com archives copyright © 2000 - 2012

Origins Available: Portuguese, Spanish

Where did the Portuguese Chavez family come from? What is the Portuguese Chavez family crest and coat of arms? When did the Chavez family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Chavez family history?

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Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

  • Trinidad Chávez Aparicio, who introduced cacao and chocolate from Mexico to Spain in 1570

Chavez Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century


  • Nicholas Chavez, aged 34, arrived in New Orleans, La in 1825
  • Antonio Francisco De Chavez, who landed in New Spain in 1877
  • Crisastonis Chavez, aged 38, who arrived at Ellis Island from Luttinta, in 1893

Chavez Settlers in the United States in the 20th Century


  • Angel Lopez Chavez, aged 55, who arrived at Ellis Island from Havana, Cuba, in 1908
  • Angelicia Chavez, aged 42, who arrived at Ellis Island, in 1908
  • Antonio Lopez Chavez, aged 20, who arrived at Ellis Island, in 1909
  • Carlos Guillerno Chavez, aged 5, who arrived at Ellis Island, in 1909
  • Agustin Loera Chavez, aged 22, who arrived at Ellis Island from Vera Cruz, Mexico, in 1915


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  • César Chávez (1927-1993), American farm workers union leader
  • Angélico Chávez (1910-1996), American Franciscan priest, historian, author, poet, and painter
  • César Estrada Chavez (1927-1993), founder of the National Farm Workers Association, which became United Farm Workers and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
  • Fermín Chávez (1924-2006), Argentine historian, poet and journalist
  • Jorge Chávez (1887-1910), Franco-Peruvian aviator who was the first to cross the Alps by plane
  • Ignacio Chávez Sánchez (1897-1979), award-winning Mexican cardiologist
  • Alan Chavez (b. 1991), Mexican musician
  • Carlos Chávez (1899-1978), Mexican composer, conductor, founder and director of the Mexico Symphony Orchestra
  • Coronado Chávez (1807-1881), President of Honduras from 1845-1847


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  • Chavez: A Distinctive American Clan of New Mexico by Angelico Chavez.
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  1. Browning, Charles H. Americans of Royal Descent. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
  2. Rolland, and H.V. Rolland. Illustrations to the Armorial Général by J.B. Rietstap. Ramsbury: Heraldry Today, 1967. Print. (ISBN 0-0900455-209).
  3. Matthews, John. Matthews' American Armoury and Blue Book. London: John Matthews, 1911. Print.
  4. 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).
  5. Rasmussen, Louis J. . San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists 4 Volumes Colma, California 1965 Reprint. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1978. Print.
  6. Best, Hugh. Debrett's Texas Peerage. New York: Coward-McCann, 1983. Print. (ISBN 069811244X).
  7. Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Galveston Texas 1896-1951. National Archives Washington DC. Print.
  8. 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).
  9. Zúquete, Afonso Eduardo Martins. Armorial Lusitano. Lisboa: Editoria Enciclopédia, 1961. Print.
  10. Crozier, William Armstrong Edition. Crozier's General Armory A Registry of American Families Entitled to Coat Armor. New York: Fox, Duffield, 1904. Print.
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The Chavez Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Chavez 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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