| ![Show Contents]() Flora History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 Spain From the historical and enchanting region of Spain emerged a multitude of noble families, including the distinguished Flora family. Originally, the Spanish people were known only by a single name. The process by which hereditary surnames were adopted in Spain is extremely interesting. Surnames evolved during the Middle Ages when people began to assume an extra name to avoid confusion and to further identify themselves. Often they adopted names that were derived from nicknames. Early Origins of the Flora familyThe surname Flora was first found in Asturias, where the Visigothic court took refuge after the Muslim invasion of the peninsula. Early History of the Flora familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Flora research. Another 96 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1128, 1236, 1787, 1789 and 1790 are included under the topic Early Flora History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Flora Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Flórez, Florez, Flores, Flóriz, Floriz, Flóraz, Floraz, Flor, Florán, Floran, Florián and many more. Early Notables of the Flora familyProminent among members of the family were Rodrigo Flores, who received a grant of land in the Repartimiento de Córdoba; Juan de Flores, fifteenth century novelist; sixteenth century Spanish sculptor and architect Antonio Flórez; Enrique Flórez, eighteenth century Spanish historian; Manuel Antonio Flores, Viceroy of Nueva Granada and Mexico 1787-1789; José Flórez...
Another 51 words (4 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Flora Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Flora RankingIn the United States, the name Flora is the 4,532nd most popular surname with an estimated 7,461 people with that name. 1
 Flora migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Flora Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- A Flora, aged 23, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1835 2
- I Flora, aged 30, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1835 2
- Maria Flora, aged 35, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1835 2
- Friedricka Flora, who settled in New York, NY in 1857
| Flora migration to Canada | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Flora Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century- Mr. Matthew Flora, aged 22 who was emigrating through Grosse Isle Quarantine Station, Quebec aboard the ship "Maria and Elizabeth" departing 6th May 1847 from Liverpool, England; the ship arrived on 24th June 1847 but he died on board 3
| Contemporary Notables of the name Flora (post 1700) | + |
- Vaughn Leonard Flora (1945-2022), American politician, born in Quinter, Kansas who served in the Kansas House of Representatives, from 1994 to 2007
- Snowden Dwight Flora (1879-1957), American meteorologist, climatologist and tornado researcher
- James "Jim" Flora (1914-1998), American prolific commercial illustrator from the 1940s to the 1970s
- Dominick A. "Dom" Flora (b. 1935), former American college basketball standout at Washington & Lee University
- ReBecca Jo Flora, American politician, Workers World Candidate for Michigan State Board of Education, 1994 4
- John C. Flora, American politician, Candidate for U.S. Representative from Illinois at-large, 1924 4
- Billie Hazel Flora, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate for Kansas State Senate 40th District, 2000 4
- Margaret Flora Spittle OBE FRCP FRCR (b. 1939), British oncologist
- Flora Gasser (1932-2022), Filipino veteran film and television actress
- Flora Rheta Schreiber (b. 1918), American professor of English and syndicated columnist for the New York Times
| Suggested Readings for the name Flora | + |
- Flory, Flora, Fleury Family History, 1948, by Walter Quinter Bunderman.
- Supplement to the Flory, Flora, Fleury Family History of 1948 by John P. Marcinkowski.
- "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
- 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)
- Charbonneau, André, and Doris Drolet-Dubé. A Register of Deceased Persons at Sea and on Grosse Île in 1847. The Minister of Canadian Heritage, 1997. ISBN: 0-660-198/1-1997E (p. 76)
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 17) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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