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Where did the Spanish Perera family come from? What is the Spanish Perera family crest and coat of arms? When did the Perera family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Perera family history?
The surname Perera comes from the place name Pereira, which was situated near the river Ave, in the district of Palmeira, in the parish of Sao Pedro Fins. The place itself was derived from the Galician term "peral" which implied a place planted with pear trees.
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- First settlers to North America
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Spelling variations of this family name include: Pereira, Pereyra and others.First found in Galicia, in the northwestern corner of the Iberian Peninsula.
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This is a small excerpt from our full listing of settlers for the name Perera. 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:
Perera Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century
- Isaac Perera, who landed in America in 1679
Perera Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- Bernarda Perera, who came to New Orleans from the Canary Islands in 1779
Perera Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Alonso Perera, who arrived in Venezuela in 1834
- Lorenza Perera, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1857
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- José Jesús Perera López (b. 1980), Spanish footballer
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- Diez, Ma Del Carmen Galbis. Catalogo de Pasajeros a Indias Durante los siglos XVI, XVII y XVIII Archivo General de Indias Sevilla Volume 6. Murcia, Spain: Ministerio de Cultura, 1986. Print.
- Best, Hugh. Debrett's Texas Peerage. New York: Coward-McCann, 1983. Print. (ISBN 069811244X).
- Bolton, Charles Knowles. Bolton's American Armory. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1964. Print.
- Rolland, and H.V. Rolland. Armorial Général by J.B. Rietstap. Ramsbury: Heraldry Today. 1967. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-209).
- Chronological list of passengers to Spanish America (including Florida and Louisiana, 1538-1559). From documents in the "Indian Archives". Sevilla. Print.
- Rasmussen, Louis J. . San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists 4 Volumes Colma, California 1965 Reprint. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1978. Print.
- Hanks, Patricia and Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Print. (ISBN 0-19-211592-8).
- Maduell, Charles R. Compiler Index of Spanish Citizens Entering the Port of New Orleans Between January 1840 and December 1865. New Orleans: The Compiler, 1966. Print.
- Zieber, Eugene. Heraldry in America. Philadelphia: Genealogical Publishing Co. Print.
- Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Galveston Texas 1896-1951. National Archives Washington DC. Print.
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The Perera Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Perera 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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