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Where did the Spanish Urban family come from? What is the Spanish Urban family crest and coat of arms? When did the Urban family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Urban family history?
The noble Spanish family name Urban is classified as being of patronymic origin. In this particular instance, the surname Urban is derived from the Latin personal name "Urbanus," from the Latin term "urbs," meaning "town," "city." The surname Urban implies that the original bearer of the name had an ancestor of the first name "Urbanus," and thus means "son of Urbanus."
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Please remember that this page is only a small extract of our complete history that includes: - Ancient origin of the name (usually pre-1100)
- Known spelling variations
- Early movement of the family name during the Middle Ages
- Noteworthy bearers from the 1500-1600s
- First settlers to North America
- Notable contemporary bearers of the name
- A description and/or full color picture of the Coat of Arms, Crest, and Motto (where available)
Spelling variations of this family name include: Urbano, Urbana, Urbain and others.First found in the Basque country, in the northern province of Vizcaya.
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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Urban research. Another 352 words(25 lines of text) covering the years 1747 and 1819 are included under the topic Early Urban History in all our PDF Extended History products.
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This is a small excerpt from our full listing of settlers for the name Urban. 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:
Urban Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- Augustus Urban, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1752
- Johan Lewis Urban, who arrived in Philadelphia, Pa in 1791
Urban Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Adam Urban, who settled in Philadelphia in 1819
- Johannes Urban, who landed in Texas in 1840-1850
- Franz Urban, who arrived in St Clair County, Ill in 1845
- Andreas Urban and his wife Magdalena, who came to Galveston, Texas with their three sons in 1854
- Maria Urban, who landed in Texas in 1854
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- Joseph Maria Urban (1872-1933), American architect and scene designer
- Matt Urban (1919-1995), American who was the most decorated soldier in U.S. military history, receiving 29 medals and awards for bravery during his 20 months of service in Europe during World War II
- Jerheme Urban (b. 1980), American professional football player
- Keith Lionel Urban (b. 1967), New Zealand-born, Australian-raised country music singer
- Knut W. Urban (b. 1941), German physicist, co-winner of the 2011 Wolf Prize in Physics
- Karl Urban, New Zealand actor
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Our PDF Coat of Arms + Extended History product is the whole package all in one. With a full color Coat of Arms along with a very detailed History, full symbolism, bibliography and settlers listed by the centuries.
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- Crozier, William Armstrong Edition. Crozier's General Armory A Registry of American Families Entitled to Coat Armor. New York: Fox, Duffield, 1904. Print.
- Archivo General De Indias, Sevilla. Catalogo de Pasajeros a Indias durante los Siglos XVI, XVII y XVIII Edited by the docents of the General Indian Archives under the Director of the Archives, Don Cristobal Bermudez Plata 3 Volumes - Volume 1 1509-1534. Sevilla, Spain: Imprenta de la Gavidia, 1940. Print.
- Carr, Raymond. Spain, 1808-1975. 2nd Ed. . Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1982. Print. (ISBN 978-0198221272).
- Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Galveston Texas 1896-1951. National Archives Washington DC. Print.
- Rolland, and H.V. Rolland. Armorial Général by J.B. Rietstap. Ramsbury: Heraldry Today. 1967. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-209).
- Rolland, and H.V. Rolland. Illustrations to the Armorial general by J. B. Rietstap 6 volumes in 3. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1976. Print.
- de Cadenas, Vicente Y Viicent. Caballeros de La Orden de Santiago Siglo XVIII. Madrid: Hidalguía, 1996. Print.
- Colletta, John P. They Came in Ships. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1993. Print.
- García Carraffa, Alberto and Arturo. Diccionario Heráldico y Genealógico de Apellidos Españoles y Americanos 88 Volumes. Madrid: A. Marzo. Print.
- Zieber, Eugene. Heraldry in America. Philadelphia: Genealogical Publishing Co. Print.
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The Urban Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Urban 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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