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![Show Contents]() Cortesia History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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Noble surnames, such as Cortesia, evoke images of the ancient homeland of the Spanish people. The original bearer of the name Cortesia, which is a local surname, once lived, held land, or was born in the beautiful region of Spain. In Spain, hereditary surnames were adopted according to fairly general rules and during the late Middle Ages, names that were derived from localities became increasingly widespread. Local names originally denoted the proprietorship of the village or estate. Early Origins of the Cortesia familyThe surname Cortesia was first found in Aragon, an important Christian kingdom of mediaeval Spain. Early History of the Cortesia familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Cortesia research. Another 69 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1246, 1551, 1648 and 1694 are included under the topic Early Cortesia History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Cortesia Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Cortés, Cortes, Cortesía, Cortesia, Cortez and many more. Early Notables of the Cortesia familyAnother 43 words (3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Cortesia Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
 Cortesia migration to West Indies | + |
The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 1Cortesia Settlers in West Indies in the 19th Century- Cristobal Cortesia, who arrived in Dominican Republic in 1835 2
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
- 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)
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Cortesia migration to West Indies 
