De torres History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Spain

Noble surnames, such as De torres, evoke images of the ancient homeland of the Spanish people. Torres is the plural of "torre" meaning "tower" and is the 11th most common surname in 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. The De torres family originally lived in the place named Torres. There are many towns and villages in Spain that are named Torres, but the most famous are in the provinces of Andalucia, Oviedo in the Principality of Asturias, Burgos in Castilla-Leon, Lerida in Catalonia, Zaragoza in Aragon, and Navarra. The place-name is of Latin origin and it emerged during the Roman occupation of the Iberian Peninsula.

Early Origins of the De torres family

The surname De torres was first found in Castile, where the name originated in Visigothic times.

Early History of the De torres family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our De torres research. Another 73 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1630, 1653 and 1726 are included under the topic Early De torres History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

De torres Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Torres, Torre, de Torres, de las Torres, de la Torre, de Torre, Turre, de Turre and many more.

Early Notables of the De torres family

Prominent among members of the family

Juan de Torres, a fifteenth century knight; Alfonso de la Torre and Fernando de la Torre, fifteenth century Spanish poets; sixteenth century adventurer Diego de Torres; Francisco de la Torre, sixteent...

De torres migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

De torres Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Baltasar DeTorres, who landed in Veragua in 1835 1
Diego DeTorres, who landed in Cartagena in 1835 1
Beatriz DeTorres, who landed in New Spain in 1835 1
Hernando DeTorres, who arrived in New Spain in 1835 1
Maria DeTorres, who landed in Nombre de Dios, Panama in 1835 1
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De torres 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. 2

De torres Settlers in West Indies in the 19th Century

Isabel DeTorres, who landed in Dominican Republic in 1835 1
Antonio DeTorres, who arrived in Dominican Republic in 1835 1
Garcia DeTorres, who landed in Dominican Republic in 1836 1
Alonso DeTorres, who landed in Dominican Republic in 1838 1

Citations +

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)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies