Faro History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Spain

Early Origins of the Faro family

The surname Faro was first found in Aragon an ancient Kingdom of Spain.

Early History of the Faro family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Faro research. Another 77 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1271 and 1584 are included under the topic Early Faro History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Faro Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Fara, Fare, Farra, Faro, Farraa, Far, Farons and many more.

Early Notables of the Faro family

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Faro migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Faro Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

P I Faro, aged 39, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1823 1
Pedro Faro, aged 30, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1835 1
Juan Faro, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1878 1

Faro migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Faro Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Mr. James Faro, British Convict who was convicted in Middlesex, England for 7 years for shop lifting, transported aboard the "Earl Cornwallis" in August 1800, arriving in New South Wales, Australia 2
Mr. Joseph Faro, (b. 1860), aged 18, Cornish farm labourer travelling aboard the ship "Smyrna" arriving in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on 19th August 1878 3

Contemporary Notables of the name Faro (post 1700) +

Neusa Maria Faro (1945-2023), Brazilian actress, born in Sorocaba
Isnardo "Junior" Faro (b. 1978), Aruba Olympic weightlifter, Flagbearer for Aruba at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Jônatas Grassia Faro (b. 1987), Brazilian actor and singer

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)
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 13th August 2021). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/earl-cornwallis
Cornwall Online Parish Clerks. (Retrieved 2018, April 19). Emigrants to Australia NSW 1860 -88 [PDF]. Retrieved from http://www.opc-cornwall.org/Resc/pdfs/nsw_passenger_lists_1860_88.pdf