Fuente History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Spain

Noble surnames, such as Fuente, evoke images of the ancient homeland of the Spanish people. The original bearer of the name Fuente, 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. Many Spanish local names reflect Arabic words or place-names because Spain was conquered by the Muslim Moors from the 8th to 12th centuries.The Fuente family originally lived in the region of Fuentes which is a place-name that means fountains.

Early Origins of the Fuente family

The surname Fuente was first found in Castile, an important Christian kingdom of the Middle Ages.

Early History of the Fuente family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Fuente research. Another 113 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1185, 1576, 1640 and 1680 are included under the topic Early Fuente History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Fuente Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Fuentes, Fuente, de la Fuente, Fuentecilla, Fuéntez, Fuentez, Font, Fonte, Fontes, Fontecilla, Fontana, Fontano, Fontanal, Fontanales, Fontanals, Fontanella, Fontanet, Fontanillos and many more.

Early Notables of the Fuente family

Notable bearers of the family name Fuente

seventeenth century Spanish navigator Bartolomé Fuentes
nineteenth century Spanish actor Francisco Fuentes
nineteenth century Peruvian lawyer, journalist and writer Manuel Atanasio Fuentes
nineteenth century Mexican politician and writer Juan Antonio de la Fuente

Fuente migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Fuente Settlers in United States in the 16th Century

Alonso de la Fuente, who sailed to America in 1513
Juan de la Fuente, moved to Cartagena in 1534
Bernardino de Fuente, who settled in Peru in 1579

Fuente Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Juan DeLa Fuente, who landed in America in 1812 1
Alonso DeLa Fuente, who arrived in America in 1813 1
Francisco DeLa Fuente, who landed in America in 1813 1
Rodrigo De Fuente, who arrived in Spanish Main in 1834 1
Juare L Fuente, aged 25, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1838 1
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Fuente 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

Fuente Settlers in West Indies in the 19th Century

Pedro DeLa Fuente, who landed in Dominican Republic in 1834 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Fuente (post 1700) +

José Manuel Fuente Lavandera (1945-1996), Spanish professional road racing cyclist and noted climbing specialist
Juan Mujica de la Fuente (b. 1905), Chilean writer and diplomat

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