Mont History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Spain

Noble surnames, such as Mont, evoke images of the ancient homeland of the Spanish people. The original bearer of the name Mont, 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. The Mont family originally lived in a mountainous region of that province. This local name was originally derived from the Spanish word monte, which means hill or wooded upland.

Early Origins of the Mont family

The surname Mont was first found in the Basque region of northern Spain in a hamlet near Berantevilla in Álava.

Early History of the Mont family

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Mont Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Montoya, de Montoya, Monte, Montes, de Montes, Móntez, Montez, Montero, Monteros, de los Monteros, Montecillo, Montejo, de Montejo, Mont, Montaña, Montana, Montaño and many more.

Early Notables of the Mont family

Prominent among members of the family

were seventeenth century Spanish writer Román Montero Espinosa
nineteenth century Colombian military officer José Manuel Montoya
nineteenth century Spanish bullfighter Francisco Montes, known as "Paquiro"
nineteenth century Bolivian politician Ismael Montes
nineteenth century Spanish composer Juan de Montes
nineteenth century Venezuelan military officer Francisco Montoya Zapata
nineteenth century Peruvian painter Luis Montero
nineteenth century Mexican naturalist and writer Luis Montaña
nineteenth century Peruvian politician Lisardo Montero
nineteenth century Spanish ballerina Lola Montes

Mont migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Mont Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Alex Mont, who landed in Virginia in 1658 1

Mont Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Charle Mont, who arrived in New York, NY in 1763 1

Mont Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Abraham Mont, aged 43, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1875 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Mont (post 1700) +

Mrs. W. Mont Ferry, American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Utah, 1924 2
Mont Justeson, American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1964 3

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)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 2) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 28) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html