Rivere History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
France
Spain

The distinguished surname Rivere is a proud sign of a rich and ancient ancestry. The name was originally derived from the Castilian word "rivera," which means "riverbank." Thus it is quite probable that the first families to take on Rivere as a surname lived near the banks of a river.

Early Origins of the Rivere family

The surname Rivere was first found in Castile, the kingdom that led the Reconquest of the peninsula from the Muslims, in medieval times.

Early History of the Rivere family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Rivere research. Another 110 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1520, 1532, 1537, 1558, 1588, 1591, 1611, 1652, 1666, 1725, 1765, 1774, 1777, 1779, 1781, 1784, 1830, 1833, 1836, 1854 and 1860 are included under the topic Early Rivere History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Rivere Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Rivera, Ribera, Ribeira, Rivero, Ribero, Ribeiro and others.

Early Notables of the Rivere family

Prominent among members of the family were Ruy Páez de Ribera, a 15th century lyric poet; Suero de Ribera, a contemporary of Ruy and also a poet; Diego de Rivera, one of the noblemen asked by Princess (later Queen) Isabella to announce to her brother King Henry her marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon; Diego Ribero, royal chartmaker to Charles I in the 1520s; José de Ribera, Spanish painter of the Golden Age; Joaquín Rivera, President of Honduras 1833-1836; Juan Antonio Ribeiro, 19th century Foreign Minister of Peru; José Fructuoso Rivera, elected President of Uruguay in 1830; as well as Angel Rivero...
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Rivere migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Rivere Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

M Rivere, aged 44, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1835 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)