Viel History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England
Italy

The name comes from the Latin word "vita," meaning "life."

Early Origins of the Viel family

The surname Viel was first found in Treviso, anciently known as Tarvisium, a town in Venetia, capital of the province of Treviso. The cathedral of San Pietro is notable and dates back to 1141. It is in the classical style with seven domes, and houses works by many notable painters and sculptors. In those ancient times only persons of rank, the podesta, clergy, city officials, army officers, artists, landowners were entered into the records. To be recorded at this time, at the beginning of recorded history, was of itself a great distinction and indicative of noble ancestry.

Early History of the Viel family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Viel research. Another 121 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1290, 1458, 1469, 1489, 1502, 1508, 1513, 1523, 1610, 1632, 1652, 1660, 1681, 1692, 1753, 1824 and 1848 are included under the topic Early Viel History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Viel Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Viti, Vito, Vit, Vitti, Biti, Bitti, Bitto, Vidi, Vido, Vio, Vitelli, Vitello, Vitiello, Vitulli, Vittozzo, Vitone, Vitoni, Bittolo, Bittini, Bitelli, Vidolo, Vitangelo, Vilotti, Vidossi and many more.

Early Notables of the Viel family

Prominent among members of the family was Cornelio Vitelli (fl. 1489), Italian scholar, born of a noble family at Corneto in the Romagna. 1 Vitellozzo Vitelli (c.1458-1502) was an Italian condottiero, Lord of Montone, Città di Castello, Monterchi and Anghiari; Timoteo Viti (1469-1523), was an Italian Renaissance painter closely associated with Raphael from...
Another 51 words (4 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Viel Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Viel Ranking

In France, the name Viel is the 1,005^th most popular surname with an estimated 5,278 people with that name. 2

Viel migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Viel Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Maria Viel, who arrived in America in 1742 3
Anna Maria Viel, who arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1742 3
Johann Jacob Viel, who landed in America in 1767 3

Viel Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Mr. Lelle Viel, (b. 1847), aged 33, French merchant traveling from Barbados aboard the ship "S.S. Bahama" arriving in New York in 1880 4
Mr. Antonio Viel, aged 30, German settler who arrived in New York in 1893 aboard the ship "La Gascogne" 5
Mr. Costante Viel, aged 43, German settler who arrived in New York in 1893 aboard the ship "La Gascogne" 6

Viel migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Viel Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

George Viel, aged 27, who arrived in Lyttelton, New Zealand aboard the ship "Apelles" in 1874

Contemporary Notables of the name Viel (post 1700) +

Cristián Enrique Viel Temperley (b. 1967), former Argentine rugby union player

Citations +

Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
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)
Barbados archives retrieved 27th October 2021 from https://atthebarbadosarchives.wordpress.com/2003/07/18/barbados-heritage-passenger-lists-and-barbados-departures/
Germans to America retrieved 21st October 2021. Retrieved from Glazier, Ira. A., and Filby, P. William. Germans to America: Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports. Vol. 62, Scholarly Resources Inc, 2055
Germans to America retrieved 21st October 2021. Retrieved from Glazier, Ira. A., and Filby, P. William. Germans to America: Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports. Vol. 62, Scholarly Resources Inc, 2056