Vilas History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Spain

Early Origins of the Vilas family

The surname Vilas was first found in Andalucia, in southern Spain.

Early History of the Vilas family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Vilas research. Another 134 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 1271 and 1700 are included under the topic Early Vilas History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Vilas Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Vallegas, Vallegos, Vallegoz, Vallegaz, Valleges, Vilehena, Vilhegas, Vilchena, Vilazel, Vilhena, Villegas, Villegos, Villegoz, Villegaz and many more.

Early Notables of the Vilas family

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Vilas migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Vilas Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Peter Vilas, who landed in Massachusetts in 1720 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Vilas (post 1700) +

William Freeman Vilas (1840-1908), American lawyer, politician, and United States Senator
Martin S. Vilas (1870-1953), Vermont lawyer, politician and author who served as President of the Vermont State Senate
Levi Baker Vilas (1811-1879), American politician, Mayor of Madison, Wisconsin, 1861-62 2
Joseph Vilas (1832-1905), American businessman and politician
Faith Vilas (b. 1952), American planetary scientist and Director of the MMT Observatory in Arizona
William Freeman Vilas (1840-1908), American Democratic Party politician, Member of Wisconsin State Assembly, 1885; U.S. Postmaster General, 1885-88; U.S. Secretary of the Interior, 1888-89; U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, 1891-97 2
Martin Samuel Vilas (b. 1870), American politician, Member of Vermont State Senate from Chittenden County, 1917-23 2
Mari Paz Vilas Dono (b. 1988), Spanish footballer
Manuel Vilas (b. 1962), Spanish writer
Josep Alegre i Vilas (1940-2024), Spanish Roman Catholic monk, he was the abbot of the Royal Abbey of Santa Maria de Poblet from 1998 to 2015
... (Another 8 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

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, October 28) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html