De valenzuela History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Noble surnames, such as De valenzuela, evoke images of the ancient homeland of the Spanish people. The original bearer of the name De valenzuela, 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 De valenzuela family originally lived in the place named Valenzuela. This place named is derived from the place-name Valencia, and it means little Valencia. The city of Valencia is situated on the Guadalaviar (now Turia) river. The city was first named Valencia de Campos by the king of Leon in 1150.
Early Origins of the De valenzuela family
The surname De valenzuela was first found in Castile, and important Christian kingdom of medieval Spain.
Early History of the De valenzuela family
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De valenzuela Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Valenzuela, de Valenzuela, Valensuela, de Valensuela, Valenz, Valens, Valente, Valiente, Valentín, Valentin and many more.
Early Notables of the De valenzuela family
Prominent among members of the family
- Fernando de Valenzuela (1630-1692), 1st Marquis of Villasierra, Grandee of Spain, a Spanish royal favourite and minister
- Juan de Valenzuela Venegas, made Count of Val del Aguila in 1690
- nineteenth century Colombian priest and writer Eloy de Valenzuela
- nineteenth century Guatemalan statesman Pedro de Valenzuela
De valenzuela migration to the United States +
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
De valenzuela Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
- Martin DeValenzuela, who arrived in Veragua in 1835 1
- Francisco DeValenzuela, who arrived in Guatemala in 1838 1
De valenzuela 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.
2De valenzuela Settlers in West Indies in the 19th Century
- Diego DeValenzuela, who arrived in Dominican Republic 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)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies