Portilla History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins of the Portilla family
The surname Portilla was first found in Ferrara, a city and comune in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital city of the Province of Ferrara. History dates the city back to 753. It was at war with Venice in 1471. It is a walled city and notable is the Church of S.Cristoforo. Knitted goods and shawls are made. 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 was in itself a family honor.
Early History of the Portilla family
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Portilla Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Porto, Porti, Portilla, Porta, Portanova, Dapporto, Da Poro and many more.
Early Notables of the Portilla family
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Portilla migration to the United States +
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Portilla Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
- Pedro Baldomero Portilla, aged 16, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1833 1
- Indalecio DeLa Portilla, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1860 1
- Ramon Portilla, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1861 1
- Segundo DeLa Portilla, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1875 1
- Leoncio DeLa Portilla, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1881 1
Contemporary Notables of the name Portilla (post 1700) +
- Alex Diaz de la Portilla (b. 1964), American Republican politician, Member of Florida State House of Representatives 115th District, 1995- 2
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, December 10) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html