Silvestre History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins of the Silvestre family
The surname Silvestre was first found in Essex, but the earliest record of the name was Sylvester, a medieval Bishop of Worcester (1216-1218.)
Early History of the Silvestre family
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Silvestre Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Silvester, Sylvester, Silvestre and others.
Early Notables of the Silvestre family
Notable among the family at this time was Daniel Silvester, Advocate; Joshua Sylvester (1563-1618), an English poet; and John Silvester (1652-1722) an English blacksmith at the Tower of London who held the Lordship of...
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Silvestre Ranking
In the United States, the name Silvestre is the 13,407th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1 However, in France, the name Silvestre is ranked the 1,219th most popular surname with an estimated 4,590 people with that name. 2
Silvestre migration to the United States +
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Silvestre Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
- Antonio De Silvestre, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1816 3
- Gonzalo Silvestre, who arrived in Florida in 1838 3
- Joaquin Silvestre, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1860 3
Contemporary Notables of the name Silvestre (post 1700) +
- Sonia Margarita Silvestre Ortiz (1952-2014), Dominican singer and announcer
- Prof. Carlos Silvestre Frenk C.B.E., British Ogden Professor of Fundamental Physics for Durham University was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire on 17th June 2017, for services to Cosmology and the Public Dissemination of Basic Science
- Michel Silvestre Brayer, French Divisional General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 4
- Private First Class Silvestre S Herrera (1917-2007), American soldier awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1945
- Silvestre De Leon, American politician, Delegate to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Victoria, 1835 5
- Silvestre Reyes (b. 1944), American Democratic Party politician, U.S. Representative from Texas 16th District, 1997-; Defeated in primary, 2012; Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 2000, 2004, 2008 6
Citations +
- "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
- 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)
- Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, February 11) Michel Brayer. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 22) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, December 10) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html