Delapuente History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Spain

The distinguished Spanish surname Delapuente is of local origin, derived from the name of the place where a man once lived or held land. The surname Delapuente is the plural form of the word "Puente" which in Spanish means "bridge," thus, the original bearer of this surname must have been born or lived in a town where there were several bridges, a feature that he decided to adopt as his surname.

Early Origins of the Delapuente family

The surname Delapuente was first found in the valley of the Trucios in the province of Biscay in the Basque region. However, families with the Delapuente surname, have been present in Catalonia for many centuries. The Spanish Delapuente surname has appeared in documents that date as far back as the eleventh century.

Early History of the Delapuente family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Delapuente research. Another 62 words (4 lines of text) covering the years 1704 and 1782 are included under the topic Early Delapuente History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Delapuente Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Ponte, Ponti, Pont, Ponts, Pontos, Puentes, De La Puente and many more.

Early Notables of the Delapuente family

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Delapuente migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Delapuente Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Alonso DeLaPuente, who landed in Florida in 1838 1
Pedro DeLaPuente, who arrived in Guatemala in 1838 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Delapuente (post 1700) +

Candido de la Puente (b. 1875), Spanish missionary to the Philippines

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)