| ![Show Contents]() Demontoya History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Etymology of DemontoyaWhat does the name Demontoya mean? Noble surnames, such as Demontoya, evoke images of the ancient homeland of the Spanish people. The original bearer of the name Demontoya, 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 Demontoya family originally lived in a mountainous region of that province. This local name was originally derived from the Spanish word monte, which means hill or wooded upland. Early Origins of the Demontoya familyThe surname Demontoya was first found in the Basque region of northern Spain in a hamlet near Berantevilla in Álava. Early History of the Demontoya familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Demontoya research. Another 194 words (14 lines of text) covering the year 1289 is included under the topic Early Demontoya History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Demontoya Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Montoya, de Montoya, Monte, Montes, de Montes, Móntez, Montez, Montero, Monteros, de los Monteros, Montecillo, Montejo, de Montejo, Mont, Montaña, Montana, Montaño and many more. Early Notables of the Demontoya familywere seventeenth century Spanish writer Román Montero Espinosa; nineteenth century Colombian military officer José Manuel Montoya; nineteenth century Spanish bullfighter Francisco Montes, known as "Paquiro"; nineteenth century Bolivian politician Ismael Montes; nineteenth century Spanish composer Juan de Montes; nineteenth century Venezuelan military officer Francisco...
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| Demontoya migration to the United States | + |
Demontoya Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Gaspar DeMontoya, who arrived in Rio de la Plata in 1835 1
- Beatriz DeMontoya, who landed in New Spain in 1836 1
- Baltasar DeMontoya, who arrived in Guatemala in 1838 1
| Demontoya 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. 2Demontoya Settlers in West Indies in the 19th Century- Juan DeMontoya, who landed in Dominican Republic in 1838 1
- 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
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