Espejo History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Spain

During the Middle Ages, the surname of Espejo was used in Spain. While the patronymic and metronymic surnames, which are derived from the name of the father and mother respectively, are the most common form of a hereditary surname in Spain, occupational surnames also emerged during the late Middle Ages. During the Middle Ages, many people, such as the Espejo family, adopted the name of their occupation as their surname. However, an occupational name did not become a hereditary surname until the office or type of employment became hereditary. The surname Espejo was an occupational name for a person who made or sold mirrors. This Spanish name was recorded in medieval documents in its Latin form, Speculum, which means to look or to see.

Early Origins of the Espejo family

The surname Espejo was first found in Aragon, in northeastern Spain.

Early History of the Espejo family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Espejo research. Another 185 words (13 lines of text) covering the years 1137, 1148, 1170, 1175, 1229, 1238, 1282, 1469, 1540, 1582, 1583 and 1585 are included under the topic Early Espejo History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Espejo Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Espejo, del Espejo, Espeja, de Espeja, Espexo and many more.

Early Notables of the Espejo family

Notable bearers of the family name Espejo

was Antonio de Espejo (c. 1540-1585), a Spanish explorer who led an expedition into New Mexico and Arizona in 1582-1583

Espejo migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Espejo Settlers in United States in the 16th Century

Antonio de Espejo, who voyaged to New Spain in 1571 with the expedition of Pedro Moya de Contreras. In 1581-82 Antonio led an expedition to explore the territory that is today New Mexico

Espejo Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Juan de Dios Espejo, who sailed to Puerto Rico in 1851
Juan DeDios Espejo, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1851 1
Nicolas Espejo, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1858 1
Nicolás Espejo Laguna, who sailed to Puerto Rico in 1858

Espejo Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Maria Espejo, aged 35, who immigrated to America from Havana, Cuba, in 1905
Mariano Espejo, aged 20, who immigrated to the United States from Mexico, Mexico, in 1909
Gonzalo Espejo, aged 22, who settled in America from Merida, Mexico, in 1909
Maria C. Espejo, aged 27, who landed in America from Sevilla, Spain, in 1910
Santiago Espejo, aged 28, who landed in America from Menda, Yucatan, in 1910
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Contemporary Notables of the name Espejo (post 1700) +

Jerónimo Espejo (1801-1889), Argentine general, enlisted in the Army of the Andes
Francisco Javier Eugenio de Santa Cruz y Espejo (1747-1795), Ecuador medical pioneer, writer and lawyer
Jerónimo Espejo, Argentine writer and military officer

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)