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The surname Gamboa was first found in the Basque region of northern Spain.

Gamboa Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Gamboa, de Gamboa and others.

Gamboa Early History

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Gamboa research. Another 367 words (26 lines of text) covering the years 1352, 1532, 1568, and 1592 are included under the topic Early Gamboa History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Gamboa Early Notables (pre 1700)

Prominent among bearers of the family name at this time was Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa (1532-1592), Spanish explorer, author, historian and astronomer, believed to have been born in Galicia...

Another 28 words (2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Gamboa Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

The Great Migration

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Gamboa Settlers in United States in the 16th Century

Antonio de Gamboa, who sailed to America in 1510
Rodrigo de Gamboa, who sailed to America in 1526
Pedro de Gamboa, who sailed to Hispaniola in 1535
Andrés de Gamboa, who sailed to New Spain in 1538
Francisco de Gamboa, who sailed to Honduras in 1575

Gamboa Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Antonio De Gamboa, who landed in America in 1810 ^[1]CITATION[CLOSE]
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)
Antonio Gamboa, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1865 ^[1]CITATION[CLOSE]
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)
Francisco De Gamboa, who arrived in Honduras in 1875 ^[1]CITATION[CLOSE]
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)

Gamboa Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Alfredo H. Gamboa, aged 29, who landed in America from Merida, Mexico, in 1910
Barbara Gamboa, aged 10, who landed in America from Sunbilla, Spain, in 1910
Clotilde Gamboa, aged 55, who landed in America from Panama City, Panama, in 1914
Augusto Gamboa, aged 35, who emigrated to America from Yucatan, Mexico, in 1917
Ceferino Gamboa, aged 38, who landed in America from Merida, Mexico, in 1919
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name Gamboa (post 1700)

Hernan Gamboa (1946-2016), Venezuelan musician, composer and singer
Santiago Gamboa (b. 1965), Colombian writer
Julio Gamboa (b. 1971), Nicaraguan lightweight boxer
Helen Gamboa -Sotto (b. 1948), Filipina actress and singer
Harry Gamboa Jr. (b. 1951), Chicano essayist, photographer and director
John Ross "Joross" Sanchez Gamboa (b. 1984), Filipino actor
Cristian Gamboa Luna (b. 1989), Costa Rican footballer
Yuriorkis Gamboa Toledano (b. 1981), Cuban Olympic boxer
José Joaquín Gamboa, Mexican dramatist and diplomat
Federico Gamboa, Mexican novelist and playwright

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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)

Other References

Atienza, Julio De Atienza. Español: Diccionario Heraldico De Apellidos Españoles Y De Titulos Nobiliarios. Madrid: Aguilar, 1959. Print.
Archivo General De Indias, Sevilla. Catalogo de Pasajeros a Indias durante los Siglos XVI, XVII y XVIII Edited by the docents of the General Indian Archives under the Director of the Archives, Don Cristobal Bermudez Plata 3 Volumes - Volume 1 1509-1534. Sevilla, Spain: Imprenta de la Gavidia, 1940. Print.
Zieber, Eugene. Heraldry in America. Philadelphia: Genealogical Publishing Co. Print.
de Cadenas, Vicente Y Viicent. Caballeros de La Orden de Santiago Siglo XVIII. Madrid: Hidalguía, 1996. Print.
Chronological list of passengers to Spanish America (including Florida and Louisiana, 1538-1559). From documents in the "Indian Archives". Sevilla. Print.
Robb H. Amanda and Andrew Chesler. Encyclopedia of American Family Names. New York: Haper Collins, 1995. Print. (ISBN 0-06-270075-8).
Carr, Raymond. Spain, 1808-1975. 2nd Ed. . Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1982. Print. (ISBN 978-0198221272).
Crozier, William Armstrong Edition. Crozier's General Armory A Registry of American Families Entitled to Coat Armor. New York: Fox, Duffield, 1904. Print.
Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Galveston Texas 1896-1951. National Archives Washington DC. Print.
Rasmussen, Louis J. . San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists 4 Volumes Colma, California 1965 Reprint. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1978. Print.
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