Manso History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Italy

Early Origins of the Manso family

The surname Manso was first found in Calabria a territorial district of Italy. Ancient Calabria was in Lecce. Modern Calabria is in the southern extremity of Italy coasting the straits of Messina. Reggio and Messina are the cities of note. This beautiful region produces wine. Olive oil and fruit. Reggio was heavily bombed during WWII because of its strategical link with Sicily. In those ancient times only persons of rank, the podesta, clergy, city officials, army officers, artists, landowners were entered into the records. To be recorded at this time, at the beginning of recorded history, was of itself a great distinction and indicative of noble ancestry.

Early History of the Manso family

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Manso Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Monsolini, Mansolini, Manzolini, Monsorio, Mansorio, Monzolini, Mansolilli, Manzolilli, Manzolelli, Mansoria and many more.

Early Notables of the Manso family (pre 1700)

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Manso migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Manso Settlers in United States in the 16th Century

Alvaro Manso, who settled in Veragua in 1535
Hernando Manso, who settled in Puerto Rico in 1560
Francisco Manso, who settled in Central America in 1565
Esteban Manso, who settled in Peru in 1592

Manso Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Miguel Manso, who arrived in America in 1812 [1]
Pedro Manso, who landed in San Juan Island in 1812 [1]
Don Jose Manso, who settled in New Orleans in 1827
Jose Manso, aged 18, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1827 [1]
Juan Manso, who arrived in America in 1827 [1]
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Manso Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Lucia Manso, aged 18, originally from Cammarata, Sicily, who arrived in New York, N. Y. in 1919 aboard the ship "Patria" from Palermo, Italy [2]
Segundo Manso, aged 26, who arrived in New York in 1919 aboard the ship "Esperanza" from Havana, Cuba [3]
Victor Manso, aged 23, who arrived in New York in 1919 aboard the ship "Skogstad" from Gibraltar, Spain [4]

Contemporary Notables of the name Manso (post 1700) +

Peter Manso (d. 2021), American writer and journalist

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)
"New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J6Q7-BPJ : 6 December 2014), Lucia Manso, 23 Dec 1919; citing departure port Palermo, arrival port New York, N. Y., ship name Patria, NARA microfilm publication T715 and M237 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J67M-GYS : 6 December 2014), Segundo Manso, 07 Apr 1919; citing departure port Havana, Cuba, arrival port New York, ship name Esperanza, NARA microfilm publication T715 and M237 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J6WM-43J : 6 December 2014), Victor Manso, 24 Jun 1919; citing departure port Gibraltar, arrival port New York, ship name Skogstad, NARA microfilm publication T715 and M237 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).