Orestes History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Spain

Early Origins of the Orestes family

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

Early History of the Orestes family

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Orestes Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Arestegui, Arostegui, Orestegui, Aresti, Areste, Oresti and many more.

Early Notables of the Orestes family

Giovanni Battista Aresti de Dovara, O.P., a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Aleppo (1645-1650.) He was ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor. On...
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Migration of the Orestes family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Joseph Aresteguieta, who arrived at the port of Philadelphia in 1804.

Contemporary Notables of the name Orestes (post 1700) +

Duncan Orestes Alguire (1853-1925), Canadian politician and physician, Member of Parliament for Stormont (1911-1917)
Fremont Orestes Phillips (1856-1936), American Republican politician, Mayor of Medina, Ohio, 1886-90; U.S. Representative from Ohio 20th District, 1899-1901; Defeated, 1900 1
Festus Orestes Butt (1875-1972), American politician, Member of Arkansas State House of Representatives; Member of Arkansas State Senate 2
Orestes Augustus Brownson (1803-1876), American philosopher and writer
Orestes de Martini (b. 1874), American politician, U.S. Vice Consul in Trieste, 1907-14 3
Orestes Cleveland (1829-1896), American Democratic Party politician, Mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey, 1864-67, 1886-92; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1869-71; Defeated, 1870 2

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The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 21) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 9) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 15) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html