| ![Show Contents]() Riveros History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 Spain The distinguished surname Riveros is a proud sign of a rich and ancient ancestry. The name was originally derived from the Castilian word "rivera," which means "riverbank." Thus it is quite probable that the first families to take on Riveros as a surname lived near the banks of a river. Early Origins of the Riveros familyThe surname Riveros was first found in Castile, the kingdom that led the Reconquest of the peninsula from the Muslims, in medieval times. Early History of the Riveros familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Riveros research. Another 110 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1520, 1532, 1537, 1558, 1588, 1591, 1611, 1652, 1666, 1725, 1765, 1774, 1777, 1779, 1781, 1784, 1830, 1833, 1836, 1854 and 1860 are included under the topic Early Riveros History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Riveros Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Rivera, Ribera, Ribeira, Rivero, Ribero, Ribeiro and others. Early Notables of the Riveros familyProminent among members of the family were Ruy Páez de Ribera, a 15th century lyric poet; Suero de Ribera, a contemporary of Ruy and also a poet; Diego de Rivera, one of the noblemen asked by Princess (later Queen) Isabella to announce to her brother King Henry her marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon; Diego Ribero, royal chartmaker to Charles I in the 1520s; José de Ribera, Spanish painter of the Golden Age; Joaquín Rivera, President of Honduras 1833-1836; Juan Antonio Ribeiro, 19th century Foreign Minister of Peru; José Fructuoso Rivera, elected President of Uruguay in 1830; as well as Angel Rivero...
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 Riveros migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Riveros Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Hernando Riveros, who arrived in America in 1813 1
- Aug Riveros, aged 35, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1829 1
| Contemporary Notables of the name Riveros (post 1700) | + |
- Jaime Eduardo Riveros Valenzuela (b. 1970), former Chilean footballer and current manager of Deportes Santa Cruz
- Enrique Riveros Fernandez (1906-1954), Chilean actor
- Marcos Antonio Riveros Krayacich (b. 1988), Paraguayan footballer
- Cristian Miguel Riveros Núñez (b. 1982), Paraguayan professional footballer
- Karen Nathalia Riveros Schulz, Paraguayan swimmer at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Bárbara Catalina Riveros Díaz (b. 1987), Chilean professional triathlete
- Guillermo Riveros Conejeros (1902-1959), Chilean football defender
- 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)
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Riveros migration to the United States 
