| ![Show Contents]() Vigliotto History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins of the Vigliotto familyThe surname Vigliotto was first found in Piedmont (Italian: Piemonte, Piedmontese and Occitan: Piemont), a territorial division of northern Italy at the foot of the Alps consisting of the provinces of Alessandria, Cuneo, Novara and Turin. Later Aosta and Vercelli were added and still later, Asti. History is related back to 49 B.C. The house of Savoy rose in 1000 A.D. 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 Vigliotto familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Vigliotto research. Another 106 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1822, 1825 and 1840 are included under the topic Early Vigliotto History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Vigliotto Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Vigliotti, Viglieti, Ghligliotti, Ghliglione, Vigliotto, Vigliotti, Biglietto and many more. Early Notables of the Vigliotto familyMore information is included under the topic Early Vigliotto Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Vigliotto familySome of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Cecares Vigil, aged 42, who arrived at Ellis Island, in 1894; Cesario Vigil, aged 49, who arrived at Ellis Island, in 1895; Gerardo Vigil, aged 16, who arrived at Ellis Island, in 1893.
| Contemporary Notables of the name Vigliotto (post 1700) | + |
- Giovanni Vigliotto (1930-1991), infamous American multiple bigamist and fraudster who married 105 women between 1949 and 1981, abandoning each of them; he was finally arrested in Phoenix, Arizona on March 28, 1983 and sentenced to 28 years in prison
- Francesco Vigliotto (b. 1799), Italian faithful of the Bourbon Monarchy who was arrested on June 13, 1799 and executed with five others the next day at the Santa Maria la Scala, Naples, Italy
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