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The surname Villasenor was first found in Andalusia. An early record of the name shows Juan de Villaseñor y Seronis (Serones,) who was a Commander in the Order of Santiago, and Horseman of the Order of Reino Tarasco in circa 1425.

Villasenor Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Villasenor, Villasenior and others.

Villasenor Early History

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Villasenor research. Another 26 words (2 lines of text) covering the years 1576 and 1634 are included under the topic Early Villasenor History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Villasenor Early Notables (pre 1700)

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The Great Migration

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Villasenor Settlers in United States in the 16th Century

Juan de Villaseñor (1500-1576), a Captain and Conqueror of New Spain

Villasenor Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Juan Ignacio Villasenor, who arrived in Baltimore in 1823
Juan De Villasenor, who landed in America in 1827 ^[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)
Emillo Villasenor traveled on the "SS San Juan" from Panama to San Francisco in 1895

Contemporary Notables of the name Villasenor (post 1700)

Victor Villaseñor (b. 1940), American acclaimed fiction and nonfiction writer, best known for the New York Times bestseller novel Rain of Gold
Rico Villasenor, American musician
Victor Villasenor, acclaimed Mexican-American writer
Joey Villasenor (b. 1975), Mexican American mixed martial arts fighter
John Villasenor, Professor of Electrical Engineering at UCLA
José Antonio Villaseñor y Sánchez, Mexican geographer, historian, and mathematician
Fabián Israél Villasenor, Mexican footballer and goalkeeper

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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

García Carraffa, Alberto and Arturo. Diccionario Heráldico y Genealógico de Apellidos Españoles y Americanos 88 Volumes. Madrid: A. Marzo. Print.
Domínguez, C. Hispano de Apellidos y Blasones. 4 Vols. 2001. Print.
de Cadenas, Vicente Y Viicent. Heraldic Patronimica Española Y Sus Patronimicos Compuestos. Madrid: Hidalguía, 1976. Print.
Carr, Raymond. Spain, 1808-1975. 2nd Ed. . Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1982. Print. (ISBN 978-0198221272).
Best, Hugh. Debrett's Texas Peerage. New York: Coward-McCann, 1983. Print. (ISBN 069811244X).
Robb H. Amanda and Andrew Chesler. Encyclopedia of American Family Names. New York: Haper Collins, 1995. Print. (ISBN 0-06-270075-8).
Zieber, Eugene. Heraldry in America. Philadelphia: Genealogical Publishing Co. Print.
Chronological list of passengers to Spanish America (including Florida and Louisiana, 1538-1559). From documents in the "Indian Archives". Sevilla. Print.
Samuelsen, W. David. New York City Passenger List Manifests Index 1820 - 1824. North Salt Lake, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems International, 1986. Print.
Browning, Charles H. Americans of Royal Descent. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
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