* Source of the above family history info.: Duaine, Carl Laurence. "With All Arms A Study of a Kindred Group"
Edinburg, Texas: New Santander Press, 1987.
Family Histories (a work in progress)
Elizalde - Coat of Arms.
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Elizondo - From the village of the same name. Armas: Escudo jaquelado de plata y sable.
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Escobar - Of the mountains of Leon. Armas: En campo de plata, cinco escobas de sinople
atadas con una cinta de gules y puestas en sotuer.
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Escobedo - Two of the earliest arrivals were Diego and Juan both from Sevilla. Diego
arrived in 1524 conquered parts of Mexico and in 1536 married the widow of the
Conquistador Pablo de Retamales. Juan arrived in 1528 settled in Panuco and married
the daughter of the Conquistador Bartolome de Cuellar.
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Espino - Armas: Escudo partido 1, en campo de gules una banda de azur, perfilada de oro
y cargada de tres estrellas de oro y 2, en campo de gules, un leon rampante con una espada
desnuda en la mano.
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Falcon - Gabriel Falcon was the first Falcon to come to Mexico in 1528 from Baleares.
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Fernandez - Derived from Fernan or Fernando. Those of the valley of Carriedo which came to
Mexico the Armas: en Campo de plata, tres fajas de sinople: bordura de azur con catro
castillos de plata y cuatro leones de oro rampantes.
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Figueroa - From the Knight Froyla Fernandez who married Dona Glasiunta, daughter of the
King Chindasvinto of Gallego. Armas: En campo de oro, cinco hojas de higuera de sinople
puestas en sotuer.
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Flores - Derivative of the name Fruela or Froila. Decendants of Don Aznar Fruela who was
a natural son of Don Fruela II, King of Asturias. Some branches of this family came to
America.
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Franco - In addition to the Conquistador Pedro de Franco another early arrival was
Francisco Franco Estrada. Francisco arrived in 1524 and was a Conquistador of Honduras,
and Oaxaca. He married in 1532 and had 6 children. Francisco's brother was Alonso Martin
Asturiano an artilleryman in the conquest.
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Frias - From the city of the same name in Briviesca, Burgos. A branch of the family came
to America and their Armas: en campo de plata, tres fajas de sable.
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Fuentes - Sometime around 1541 some of Bernal Diaz del Castillo's. tribute in Mexico was
reassigned to his natural daughter dona Teresa Diaz de Padilla. Teresa later married Juan
de Fuentes.
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Gallardo - Derivative of the Gallart (Surname). Branches of this family came to Mexico as
well as Chile.
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Gallegos - Decendants of the Count Don Ramon Romaes, son of the King Don Fruela I. The
Arms of those that came to the Americas are as follows: 1, cortado la parte alta de azur
con un creciente contornado de plata surmontado de tres estrellas del mismo metal, y en
la baja de plata un penasco al natural y desprendiendose de el un aguila de sable
retocada de oro y 2, en campo de gules un castillo de oro aclarado de azur sobre ondas
de mar de azur y plata acompanado de dos columnas del mismo metal surmontada cada una
de ellas de un aguila de oro.
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Galvan - Armas: En campo de gules tres estrellas de plata mal ordenadas; en jefe, un
creciente ranversado, tambien de oro.
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Garrido - Granted nobility by the order of Carlos the third. Armas: En campo de oro
una banda de gules engolada en cabezas de dragones de sinople, y acompanada de dos
lobos de sable, uno a cada lado; bordura de gules, con ocho aspas de oro.
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Garza, de la - A name that is currently rare in Spain. The first settler was Marcos
Alonso de la Garza y Arcon. Born in Lepe, Huelva, Spain c1540 and died in Nuevo Leon in
1610. He was married to Juana de Trevino of Mexico City and they had the following children:
Francisco de la Garza
Marcos Alonso de la Garza
Pedro de La Garza
Blas de la Garza
Diego de Trevino
Joseph de Trevino
See how the Trevino and Garza are related through the Mexico DNA Project.
Reynaldo de la Garza's Sitela página de los Garza in spanish.
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Gil - On May 6,1532 the Emperor Carlos the first granted the following arms to Don
Cristobal Gil a resident of Antequera New Spain (Mexico): escudo cuartelado: 1, en
campo de gules un castillo de oro sobre una pena de sinople, y en su homenaje, una
bandera de plata cargada de una cruz de gules; 2, en campo de oro, dos tigres al
natural empinados y afrontados 3, ondas de mar de azur y plata y 4, en campo de gules
un aguila de sable con las alas abiertas.
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Gomez - In addition to the "Gomez" conquistadors already mentioned there was a Gonzalo
Gomez who was born in 1498 and arrived in the Indies at the age of 12 with his father.
At 16 he was in Central America and in 1524 settled in Mexico. Gomez married and had
six children. One being a son by the name of Amador Gomez. While a resident of Michoacan
in 1536 he was investigated and brought before an inquisition for practicing the Jewish
faith.
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Gonzalez - On September 5,1530 the Emperor Carlos the first granted the following arms
to Don Ruy Gonzalez a resident of Mexico City: escudo de oro, partido por una barra de
gules: la derecha con un puente sobre una acequia de agua, y a la izquierda con un
aguila de sable rampante. Bordura de plata, con ocho cruces de gules.
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Guerra - The name originated in the mountains of Santander. A branch settled in the
Canary Islands.
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Guevara - decendants of the knight Ladron Velez de Guevara who was made a Count by the
King of Navarra Garcia Ramirez in 1135.
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Guijarro - Juan Guijarro was the first to come to Mexico. He arrived with his brother
Pablo Lopez in 1537.
Guillen - On November 8,1539 the Emperor Carlos the first granted the following arms
to Don Francisco Guillen a resident of Mexico City: escudo cortado: 1, en campo de
gules, una torre de plata, y 2, en campo de oro, doe tigres en salto. Bordura de azur
con siete estrellas de oro.
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