De la puente History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of De la puente

What does the name De la puente mean?

The distinguished Spanish surname De la puente is of local origin, derived from the name of the place where a man once lived or held land. The surname De la puente is the plural form of the word "Puente" which in Spanish means "bridge," thus, the original bearer of this surname must have been born or lived in a town where there were several bridges, a feature that he decided to adopt as his surname.

Early Origins of the De la puente family

The surname De la puente was first found in the valley of the Trucios in the province of Biscay in the Basque region. However, families with the De la puente surname, have been present in Catalonia for many centuries. The Spanish De la puente surname has appeared in documents that date as far back as the eleventh century.

Early History of the De la puente family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our De la puente research. Another 62 words (4 lines of text) covering the years 1704 and 1782 are included under the topic Early De la puente History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

De la puente Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Ponte, Ponti, Pont, Ponts, Pontos, Puentes, De La Puente and many more.

Early Notables of the De la puente family

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De la puente migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

De la puente Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Alonso DeLaPuente, who landed in Florida in 1838 1
Pedro DeLaPuente, who arrived in Guatemala in 1838 1

Contemporary Notables of the name De la puente (post 1700) +

Candido de la Puente (b. 1875), Spanish missionary to the Philippines

Sources +

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)