Friday, January 25, 2008

Mendoza Coat of Arms / Mendoza Family Crest


Mendoza Family Crest / Mendoza Coat of Arms



Origins Available: Italian, Spanish
Where did the Italian mendoza family come from? What is the Italian coat of arms/family crest? When did the mendoza family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the history of the family name?
Spelling variations of this family name include: Amendola, Amendolara, Amendolea, Amendolia, Ammendola, LaMendola, Lammendola, Mendola, Mendolaro, Mendolia, Mendoza, Mendozza and many more.
First found in Northern Italy. The name was also found early on in the South, Sagramoro Mendozi moved his family from Milan to Rimini around this time, and was made Bishop of Piacenza in 1475.
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Luige Mendola, who was Naturalized in Mobile Co., AL in 1868; Aaron Mendoza, who arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1871; and Gaetano Amendola, who was on record in California in 1889.
Suggested Readings for the name mendoza
* Shamrocks and Fleurs-de lis; a Louisiana Genealogy of the O'Brien, Mendoza, Verret, de la Chaise, Chauvin and Allied Families by Leland Dudley O'Brien.
Some noteworthy people of the name mendoza
* Sylvia D Mendoza, American television advertising executive * Lydia Mendoza, American singer and songwriter * Lisa Mendoza, American news producer * Jaime Mendoza, Bolivian essayist, novelist and poet * Cristina Mendoza, Spanish art historian * Gabino Alberto Mendoza, Philippine business management educator and consultant * Hugo Rafael Mendoza, pediatrician and educator, Dominican Republic * Luis Mendoza, Bolivian engineer * Eduardo Mendoza, Spanish novelist * Vicente T Mendoza, Mexican musicologist and folklorist * Francisco Mendoza, Mexican painter * June Mendoza, British portrait painter * Antonio Escobar Mendoza (1589-1669), Spanish Jesuit casuist


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