Some last names are generic and without more documentation it is impossible to know which line is it. Such is the csse with García which I wouldn't be surprised if every city, town, village and csmpo has at least one person with the last name Garcia. Then there are other last names that are less frequent and limited to certain areas, such as Bencosme. Other last names have multiple origins and one person may not be related in a distant way to another person with the same last name. Examples would be Mejía which has existed in the DR since the 16th century, but Hipólito Mejía can trace back to a Spaniard from the Canary Islands that settled in the DR in the 17th century, nothing to do with the earlier Mejía. Another case would be José Francisco Peña Gómez who was adopted by a Dominican family. His parents were both Haitians and his non-adopted name was Oggi Pie.
With that said, some last names are believed to first appear in a place at a certain time and later new investigations discover the last nsme has been present since before that, even if new lines appeared in later centuries from immigration by people with the same last name and had nothing to do with those of the same last name who can trace their ancestry back to when the last name first appeared in the country.
That's the case with Vicioso. One of the original last nsmes of Santo Domingo? Existed in the city at least since the 16th century (which is basically the beginning)!
Last night I was reading a old out-of-print Dominican book by E. Demorizi, in this case regarding the devastations of Osorio in 1605-1606. There is a list of people from Santo Domingo who were accussed by Governor Antonio Osorio. The one and only highlighted in yellow. All these people were adults at that time, so they have been living, many or most or all born, in Santo Domingo since the 16th century (1500's). There are further explanations in the footnotes of the book regarding some people, but not him. Not that the following matters, but everyone that wasn't white had their description after their names (mulatto, indio, etc) or a further description in the footnotes such as number 48.
With that said, some last names are believed to first appear in a place at a certain time and later new investigations discover the last nsme has been present since before that, even if new lines appeared in later centuries from immigration by people with the same last name and had nothing to do with those of the same last name who can trace their ancestry back to when the last name first appeared in the country.
That's the case with Vicioso. One of the original last nsmes of Santo Domingo? Existed in the city at least since the 16th century (which is basically the beginning)!
Last night I was reading a old out-of-print Dominican book by E. Demorizi, in this case regarding the devastations of Osorio in 1605-1606. There is a list of people from Santo Domingo who were accussed by Governor Antonio Osorio. The one and only highlighted in yellow. All these people were adults at that time, so they have been living, many or most or all born, in Santo Domingo since the 16th century (1500's). There are further explanations in the footnotes of the book regarding some people, but not him. Not that the following matters, but everyone that wasn't white had their description after their names (mulatto, indio, etc) or a further description in the footnotes such as number 48.
