The following information was supplied by Dan Ridge. Dan is a retired Air Force Weather Officer who lives in Washington State. Dan is married to Gracie Treviņo who orginally came from Pearsall, TX. If you want to contact Dan his e-mail address is: ridgedv@mailexcite.com TREVIŅO. This noble apelation is of Castilian origion, [that] which saw its first light of day ["tuvo su primitivo solar"] in the mountains of Burgos, Castile-Spain. Its nobility is proven in the Orders of Santiago in 1777, in that of Calatrava in 1791, in that of Alcantara in 1786, in that of San Juan of Jerusalem in 1579, 1732, 1733, 1735, and 1763 [, and] in the Royal Chancellery of Valladolid in 1548 and 1584. One branch passed to Cuba, and from the island to New Spain, Mexico, with the third expedition of Hernan Cortes, and in 1790 another [branch] with [which] Don Francisco Treviņo y Davila, was created Marquis of the Trevino Gator [sic] house on December 7, 1787, by royal decree; the first branch fell without leaving descendants. Don Francisco Treviņo y Davila married Dona Manuela Camacho, Marquise of Noble Bridge, [both] born in Burgos and residents of Nuevo Leon, Mexico. (end)
TREVIŅO. This noble apelation is of Castilian origion, [that] which saw its first light of day ["tuvo su primitivo solar"] in the mountains of Burgos, Castile-Spain. Its nobility is proven in the Orders of Santiago in 1777, in that of Calatrava in 1791, in that of Alcantara in 1786, in that of San Juan of Jerusalem in 1579, 1732, 1733, 1735, and 1763 [, and] in the Royal Chancellery of Valladolid in 1548 and 1584. One branch passed to Cuba, and from the island to New Spain, Mexico, with the third expedition of Hernan Cortes, and in 1790 another [branch] with [which] Don Francisco Treviņo y Davila, was created Marquis of the Trevino Gator [sic] house on December 7, 1787, by royal decree; the first branch fell without leaving descendants. Don Francisco Treviņo y Davila married Dona Manuela Camacho, Marquise of Noble Bridge, [both] born in Burgos and residents of Nuevo Leon, Mexico. (end)
As a Treviņo several times over I feel compelled to toss in my two cents on what I have summerized on the origin of the name. Treviņo/Triviņo is an old and illustrious surname from the region of "Castilla la Vieja" (Old Castile} whose capital was Burgos in Northern Spain. The province of Burgos is bordered by the provinces of Santander, Vizcaya, Alava, Logrono, Soria, Segovia, Valladolid and Palencia, During the middle ages it was known as "Las montanas de Burgos," and meant the whole region. Old Castile has six provinces: Santander, Burgos, Logrono, Soria, Segovia and Avila. The surname is considered a toponymic (place name) -- derived most probably from the village and county of Treviņo, in the judicial district of "Miranda de Ebro" in Burgos. Another smaller village of Treviņo exists in the neighboring province of Santander. As to its meaning one source defines it as a "Dueller near a boundery stone touching three districts." The actual origin is uncertain. According to a curious legend, the name is attributed to "Rodrigo Fernandez de Unda," a valiant captain in King don Pelayo's army during the early part of the Reconquest of Spain from the Moors. He was purported to have presented his monarch, as trophies, the heads of three Moors he defeated in battle, for which he was amply rewarded with a Knighthood and ordered to take a much needed rest and drink "Tres Vinos," (Three Wines) -- one for each head. Henceforth, legend has it he and his descendants were known through its corrupted forms, "Treviņo," "Triviņo" and the compound forms "Fernandez de Treviņo," and Fernandez de Triviņo." Branches of the surname Trevino spread from Burgos to the region of Aragon and to the provinces of Navarra and Ciudad Real. By far the most extensive branch, dating back to the middle ages, appears to be that of the the city of Ciudad Real in the province of the same name. The province of Ciudad Real, in central Spain, is bordered by the provinces of Toledo, Cuenca, Albacete, Jaen, Corodba and Badajoz. In northern Mexico most Treviņos and Garzas, as do I, consider their progenitors of the names to be Marcos Alonso Garza y del Arcon and his wife Juana de Treviņo. [end]
The following information was extracted from the "Genealogy of Mexico" located at:
[http://members.tripod.com/~GaryFelix/index1.htm]
Trevino - There were 2 arrivals to the Yucatan from Ciudad Real, Ciudad Real in 1527 possibly father and son. One was Alonso Trevino. Parents: Alonso Trevino and Maria Lopez Canizares. The other was Lope de Trevino. Parents: Alonso de Trevino and Maria Sanchez. Most Trevinos able to trace their ancestry back to Spain would find Diego Temino de Velasco as their ancestor. He arrived in Guadalajara, Jalisco in 1543/1544 with his wife Francisca de Alcozer and children Francisca de Velasco, Baltazar Temino, Diego de Trevino and Maria Banuelos. Each child had at least one child that was either a Termino or Trevino. Some stayed in Guadalajara others went on to Zacatecas and Northern Mexico.