Lorigo Family History & Genealogy

History

Loriga was founded originally along a column between ravines where today the historic centre exists. The site was ostensibly selected more than 2600 years ago, owing to its defensibility, the abundance of potable water and pasturelands, and lowlands that provided conditions to practice both hunting and gathering/agriculture.
Loriga was an industrial centre for textile manufacturing during the 19th century. It was one of the few industrialized centres in the Beira Interior region, even supplanting Seia until the middle of the 20th century.[1] Only Covilhã out-performed Loriga in terms of businesses operating from its lands; companies such as Regato, Redondinha, Fonte dos Amores, Tapadas, Fândega, Leitão & Irmãos, Augusto Luís Mendes, Lamas, Nunes Brito, Moura Cabral and Lorimalhas, among others.[1] The main roadway in Loriga, Avenida Augusto Luís Mendes, is named for one of the villages most illustrious industrialists. The wool industry started to decline during the last decades of the 20th century, a factor that aggravated and accelerated the decline of the region.
The inhabitants in Lorigo date back some time. The history of Jewish citizens in Portugal reaches back over two thousand years and is "directly related to Sephardi history", a Jewish ethnic division that represents communities who have originated in the Iberian Peninsula (Portugal and Spain) and were either Portuguese born or became a Portuguese citizens. Many Portuguese Jews during WWII left Portugal for fear of the Nazi Occupation in Europe! The Portuguese Jews at that time left to neighboring safe countries or to the United States of America to flee from Nazi Concentration Camp's

Name Origin

The Origin of the name Lorigo is from Portugal and Spain.

Spellings & Pronunciations

Lorigo or Loriga, pronounced (Loree-Go)

Nationality & Ethnicity

The valley parish of Lorigo is in the shadow of the Serra da Estrela, in south-central part of the municipality of Seia, in central Portugal. Part of the district of Guarda, it is 20 km away from the city of Seia, 40 km away from Viseu, 80 km away from Guarda and 320 km from Lisbon, nestled in the Serra da Estrela mountain range. In 2005, estimates have the resident population at about 1367 inhabitants, in an area of 36.25 km² that includes the two localities/villages of Lorigo and Fontão.

Famous People named Lorigo

Are there famous people from the Lorigo family? Share their story.

Early Lorigos

These are the earliest records we have of the Lorigo family.