Cabra History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Portugal
Spain

The surname Cabra was most likely an occupational name for a goat herder or goat farmer, as the name Cabra was derived from the Spanish word 'cabra,' which means goat.

Early Origins of the Cabra family

The surname Cabra was first found in 1271, when Pedro Anes Cabral officially pledged his fealty to King Afonso III. This family also became well-known in history with the bishop of Guarda, D. Gil Cabral, and Álvaro gil Cabral, married the heir to the estate of Diogo Afonso de Figueiredo and Conastança Rodrigues Pereira.

Early History of the Cabra family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Cabra research. The years 1400, 1460, 1467, 1494, 1500, 1529 and 1609 are included under the topic Early Cabra History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Cabra Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Cabral, Capra, Cabrera and others.

Early Notables of the Cabra family

Prominent members of the family include

the Portuguese navigator Pedro Alvarez Cabral (c. 1467-1500), who led an expedition to the East Indies in 1500. He was forced to land on the northeast coast of Brazil, and formally took possession of...
His fleet of 13 ships sailed far into the western Atlantic Ocean, perhaps intentionally, and made landfall (April 1500) on what he initially assumed to be a large island. As the new land was within th...
Francisco Cabral (1529-1609) was a Portuguese Jesuit priest and missionary in Japan. Gonçalo Velho Cabral (c. 1400 - c. 1460) was a Portuguese monk and Commander in the Order of Christ, explorer (cred...

Cabra migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Cabra Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Hernando De Cabra, who landed in America in 1813 1
Andres Cabra, aged 29, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1829 1
Narciso Cabra, aged 21, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1830 1

Citations +

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)