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Where did the Spanish Caballer family come from? What is the Spanish Caballer family crest and coat of arms? When did the Caballer family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Caballer family history?

The origins the old family name Caballer can be found within medieval Spain. While the patronymic and metronymic surnames, which are derived from the name of the father and mother respectively, are the most common form of a hereditary surname in Spain, occupational surnames also emerged during the late Middle Ages. Many people, such as the Caballer family, adopted the name of their occupation as their surname. The surname Caballer was an occupational name for a knight or a knight's servant.

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Spelling variations of this family name include: Caballero, Caballeros, Caballer, Caballé, Caballe, Caballería, Caballeria, Caballo, Caballos, de Caballos, Cavallo, Cavallos, de Cavallos, Cavallón, Cavallon, de Cavallón, de Cavallon, Cavallero, Cavallería and many more.

First found in Castile, an important Christian kingdom of medieval Spain.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Caballer research. Another 189 words(14 lines of text) covering the years 1176, 1645 and 1697 are included under the topic Early Caballer History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Another 129 words(9 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Caballer Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Caballer Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century


  • Juan Caballer, aged 18, arrived in New Orleans, La in 1852
  • Manuel Caballer, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1860

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  2. Browning, Charles H. Americans of Royal Descent. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
  3. Maduell, Charles R. Compiler Index of Spanish Citizens Entering the Port of New Orleans Between January 1840 and December 1865. New Orleans: The Compiler, 1966. Print.
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  10. Robb H. Amanda and Andrew Chesler. Encyclopedia of American Family Names. New York: Haper Collins, 1995. Print. (ISBN 0-06-270075-8).
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The Caballer Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Caballer Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

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