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

The original bearer of the name Cabreros, which is a local surname, once lived, held land, or was born in the beautiful region of Spain. In Spain, hereditary surnames were adopted according to fairly general rules. Local names originally denoted the proprietorship of the village or estate. The Cabreros family originally lived in one of the many minor places named Cabrera in Spain. This habitation name, which is a type of local surname that was originally derived from a place-name of towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads, was originally derived from the late Latin word "capraria", which means "place of goats".

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Spelling variations of this family name include: Cabrera, Cabrero, Cabrerizo and others.

First found in Galicia, in the northwestern region of the Iberian peninsula.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Cabreros research. Another 464 words(33 lines of text) covering the years 1130, 1353, 1480, and 1492 are included under the topic Early Cabreros History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Another 151 words(11 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Cabreros Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Alonso Cabrera, who voyaged to Santo Domingo in 1536; he subsequently journeyed to Buenos Aires to join Pedro de Mendoza, and from there to Asuncion, Paraguay. Also of note were Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera of Seville, who voyaged first to Peru and later to Argentina, where he founded the city of Cordoba.

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  2. Best, Hugh. Debrett's Texas Peerage. New York: Coward-McCann, 1983. Print. (ISBN 069811244X).
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  6. Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Galveston Texas 1896-1951. National Archives Washington DC. Print.
  7. Archivo General De Indias, Sevilla. Catalogo de Pasajeros a Indias durante los Siglos XVI, XVII y XVIII Edited by the docents of the General Indian Archives under the Director of the Archives, Don Cristobal Bermudez Plata 3 Volumes - Volume 1 1509-1534. Sevilla, Spain: Imprenta de la Gavidia, 1940. Print.
  8. Annuaire Général Héraldique Universel. Paris: Institut Héraldique, 1901. Print.
  9. de Cadenas, Vicente Y Viicent. Heraldic Patronimica Española Y Sus Patronimicos Compuestos. Madrid: Hidalguía, 1976. Print.
  10. 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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The Cabreros Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Cabreros 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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