Home   |   Customer Service   |   Site Map   |   Surname Search   |   How To Buy

Shopping Cart
0 Items
100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEE - no headaches!
Share |
Decrease Font Size Text Increase Font Size
An excerpt from www.HouseOfNames.com archives copyright © 2000 - 2013

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

The origins the old family name Cavallos 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 Cavallos family, adopted the name of their occupation as their surname. The surname Cavallos was an occupational name for a knight or a knight's servant.

 More

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.


 More

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

 More

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

 More

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

  • Gregorio de Cavallos sailed to Nicaragua in 1534
  • Andrés de Cavallos sailed to Veragua in 1535

Cavallos Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century


  • Gregorio De Cavallos, who landed in Nicaragua in 1834

 More

Popular Family Crest Products
 
Cavallos Armorial History With Coat of Arms
Cavallos Coat of Arms & Surname History Package
Cavallos Family Crest Image (jpg) Heritage Series
Cavallos Coat of Arms/Family Crest Key-chain
Cavallos Coat of Arms/Family Crest Coffee Mug
Cavallos Armorial History with Frame
Cavallos Framed Surname History and Coat of Arms
More Family Crest Products
 More

 More

  1. Bolton, Charles Knowles. Bolton's American Armory. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1964. Print.
  2. García Carraffa, Alberto and Arturo. Diccionario Heráldico y Genealógico de Apellidos Españoles y Americanos 88 Volumes. Madrid: A. Marzo. Print.
  3. Zieber, Eugene. Heraldry in America. Philadelphia: Genealogical Publishing Co. Print.
  4. Atienza, Julio De Atienza. Español: Diccionario Heraldico De Apellidos Españoles Y De Titulos Nobiliarios. Madrid: Aguilar, 1959. Print.
  5. Colletta, John P. They Came in Ships. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1993. Print.
  6. Samuelsen, W. David. New York City Passenger List Manifests Index 1820 - 1824. North Salt Lake, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems International, 1986. Print.
  7. Chronological list of passengers to Spanish America (including Florida and Louisiana, 1538-1559). From documents in the "Indian Archives". Sevilla. Print.
  8. Matthews, John. Matthews' American Armoury and Blue Book. London: John Matthews, 1911. Print.
  9. Diez, Ma Del Carmen Galbis. Catalogo de Pasajeros a Indias Durante los siglos XVI, XVII y XVIII Archivo General de Indias Sevilla Volume 6. Murcia, Spain: Ministerio de Cultura, 1986. Print.
  10. Robb H. Amanda and Andrew Chesler. Encyclopedia of American Family Names. New York: Haper Collins, 1995. Print. (ISBN 0-06-270075-8).
  11. ...

The Cavallos Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Cavallos 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.

This page was last modified on 28 March 2012 at 16:08.

©2000-2013 Swyrich Corporation. See Terms of Use for details.
houseofnames.com is an internet property owned by Swyrich Corporation.


Sign Up


100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEE - no headaches!