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Where did the Spanish Maranda family come from? What is the Spanish Maranda family crest and coat of arms? When did the Maranda family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Maranda family history? Noble surnames, such as Maranda, evoke images of the ancient homeland of the Spanish people. The original bearer of the name Maranda, 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 and during the late Middle Ages, names that were derived from localities became increasingly widespread. Local names originally denoted the proprietorship of the village or estate. Many Spanish local names reflect Arabic words or place-names because Spain was conquered by the Muslim Moors from the 8th to 12th centuries. The Maranda family originally lived in one of the provinces of Oviedo, Lugo, Segovia, and Santa Cruz de Tenerife which is derived from the Spanish word marin, which means height or elevated position.Spelling variations of this family name include: Miranda, de Miranda, Mirandas, de Mirandas, de las Mirandas, Mirando and many more. First found in Asturias, birthplace of the Christian Reconquest of Spain from the Muslims. This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Maranda research. Another 143 words(10 lines of text) covering the years 1041, 1677, 1749, 1481 and 1558 are included under the topic Early Maranda History in all our PDF Extended History products. Another 95 words(7 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Maranda Notables in all our PDF Extended History products. Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Luis de Miranda, who accompanied Pedro de Mendoza to the Río de la Plata in 1534. He was present at the founding of Buenos Aires in 1536; and subsequently journeyed to Asuncion in Paraguay. He wrote a historical poem about the events that he had witnessed, making him one of the very first European poets of the New World. Another interesting chapter of family history dates from this same period, and illustrates the dangers of frontier life in the Americas: Lucía Miranda voyaged to Argentina in the 1530s with her husband Sebastián Hurtado. A local "cacique" or chief named Siripo became enamored of Lucía and kidnapped her. Sebastián allowed himself to be taken prisoner as well, just to be near his wife. Although they promised not to have any contact, Siripo found them together and put them both to death. Other early migrants bearing this surname or a variant spelling of the name were: Pero de Miranda, who sailed to America in 1510.
The Maranda Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Maranda 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 11 May 2012 at 09:23. ©2000-2012 Swyrich Corporation. See Terms of Use for details. houseofnames.com is an internet property owned by Swyrich Corporation. Tools
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