| ![Show Contents]() Cabranes History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 Portugal Spain The surname Cabranes was most likely an occupational name for a goat herder or goat farmer, as the name Cabranes was derived from the Spanish word 'cabra,' which means goat. Early Origins of the Cabranes familyThe surname Cabranes 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 Cabranes familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Cabranes research. The years 1400, 1460, 1467, 1494, 1500, 1529 and 1609 are included under the topic Early Cabranes History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Cabranes Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Cabral, Capra, Cabrera and others. Early Notables of the Cabranes familyProminent 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 the country on behalf of Portugal. He was the first human in history to ever be on four continents, uniting all of them in his famous voyage of 1500. While details of Cabral's early life remain unclear, it is known that he came from a minor noble family and received a good education. He was appointed to head an expedition to...
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 Cabranes migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Cabranes Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Bernaldo De Cabranes, who landed in America in 1827 1
- Casimiro Cabranes, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1882 1
- Casimiro Cabranes Prestamo landed in Puerto Rico in 1882
| Contemporary Notables of the name Cabranes (post 1700) | + |
- Leo Cabranes, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Puerto Rico, 1964 2
- Jose Alberto Cabranes (b. 1940), American politician, U.S. District Judge for Connecticut, 1979-94; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1994- 2
- 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)
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 11) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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Cabranes migration to the United States 
