| ![Show Contents]() Carrales History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 Spain The origins the old family name Carrales 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 Carrales family, adopted the name of their occupation as their surname. The surname Carrales was an occupational name for a knight or a knight's servant. Early Origins of the Carrales familyThe surname Carrales was first found in Castile, an important Christian kingdom of medieval Spain. Early History of the Carrales familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Carrales research. Another 95 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1176, 1535, 1560, 1572, 1644, 1645, 1656, 1670, 1679, 1697, 1703, 1704, 1707, 1740, 1800, 1816, 1829, 1839, 1862, 1876, 1880, 1886 and 1912 are included under the topic Early Carrales History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Carrales Spelling VariationsSpelling 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. Early Notables of the Carrales familyProminent among members of the family Francisco Cevallos, Spanish composer, active from 1535 to 1572 and was canon and musical director of the cathedral at Burgos. Among his compositions scattered throughout Spain, may be mentioned a fine mass in the church 'Del Pilar' at Saragossa, and a motet 'Inter vestibulum' in Eslava's Lira Sacra Hispaña. 1Other early notables include: Pedro Rodríguez Cubero (1656-1704), a Spanish admiral, Governor of New Mexico between 1697 and 1703; Pedro Cubero Sebastián (1645-c.1697), a Spanish priest, best known for his travel around the world from 1670 to 1679.Fermín Caballero y Morgáez (1800-1876) was a Spanish geographer...
Another 110 words (8 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Carrales Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Carrales familySome of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Juan de Cavallón, who voyaged to America in the 1500s. He claimed the territory of Costa Rica for the Spanish Crown, and died in Mexico in 1565. Other early migrants to the New World bearing this surname or a variant spelling of the name included Gutierre de Caballos, who sailed to America in 1512.
| Contemporary Notables of the name Carrales (post 1700) | + |
- Danny Carrales, American Christian film maker, known for his work on Second Glance (1992), Pilgrim's Progress (2008) and The Gathering (1998)
- Grove, Sir George, A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (AD. 1450-1889) London: Macmillan1902, Print, 2 Vols
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