| Caballe History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms Etymology of CaballeWhat does the name Caballe mean? The origins the old family name Caballe 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 Caballe family, adopted the name of their occupation as their surname. The surname Caballe was an occupational name for a knight or a knight's servant. Early Origins of the Caballe familyThe surname Caballe was first found in Castile, an important Christian kingdom of medieval Spain. Early History of the Caballe familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Caballe 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 Caballe History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Caballe 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 Caballe family- Fermín Caballero y Morgáez (1800-1876) was a Spanish geographer, journalist, writer, and liberal politician
- Juan Caballero y Ocio (1644-1707), was a Mexican priest, remarkable for lavish gifts to the Church and for charity
- José Cipriano de la Luz y Caballero (1800-1862) was a Cuban scholar, "the father ... the silent founder" of Cuban intellectual life of the 19th century
- Antonio Caballero y Fernández de Rodas (1816-1876) was a Spanish general who was notable for his participation in the Ten Years' War and the Spanish Glorious Revolution
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Caballe Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Pedro Caballe, aged 40, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1849 1
| Contemporary Notables of the name Caballe (post 1700) | + |
- Montserrat Caballé, Catalan opera singer
- 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)
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