During the Middle Ages, the surname of Caldeiro was used in 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. Spanish names were influenced by the Germanic speakingVisigoths, who conquered Spain from the mid-5th to 8th centuries, and the Arabic and Muslim Moors who conquered the Spanish homeland from the 8th to 12th centuries. Since Spain was periodically dominated by both of these nations in its past, it shared much in common with both the Visigoths and the Muslims in the occupations they described. Many people, such as the Caldeiro family, adopted the name of their occupation as their surname. However, an occupational name did not become a hereditary surname until the office or type of employment became hereditary.
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Early Origins of the Caldeiro family
The surname Caldeiro was first found in Castile, prominent among the Christian kingdoms of medieval Spain.
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Early History of the Caldeiro family
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Caldeiro research. Another 77 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1352, 1548 and 1597 are included under the topic Early Caldeiro History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
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Caldeiro Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Calderón, Calderon, Caldero, Caldera and others.
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Early Notables of the Caldeiro family
Prominent among members of the family were Rodrigo Calderón, seventeenth century Spanish nobleman and statesman; Juan Calderón de la Parka, seventeenth century Spanish nobleman and court official; Pedro Calderón de la Barca, the last of Spain's great Golden Age dramatists; seventeenth century Spanish nobleman Rodrigo Calderón de Aranda; María Calderón, seventeenth century Spanish actress; nineteenth century... Another 55 words (4 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Caldeiro Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
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Migration of the Caldeiro family
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Mencía Calderón, widow of Juan de Sanabria. Upon her husband's death, she and her stepson Diego set out for the Río de la Plata; Diego ended up in Hispaniola, while Mencí.
Contemporary Notables of the name Caldeiro (post 1700)
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Fernando "Frank" Caldeiro (1958-2009), American former NASA Astronaut 1
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