Lorca History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Spain

Early Origins of the Lorca family

The surname Lorca was first found in Navarre, one of the medieval Christian kingdoms of northern Spain.

Early History of the Lorca family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Lorca research. Another 225 words (16 lines of text) covering the years 1516, 1656 and 1662 are included under the topic Early Lorca History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Lorca Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Lorca, Loca, Llorca and others.

Early Notables of the Lorca family

include De Lorca of Navarre, ennobled in 1656 and 1662, when they were made members of the Order of Santiago

Lorca migration to the United States +

Lorca Settlers in United States in the 16th Century

Diego De Lorca, who arrived in the Americas in 1513
Bartolome De Lorca, who was in Cartagena in 1534
Pedro De Lorca, who arrived in Peru in 1563
Gaspar de Lorca, who was recorded in Cartagena in 1579

Lorca Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Diego De Lorca, who arrived in America in 1813 1
Hernando De Lorca, who landed in America in 1814 1
Juan De Lorca, who arrived in America in 1828 1
Bartolome De Lorca, who landed in Cartagena in 1834 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Lorca (post 1700) +

Federico Garcia Lorca (1898-1936), Spanish writer, known to be the most popular poet of the Spanish-speaking world, assassinated in August of 1936, by Franco's Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War

Sources +

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)