Paredes History, Family Crest & Coats of ArmsSpanish, Galician and Portuguese: topographic name for someone who lived in a lean-to built against the wall of a larger building, from Spanish "pared," Portuguese and Galician "parede" (house) wall. Servants often lived in buildings of this sort outside manor houses, and masons constructed huts of this kind on the site of their labors, making temporary use of the walls of the new building. There are also numerous places named with this word, and the surname may also be a habitational name from any of these. Early Origins of the Paredes familyThe surname Paredes was first found in Asturias, where they are said to have come fro the House of Miranda. One "casa solar," or ancestral seat of this family has is in a parish of Paredes, l distict of Luarca. Early History of the Paredes familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Paredes research. Another 77 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1466, 1534, 1618, 1645 and 1950 are included under the topic Early Paredes History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Paredes Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Paredes, Pereda, Parades and others. Early Notables of the Paredes familyProminent among bearers of the Paredes family name at this time was
Paredes RankingIn the United States, the name Paredes is the 3,750th most popular surname with an estimated 7,461 people with that name. 1
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Paredes Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 3 Paredes Settlers in West Indies in the 19th Century
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