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Medrao Family Crest and Name History
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Where did the Spanish Medrao family come from? What is the Spanish Medrao family crest and coat of arms? Where did the various branches of the family go?
What is the Medrao family history?
The surname Medrao comes from the Basque word "edi" meaning fern and the suffix "ano" which implies abundance.
Medrao Early Origins
Spelling variations of this family name include: Medrano, Medrana and others.
First found in Navarre.
Medrao Early History
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Medrao research. Another 205 words(15 lines of text) covering the years 1773 and 1780 are included under the topic
Early Medrao History in all our PDF Extended History products.
Medrao Early Notables
Another 41 words(3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Medrao Notables in all our PDF Extended History products
The Great Migration
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Galaz de Medrano, who settled in Peru in 1534
Hernando de Medrano, who landed in the Dominican Republic in 1534
Luis de Medrano immigrated to Guatemala in 1538
Sebastian de Medrano, who settled in Florida in 1538 Diego Medrano, who sailed to the Spanish Main in 1539
Francisco Medrano, who arrived in the Dominican Republic in 1568
Medrao Settlers in the 19th Century
Galaz De Medrano, who landed in Peru in 1834
Hernando De Medrano, who arrived in Dominican Republic in 1834
Jas Medrano, who landed in Texas in 1835
Jose Medrano, who arrived in Texas in 1835
Jose Medrano, who migrated to Texas in 1835
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Contemporary Notables of the name Medrao
Francisco Medrano, 16th17th century Spanish poet
Francisco Medrano, Spanish lyric poet from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
Frank Medrano, movie actor
Francisco Medrano (b. 1983), Salvadoran football player
ngrid Xiomara Medrano (b. 1979), female freestyle wrestler from El Salvador
Pedro Medrano (1769-1840), Uruguayan-born Argentine statesman and lawyer
Rosa Esther Medrano (b. 1985), volleyball and beach volleyball player from the Dominican Republic
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Hctor Medrano (b. 1967), Mexican football manager and former player
Giovanni Antonio Medrano (b. 1703), Italian architect
Orlando Montenegro Medrano (d. 1988), acting President of Nicaragua in 1966
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See Also
Family Crests: the Heraldic Artist
Family Crests: Timeline
Family Crests: Elements
Family Crests and Genealogy: how they relate
Basque
Spelling variations
References
1. de Cadenas, Vicente Y Viicent. Heraldic Patronimica Espaola Y Sus Patronimicos Compuestos. Madrid: Hidalgua, 1976. Print.
2. Annuaire Gnral Hraldique Universel. Paris: Institut Hraldique, 1901. Print.
3. Rietstap, Johannes Baptist. Armorial Gnral. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. Print.
4. Archivo General De Indias, Sevilla. Catalogo de Pasajeros a Indias durante los Siglos XVI, XVII y XVIII Edited by the docents of the General Indian Archives under the Director
of the Archives, Don Cristobal Bermudez Plata 3 Volumes - Volume 1 1509-1534. Sevilla, Spain: Imprenta de la Gavidia, 1940. Print.
5. Hanks, Patricia and Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Print. (ISBN 0-19-211592-8).
6. Garca Carraffa, Alberto and Arturo. Diccionario Herldico y Genealgico de Apellidos Espaoles y Americanos 88 Volumes. Madrid: A. Marzo. Print.
7. Rolland, and H.V. Rolland. Armorial Gnral by J.B. Rietstap. Ramsbury: Heraldry Today. 1967. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-209).
8. Domnguez, C. Hispano de Apellidos y Blasones. 4 Vols. 2001. Print.
9. Carr, Raymond. Spain, 1808-1975. 2nd Ed. . Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1982. Print. (ISBN 978-0198221272).
10. Atienza, Julio De Atienza. Espaol: Diccionario Heraldico De Apellidos Espaoles Y De Titulos Nobiliarios. Madrid: Aguilar, 1959. Print.
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