Julio N. RANCEL's Home- Genealogy

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GENEALOGY

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a.- Notes on Spanish Genealogy

(aussi en version française)

The Spanish system of names and surnames. Transmission of surnames in Spain. (INTERESTING FOR NON-SPANISH PEOPLE)

b.- The Family History's Story

How this Family Tree has been made. (22-11-2004)

I.- FAMILY TREE

SKETCH of the Family Tree graphics and brief summary of its contents. (8-4-2007)

FAMILY TREE in graphic format (tables) on many different pages. (8-4-2007)

II.- Mayec RANCEL-SERAL's Ancestors list

Genealogical report of direct ancestors, ordered by generations, from the actual one (n. 1) until n. 36 (9th Century, about year 820). When information is available: dates of birth, marriage, will and death; names of ancestors' siblings and their spouses. When known, families who are descendants from these siblings.
1st Part of the list : 19th to 21st centuries (6 last generations) (7-4-2007)

2nd Part of the list : mid 18th to 19th cent. (2 further generations) (8-4-2007)

3rd Part of the list : mid 17th cent. to mid 18th cent. (3 further generations) (12-4-2007)

4th Part of the list : mid 16th cent. to mid 17th cent. (3 further generations) (12-4-2007)

5th Part of the list : 15th cent. to mid 16th cent. (4 further generations) (9-3-2003)

6th Part of the list : 9th cent. to 14th centuries (18 further generations) (9-3-2003)

III.- List of surnames which can be found in the genealogical tree (10-4-2007)

List of ancestors' surnames. Coat of Arms and origins of some surnames. List of other surnames - siblings' spouses or 'step-ancestors'. -UNDER CONSTRUCTION-.

IV.- RANCEL Family Tree (7-2-2010)

Twelve generations since Don Carlos RANCEL, whose descendants live in the Canary Islands, Continental Spain, Belgium, Cuba, Venezuela and the United States. The most frequent first names among the Rancels.

V.- The RANCEL family vault in Sta.Cruz de Tenerife Cemetery (19-4-2007)

History of the Family vault. How is the Rancel family vault? Who rest in the vault? Some stories of the family vault. The vault family tree.

VI.- VILLAMANDOS Family Tree (23-2-2008)

The VILLAMANDOS and their ancestors and alliances: MORÁN, ZOZAS, ZOTES, CHARRO, HERRERO, CADENAS, SALUDES, de la HUERGA, NAVARRO, MAÑANES... Thirteen generations after Don Cristóbal MORÁN and his wife Doña María MORÁN. The surname VILLAMANDOS appears in this tree with Don Cristóbal VILLAMANDOS and Doña Venancia VILLAMANDOS, ten generations ago, in the 18th century. Their descendants live in the Canary Islands, Córdoba, Alicante, Catalonia, Castile and León, Madrid (Spain), Brussels (Belgium) and Foix (France). The most frequent first names among the Villamandos. Biographical information of some members of the Villamandos family.

VII.- SERAL Family Tree (24-6-2008)

Thirteen generations after the first SERAL in our files, Lord of Casal de Loporzano (Huesca, Aragón, Spain) in 1550.

VIII.- Some lines of the Family Tree

The SALAZAR ancestors . 36 generations since the 9th century. (27-1-2007)

The ancestors from FLANDERS and WALLONIE (now Belgium). 27 generations since the 12th century. (27-1-2007)

The GUANCHE (natives of Tenerife) ancestors. 18 generations since the 15th century. (22-10-2004)

ALWAYS UNDER CONSTRUCTION

SOURCES:

- Family archives, official and private documents, and memories of the various family branches.
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife City Archives.
- Spanish National Army Archives -Archivo General Militar- (Segovia).
- "Historia de Canarias", by José de Viera y Clavijo, 1776.
- "Guía histórica-descriptiva de Santa Cruz de Tenerife", by Felipe Miguel Poggi y Borsotto, 1881.
- "Histoire de l'établissement des Anversois aux Canaries au XVIe siècle", by Fernand Donnet, 1895.
- "Linajes herreño-gomeros, Familia Espinosa-Ayala", by Dacio V. Darias y Padrón, 1924.
- "Noticias generales históricas sobre la isla del Hierro", by Dacio V. Darias y Padrón, 1929.
- "Nobiliario de Canarias", 1959.
- "Historia de Santa Cruz de Tenerife", by Alejandro Cioranescu.
- "Noticias relacionadas con la Historia de la Isla del Hierro", by José Padrón Machín, 1983.
- "Los Reyes Martín y la Cultura", by Octavio Rodríguez Delgado, 1994.
- "La Historia de Santa Cruz de Tenerife", by María Jesús Luis Yanes y José María Sánchez Hernández, 1995.
- "El Hierro: una isla singular", by Carlos Quintero Reboso, 1997.
- "San Rafael y San Roque: un camposanto con historia, 1810-1816", by Daniel García Pulido, 2000.

My gratitude to:
- Ms. María de los Reyes TRUJILLO ASCANIO, civil servant in the City archives of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Her professionalism and kindness were a great help to me.
- Ms. Carmen Luz HERNÁNDEZ GONZÁLEZ, Specialist in the Archive of the Diocese of Tenerife (in La Laguna). She is another good example of extraordinary profesional competence, as well as an example of kindness and helpfulness to the people who want to do researches in the Archive.
- Daniel GARCÍA PULIDO (Danny), historian (University of La Laguna), who helps me with information on diffente branches and individuals of my family.
- my relative Marcelo (José Marcelo PÉREZ FLORIDO, in Tenerife, Spain), also a descendant of Tomás de ABREU CRESPO y OROPESA (8-41.), who has transmitted to me very interesting informations.
- my late relative Saturnino MUÑIZ VILLAMANDOS, from Villaquejida (León, Spain), also a descendant of Felipe VILLAMANDOS CADENAS (7-14.), who gave us very interesting informations about the Villamandos family.
- José Ignacio del AMO LOBO; I share with his wife common ancestors from Castile-León. He has given me a lot of precious information on these branches. A link with his family tree pages ("la Familia Interminable" = the Never Ending Family) appears further down, in the section 'Interesting Links'.
- my relative Maixa (María Luisa PÉREZ RODRÍGUEZ, in Bilbao, Spain), also a descendant of Domingo Javier VILLAMANDOS PÉREZ (6-8.) and of Felipe VILLAMANDOS CADENAS (7-14.), who has researched on the family history and gave us a lot of information about entire branches of the Villamandos.
- my relative Ana Margarita (Any) AROZENA CONCEPCIÓN, in Tenerife, Canary Islands (Spain), also a descendant of Lorenzo de ABREU LAZCANO y GORDEJUELA (7-24.), who has given to me information about her family branch.
- to my first cousin once removed Tirso RANCEL GONZÁLEZ, who gave to me valuable information concerning the origins of the Rancel in Lanzarote and Tenerife; information given to him by researcher Antonio MONTELONGO FRANQUIZ, from Lanzarote.
- Don Rafael RODRÍGUEZ de CASTRO, who gave to me valuable information from his archives concerning the RANCEL and the NARANJO families.
- my far relative Nelson DÍAZ FRÍAS, from South Tenerife, who has given to me information concerning the descendants of El Hierro families in this area of Tenerife.
- Ms. Georgina HERNÁNDEZ COSTA, of the COSTA-ALBA family in Havana, who gave to me valuable information about the RANCEL from Cuba.
- Mijnheer Werner De MEESTER, from Brugge (Flanders, Belgium), who has given to me important information on the Honin, Van de Walle and other families from Brugge, correcting in several cases the Nobiliario de Canarias.
- Mercedes LOSCOS, from Alloza (Teruel), who has given to me documents and information concerning the Aranda ancestry.
- Jorge Melón, who has given to me information about my Lemus-Padilla ancestors.
- to my relative María del Pilar (Pilucha) VALLEJO, who is a descendant, like me, of Estanislao Miguel CABRERA CABRERA (7-18) and his wife Tomasa RODRÍGUEZ PINTO (7-19); she has given to me a lot of information concerning several generations of the Cabrera-Pinto family.

INTERESTING LINKS

Canarias GenWeb
Genealogía Hispano-Cubana
Heráldica Hispana: of the Centro Español de Investigación Heráldica (Spanish Heraldry Research Center)
Sociedad Puertorriqueña de Genealogía
Genealogía e Historias: blog on Aragon's genealogies by María José Fuster.
SAGA: Société des Amis de la Généalogie de l'Ardèche.
Geneandalucia: Genealogies from Andalusia.

The Neverending Family: by José Ignacio del Amo Lobo. Families Del Amo, Lobo, Fernández, Huerga, Cadenas, and others from León, Castilla, Extremadura, Cantabria... José Ignacio's wife and I share some common ancestors: Andrés MORÁN HERRERO and Josefa PÉREZ HERRERO (18th century).
Berriel Family
Herrán Family Tree: by Miguel Ángel HERRÁN.
Surname Oramas: a genuine Canarian surname
The Bettencourt Family: Bethencourt, Betencor, Betancor, Betancourt... Many different ways to spell the surname of the first Conqueror of the Canary islands and his descendants.

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