Falcon (surname)

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Falcon is a surname. Some possible places of origin are:

A possible beginning of the patronymic derivation of Falcon is Saint Falcón, who died in 1147, and is attributed with the popularization of the given name. Another is the Italian surname Falcó and Falcóne, which could easily have become Falcón in Spain.

In the coastal area of Languedoc, Girona and Ibiza there are areas known as Falcó, which may account for the surename in Cataluna, Baleares and Valencia. Among the oldest of Valencia's historical Falcons is Micer Rodrigo Falcon recorded in 1441 as the Chancellery of Aragon. He obtained ownership of the plaza of vice-chancellor in 1460. HIs nephew was the famous doctor of law, Micer Damian Andres Falcon, noted to be "of much eloquent in speech".

However, the Falcon surname in which most Falcons in North America descend comes from these cities in the regions of Extremadura, Spain and Andalusia, Spain.

In 1508, Diego Falcon, originally from Montehermoso, Extremadura, Spain, left for Gran Canaria shortly after it was conquered by the Spanish. He lived on the island with his wife Maria Dominquez and his daughter Leonor. He was captain of the Spanish military infantry there and royal mayor of Teror, Gran Canaria. Almost all Falcon families which trace back to the Gran Canaria, including Cuba, Florida, Louisiana and Venezuela are descendant from Diego.

Marcos Alonzo Garza Y del Arcon Falcon was born around 1560 in Lepe, Andalusia, Spain. serving the military and married in 1585 to Juana de Treviño from a prominent Mexico City military family. His assignments took the family to Durango and Zacatecas where his duties were supervising the mining of silver and gold. His whole family ended up in Nuevo León in the time period between 1596 and 1603, after completion of his military career. The family of Marcos Alonzo is included in the list of the 12 original founding families of Monterrey, which was founded in 1596 [2] Almost all Falcon families around northern Mexico and Texas stem from this lineage, including Captain Blas María de la Garza Falcón, who was a Spanish Settler of Tamaulipas and South Texas. [3]


Excellent site for researching Falcons in Louisiana. http://www.geocities.com/falconislenos/


[edit] References

  1. ^ www.family-crests.org "Diccionario hispano" (Spanish)
  2. ^ www.vsalgs.org "Sample Lineages: Marcos Alonzo de la Garza"
  3. ^ en.wikipedia.org "Blas María de la Garza Falcón"