The Arango Family

Monday, november 2, 2009 The Arango: 14 and 15 generations Starting with Mr. Domingo Antonio de Arango y Valdés and his wife Ms. Olaya de Zafra Castrillón, who originated the surname Arango in Colombia and whom we will count as generation 1, 14 generations have been registered as follows: 1. Domingo Antonio de Arango y Valdés, born around 1635 in Villagonzay, San Martín de Arango, Asturias, Spain.  He died on December 2, 1677 in Rionegro (Antioquia), at the age of 42.  His remains rest in the Church of San Nicolás de Rionegro.  He married in 1660 in the Aburrá Valley, with Mrs. Olaya de Zafra Castrillón who had been born in Arma Vieja, Caldas department. 2. Esteban Arango Zafra, Ensign, born in 1670 in Medellín.  He died in Medellín.  He married on December 19, 1694 in the Aburrá Valley, with Gertrudis Vélez de Rivero Toro, who had been born in 1674 3.   José Eugenio Arango Vélez was born in 1697 in Rionegro, he died in Rionegro.  He married on Ma...

Coat of Arms of the Arango.  Crows on the right hand?  Ravens to the sinister? By: Bernardo Mejía Arango Special collaboration: Ariel Arango Hincapíe.  Thanks to your tour of Asturias, for visiting the Pravia Council and for the oral information provided, and especially for sending me the book by Manuel Luis Ruiz de Bucesta y Alvarez: "Heraldic Route of Pravia".  "Our hero asked his Majesty to authorize  him and his descendants to  paint the six crows as weapons on his shield as a souvenir of that battle. And the king granted him this honor"  (D  and Ely Ramírez, Parish Yearbook 1947-1948, and reproduced by the Manuel López de la Torre Cultural Association)  http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escudo_de_Pravia "The site was divided into many branches, which had their houses in the Arango Valley as well as outside of it. Some branches kept the old name of Cuervo and others used that of the site of Arango"    (Joseph Manuel Trelles Villademo...