Italian, Spanish, and Catalan: from candela ‘candle’ (Latin
candela), hence a metonymic occupational name for a chandler
(candlemaker) or a nickname for a tall thin person.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Candela
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Candela census records
You can use census records and voter lists to see where families with the Candela surname lived over the years.
While the questions in census records vary from place to place, and year to year, you can generally find information like name of household members, ages, birthplaces, residences, occupations, etc.
Click on a place to view Candela immigration records
The information for this chart came from the U.S. Immigration Collection at Ancestry.co.uk.
You can find out where the majority of the Candela families were living before
they immigrated to the U.S and learn where to focus your search for foreign records.
Immigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure,
port of arrival, and destination.
Click on a circle in the chart to view Candela emigration records
You can find out when most of the Candela families immigrated
to the United States.
You can focus your search to emigration records dating from that era.
Emigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure,
port of arrival and destination.
Census records can tell you a lot of little known facts about your Candela
ancestors, such as occupation. Occupation can tell you about your ancestors social
and economic status.
Did the Candelas fight in a war? Military records can tell you a lot
about your ancestors including birthplace, occupation and even physical descriptions.