Matamoros Family History

Matamoros Name Meaning

Spanish: from Matamoros meaning ‘killer of Moors’, a title given to Spain’s patron saint, St. James, in the Middle Ages (from matar ‘to kill’ + moros ‘Moors’). According to legend, the saint appeared to a 9th-century Spanish king during a battle, and enabled him to massacre 60,000 Saracens.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data

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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data

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Matamoros Family Origin

Colombia (2)

Venezuela (1)

China (1)

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Matamoros Emigration Information (US)

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You can find out when most of the Matamoros families immigrated to the United States. You can focus your search to emigration records dating from that era.

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Matamoros Family Occupations

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