The surname D'andrade was first found in Taranto a seaport in Apulia and capital of the province of Lecce. It is situated on a rocky island in the Gulf of Tranto. The cathedral is dedicated to an Irish Bishop San Cataldo. It has been completely modernized but has a crypt of the 6th century. There is a fine collection of relics in San Pasquale museum, formerly a convent. In those ancient times only persons of rank, the podesta, clergy, city officials, army officers, artists, landowners were entered into the records. To be recorded at this time, at the beginning of recorded history, was of itself a great distinction and indicative of noble ancestry.
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Early History of the D'andrade family
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D'andrade Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Andrada, Andrado, Andradi, Andreadi, Andreado, Adreado, Andreotti, Androtti, Andreati and many more.
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Early Notables of the D'andrade family
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Migration of the D'andrade family
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Maria Mejia de Peralta Andrada who arrived in New Spain in 1581; Jose Anto Andrada who settled in Texas in 1835; and Martin Andrada who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1860..
Contemporary Notables of the name D'andrade (post 1700)
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Roy Goodwin D'Andrade, one of the American founders of the theory of cognitive anthropology
