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 : CalderónThe Calderons are a large family of Spanish
hidalgos. The most prominent member was a
dramatist, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, author of
the magnificent La vida es sueño,
and considered together with Lope de Vega as the
best playwrights of Spain's Golden Age. Our family tree
for the Calderons documents the ancestry
of the Seminarios of Perú back to Juan Bautista
Calderón de Tobar. Both he and his
son, Gaspar
Calderón Salero, are recognized as
hidalgos by the Enciclopedia Heráldica y
Genealógica Hispanoamericana.
The encyclopedia says that Juan Bautista was
from the Guadalajara, Castilla branch of the
family, while Pedro was from the Sotillo
branch. So Pedro and Juan Bautista were
distant cousins as well as contemporaries. Since the line runs through Ygnacia Calderón
Dávila, wife of the first Seminario in Perú, all
the Peruvian Seminarios and their descendants
share in this connection to nobility. The
documentation is strong, and can be viewed by
clicking on the links for Juan Bautista,
his wife Jerónima
Salero, Gaspar,
and his wife Cathalina
Benitez de Tena y Dávila. If we had baptismal certificates for the last
three people on the tree, who were born in
Piura, this connection would qualify as
established with conclusive proof. But
until the diocese of Piura digitizes their
sacramental records or cooperates in doing a
search, our status will remain as "established
with reasonable certainty." Important update - March 23, 2018 We have found baptismal, marriage and/or death
certificates for each person on the tree, as a
result of finding microfilms of the Piura church
records. Therefore, this research study is
complete, and the status changes to
"Relationship with a noble family has been
established by conclusive evidence".
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