Carascon is an Italian
family name
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of
hidalgo
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Mexico
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or noble
Spanish
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* Spanish, Ontario, Can ...
origin. The surname was originally spelled
Carrascón (In this form it is still found in Spain and
Latin America
Latin America or
* french: Amérique Latine, link=no
* ht, Amerik Latin, link=no
* pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived f ...
). The surname was Italianized as Carascon in the early 19th Century. The founder of the Spanish House was
Doctor Don Garcia Fernandez de Carrascón (ca 1480-1533), a wealthy Spanish
cleric
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from
Ágreda
Ágreda is a municipality located in the province of Soria, in the autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain.
Ágreda is the regional services center in the Northeast of the province of Soria. Its abundant heritage as well as the local fi ...
, Spain who was a
protonotary apostolic
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and personal doctor to Pope
Adrian VI
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as well as a
canon
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of the
Cathedral
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of
Toledo, Spain
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. He left his fortune in the form of a mayorazgo or family trust to his nephew Don Pedro Carrascon and his descendants. Doctor Carrascon is buried in an elaborate chapel in the Church of San Miguel Arcangel in
Ágreda
Ágreda is a municipality located in the province of Soria, in the autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain.
Ágreda is the regional services center in the Northeast of the province of Soria. Its abundant heritage as well as the local fi ...
.
The founder of the Italian branch of the family was Don
Francisco Carrascón (1700-1756), a high-ranking military commissioner (Commissario di Guerra) of the
Royal Spanish Army, and Senator of
Messina
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,
Sicily
(man) it, Siciliana (woman)
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. Don Francisco was married to Donna Paula Diez, believed to be the sister of Don Antonio Filareto Diez e Palmero, a Sicilian Nobleman and Senator of Palermo in 1745 and 1764. Don Francisco and Donna Paula had four sons and three daughters. His eldest son, Don Bernabe (or Barnaba) Carrascon was a colonel in command of the Provincial Regiments of the Kingdom of Naples, and later Commandant of Lucera. His second son, Don Antonio Carrascon, was a Lieutenant Colonel and Governor of the Fortress of Vieste on the Adriatic Sea. The other two sons, Don Pietro Ignazio and Don Ferdinando also distinguished themselves in civil service and the military. Of the daughters, Donna Maria Giuseppa Carascon married Don Berlingiero Scoppa of Lucera, Donna Marianna Carascon married Colonel Don Orsino Scoppa of Lucera. Donna Maria Concetta Carascon married Cavaliere Gaetano Pistorio of Messina.
Don Bernabe's son, Don Francesco Carascon (1771–1820), married Donna Isabella Monarca, a noblewoman from
Sessa Aurunca and eventually reached the rank of captain in the Neapolitan Army. He fought in Calabria, Spain and Rome under the armies of King
Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies
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,
Joseph Bonaparte
it, Giuseppe-Napoleone Buonaparte es, José Napoleón Bonaparte
, house = Bonaparte
, father = Carlo Buonaparte
, mother = Letizia Ramolino
, birth_date = 7 January 1768
, birth_place = Corte, Corsica, Republic of ...
, brother of Napoleon,
Joachim Murat
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, brother in law of
Napoleon
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, and once again of King
Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies after the fall of Napoleon. He died in Messina during the peak of the Sicilian Revolution of 1820. His wife, Donna Isabella died five years later leaving behind seven children. Their youngest son Alessandro Carascon (1814–1861) moved to
Sulmona
Sulmona ( nap, label= Abruzzese, Sulmóne; la, Sulmo; grc, Σουλμῶν, Soulmôn) is a city and ''comune'' of the province of L'Aquila in Abruzzo, Italy. It is located in the Valle Peligna, a plain once occupied by a lake that disappeared in ...
in the Abruzzi and became a Caffettiere or Cafe-owner.
Don Bernabe's daughter, Donna Filomena Carrascon, married Colonel Don Dionisio Corsi, a Cavalry commander of the Regina Regiment and Governor (Intendant) of
L'Aquila
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. All of their sons became military officers, but one in particular, Major Don Luigi Corsi, became distinguished as a pioneer in military incendiaries and steam locomotive technology. He was appointed Director of the locomotive factory,
Officine di Pietrarsa near Naples by King
erdinand II of the Two Sicilies
Their descendants have lived in such varied places in Southern Italy as
Messina
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,
Naples
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,
Vieste
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,
Sessa Aurunca,
Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
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,
Sulmona
Sulmona ( nap, label= Abruzzese, Sulmóne; la, Sulmo; grc, Σουλμῶν, Soulmôn) is a city and ''comune'' of the province of L'Aquila in Abruzzo, Italy. It is located in the Valle Peligna, a plain once occupied by a lake that disappeared in ...
and
Pacentro
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. It is a very rare surname, with only a few descendants in Italy, Spain,
England
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, and the United States.
Sources
*Archivio di Stato di Napoli, Sezione Militare
*Archivo Historico Nacional, Madrid, Spain
*Fundacion Navarra Cultural, https://web.archive.org/web/20080905145146/http://www.fundacionnc.org/contenidocarrascon2.htm
Surnames