I am currently researching the last name of an ancestor PERANA, which apparently comes from the city of Valladolid. I have also seen it on a Genealogy site for a Basque surname. Maybe the two are related. The surname PERANA also exists in small numbers in Italy. Menna On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, Donald R. Newcomb (Despamed address) wrote: > In my wife's Basque ancestry I have encountered an interesting surname which > I believe to be not entirely Basque: "Peranzules" I can find a few > references to a Conde Don Peranzules who improved some churches in the 11th > century, various of romantic Spanish poetry* and this: > >Pero Ansurez, "Peranzules": he is the founder of the city of Valladolid, > Count of Saldana > >(Province of Palencia) Pero is the ancient spelling of Pedró > and nothing else EXCEPT several 18th century marriages in Vizcaya. > > Can it be that this family just went into hiding in the little village of > Izurza (a few km south of Durango) and didn't come out for 600 years? > Perhaps a 17th century rogue hiding in the hills just adopted the name > because he liked it? I'm waiting for church records that may give me some > more details. ITMT, I'd love to get any pointers I can on this name. > -- > Donald R. Newcomb > DRNewcomb (at) attglobal (dot) net > > *e.g. > Allá por aquella torre > que hicieron puerta los árabes, > subió el Cid sobre Babieca > con su gente y su estandarte. > Más lejos se ve el castillo > de San Servando, o Cervantes, > donde nada se hizo nunca > y nada al presente se hace. > A este lado está la almena > por do sacó vigilante > el conde don Peranzules > al rey, que supo una tarde > fingir tan tenaz modorra, > que, político y constante, > tuvo siempre el brazo quedo > las palmas al horadarle. > >