| ![Show Contents]() Lacorte History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 France Italy Early Origins of the Lacorte familyThe surname Lacorte was first found in the several places named "Corte," in Italy. The Italian word corte means "court," as in a manorial court. The surname can be traced back to the year 1123, when members of the Corte family lived in Salerno. Early History of the Lacorte familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Lacorte research. The years 1308, 1470, 1480, 1529, 1570 and 1666 are included under the topic Early Lacorte History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Lacorte Spelling VariationsItalian surnames come in far more variations than the names of most other nationalities. Regional traditions and dialects are a decisive factor in this characteristic. For example, northern names tend to end in "o", while southern in "i". Also important, but not unique to Italy, was the fact that before dictionaries and the printing press most scribes simply spelled words according to their sounds. The predictable result was an enormous number of spelling variations. The recorded spellings of Lacorte include Corte, Corti, Da Corte, Dalla Corte, Della Corte, La Corte, Cortella, Cortello, Cortelli, Cortelletti, Cortellino, Cortellini, Corticelli, Cortini, Cortese, Cortesi, Corteggiano, Cortigiani, Cortesano and many more. Early Notables of the Lacorte familyProminent among bearers of this surname in early times was Tolomeo dei Cortesi, who was from one of the most ancient families in Cremona. He was a lawyer and in 1308 was elected mayor of Perugia. Paolo Cortesi of Rome was a famous author around 1470; Gregorio Cortese was an ecclesiastic in Modena around 1480; Alberto Cortese, born in Modena in the 15th century, was...
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 Lacorte migration to the United States | + |
An examination of many early immigration records reveals that people bearing the name Lacorte arrived in North America very early:
Lacorte Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Sebastian Lacorte, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1859 1
- Victor Lacorte, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1868 1
Lacorte Settlers in United States in the 20th Century- Francesca LaCorte, aged 2, who settled in America from Monreale, Sicily, in 1910
- Eusebio Lacorte, aged 18, who landed in America from Peglio, Italy, in 1913
- Agata Lacorte, aged 26, who landed in America from Castronovo, Sicily, in 1914
- Antonino LaCorte, aged 57, who immigrated to America from Palermo, Sicily, Italy, in 1919
- Diego LaCorte, aged 4, who immigrated to the United States from Bagheria, Italy, in 1919
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| Contemporary Notables of the name Lacorte (post 1700) | + |
- Larry LaCorte Jr., American Democratic Party politician, Candidate for West Virginia State House of Delegates 12th District, 1992; Delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1996 2
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 7) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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Lacorte migration to the United States 
