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Early Origins of the Lavern family

The surname Lavern was first found in Forez, a former province of France, now part of the modern Loire département, the Haute-Loire and Puy-de-Dôme départements, where this eminent family held a family seat from very early times.

Early History of the Lavern family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Lavern research. Another 301 words (22 lines of text) covering the years 1334, 1499, 1535, 1580, 1583, 1585, 1637, 1647, 1648, 1668, 1790, 1792, 1793 and 1815 are included under the topic Early Lavern History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Lavern Spelling Variations

French surnames were subject to numerous spelling alterations depending on the region and time it was used. The early development of the French language relied heavily on borrowing elements and grammar from other languages. For example, Old French was infused with Germanic words and sounds when barbarian tribes invaded and settled in France after the fall of the Roman Empire. Middle French also borrowed heavily from the Italian language during the Renaissance. As a result of these linguistic and cultural influences, the name Lavern is distinguished by a number of regional variations. The many spelling variations of the name include Verne, Vernes, Vernent, La Verne, La Vernes, La Vernent, Laverne, Lavernes, Lavernent, De Verne and many more.

Early Notables of the Lavern family

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Migration of the Lavern family

Migration from France to New France or Quebec as it was now more popularly called, continued from France until it fell in 1759. By 1675, there were 7000 French in Quebec. By the same year the Acadian presence in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island had reached 500. In the treaty of Utrecht, the Acadians were ceded by France to Britain in 1713. In 1755, 10,000 French Acadians refused to take an oath of allegiance to England and were deported. They found refuge in Louisiana. In 1793, the remaining French in these provinces came under British rule. Meanwhile, in Quebec, the French race flourished, founding in Lower Canada, one of the two great solitudes which became Canada. Many of this distinguished family name Lavern were prominent in social, cultural, religious and political affairs in France and New France. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Lavern were Miss Verne, aged 20, who settled in New Orleans in 1821; and Dominique Verne, who arrived in New York, NY in 1844.


Contemporary Notables of the name Lavern (post 1700) +

  • Michael LaVern Fanning (1953-2022), American professional football defensive tackle for ten seasons in the National Football League from Mount Clemens, Michigan
  • Gerald LaVern Tarr (b. 1939), former collegiate and professional American football player
  • Lavern George Holtgrave (1942-2023), American Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher for the Detroit Tigers in 1965
  • LaVern Ralph Dilweg (1903-1968), American Democratic Party politician, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin 8th District, 1943-45; Defeated, 1944; Candidate in primary for U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, 1950 1
  • Lavern F. Krohn, American politician, Candidate for U.S. Representative from Wisconsin 2nd District, 1970 (American Independent), 1972 (American) 2
  • Lavern Gibson, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1964 3
  • LaVern E. Peterson, American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1972 4


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