Pavese History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Pavese family

The surname Pavese was first found in Piedmont (Italian: Piemonte, Piedmontese and Occitan: Piemont), a territorial division of northern Italy at the foot of the Alps consisting of the provinces of Alessandria, Cuneo, Novara and Turin. Later Aosta and Vercelli were added and still later, Asti. History is related back to 49 B.C. The house of Savoy rose in 1000 A.D. In those ancient times only persons of rank, the podesta, clergy, city officials, army officers, artists, landowners were entered into the records. To be recorded at this time, at the beginning of recorded history, was of itself a great distinction and indicative of noble ancestry.

Early History of the Pavese family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Pavese research. Another 236 words (17 lines of text) covering the years 1352, 1636, 1655, 1702, 1718, 1740 and 1764 are included under the topic Early Pavese History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Pavese Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Pavia, Pavesi, Pavesio, Pavese, Paiva, Pavio, Pavesa and many more.

Early Notables of the Pavese family

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Migration of the Pavese family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Jacome Paiva, who settled in Paraguay in 1564; Santiago Pavio, who settled in Puerto Rico in 1816; Facina Pavia, who came to New Orleans in 1829; F. Pavia, who arrived in New Orleans in 1835.

Contemporary Notables of the name Pavese (post 1700) +

James Peter Pavese (b. 1962), American retired professional NHL ice hockey player who played 328 games
Paila Pavese (1943-2024), Italian voice actress
Nino Pavese (1904-1979), Italian film actor who appeared in 49 films between 1936 and 1973
Luigi Pavese (1897-1969), Italian film actor who appeared in 173 films between 1916 and 1970
Cesare Pavese (1908-1950), Italian poet, novelist, literary critic and translator