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![Show Contents]() Penne History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
The distinguished surname Penne originated in an area of Italy, known as the Papal States. Although people were originally known only by a single name, it became necessary for people to adapt a second name to identify themselves as populations grew and travel became more frequent. The process of adopting fixed hereditary surnames was not complete until the modern era, but the use of hereditary family names in Italy began in the 10th and 11th centuries. Italian hereditary surnames were developed according to fairly general principles and they are characterized by a profusion of derivatives coined from given names. Although the most traditional type of family name found in the region of the Papal States is the patronymic surname, which is derived from the father's given name, local surnames are also found. Local names, which are the least frequent of the major types of surnames found in Italy, are derived from a place-name where the original bearer once resided or held land. Often Italian local surnames bore the prefix "di," which signifies emigration from one place to another, but does not necessarily denote nobility. The Penne family lived in one of several places in Italy named Penna. Early Origins of the Penne familyThe surname Penne was first found in 1189, when Alessio Penna was created Cardinal by Pope Clemente III. Early History of the Penne familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Penne research. The years 1325, 1364, 1390, 1475, 1680, 1689 and 1745 are included under the topic Early Penne History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Penne 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 Penne include Penna, Penni, Pa Penna, Papenna, Penne, Penella, Pennelli, Penniello, Pennacchi, Pennario, Pennarella, Pennarelli, Pennarola, Pennetta, Pennetti, Pennino, Pennini, Pennone, Pennoni, Pennacci, Pennazzi, Pennese and many more. Early Notables of the Penne familyProminent among members of the family was - Girolamo Pennacchi, a 15th century painter from Treviso whose most famous work stands in the Brera Gallery in Milan and is entitled "Pietà." Other works can be seen in Venice and Treviso. Lucas de Pen...
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Some of the first North American settlers with Penne name or one of its variants:
Penne Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Richard Penne, who arrived in Virginia in 1619 1
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- Dario Penne (1938-2023), Italian actor and voice actor who dubbed the voices Anthony Hopkins and Michael Caine in most of their performances
- Raymond Pierre Penne, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 2
- Penne Hackforth -Jones (1949-2013), American-born, Australian actress and biographer
- Penne Percy Korth (b. 1942), American politician, U.S. Ambassador to Mauritius, 1989
- 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)
- Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, August 12) Raymond Penne. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html
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