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Early Origins of the Lane family

The surname Lane was first found in Brescia (Latin: Brixia) in Lomardy, capital of the province of Brescia. The Pizza del Museois the main feature of the town and marks the site of the Forum. Vespasian erected the Capitoleum in 73 A.D. It contains the famous bronze statue of Vistory. The convent of S.Salvatore is also notable, founded by Desiderius, King of Lombardy. 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 Lane family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Lane research. Another 95 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1552, 1597, 1631, 1646, 1653 and 1687 are included under the topic Early Lane History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Lane Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Lana, Lano, Lani, Lanni, Lanata, Lanaro, Lanario, Lane, Lancca and many more.

Early Notables of the Lane family

Ludovico Lana (c.1597-1646), Italian Baroque painter. Francesco Lana de Terzi (1631-1687) was an Italian Jesuit priest, mathematician, naturalist and aeronautics pioneer. A professor of physics and mathematics at Brescia, he...
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Lane World Ranking

the United States, the name Lane is the 182nd most popular surname with an estimated 134,298 people with that name. 1 However, in Canada, the name Lane is ranked the 438th most popular surname with an estimated 10,797 people with that name. 2 And in Newfoundland, Canada, the name Lane is the 75th popular surname with an estimated 363 people with that name. 3 Australia ranks Lane as 165th with 18,753 people. 4 New Zealand ranks Lane as 387th with 1,678 people. 5 The United Kingdom ranks Lane as 197th with 28,857 people. 6

Lane migration to the United States +



Lane Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • Thomas Lane, aged 30, who landed in Virginia in 1613 aboard the ship "Treasurer" 8
  • Alice Lane, aged 24, who arrived in Virginia in 1619 aboard the ship "Bona Nova" 8
  • Henery Lane, aged 20, who arrived in Virginia in 1623 aboard the ship "Southampton" 8
  • Thomas Lane, who landed in Virginia in 1623 8
  • Rachell Lane, who landed in Virginia in 1628 8
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Lane Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Anne Lane, who arrived in Virginia in 1701 8
  • Jos Lane, who landed in Virginia in 1703 8
  • Henry Lane, who arrived in New England in 1706 8
  • Eliza Lane, who arrived in Virginia in 1711 8
  • James Lane, who arrived in Virginia in 1729
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Lane Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Ellen Lane, who landed in New York, NY in 1811 8
  • Mary Lane, who arrived in New York, NY in 1811 8
  • Mary Anne Lane, who arrived in New York, NY in 1816 8
  • Guat Lane, aged 28, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1829 8
  • Judith Lane, aged 51, who arrived in Kennebunk, Me in 1830 8
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Lane Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • L Mary Lane, who landed in Colorado in 1906 8

Lane migration to Canada +

Lane Settlers in Canada in the 17th Century
Lane Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century
  • Edward Lane in St. John's, Newfoundland in 1706 9
  • John Lane, who landed in Nova Scotia in 1749
  • William Lane, who landed in Nova Scotia in 1749
  • William Lane, who arrived in Nova Scotia in 1750
  • Mary Lane, who landed in Nova Scotia in 1750
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Lane Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century
  • Juliana Lane, who arrived in Nova Scotia in 1829
  • James T Lane, who arrived in Canada in 1831
  • Peter Lane, aged 17, a clerk, who arrived in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1833 aboard the brig "Charity" from Kinsale, Ireland
  • John Lane, aged 37, a labourer, who arrived in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1833 aboard the brig "Charity" from Kinsale, Ireland
  • Ann Lane, aged 30, who arrived in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1833 aboard the ship "Providence" from Cork, Ireland
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Lane migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia included the First Fleet, Second Fleet and Third Fleet of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

First Fleet
  • Mr. Thomas Lane, (1759 - 1790), aged 30, British settler convicted at Devon, England in 1788, sentenced to 7 years for stealing a cow, transported aboard the ship "Neptune" leaving in 1789 arriving in New South Wales, Australia in 1790 7
  • Mr. George Lane, (1763 - 1790), aged 26, British settler convicted at Middlesex, England in 1787, sentenced to 7 years for stealing, transported aboard the ship "Neptune" leaving in 1789 arriving in New South Wales, Australia in 1790, may have died on the ship 8
Second Fleet
  • Mr. David Lane, (1765 - 1796), aged 25, Irish settler convicted in Cork, Ireland in 1790, sentenced to Life for theft, transported aboard the ship "Queen" leaving in 1790 arriving in New South Wales, Australia in 1791, he was murdered 8
Third Fleet
  • Mr. William Lane, (b. 1755), aged 32, English labourer convicted in Chelmsford, Essex on 28th July 1784, sentenced for 7 years for theft of food, transported aboard the ship "Scarborough" leaving in 1787 arriving in New South Wales, Australia in 1788 8
Following the First, Second and Third Fleets, other convicts and early settlers arriving in Australia include:

Lane Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century
  • Mr. George Lane, (b. 1773), aged 27, British Convict who was convicted in Surrey, England for 7 years, transported aboard the "Earl Cornwallis" in August 1800, arriving in New South Wales, Australia, he died in 1835 10
  • Mr. William Lane, British Convict who was convicted in Middlesex, England for 7 years, transported aboard the "Coromandel" on 4th December 1803, arriving in New South Wales, Australia 11
  • Mrs. Ann Lane, (b. 1782), aged 30, English servant who was convicted in Middlesex, England for 7 years for larceny, transported aboard the "Emu" in October 1812, the ship was captured and the passengers put ashore, the convicts were then transported aboard the "Broxburnebury" in January 1812 arriving in New South Wales, Australia, she died in 1869 12
  • Miss Elizabeth Lane, (b. 1810), aged 2, English settler travelling with convict Ann Lane, transported aboard the "Emu" in October 1812, the ship was captured and the passengers put ashore, the convicts were then transported aboard the "Broxburnebury" in January 1812 arriving in New South Wales, Australia 12
  • Mr.Robert Lane, British settler who was convicted in Norfolk, England for life for stealing, transported aboard the "Fortune" on 31st October 1812, arriving in New South Wales, Australia 13
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Lane migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Lane Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century
  • Elizabeth Lane, aged 20, a servant, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Catherine Stewart Forbes" in 1841
  • Mr. John Lane, British settler travelling from Gravesend, UK aboard the ship "Blundell" arriving in Otago, South Island, New Zealand on 21st September 1848 14
  • Mrs. Lane, British settler travelling from Gravesend, UK with 5 children aboard the ship "Blundell" arriving in Otago, South Island, New Zealand on 21st September 1848 14
  • Anne Lane, aged 25, a domestic servant, who arrived in Nelson, New Zealand aboard the ship "Poictiers" in 1850
  • Mr. William Lane, (b. 1818), aged 32, British butcher travelling from London aboard the ship "Randolph" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand in September 1850 15
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Lane migration to West Indies +

The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 16
Lane Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century
  • Richard Lane, aged 28, who landed in St Christopher in 1635 8

Contemporary Notables of the name Lane (post 1700) +

  • Ray Lane (1930-2025), American sportscaster from Detroit, Michigan. During the late 1940s, played baseball and basketball for the Stags of Mackenzie High School, in 1949, enrolled at Michigan State University and played baseball for the Spartans
  • Ruth Elizabeth Lane (1924-2007), née Boggues, American private in the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, first all-female, all-African-American battalion to server overseas
  • Susan Russell "Sara" Lane (1949-2023), American actress, best known for her role as an orphaned Wyoming frontier girl Elizabeth Grainger in the NBC western series The Virginian (1962)
  • Mills Bee Lane III (1937-2022), American boxing referee and professional boxer, a two-term Washoe County, Nevada, District Court Judge, and television personality
  • Tommy Lane (1937-2021), American actor from Liberty City, Miami, Florida, known for his work on Live and Let Die (1973), Shaft (1971) and Shamus (1973)
  • John Michael Lane (1936-2020), American epidemiologist and director of the Epidemic Intelligence Service's Global Smallpox Eradication program between 1973 and 1981, known for his leading role in the eradication of smallpox
  • Kenneth Jay Lane (1932-2017), American costume jewelry designer, known for his work for Jacqueline Kennedy, Wallis, the Duchess of Windsor, Britney Spears and Nicole Richie and many others
  • Mark Lane (1927-2016), American attorney, New York state legislator and conspiracy theorist on the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy
  • Richard Gautier "Dick" Lane (1927-2015), American politician, Member of the Georgia House of Representatives from 1966 to 1984, eponym of the Dick Lane Bridge over the Chattahoochee River
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Arrow Air Flight 1285
  • Mr. Randall Alan Lane (1962-1985), Maine, USA, American Specialist 4th Class from Clarksville, Tennessee, USA who died in the Arrow Air Flight 1285 crash 17
  • Mr. Herbert F W Lane (b. 1918), English Able Seaman serving for the Royal Navy from Blue Town, Sheerness, Kent, England, who sailed into battle and died in the HMS Hood sinking 18
  • Mr. Cyril F Lane (b. 1911), English Shipwright 2nd Class serving for the Royal Navy from Kingston, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, who sailed into battle and died in the HMS Hood sinking 19
  • Mr. Frederick J Lane, British Signalman, who sailed into battle on the HMS Prince of Wales (1941) and survived the sinking 19
  • Mr. Albert V. Lane, British Stoker 1st Class, who was aboard the ship "HMS Vanguard" when she exploded in the Scapa Flow off the Orkney Islands, Scotland on 9th July 1917
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Suggested Readings for the name Lane +

  • The Lane Robertson Families of Amherst County, Virginia by Lyle Keith Williams.
  • Lain (also Lane), Lowrance, Lorance, and Related Families by Nadine Lain.
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  3. The order of Common Surnames in 1955 in Newfoundland retrieved on 20th October 2021 (retrieved from Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland by E.R. Seary corrected edition ISBN 0-7735-1782-0)
  4. "Most Common Last Names in Australia." Forebears, https://forebears.io/australia/surnames
  5. "Most Common Last Names in New Zealand." Forebears, https://forebears.io/new-zealand/surnames
  6. "UK surname ranking." UK Surname map, https://www.surnamemap.eu/unitedkingdom/surnames_ranking.php?p=10
  7. Convict Records of Australia. Retrieved 4th February 2021 from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships
  8. 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)
  9. Seary E.R., Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland, Montreal: McGill's-Queen's Universtity Press 1998 ISBN 0-7735-1782-0
  10. Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 13th August 2021). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/earl-cornwallis
  11. Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 22nd March 2021). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/coromandel-and-experiment
  12. Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 3rd November 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/Emu
  13. Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 24th October 2022). https://convictrecords.com.au
  14. New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 17th October 2018). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
  15. New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 26th March 2019). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
  16. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
  17. American War Memorials - Flight 1285. (Retrieved 2016, August 24) . Retrieved from http://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/monument_details.php?SiteID=317&MemID=550
  18. H.M.S. Hood Association-Battle Cruiser Hood: Crew Information - H.M.S. Hood Rolls of Honour, Men Lost in the Sinking of H.M.S. Hood, 24th May 1941. (Retrieved 2016, July 15) . Retrieved from http://www.hmshood.com/crew/memorial/roh_24may41.htm
  19. HMS Prince of Wales Crew members. (Retrieved 2014, April 9) . Retrieved from http://www.forcez-survivors.org.uk/biographies/listprincecrew.html

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