Preto History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Italy
Spain

Early Origins of the Preto family

The surname Preto was first found in Treviso. anciently Tarvisium, a town in Venetia, capital of the province of Treviso. The cathedral of San Pietro is notable and dates back to 1141. It is classical style with seven domes with works by many notable painters and sculptors. The Piazza dei Signori has many palaces. In the 6th century this town was a seat of a Lombard duke. Charlemagne held it. Later it was Venetian. 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 Preto family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Preto research. Another 103 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1204, 1381, 1613, 1699, 1701 and 1774 are included under the topic Early Preto History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Preto Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Preti, Prete, Previ, Preve, Previte, Proviteri, Prevedello, Prevedel, Previtali, Prevati, Previati, Pretti, Pretty and many more.

Early Notables of the Preto family

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Preto migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Preto Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Margarita Preto, who settled in New Orleans in 1849
Polonia Preto, who settled in New Orleans in 1849
Polonia Preto, aged 34, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1849 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Preto (post 1700) +

Antonio Preto (1965-2016), Italian lawyer and politician

Citations +

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)