Contents [hide]

Pretty History Early Origins Early History Spelling Variations Early Notables Ranking

United States Canada Australia New Zealand

Contemporary Notables Related Stories Citations

Pretty History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England
Italy

Early Origins of the Pretty family

The surname Pretty 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 Pretty family

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

Pretty 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 Pretty family

Another 27 words (2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Pretty Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Pretty Ranking

In Newfoundland, Canada, the name Pretty is the 335^th most popular surname with an estimated 137 people with that name. 1

Pretty migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Pretty Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

George Pretty, who settled in Virginia in 1607
Edward Pretty, who settled in New England in 1654
Thomas and Penelope Pretty, who settled in Virginia in 1654
Penelope Pretty, who landed in Maryland in 1669 2
Richard Pretty, aged 53, who arrived in New York in 1690 2

Pretty Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

George Pretty, who arrived in America in 1764 2

Pretty Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Benjamin F. Pretty, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1868
Wm. Pretty, aged 51, who immigrated to America, in 1893

Pretty Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

George Owen Pretty, aged 28, who landed in America from London, England, in 1909
Lilly Pretty, aged 37, who landed in America from London, England, in 1910
Rose Pretty, aged 26, who settled in America from Salesbury, England, in 1912
Edgar Pretty, aged 38, who immigrated to the United States from Crenwell, England, in 1913
William Pretty, aged 72, who immigrated to the United States from Ipswich, England, in 1914
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Pretty migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Pretty Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

Mr. Jasper Pretty U.E. who settled in Saint John, New Brunswick c. 1784 3

Pretty Settlers in Canada in the 20th Century

Rebecca Pretty, aged 19, who arrived at St. John's, Newfoundland, in 1905
Elizabeth Pretty, aged 19, who arrived at Dildo, Newfoundland, in 1909
Elizabeth A. Pretty, aged 30, who arrived at Vancouver, British Colombia, in 1910
Frederick William Pretty, aged 43, who arrived at Rossland, B.C., in 1913
Jemima Pretty, aged 18, who arrived at Dildo, Newfoundland, in 1915
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Pretty migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Pretty Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Mr. Henry Dodwell Pretty, English convict who was convicted in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England for life, transported aboard the "Blenheim" on 11th March 1837, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) 4
Matthew Pretty, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Morley" in 1840 5
James Pretty, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Morley" in 1840 5
Robert Pretty, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Morley" in 1840 5
John Henry Pretty, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Morley" in 1840 5
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Pretty 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:

Pretty Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Edward Pretty, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "Annie Wilson" in 1863

Contemporary Notables of the name Pretty (post 1700) +

Air Marshal Sir Walter Pretty KBE, CB (1909-1975), British Royal Air Force officer, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Signals Command (1961-1964)
Edith May Pretty (1883-1942), née Dempster, English landowner and amateur archaeologist from Elland, Yorkshire; the Anglo-Saxon Sutton Hoo ship burial was discovered on her land
Donald Wayne Pretty (b. 1936), Canadian silver medalist rower at the 1956 Summer Olympics
David Pretty (b. 1951), former Australian rules footballer who played for North Melbourne (1969-1973)
Charles Fenn Pretty (1865-1940), Canadian forester from Belleville, Ontario, he moved to New Westminster, BC in 1890, founded Pretty's Timber Exchange in 1903, considered the father of the forestry industry in British Columbia
Lloyd Pretty, Newfoundland contemporary fine artist from Stephenville
Diane Pretty (1958-2002), British woman from Luton who became notable after being the focus of a debate about the laws of euthanasia in United Kingdom
Robert Pretty, British Clergyman

Citations +

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)
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)
Rubincam, Milton. The Old United Empire Loyalists List. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1976. (Originally published as; United Empire Loyalists. The Centennial of the Settlement of Upper Canada. Rose Publishing Company, 1885.) ISBN 0-8063-0331-X
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 15th October 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/blenheim
State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) MORLEY 1840. Retrieved from http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1840Morley.htm