The surname Previte 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.
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Early History of the Previte family
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Previte 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.
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Early Notables of the Previte family
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Migration of the Previte family
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Margarita Preto, who settled in New Orleans in 1849; Polonia Preto, who came to New Orleans in 1849; Benjamin F. Pretty, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1868.
Contemporary Notables of the name Previte (post 1700)
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Mary Evelyn Previte (1932-2019), American Democratic Party politician, Member of the New Jersey General Assembly (1998-2006)
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