| ![Show Contents]() Vanessa History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 England The roots of the Anglo-Saxon name Vanessa come from when the family resided in the district named Furness on the South coast of Cumberland. Eraly records show the name in Lancashire too. The place name is thought to have Old Norse origins which was usually assigned as a name for a peninsula. Early Origins of the Vanessa familyThe surname Vanessa was first found in Lancashire where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D. Early History of the Vanessa familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Vanessa research. Another 88 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1086, 1658, 1687, 1700, 1701, 1708, 1712 and 1733 are included under the topic Early Vanessa History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Vanessa Spelling VariationsThe English language only became standardized in the last few centuries; therefore,spelling variations are common among early Anglo-Saxon names. As the form of the English language changed, even the spelling of literate people's names evolved. Vanessa has been recorded under many different variations, including Furness, Furniss, Furnesse, Furnes, Furnesed, Furnace, Furnice, Furnas and many more. Early Notables of the Vanessa familyAnother 49 words (4 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Vanessa Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Vanessa familyFor many English families, the political and religious disarray that shrouded England made the far away New World an attractive prospect. On cramped disease-ridden ships, thousands migrated to those British colonies that would eventually become Canada and the United States. Those hardy settlers that survived the journey often went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations in which they landed. Analysis of immigration records indicates that some of the first North American immigrants bore the name Vanessa or a variant listed above: Henry Furnace who settled in Philadelphia in 1683 with his wife Katherine and five children; Amy Furness settled in Annapolis Maryland in 1719; Katherine Furnice settled in Pennsylvania in 1772.
| Contemporary Notables of the name Vanessa (post 1700) | + |
- Mrs. Christine Vanessa Richards M.B.E., British Head of Radiotherapy Services for Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire on 8th June 2018, for services to Cancer Patients 1
- Chelsea Vanessa Peretti (b. 1978), American comedian, actress, and writer from Contra Costa County, California
- Sally Vanessa Beauman (1944-2016), née Kinsey-Miles, an English journalist and writer from Totnes, Devon
- Angelica Vanessa Garnett (b. 1918), English author and painter
- Natascha Vanessa Börger Sevilla (b. 1981), former Venezuelan-German model and multiple beauty queen
- Natascha Vanessa Börger Sevilla (b. 1981), former Venezuelan-German model and multiple beauty queen
- Vanessa Arauz León (b. 1989), Ecuadorian football manager
- Vanessa McKuin, American Development Director with KUAR, a public radio station in Little Rock, Arkansas
- Vanessa Show (1950-2023), Argentinian travesti performer. She is considered a pioneering figure
- Vanessa Arsen, American Visual Effects specialist
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