The Lorne surname is comes from the personal name Lorne, which may be derived from the title Marquis of Lorne." Lorne is a Scottish place name in Argyll and Bute, of unknown meaning.
Early Origins of the Lorne family
The surname Lorne was first found in Aberdeenshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Obar Dheathain), a historic county, and present day Council Area of Aberdeen, located in the Grampian region of northeastern Scotland, where the first on record is Angus Lorn, in 1408. Robert Lorne was the bailie of Edinburgh in 1423. Alan de Lorn was canon of the church of Dunkeld in 1433. George Lorn was presbyter of the diocese of Glasgow in 1485. Henry Lorne was burgess of Aberdeen in 1488. Donald Lorne is on record in Methven, Perthshire in 1588.
Early History of the Lorne family
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Lorne Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Lorn, Lorne, Lornie, Lornyn and others.
Early Notables of the Lorne family
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Lorne Ranking
In France, the name Lorne is the 9,077th most popular surname with an estimated 500 - 1,000 people with that name. 1
Lorne migration to the United States +
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Lorne Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
- Thomas Lorne, who arrived in Virginia in 1650 2
Lorne Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
- Jos Lorne, aged 40, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1829 2
Lorne migration to Australia +
Emigration to
Australia followed the
First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:
Lorne Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century
- James Lorne, aged 22, a labourer, who arrived in South Australia in 1851 aboard the ship "Lysander" 3
Contemporary Notables of the name Lorne (post 1700) +
- Robert Lorne McCuish (1923-1998), Canadian merchant and politician from Winnipeg, Manitoba; he represented Prince George-Bulkley Valley in the British Columbia in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1988
- Frederick Lorne James (1945-2016), Canadian CFL football player who played from 1967 to 1975
- Robert Lorne Stanfield (1914-2003), Canadian politician, 17th Premier of Nova Scotia (1956-1967), Federal Leader of the Official Opposition (1967-1976)
- John Lorne MacDougall (1898-1956), Canadian politician, Member of Parliament for Vancouver-Burrard (1949-1956)
- Otto Lorne Christman (1880-1963), Canadian amateur footballer
- Mark Lorne Bonnell (1923-2006), Canadian physician, provincial politician, and senator from Prince Edward Island
- Craig Lorne Forrest (b. 1967), Canadian soccer commentator and a former goalkeeper
- Mrs. W. Lorne Fowler, American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1932 4
- Ernest Lorne Bell (b. 1871), American politician, Member of New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1903-04; Member of New Hampshire State Senate 2nd District, 1905-06 5
- Lorne Michaels CM (b. 1944), born Lorne Lipowitz, a Canadian raised-American thirteen-time Emmy Award winning television producer, writer, comedian, and actor, best known for creating and producing Saturday Night Live, the Late Night series and The Tonight Show; awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016
Citations +
- http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
- 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)
- State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) LYSANDER 1851. Retrieved http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1851Lysander.htm
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 16) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 9) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html