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![Show Contents]() Cassan History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins of the Cassan familyThe surname Cassan was first found in Modena (Etruscan: Mutna; Latin: Mutina; Modenese: Mòdna), a city in Emilia capital of the province of Modena. It became Roman in 215 B.C. It was successfully defended by Brutus against Mark Anthony. It changed hands many times between Church and Duchy. In 1859 the inhabitants declared in favor of unity with the Kingdom of Italy. The Ducal Palace is a notable. Rich in art the city has many museums and galleries. 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 was in itself a family honor. Cusano Milanino is a town and comune in the province of Milan, in Lombardy and Cusano Mutri is a comune in the province of Benevento in Campania. Cassone della Torre (or Casso, Cassono, Castone, Gastone), also called Mosca (died 1318) was an Italian medieval condottiero and feudal lord, Archbishop of Milan from 1308 to 1316 and patriarch of Aquileia from 1317 to 1318. Early History of the Cassan familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Cassan research. Another 194 words (14 lines of text) covering the years 1421, 1457, 1478, 1600, 1625, 1658, 1659, 1677, 1700, 1711, 1712, 1714, 1720, 1756, 1782 and 1852 are included under the topic Early Cassan History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Cassan Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Cassano, Cassani, Cassiano, Cassiani, Casciano, Casciani, Cassanello, Cassanelli, Cascianelli, Cascianini, Cassius, Casano, Casana, Casani, Casiano, Casino, Cassino, Cascante and many more. Early Notables of the Cassan familyProminent among members of the family was - Antonio Cassano, a captain of the militia in Famagosta in 1478
- Giovanni Francesco Cassana was a famous painter around 1600
- Maria Vittoria Cassana (died 1711) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque
- Nicol Cassana, the son of Giovanni Francesco, was also a painter and lived in Venice
- Lorenzo Bartolomeo Cassana of Pavia was a prominent architect whose works include the main cathedral in Pavia, which he completed during the late 17th century
- Giovanni Agostino Cassana was a painter in Venice born in 1700
- Niccolò Cassana (often called Nicoletto) (1659-1714), an Italian painter born in Venice
Cassan RankingIn France, the name Cassan is the 2,852nd most popular surname with an estimated 2,000 - 2,500 people with that name. 1
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Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Cassan Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Jean Baptist Cassan, who arrived in New York in 1795 2
Cassan Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Anty and Monty Cassan, both bonded passengers, who arrived in Boston Massachusetts in 1849
- Andrew Cassan who settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1850
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Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Cassan Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century- William Cassan, who settled in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1853
- Edward Cassan, who arrived in Ontario in 1871
- Joseph and Matthew Cassan, on record in the census of Ontario of 1871
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- Stephen Hyde Cassan (1789-1841), British ecclesiastical biographer, son of Stephen Cassan, barrister, born in 1789 at Calcutta, where his father was sheriff 3
- Louis Pierre Jean Aphrodise Cassan, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 4
- Olivier Cassan (b. 1984), French professional football midfielder
- Lionel Cassan (1956-2002), French television presenter
- Ian Cassan Messiter (1920-1999), English BBC Radio producer and writer, known for his work on Just a Minute (1969), Mr Drake's Duck (1951) and Just a Minute (1969)
- 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)
- Wikisource contributors. "Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900." Wikisource . Wikisource , 4 Jun. 2018. Web. 25 Nov. 2019
- Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, February 11) Louis Cassan. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html
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