Lanna History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Lanna family

The surname Lanna was first found in Brescia (Latin: Brixia) in Lomardy, capital of the province of Brescia. The Pizza del Museois the main feature of the town and marks the site of the Forum. Vespasian erected the Capitoleum in 73 A.D. It contains the famous bronze statue of Vistory. The convent of S.Salvatore is also notable, founded by Desiderius, King of Lombardy. 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 Lanna family

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Lanna Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Lana, Lano, Lani, Lanni, Lanata, Lanaro, Lanario, Lane, Lancca and many more.

Early Notables of the Lanna family

Ludovico Lana (c.1597-1646), Italian Baroque painter. Francesco Lana de Terzi (1631-1687) was an Italian Jesuit priest, mathematician, naturalist and aeronautics pioneer. A professor of physics and mathematics at Brescia, he...
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Lanna migration to the United States +

Lanna Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

John Lanna, who landed in New York, NY in 1811 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Lanna (post 1700) +

Lanna Ultican, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 2000 2

Sources +

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)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 8) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html