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![Show Contents]() Pairo History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 Italy
From the historical and enchanting Italian region of the islands of Sicily emerged a multitude of noble families, including the distinguished Pairo family. Although people were originally known only by a single name, it became necessary for people to adopt a second name to identify themselves as populations grew and travel became more frequent. The process of adopting fixed hereditary surnames was not complete until the modern era, but the use of hereditary family names in Italy began in the 10th and 11th centuries. Italian hereditary surnames were developed according to fairly general principles and they were characterized by a profusion of derivatives coined from given names. Although the most common type of family name found in Sicily is the patronymic surname, which is derived from the father's given name, the nickname type of surname is also frequently found. Nickname surnames were derived from an eke-name, or added name. They usually reflected the physical characteristics or attributes of the first person that used the name. The surname Pairo is a name for a person who frequently wore a straw hat or who had straw colored hair. The name Paglia is derived from the Italian word paglia, which means straw. Early Origins of the Pairo familyThe surname Pairo was first found in within early records of the Pagliara family, who were nobility in Salerno and were Lords of seven feudal territories. Early History of the Pairo familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Pairo research. The year 1857 is included under the topic Early Pairo History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Pairo Spelling VariationsSurnames that originated in Italy are characterized by an enormous number of spelling variations. Some of these are derived from regional traditions and dialects. Northern names, for instance, often end in "o", while southern names tend to end in "i". Other variations come from the fact the medieval scribes tended to spell according to the sound of words, rather than any particular set of rules. The recorded variations of Pairo include Paglia, Pagli, Paggia, Paglietta, Paietta, Paiola, Paiotta, Paglicci, Pagliocca, Pagliuca, Paglione, Pagliaini, Pagliarini, Pagliazzi, Pagliai, Pagliaro, Pagliari, Pagliara, Paggiaro, Paggiarin, Pagliarolo, Pagliaroli, Pagliarani, Pagliarulo, Paglieri, Paiero, Pairo, Paglianti, Paglionico and many more. Early Notables of the Pairo familyProminent among bearers of this surname in early times was the Paglia family in Giovinazzo, a town on the Adriatic sea on the southern tip of the peninsula. Gualtiere Pagliara was Chancellor of the Empire of Enrico VI in Sicily; also...
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 Pairo migration to the United States | + |
Investigation of immigration and passenger lists has revealed a number of people bearing the name Pairo:
Pairo Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Thomas W Pairo, who arrived in Washington, DC in 1811 1
- A Pairo, aged 37, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1860 1
- 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)
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Pairo migration to the United States 
