Pavia History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Pavia family

The surname Pavia was first found in Piedmont (Italian: Piemonte, Piedmontese and Occitan: Piemont), a territorial division of northern Italy at the foot of the Alps consisting of the provinces of Alessandria, Cuneo, Novara and Turin. Later Aosta and Vercelli were added and still later, Asti. History is related back to 49 B.C. The house of Savoy rose in 1000 A.D. 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 Pavia family

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Pavia Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Pavia, Pavesi, Pavesio, Pavese, Paiva, Pavio, Pavesa and many more.

Early Notables of the Pavia family

Prominent among members of the family was

Giacomo Pavia (1655–1740), an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in his native Bologna

Pavia migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Pavia Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Facina Pavia, who settled in New Orleans in 1829
Facina Pavia, aged 5, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1829 1
F. Pavia, who arrived in New Orleans in 1835
F Pavia, aged 60, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1835 1
Julian Pavia, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1867 1
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Contemporary Notables of the name Pavia (post 1700) +

Paul P. Pavia, American Republican politician, Postmaster at Stamford, Connecticut, 1954-62 2
Michael A. Pavia, American Republican politician, Mayor of Stamford, Connecticut, 2010- 2
John Pavia, American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 2008 2
Andrew Pavia, American politician, Socialist Labor Candidate for Presidential Elector for California, 1972 2

Citations +

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 2016, January 22) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html