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Ragusa Early Origins

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The surname Ragusa was first found in Brittany, originally Armorica in ancient times, where the family has been a prominent family for centuries, and held a family seat with lands and manor. The family were well established in the region of Dol and several members of the family distinguished themselves through their contributions toward the community in which they lived and were rewarded with lands, titles and letters patent confirming their nobility. Roger of Rames, a Norman Baron, took his name from the castle of Rames in Bolbec, near Havre in Normandy joined William the Conqueror at Hastings and was granted considerable estates in Essex and Suffolk in England. Saint Rimbert (or Rembert) (830-888), born in Flanders, was Archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg from 865-888.

Ragusa Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Raimbaud, Raimbaudière, Rambaudière, Raimbault, Rimbaud, Rambaud, Rambault, Rambauld, Rimbault, Raimbert, Rimbert, Rambert, Raimbourg, Rambourg, Rimbourg, Rambevaulx, Reimbault, Reimbaut, Reimbaud, Reimbert, Reimbold, Reinbold, Rembaud, Rembert, Rames, Raimes, Raime, Raimbaugh, Rainbow, Rambow and many more.

Ragusa Early History

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Ragusa research. Another 165 words (12 lines of text) covering the years 1810 and 1849 are included under the topic Early Ragusa History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Ragusa Early Notables (pre 1700)

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The Great Migration

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Ragusa Settlers in Canada in the 17th Century

Nicolas Ragusa, who arrived in Quebec in 1665

Contemporary Notables of the name Ragusa (post 1700)

Paula Ragusa (b. 1939), original name of Paula Prentiss, American actress
Philip Ragusa (b. 1940), American Republican politician, Candidate for New York State Assembly 26th District, 1986, 1986; Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 2004, 2008 ^[1]CITATION[CLOSE]
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 26) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
John Ragusa (b. 1383), Croatian Dominican theologian
Vincenzo Ragusa (1841-1927), Italian sculptor
Paul Ragusa (b. 1971), retired male wrestler from Canada
Cinzia Ragusa (b. 1977), Italian water polo player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics

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Citations

^ The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 26) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html

Other References

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Zieber, Eugene. Heraldry in America. Philadelphia: Genealogical Publishing Co. Print.
Crozier, William Armstrong Edition. Crozier's General Armory A Registry of American Families Entitled to Coat Armor. New York: Fox, Duffield, 1904. Print.
Colletta, John P. They Came In Ships. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1993. Print.
Rietstap, Johannes Baptist. Armorial Général. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. Print.
Filby, P. William and Mary K Meyer. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index in Four Volumes. Detroit: Gale Research, 1985. Print. (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8).
Bolton, Charles Knowles. Bolton's American Armory. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1964. Print.
Hanks, Patricia and Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Print. (ISBN 0-19-211592-8).
Rasmussen, Louis J. . San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists 4 Volumes Colma, California 1965 Reprint. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1978. Print.
de la Porte, A. Tresor Heraldique. Paris: F. Casterman, 1864. Print.
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The Ragusa Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Ragusa Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

This page was last modified on 26 October 2015 at 09:54.