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ENGLISH ORIGINS:
Coat of Arms: Gold with a chequered chevron red and silver between three silver trefoils.Crest: Description not available
Spelling variations of this family name include: Dan, Dann, Danne, Dans, Danns, Dannes and others.
First found in Sussex where they held a family seat from very ancient times.
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: George Dan who settled in Virginia in 1655; John Dan settled in the Barbados in 1678; Jacob Dann settled in Philadelphia Pa. in 1870.Coat of Arms: Blue shield with gold bars
Crest: Description not available
First found in Piedmont, Piemonte, Pedemons, 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.
Spelling variations of this family name include: Danna, Dainese, Danese, Dainesi, Danise, Danisi, Danais, Dania, Dana, D'Ance, Dance, Daneuise, Danes and many more.
First found in Piedmont, Piemonte, Pedemons, 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.
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Alonso Dana, who came to Peru in 1598; Mary Dance, who came to New York, NY in 1824; Paul Danes, who came to New Orleans in 1827; D. Dana, who came to San Francisco in 1851.House of Names
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