Lanier Family History
Lanier Name Meaning
French, Dutch, and English: occupational name for someone
involved in the wool trade, from an agent derivative of Old French
la(i)ne ‘wool’. DEB.French and Dutch:
occupational name, with the definite article, for a pack driver, from
French âne ‘ass’, ‘donkey’ (Latin asinus).French and Dutch: nickname for a falconer, from Old French
lanier, lenier, a kind of falcon.French and
Dutch: nickname for a lazy, slow, timid, or cowardly person, from Old
French lanier, lenier.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Lanier
Name Distribution of Lanier Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Lanier families
 4 - 5  2 - 3 |
 1  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Lanier Family Origin
Lanier Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Lanier Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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