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’. 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.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 990,642 Historical Documents with Lanier on Ancestry
- 126,708 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 55,731 Census and Voter Lists
- 18,078 Military Records
- 3,359 Immigration Records
- 786,766 Member Trees
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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
Lanier census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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from 1881 UK Census Data
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