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Lanier Family History
Lanier Genealogy & Family TreeLanier is an English name from Huntingdonshire, England, where the family held a seat. It comes from the Old French alanelier which means "maker of woolen cloth." Roots for the name can also be found in France.
Other spellings of the name include "Lanyer," "Laner," "Layner," "Leyner," and "Laneir." Notable people with the surname include American stuntwoman Jasi Cotton Lanier (Alice in Wonderland, Sinister, Identity Thief), American basketball player Bob Lanier (Detroit Pistons, Milwaukee Bucks), and American playwright Thomas Lanier, better known as Tennessee Williams (A Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Glass Menagerie). The first Lanier to come to America was John Lanier in Virginia in 1657.
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Lanier Birth Records
- Name Birth Date Death Date Location
- Linn C Lanier -- --, 1826 December 0, 1880 Alabama
- Henrietta Jane Lanier -- --, 1836 December 0, 1854 Florida
- Arrilla Lanier -- --, 1862 December 28, 1862 Georgia
- Frances Lanier -- --, 1646 December 0, 1675
- Junius Fisher Lanier -- --, 1898 March 0, 1902 Texas
Lanier Death Records
- Name Birth Date Death Date Location
- Russell Elmore Lanier -- --, 1895 July 26, 1941 Florida
- Emma Frances Lanier -- --, 1854 December 0, 1929 Alabama
- Bird Lanier -- --, 1727 December 0, 1788 Virginia
- Drusilla Ann Lanier -- --, 1824 June 23, 1903 Indiana
- Buel Lanier -- --, 1891 April 0, 1967
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