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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
- Jeanne Lanier -- --, 1590 December 0, 1660 Basse-Normandie
- Mary (Granny) Evelyn Lanier -- --, 1932 February 8, 2014 Mississippi
- John Jerome Lanier -- --, 1499 November 29, 1577 Haute-Normandie
- John Lanier -- --, 1550 December 0, 1616
- William Clarence Lanier -- --, 1852 March 1, 1944 Ohio
Lanier Death Records
- Name Birth Date Death Date Location
- Clement Lanier -- --, 1662 December 0, 1715
- Buren I. Lanier -- --, 1918 December 27, 1988 North Carolina
- Jane Lanier -- --, 1533 December 0, 1561
- Rebecca Ann Lanier -- --, 1712 December 31, 1744 Virginia
- Robert Lanier -- --, 1642 September 20, 1744 Kent County
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