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LANE Family History
This is an surname of English, French and Irish origins. Recorded in many spellings including Loan, Lane, Lain and Layne, it has three distinct possible origins. The first and most likely being a topographical name for one resident in a narrow pathway between fences or hedges, later used of any narrow passage including one between houses in a town. The derivation is from the Olde English pre 7th Century "lanu", and early recordings of the surname from this source include: Osbertus in Lane of the county of Surrey in the year 1212; Adam Ithelane of Bedfordshire in 1227; and Nicholas atte Lone of Worcestershire in 1275...Who have we missed?
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My 3x great grandfather, John Lane (1750-1834) and his wife, Joyce Lester/Lyster (c. 1759-1843) emigrated to Prince Edward Island, Canada from Mountmellick, Laois (Queen's County) in 1819.They brought seven of their eight children with them as well as neighbours, the Pleadwell family.
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