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Origin displayed: German   

Spelling variations include: Gregory, Gregorie, Greggory and others

First found in Bavaria, where the name was anciently associated with the tribal conflicts of the area.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: settlers who travelled to the New World and established themselves along the eastern seaboard of the United States in Canada in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Some noteworthy people of the family name Gregory

• Wilfred Gregory, Canadian Lawyer
• Cedric Gregory, Australian Educator
• Jack Gregory, Australian Scientist
• John Munford Gregory (1804-1884), Governor of Virginia from 1842 to 1843
• Earle Davis Gregory (1897-1972), World War I Medal of Honor recipient
• Horace Gregory, American Poet
• Richard Langton Gregory (b. 1923) British psychologist and Emeritus Professor of Neuropsychology at tthe University of Bristol
• Augustus Charles Gregory (1819-1905), Australian surveyor
• James Gregory (1638-1675), Scottish mathematician
• Col. Frederick D. Gregory (b. 1941), former NASA Astronaut with over 455 hours in space
• Lt. Col. William G. Gregory (b. 1957), former NASA Astronaut

Origin displayed: Italian

Spelling variations include: Cassano, Cassani, Cassiano, Cassiani, Casciano, Cassanello, Casssanelli, Cascianelli, Cascianini, Cassius, Casano, Casana, Casani, Casiano, Casino, Cassino, Cascante, and more

First found in Modena, anciently Mutina, a city in Emilia capital of the province of Modena.

Modena is a city of northern Italy west-northwest of Bologna. An ancient Etruscan settlement and later (after 183 b.c.) a Roman colony, Modena became a free commune in the 12th century a.d. and was absorbed into Italy in 1860. Population: 175,000.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Maria Casana, who came to New Orleans in 1779; Paul Castagnet, who arrived in Maryland in 1792; Lucy Cassanova, who came to New Orleans in 1829; Francisco Casellas, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1845.

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