Loreto Family History
Loreto Name Meaning
Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian: from the Marian female personal
name, Portuguese Maria do Loreto, Italian Maria di
Loreto, from Loreto in Ancona province, Italy, the center of a
cult of the Virgin Mary dating from the 15th century. Loreto is the
site of the Santa Casa, the childhood home of the Virgin Mary, which
according to legend was miraculously transported by angels from
Nazareth to Loreto in the 13th century. The place name is from Latin
lauretum ‘place of laurels’. Compare Loredo.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Loreto
Name Distribution of Loreto Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Loreto families
 5 - 8  2 - 4 |
 1  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Loreto families
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3 - 3 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Loreto census records
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Loreto Family Origin
Loreto Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Loreto
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Loreto Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Loreto census records
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Military Service by Loreto
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