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Early Origins of the Mino family

The surname Mino was first found in Normandy (French: Normandie), the former Duchy of Normandy, where this eminent family held a family seat from very early times.

Early History of the Mino family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Mino research. Another 236 words (17 lines of text) covering the years 1559, 1586, 1600, 1624, 1642, 1672, 1700, 1711 and 1829 are included under the topic Early Mino History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Mino Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Mignot, Minot, Mygnot, Mignau, Mignaux, Migneaux, Migneau, Mignolt, Migno, Mygnau, Mygnaux, Mygneaux, Mygneau, Mygnolt, Mygno, Minau, Minaux, Mineaux, Mineau, Minolt, Mino, Mignaud, Mignault, Mygnaud, Mygnault, Minos, Myno and many more.

Early Notables of the Mino family

Notable amongst the family in this period was Claudine Françoise "Marie" Mignot (1624-1711), French adventuress, born near Grenoble, at Meylan who at the age of 16 married the Treasurer of the province of Daupine, and when he died, she was left his fortune. His will was disputed by the family and she sought the protection of François de l'Hôpital, Marshal...
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Mino migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Mino Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Pedro De Mino, who landed in America in 1813 1

Mino migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Mino Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century
  • René Mino, who settled in Quebec with his wife, Jeanne, in 1703

Contemporary Notables of the name Mino (post 1700) +

  • Mino di Graziano (1289-1323), Italian painter, active in Siena
  • Mino Milani (1928-2022), Italian writer, cartoonist, journalist and historian who used several pseudonyms, including Stelio Martelli, Eugenio Ventura, Piero Selva, Mungo Graham Alcesti and T. Maggio
  • Mino De Rossi (1931-2022), Italian road bicycle and track cyclist, who won the gold medal in the men's 4.000m team pursuit at the 1952 Summer Olympics
  • Mino Argento (b. 1927), Italian artist
  • Mino Rocco D'Aurora (1909-1997), American Democratic Party politician, Member of West Virginia State House of Delegates from Brooke County, 1959-73; Delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1972


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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