Cazneau Family History

Cazneau Surname History

Summary

The earliest Cazneau family member on record (so far) is Paix de Cazneau or Cassaneau. The family has French roots but the meaning of the name Cazneau in Romanian is "tried harder." Some other spellings of Cazneau are Cazneaux, Casno, Casnau, Cassaneau and Casneau.  If you know more about this family than has been entered here by other family members, please add it to this page.

Cazneau History

All known Cazneau family members can be traced back to Paix de Cazneau or Cassaneau. He was a French Huguenot who came to Boston, Massachusetts from France about the year 1686. Some family members have added an X to the end of the name making it Cazneaux. One example of this was Harold Cazneaux of Australia, artistic photographer. There are Cazneau streets around the world in such places as England, California, Texas and Australia.

 

Cazneau country of origin

The Cazneau family is from France.  There have been many variations of the surname Cazneau and some of them  are Cazneaux, Casno, Casnau, Cousins, and Cassaneau but all of them are of French origin.

Meaning of the last name Cazneau

In the Romanian language, the name Cazneau is a word in lower case "cazneau". Therefore in Romanian the word " cazneau " means " tried harder ". This was a translation provided by the Romanian Embassy.

Cazneau Genealogy

Cazneau Family Tree

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Famous people named Cazneau

Some famous people named Cazneau were:

  • Jane McManus Cazneau ( 1807-1878 ) of Texas ref; Notable American Women.
  • General William Leslie Cazneau ( 1807-1876 ) of Texas.
  • General Thomas N. Cazneau ( 1812-1873 ) of California.
  • Stanley M. Cazneaux ( 1933 - 2011 ) The Grand Master of The California Masons 1991.
  • Harold Cazneaux ( 1878 - 1953 ). Australian artistic photographer.

Nationality and Ethnicity of Cazneau

Cazneau is a French last name.

More about the name Cazneau

Fun facts about the Cazneau family

There were 3 generations of Cazneau's that worked in the Movie Business in Hollywood, California. They started in the year 1913 and worked until about 1985.

 

Cazneau spelling variations

Some other spellings of Cazneau are Cazneaux, Cazeneau, Casno, Casnau, Cassaneau and Casneau.