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Cattaneo family from Italy
« on: Sunday 11 June 06 17:27 BST (UK) »
Hello all,

In tracing a couple of other immigrant Italian families, I was amazed to keep finding another Italian immigrant family inter-connected through business or cropping up as neighbours and therefore I'm trying to do a bit of research into their background.

The family is the Cattaneo family, who seemed to have originated in the Lombardy area of Italy and originally set up (I gather) in Croydon.  However there's plenty of evidence of a network of Cattaneo watchmakers and jewellers across England.   Henry, Anthony and Joseph operated in York, Ann and Seraphim in Durham, Peter and Pasqual in Croydon and Joseph in Folkestone.  In addition there were a couple of companies such as Cattaneo & Co of Briggate Leeds, Cattaneo & Fletcher on Edgbaston Street Birmingham and a third family company (this time of cutlery merchants) named Vipont and Cattaneo based in Leeds and who knows how many others...

Does anyone have any information or ideas on tracing further background on this family please.  (I'm not particularly looking for lookups at this stage as I am in the process of doing some myself but really it's ideas, information, sources of biographies if there are any...

Thanks,

Ian
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CHESHIRE - Oultram, Walker, Wrench, Humphreys, Marrow, Bratt?
LANCASHIRE - Bratt, Prickett
FLINT (N WALES) - Fletcher?
STAFFORDSHIRE - Bratt? Fletcher?
ITALY - Rosso, Spinelli, Aicardi, Garibaldi, Gazzano, Raineri, Caprile
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Re: Cattaneo family from Italy
« Reply #1 on: Friday 16 February 07 20:46 GMT (UK) »
http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/research/collections/websters/c.shtml
Nice list of them here Cattaneo/ Cattanio...instrument makers...from Barometers & thermometers

The same site shows some to be in business with a Ballarini.
 
looking at the IGI the concentration of the name does seem to be in London
and Yorkshire... 
The name Cattaneo is concentrated in Italy, but can also be found in Switzerland...

Here's one for sale!
http://www.antique-watch.com/idxa/sign2.html
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Re: Cattaneo family from Italy
« Reply #2 on: Friday 16 February 07 21:00 GMT (UK) »
Perhaps you can find something of interest in here? A quick look
shows that there were some earlier names from Italy & Switzerland
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/search/quick_search.aspx
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Re: Cattaneo family from Italy
« Reply #3 on: Friday 16 February 07 22:03 GMT (UK) »
Do you have access to a copy of Barometer Makers and Retailers 1660-1900 by Edwin Banfield? Lots of Cattaneos (14) + 10 Cattanio listed. They seem to range from Bristol to Folkstone, Reigate to York, and many points in between.

For the present day distribution of the name in Italy try http://gens.labo.net/en/cognomi/

Colin
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