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wimk
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Hi i am writing a book about the Italian Communities in England, in particular the Bedford and Birmingham Communities, any stories or Pictures or any Information would be very much appreciated. All information or Pictures i receive will be kept private to me and only used in the book, the sender will be thanked in the preface to the book Thank you, Franco.
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wimk
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Hi Sheronb i have read Bella Brum, i am in contact with the authors Doreen Hopwood and Margaret Dilloway. the book i am writing is more about working life, housing conditions and crime in the Italian communities, plus the affect of ww2 on Italians living in Bedford, Birmingham. I have completed the draft of the Bedford part of the book and am now starting the Birmingham side, which will be time consuming and a lot more difficult, because The Birmingham Italian's were more secretive and Families were all inter- married, and many did not take up the option of British Citizenship mainly because of the cost, but also it suited them to be "invisible" to the authorities! So official records say 2 or 300 Italians in the city in the early 1920s, when the actual number is probably closer to a 1,000. A lot of so called historian's will say a thousand Italian's in Birmingham is rubbish, but another reason for this book is to finally put some kind of true figures on the Italian Population!
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sheronb
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Hi Wimk.
My great grandfather never became a British citizen, I have found his Alien reg card from WW1, this was with the help of Dave Cross, from the West Midland Police muesum, I am also in touch with a guy, whose Italian great grandfather shot someone!! on abt 1905!!I can put you in touch with him, if you like! I am also very interested in how they lived, worked etc.... My great grandfather married a British lady of Irish decent, and had 16 children!! They lived in Barthlomew St/Fox St....my family didn't inter-marry though with any other Italian familes though.They were good friends with Martin Ciangretto (sp?) who had a demolition buisness in birmingham. I would love to find out more abt their lives.
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Larden/Cecil-Birmingham/lichfield/halesowen
Lombardozzi-Sora-Italy
Tuzi/Tuzio/Tuzzio- Sora-Italy/birmingham,
La Rocca/Tersigni/Lancia-Sora-Italy
Farrell/Battle-Ireland/Birmingham
Polsinelli/Gismondi-Sora-Italy
Heffer/Turner-Bristol-Frampton cotterell
Dean/skinner-Huntley,gloucs
Hinkley-Aston-Juxta-Birmingham
Mchale/Oldbury/Ireland
Hinton/Smith/Carter/Hercules-Worcestershire.
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scottcharles
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Are you looking for a particular era of immigrants?
What about post WW2 immigrants?
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BARTLETT - Plymouth, Devon
BIRD - Wiltshire, Somerset
BISHOP - Somerset
DESBOROUGH - Surrey?
EMERY - Bedfordshire
HALL - Walworth
HARDISTY - Leeds, Yorkshire
HAYWARD - Southwark, Surrey
LEDAMUN - Spitalfields, Middlesex
MONTAGUE - Bethnal Green, Middlesex
MYNN - Goudhurst, Kent
REYNELL - Newington Surrey
REYNOLDS - Soho, Middlesex
WREN - Midlothian, Scotland, Camberwell
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slippery
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We are searching for my Wife’s Maggie gggrandfather named John Lando from Genoa, Italy and went to live in Biggar, Scotland in 1850 at the age of 14. We have recently been told by a lady from Co Durham whose maiden name was also Lando (no contact details) was that he came to the North of England with two other brothers and one headed north possibly my ancestor.
We know that another Italian family lived in Biggar before 1850.
Can anyone help us or have connections with the Lando family.
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CuriousDiana
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The Roman Catholic churches of Birmingham would surely be a good source of information. The numbers of marriages and baptisms and the various Italian family names in their records would help your research. There were also Italian newspapers which could give a feel of community life.
there is an article by Sally Howard (you can google her name and find it) on Italian life in Birmingham, the back to back houses, etc.
Diana
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kathfen
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Hi Sam, please write to me at (*) with your address. It is not a 'book' it is 5 pages of info taken from the Catholic Registers of Newcastle upon Tyne vol. 36 there is a copy of the book in the library of the Northumbria and Durham Family History Society at Bolbeck Hall, Westgate Road, Newcastle
Regards, Kathy
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Lazzari & Ladzrie, Newcastle upon Tyne, Italy
Ray, Cumberland & South Shields Durham
Pomery, St. Neots, Liskeard
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gillianbuckley
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Help, I am trying to find out when & where on the isle of man my grandfather, FIORE ANGELO SARTOR, was interned in WWII. We think he was interned in 1940/41. I hope someone can give me some info. Thanks 
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st.evenlucy
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Hi Sheronb,
I`ve seen some of you`r messages about the Italian Quarter
in B`ham. I`m really interested in the photograph of your
Gt. Gt. Grandfather with his friend Martino.
Family members think this maybe Martino Ciangretti who was my
Gt. Gt. Grand father. My family also lived in Bartholomew St.
This is the first time I have ever replied to any messages on the
internet, but that photograph really got me excited!
I`m also on the Birmingham website. If you can give me any more
information it would be great.
st. evenlucy.
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