My italian heritage

[dhodson]

Hi,

I recently found out that my great great grandparents were from Italy and i'm really intrested in know more on it. like where abouts in Italy they came from. if anyone can help, this is the info i have managed to get.

His name was Bartholomew toboni , married Nancy granelli her brother was Louis the ice cream maker. i think they had 4 children, Francis Toboni being my great great grandad, who's daughter Mary is my grandmother.

My Grandmother is not really intrested in her rroots or history, but i'm facininated and would love to know my family history and roots. i really hope you can help.

[Berlin-Bob]

Hi dhobson,

Welcome to RootsChat

I'm going to move your post to the Europe board, because that's where the experts "hang out"

Check out some of the tips in the Europe Resources board as well.

And a concrete question, can you you give us some dates and place names, in Britain and Italy ??
That will help us to find them.

regards,
Bob

[dhodson]

Thank you.

All i know is they moved to Manchester, from what Part of Italy i'm curious to know myself.

My great grandfarther Francis Toboni was born in 1897. i'll try to get more info from my grandmother, but i'm not hoping for much because she's 85 and her memory is not what it once was.

[jorose]

freebmd.rootsweb.com
shows some possible births, including Francis in 1897.

http://www.1911census.co.uk/
 shows them with 5 children - John (recorded on freebmd as Giovanni), Amelia, Francis (Frank on census), Mary, and David.

Also perhaps look here:
http://www.ancoatslittleitaly.com/

[dhodson]

Hi Jorose,

Thanks for looking into that for me. i don't have credits to look. but if i bought them, would that site have the infomation on what part of italy my GG.Grandfarther came from?

[Berlin-Bob]

Hi,

that's the big problem with "foreigners" - most documents, whether BMD certificates or census returns will only tell you the Country of birth; any more than that is a question of luck - and you usually have to buy the certificates first, just to find out if you got lucky

regards,
Bob

[3merrylads]

Hi,
I am trying to find out about a Mary Granelli born around 1899 who lived in Sheffield, there seem to be many braches to this family, she married a Walter Snape in 1918.

regards

[anniesplace]

hi Mary it my aunt and i think i have sent you all that i have found out about grandad, ask you gran to show you what i have sent you and if there's anything that i have missed i will send it to you.
thanks Ann.