Hi everyone
I have an Italian brick wall which we are hopeful that we may be close to resolving and hoping to possibly find some Mariners records that might help tie things down a bit more, but the original record may be an Italian Seaman record, then he went through UK and became c crew to Aust.
Joseph ( Giuseppe ) Pistorio /a ------often an "a" came into New South Wales Australia in 1857 aboard the Emma as Foreign crew aged about 18 . Then we lose him for a few years until he turns up in White Hills in the Gold Fields in Victoria where he marries Mary Doolan, they have 2 daughters Louisa and Mary Josephine and they move to Numurkah in the same State of Victoria after Joseph falls down a Mine shaft and retires from Mining. He dies abt 1895 in Numurkah in the state of Victoria Australia .
His crew record on the Emma gives his title as Seaman -
I cant find any **Seamans ** records for him in addition to his NSW crew notation on the Emma .
As he went through Liverpool to board the Emma as crew -would he have had to have a Seamans Ticket in Uk ? Where would i found the records ?
Or
Is there any way of checking Italian Mariners records.?
We are pretty hopeful that his birth details are below but need to sre p his real age as so many of his early docs are unreliable and need to be more sure to prove the birth record below as earlier we had a record stating his Mother was
Lucia Farna ......................
And quite commonly we would see Joseph had put the name __Farna at the end of his surname .
The birth record below is about the closet candidate currently .
Guiseppe Pistorio born 11 Jan 1839 Catania Sicily -Baptised the next day
Born to -Guiseppe Pistoria -37 - **SAILOR** -residing at Strada Del Teatro comunale
Guiseppe born 1799
Died 1849 Catania residing at S. Gaetano-Born Catania Husband of Lucia Cannisi
Was the son of Antonino Pistoria and Caterina P-?ivonello
So if this is correct his Father was also a Mariner, and on one of Josephs recrds he called him a Captain.
In Mary Pistorio's death & Probate records the daughter Louisa mentions that Joseph was never naturalised in Australia, however we know he did own land as there is a record of it being transfered into Marys name after he died .
Any ideas ?
Thankyou .
