Surname Anselmi

[stevej60]

Hi Folk's,I'm fortunate to have a dozen or so photos of my Dad's time in the army 1944 to 46,some group shot's have his comrade's names written on the back most fairly common British in origin but a couple have a Steve Anselmi named.I thought it an unusual name obviously Italian in origin but nothing matches in free Bmd maybe to see where he originated from.Any thought's?

[ShaunJ]

Could you post the photos? Might he be an American soldier?

For those with an Ancestry sub there is this Steve Anselmi in uniform, born 1910: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/mediaui-viewer/tree/9325568/person/-818873902/media/b037f166-2c93-498c-ac32-90a2dfbd78a6

[stevej60]

H Shaun.my laptops not back until tomorrow I.ll try and get a photo up,These photo,s were taken in Italy 44/45 and Palestine 1946,they were all drivers RASC possibly he could well be American I know Dad did serve with a good few folk from across the globe he talked of a Mexican who joined them in the Itallian winter of 44 and the poor soul had to be posted away due to not been able to cope with the cold!

[Gadget]

1940 Census

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ2J-R9C

ADD -father, John Anselmi, was Austrian

Ties in with Shaun's photo link

Could you post the photos? Might he be an American soldier?

For those with an Ancestry sub there is this Steve Anselmi in uniform, born 1910: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/mediaui-viewer/tree/9325568/person/-818873902/media/b037f166-2c93-498c-ac32-90a2dfbd78a6

[Skoosh]

Presumably named for a notable bishop Anselm?

Skoosh.

[stevej60]

https://flic.kr/p/25jXFqH
Not sure if this link will work.They are Jack Kay,Stan Smith(dad) Joe Francis
and Steve Anselmi,I would have thought he'd be British but no one seem's to
fit for British birth's on BMD.

[ShaunJ]

They all look like British army to me.

[Gadget]

https://flic.kr/p/25jXFqH
Not sure if this link will work.They are Jack Kay,Stan Smith(dad) Joe Francis
and Steve Anselmi,I would have thought he'd be British but no one seem's to
fit for British birth's on BMD.

Have you checked for Scottish births?

Added - none showing

[kanskar]

Perhaps Steve was an anglicised name. This may lead him to be Silvio Anselmi. Freebmd has a birth in 1926, I think and a marriage in 1948.