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Does anybody have any connection to these last names? Or does anybody know of anybody? I'm trying to research our family in Italy and cannot find any specifics. Please help! Thanks
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Hi Holly and welcome to this forum. Is there any other information you can give us concerning your ancestry-first names, approximate years of birth, where your ancestors resided in the U.S., if they did. Do you know the town in Italy where they were from? The key to finding information about your family in Italy is finding information about them on U.S. records first. So, if you could give us some specifics, either I or someone else on this forum may be able to point you in the right direction.
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Holly you put e at the end of the MosellE name and most likely pronounced it Moselli which is the correct spelling for the surname in Italy. If you go to www.gens.labo.net/en/cognomi put in Moselli for the 27 cities,towns or villages where people with that surname reside in Italy. =Peter=
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I agree with you. Peter. I think the spelling should be Moselli, but I do see Italians with just the Moselle surname in the Ellis Island records by searching them from the stevemorse. org website
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I found that some Moselle, italian emigrated in USA, really the italian surname spelling was Maselli; if you can say us the name of your ancestor and some other detail, maybe we can help better, regards,
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Thanks to everyone, his name was Andrew he was born in 1843 0r 44. he lived in illinois, was natraulized there, and also live in montana. I have seen so many variations of our name from mosel to moselle so it is very confusing. today my grandfather is mosell. The big mystery is where in italy we are from that is the information that we are desperately searching for.
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Hi,
really is a big mistery...
by familysearch.org:
Andrew Mosell Pedigree

Male Family
________________________________________Event(s):

Birth: , , Hungary


Christening:

Death:

Burial: _____________________________________Parents:
Father: Stefn Mosell
Family

Mother: Nellie M. Simko
_____________________________________Marriages:
Spouse: Hulday M. Allen
Family

Marriage: 25 NOV 1880 Streator, La Salle, Illinois


by 1880 census:
1880 United States Federal Census about Andrew Mazell
Name: Andrew Mazell
Home in 1880: Bruce, La Salle, Illinois
Age: 37
Estimated birth year: abt 1843
Birthplace: Italy
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Father's birthplace: Italy
Mother's birthplace: Italy
Neighbors: View others on page

Occupation: Coal Miner
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Gender: Male
Cannot read/write:

Blind:

Deaf and dumb:

Otherwise disabled:

Idiotic or insane:
View image

Household Members: Name Age
Andrew Mazell
37

by 1900 census:
1900 United States Federal Census about Audrey Mosell
Name: Audrey Mosell
[Andrew Mosell]
[Andrew Mosell]
Home in 1900: Belt, Cascade, Montana
Age: 56
Birth Date: Jan 1844
Birthplace: Italy
Race: White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year: 1873
Relationship to Head of House: Head
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Birthplace: Italy
Marriage Year: 1878
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 22
Occupation: View on Image

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Household Members: Name Age
Audrey Mosell
56
Amos Mosell
20

father of "Germany"...


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yes this is the problem I am having, his name is constantly spelled different on every census. I have looked at them and about half of the info is correct. his wife's name was huldah allen, he had 3 sons edward, amos, and andrew "andy". He was born in italy for sure just not sure of exactly where, his parents were also born in italy, then names listed as stefn, and nellie are correct as well
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is there any specifc place I can look for information on his birth without knowing where exactly he was born? There is nobody in the family that has that information. I am desperate to find our roots.
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I believe, from little infos abt Andrea, that maybe he was born in north east Italy, but where? that is the problem...

in this case the surname could be for
Friuli Venezia Giulia region:
-Moselli that is a surname of Trieste...
-as a well MOSELE that is a surname of Cividale del Friuli, Udine and Sandrigo towns...

for Trentino Alto Adige region:
-MOSELE surname in Pergine Valsugana, Trento, Brunico, Predazzo, Bolzano, Bosentino, Riva del Garda, Levico Terme, Fiera di Primiero towns, almost currently the surname Mosele is present in this towns...
-MOSELLI in Fiera di Primiero town

I searched in the Trentino Alto Adige births,
and I found this birth records:

first name surname gender birthdate birthplace parish
CIRILLO MOSELE M 2/2/1845 LEVICO - SS. Redentore
DOMENICO MOSELE M 3/8/1843 LEVICO - SS. Redentore
EUGENIO ROMEDIO GIOVANNI MOSELE M 8/2/1841 ROVERETO - S. Marco
FORTUNATO MOSELE M 30/10/1845 LEVICO - SS. Redentore
VALERIANO MOSELE M 26/2/1843 LEVICO - SS. Redentore

nobody Andrea.... and nobody Andrea Moselli
however it is a my suggestion the probable surname... and the first helpful thing is to find the ship's manifest...
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Thank you Suanj,
I have always thought we were form the north, As I understand the moselle wines come from that area and since he grew grapes I thought there was a connection. I an in no way sure but it made sense to me. Thnaks again I will keep looking!
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I have found some information suggesting Asiago, which has a village named Mosele. And we have found a record with our name spelled this way. Where can I find information on this village or city?
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Holly
The link below is to the official website for the town of Asiago. Unfortunately the website is in Italian and has not been translated into English-

http://www.comune.asiago.vi.it/opencms/ ... VI/Asiago/

there is a brief article in wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asiago
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Hi again, Holly,

In case you haven't already seen this link to information about Asiago, read this.

http://www.bcunico.com/asiago-history.htm

Sorry, I can't get the link onto here (you'll have to Google it), but it gives you a brief, but interesting, history of Asiago, along with a photo.

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