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J.B. wrote:Hello, I am new here! I live in the United States, and there are two Italian surnames I am related to, which I believe are from Sicily. I would like as much information as possible about the origin of these family names: Bevinetto, and Virga. Internet searches generally turn up very little about these names, and there are a few genealogy and birth/death record websites that require payments in order to use them most effectively. If possible, I would also like meanings of these names in English, records of their immigration to the United States, their towns and regions of origin in Italy, and the earliest dated recordings of these last names in history. Thank you.
If the record Marty found is your family -adelfio wrote:Is this your family
Angelina Katherine Virgo, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
Name: Anthony Bevinetto
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 15 May 1937
Event Place: Los Angeles, California, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 26
Birth Year (Estimated): 1911
Father's Name: Jack Bevinetto
Mother's Name: Margaret Unknown
Spouse's Name: Angelina Katherine Virgo
Spouse's Age: 24
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1913
Spouse's Father's Name: Frank F Virgo
Spouse's Mother's Name: Norma Thio
Page: 230
GS Film number: 2114021
Digital Folder Number: 005698597
Image Number: 02892
PG LINK TO RECORD
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/T ... cc=1804002
Marty
It looks like they were born in GibellinaJ.B. wrote:Thank you! Is it possible to know where in Italy Jack/Giacomo Bevinetto and Margheri/Margaret Bevinetto were born, and what her maiden last name is? What about their parents? Also, what is the correct spelling of Virga/Verga/Virgo? Are they related names, what region of Italy are they from? Here is something I have found concerning Verga in particular, and according to this source, the last name of Norma is spelled Ghio instead of Thio. These seem to be the same people that you've mentioned, although with different name spellings.
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/us ... -0137.html
Thank you. I am trying to research the surnames of my families, as genealogy has become something of interest to me.
adelfio wrote:It looks like they were born in GibellinaJ.B. wrote:Thank you! Is it possible to know where in Italy Jack/Giacomo Bevinetto and Margheri/Margaret Bevinetto were born, and what her maiden last name is? What about their parents? Also, what is the correct spelling of Virga/Verga/Virgo? Are they related names, what region of Italy are they from? Here is something I have found concerning Verga in particular, and according to this source, the last name of Norma is spelled Ghio instead of Thio. These seem to be the same people that you've mentioned, although with different name spellings.
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/us ... -0137.html
Thank you. I am trying to research the surnames of my families, as genealogy has become something of interest to me.
U.S., Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1795-1972 (World Archives Project) for Giacomo Bevinetto
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Marty
I don't know if you're still looking, but at the link below is your Giacomo Bevinetto, born June 26, 1875 in Gibellina. Son of Antonino Bevinetto and Rosaria Sutera. At that site you can search many old Gibellina records back as far as 1821. Lots of good information there. Gibellina is where my grandfather's family came from, and I've been many times. A fascinating place.J.B. wrote: ↑19 May 2014, 19:46adelfio wrote:It looks like they were born in GibellinaJ.B. wrote:Thank you! Is it possible to know where in Italy Jack/Giacomo Bevinetto and Margheri/Margaret Bevinetto were born, and what her maiden last name is? What about their parents? Also, what is the correct spelling of Virga/Verga/Virgo? Are they related names, what region of Italy are they from? Here is something I have found concerning Verga in particular, and according to this source, the last name of Norma is spelled Ghio instead of Thio. These seem to be the same people that you've mentioned, although with different name spellings.
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/us ... -0137.html
Thank you. I am trying to research the surnames of my families, as genealogy has become something of interest to me.
U.S., Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1795-1972 (World Archives Project) for Giacomo Bevinetto
CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE
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Marty
Thank you, Adelfio. Unfortunately, I have learned that Gibellina suffered the 1968 earthquake that left it in ruins. Now, it is covered in concrete.