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by SaltoMan
29 Mar 2006, 06:42
Forum: Italian language, handwriting , script & translations
Topic: Italian Names
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Re: Italian Names

There are many examples of Italians changing their surnames to sound like English names during the late 1800s and early 1900s as they settled in the U.S., for a variety of reasons. For instance, I knew of two brothers, one who's last name was Verticchio and other who's last name was Verton. Verton h...