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reading the birth certificate of my trisnonna, it lists her father's occupation as "Gabbiora" which I have not been able translate anywhere.
I recently found out that he came from Torno, which was famous for its fine works, one of which were bird cages (gabbiette). His death certificate also lists his occupation as "merchant" and Torno was known for sending people across Europe to sell its wares in the 1800s. I further found out that his wife's grandfather was the inventor of these special cages.
As a result, is it possible that the profession "Gabbiora" has something to do with these cages? "Gabbiette," perhaps it means cage maker or cage vender?
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I'd say you are right, but the spelling should be (as I read it) "gabbiaro"
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Pippo my old reliable Cambridge University Italian dictionary (American Edition 1945) says that a bird cage maker is translated as a GABBIAIO. I suspect that word changes constantly occur in every language so everybody is correct don't you think? Peter
Yes, I do
I also think "gabbiaro" is an older spelling.
Moreover, a lot of job's names are changed similarly according to the various dialects (macellaio --> macellaro; cestaio --> cestaro; fruttaiolo --> fruttarolo, and so on)
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