Thankyou Laura - that's entirely plausible. I know that the registrars and census enumerators in Liverpool struggled with spelling Italian surnames, so Solari is a possibility

I think I might see if I can order birth certificates for some of Catarina's other children & see how the maiden name is ...

Hi Neil,
There is a Catarina Guatelli aged 17 married to Francesco aged 26 yrs living in Circus Street, which was in the Little Italy part of Liverpool, on the 1871 census, and they were recorded as being musicians. Does this sound like your Catarina?

Mark

many thanks for looking Mark - I ...

Thanks Mark. Here is the chronology:

c1845 Catarina Piolari born, probably in Genoa area. Probably marries husband Bertolomew prior to migration in the 1860s

Between 1862 to 1867 - Bertolomew Guatelli & Catarina emigrate from Genoa area to Liverpool, together with Bertolmew's brother Francis

Feb ...

I was wondering if anyone had heard of an Italian surname "Piolari" or similar.

I have someone in my family tree called Catarina Polari, born in 'Italy' in c.1853 who married a Bertolmew Guatelli, but can find nothing at all about the surname. I suspect that the registrar has mis-spelt the name ...

Thanks Kev - have picked up and replied

Thanks a lot - will have a look there
Neil

Hi - I was wondering if anyone would be kind enough to help me with this?

I'm looking for any details on Francesco Guatelli (sometimes Quatelli or Guatella) who I believe was born in (what is today) Italy around the 1820s, and was a muscian. He was my 3xgreatgrandfather.

Francesco's son, also ...

Hi Kevin

I don't know if you've got anywhere since your original post, but I may be able to narrow down your search.

The Quatelli's named above are in my family tree. Most documents refer to the family as Guatelli rather than Quatelli (so may have been a mis-spelling or variation). The name later ...