Hello fellow researchers,
Can anyone please help to identify a possible birth place for my great-great-grandfather?
He appears in the 1921 Census in Scotland which confirms his birthplace as Italy but frustratingly I cannot read the original script and don’t know enough Italian place names to ...

I'm pretty sure it is "La Magna Monscia" whish "Lomagna Moza"

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Could it be a corruption of Lama Mocogno in the province of Modena? I'm not familiar with Northern Italian places, just guessing.


Thank for your suggestion Henricoz.

Lama Macogno was one of the possible names I had considered and I wanted to see what others on ...

Yes and the red ink was used by the clerk to indicate people born outside of UK & Ireland. The sheet we see is the final summary document - which completed by the clerk processing the enquiry documents which were completed by either the head of each household or a visiting official who asked the ...

Yes and the red ink was used by the clerk to indicate people born outside of UK & Ireland. The sheet we see is the final summary document - which completed by the clerk processing the enquiry documents which were completed by either the head of each household or a visiting official who asked the ...

Angela, thank you again for time and thoughts. Some further facts.

We have no record of Pietro/Peter and Elizabeth McNamara marrying in Scotland.
In the 1901 and 1911 Census Elizabeth is described as Mrs Elizabeth Carswell - widow.
By 1921 she has married Edward Carrigan and is now known as Mrs ...

Thank you Angela.

I also considered La(go) Magiore but don’t know what the last word would be for the lake

Thank you both Angela and rlw254.

I had considered Lama Macogno and Modena.

We also know from his death record that his parents were Luigia Casoli and Joanna Galen/Gales. There is no record that they ever lived in Scotland.

The first word is “La” - possibly meaning Lago?
The second word might be “Magiore” ? The census clerk may not have know it is spelled “Maggiore”.
I have no idea what the third word might be.

Hello Pippo and thank you for your reply,

His “Scottish” name was Peter Carswell but his real name was Pietro Casoli - relatives have told it was pronounced “Casuli” with and “u” sound.
I know there is a Casoli in province of Lucca and also a Casoli in province of Chietti.
But I don’t know enough ...

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Hello fellow researchers,
Can anyone please help to identify a possible birth place for my great-great-grandfather?
He appears in the 1921 Census in Scotland which confirms his birthplace as Italy but frustratingly I cannot read the original script and don’t know enough Italian place names to ...

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