I am researching my father's line of ancestry and it traces back to the Belfast area of Northern Ireland. The family name is "Silo", and I found that "Modesto Silo" is in the 1851 Belfast directory as a carver, guilder, and Italian interperter. Some of Modesto's children have the names Carlo, Rosa, and Modesto. I am thinking that the Silo family may have come from Italy to Northern Ireland around 1800-1848, but I have not found any Silo in any Italian surname lists.
Any help would be appriciated.
Surname "Silo"
There are currently 45 SILO surnames in Italy with 60% between Rome and Naples areas and the remaing 40% distributed thruout northern Italy. Since you did not even manage to locate the surname in Italy, it needs be that you do your homework and get back to me with full names, towns, of origin or provinces and yeah evem region if you know. Any evidence or family hearsay will be another boost to the family fortue. Please get back to me with more info...Peter
Thanks for your help. Unfortunately, the only additional info I have is that Modesto Silo married a woman with the surname Luigi. A family story is that Modesto Silo was from a prominant family, (unknown area), and he married and left Italy because his family disapproved of the marriage to Ms Luigi. This is how he left Italy and went to Belfast NI. in the early to mid 1800's. Like I said, I have very little info. I am in the process of trying to find out more on the Irish end for example, Irish immigration records, etc.
Thanks,
M. Silo
Thanks,
M. Silo
I seem to recall we went thru this business some time ago and there was an italian reference to Pieto Silo from Milano and there is a listing for Modesto Silo whose parents were Geroge Louis Silo and Lizzy Liddle who were married in Scotland and presumably emigrated to Ireland. Go to www.familysearch,org under census and ancestor search. Peter
Re: Surname "Silo"
Hi: italian emigrated in Eire are of many Commons, but especially from Lazio region-Frosinone province: Casalattico, Sora, Cassino, Monte San Giovanni Campano etc.....Sure! More others province:bxcsw wrote:I am researching my father's line of ancestry and it traces back to the Belfast area of Northern Ireland. The family name is "Silo", and I found that "Modesto Silo" is in the 1851 Belfast directory as a carver, guilder, and Italian interperter. Some of Modesto's children have the names Carlo, Rosa, and Modesto. I am thinking that the Silo family may have come from Italy to Northern Ireland around 1800-1848, but I have not found any Silo in any Italian surname lists.
Any help would be appriciated.
Costamasnaga (Como-Lombardia)
Gangi (Palermo-Sicilia)
Castiglione di Sicilia (Catania-Sicilia)
Vizzini (Catania-Sicilia)
San Mauro Castelverde (Palermo-Sicilia)
Troina(Enna-Sicilia)
Torre San Patrizio (Ascoli Piceno-Marche)
Taranto (Puglia)
Bosco Marengo (Alessandria)
More:Silo surname is very diffused in Lazio region and Frosinone province.
http://paginebianche.virgilio.it/pb/cer ... azio&st=20&
Also Luigi surname is diffused in Lazio region, especially in Roma capital...
Perhaps this can be one trace...
For your search please to contact this Italian clubs in Ireland ...They will be able to indicate ships list of italian emigration in Eire:
Club Italiano
Tibradden Rathfarnham
Dublin 16 – Irlanda
Comites
Presidente: Arch. Raffaele Cavallo
Ballsbridge House
44 Nurthumberland Rd
ublin 4 – Irlanda
Tel. 00-353-1-6688244
Irish Italian Twinning Committee
56 Green Field Park
Knocklyon
Dublin 24 – Irlanda
Tel. e fax: 00-353-1-4941389
Regards, suanj
If you wish you can go to the www.familysearch.org websitge and search under both ancestor search and Census for Silo surnames. Just list Silo and nothing else so you will get the whole cart load of them. Peter
