Villa or Villari? What is your expert opinion?

[scraig32]

Hello again. I have set these documents aside for a while and have just now picked them up again. The question I have is do you think my family surname is Villa or Villari? I have included pertinent documents below that have each surname. I am sure that they are all the same family because of the parents' names. Would you mind taking a look and giving your personal opinion. Which would you record in your family tree- Villa or Villari? All of the documents that I have found for Giovanni and Giovannina in the United States contain the name or some variation of the name Villari. It eventually became Willard! Crazy! But I am now inclined to think that the actual name was originally Villa. Thanks in advance for your time and thoughts. Suzanne



Birth of Giovanni Villa, parents Crescenzo Villa and Rosa Perretta

http://interactive.ancestry.com/1893/31 ... bel=Return


#3 Marriage of Giovanni Villa, parents Crescenzo Villa and Rosa Perrota

http://interactive.ancestry.com/1893/31 ... bel=Return


#3 Death of Crescenzo Villari, wife Rosa Perretti
http://interactive.ancestry.com/1893/31 ... 1143-01153

#8 Death of Rosa Perretti, husband Crescenzo Villari

http://interactive.ancestry.com/1893/31 ... 1143-01154

Ship Manifest Giovanni Villa & Giovannina Villa
http://interactive.ancestry.com/7488/NY ... turnRecord

[erudita74]

Suzanne
Sorry, but I don't have a subscription to ancestry.com and can't view any of these.
Erudita

[scraig32]

No problem! I totally didn't even think about that! Thank you so much!