Looking for Falagiarda from Dorsino (soprannome Mercani)
Looking for Falagiarda from Dorsino (soprannome Mercani)
Hey,
My name is Cily Falagiarda and I live in Belgium.
Apparently I have distant relatives in the USA.
My greatgrandfather emigrated to the USA (I don't know when exactly) and returned later to Italy, Dorsino. There our family received the nickname Mercani. Can somebody help me find my relatives in the USA?
Thanks!!!!!
Cily Falagiarda
My name is Cily Falagiarda and I live in Belgium.
Apparently I have distant relatives in the USA.
My greatgrandfather emigrated to the USA (I don't know when exactly) and returned later to Italy, Dorsino. There our family received the nickname Mercani. Can somebody help me find my relatives in the USA?
Thanks!!!!!
Cily Falagiarda
Re: Looking for Falagiarda from Dorsino (soprannome Mercani)
Hi Cily and Welcome to IG.
We can try to help you but we would need a bit more information before proceeding.
Can you provide us with your great grandfather's name, and perhaps his possible year of birth? So you know who he married (the maiden name would be great).
Hope I am understanding this correctly....
Was Mercani the name he was given when he came to the USA, or when he returned to Italy? Do you know what is was before?
Meanwhile, you may want to look over these sites to help you get started.
Steve Morse Search Engine and
Ellis Island. You will need to register a user name and password but the site is free and will help you search ship manifests up to 1924 (providing that he went through the New York Port at Ellis).
While you are there, have a look around Steve's other pages as well. They provide a lot of very good and useful information.
We can try to help you but we would need a bit more information before proceeding.
Can you provide us with your great grandfather's name, and perhaps his possible year of birth? So you know who he married (the maiden name would be great).
Hope I am understanding this correctly....
Was Mercani the name he was given when he came to the USA, or when he returned to Italy? Do you know what is was before?
Meanwhile, you may want to look over these sites to help you get started.
Steve Morse Search Engine and
Ellis Island. You will need to register a user name and password but the site is free and will help you search ship manifests up to 1924 (providing that he went through the New York Port at Ellis).
While you are there, have a look around Steve's other pages as well. They provide a lot of very good and useful information.
Re: Looking for Falagiarda from Dorsino (soprannome Mercani)
Hi Nuccia,
I have to look if I find more info.
Mercani was a nickname given to the family when he came back in Dorsino. His last name was Falagiarda, but apparently in the Dorsino region the families are better known with their nickname.
Thanks for the links
Cily
I have to look if I find more info.
Mercani was a nickname given to the family when he came back in Dorsino. His last name was Falagiarda, but apparently in the Dorsino region the families are better known with their nickname.
Thanks for the links
Cily
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Re: Looking for Falagiarda from Dorsino (soprannome Mercani)
There is Christina Falagiarda in Parachute Colorado. You can go to 1-800-877-3272 for her address and telephone but you have to pay something. =Peter=
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Re: Looking for Falagiarda from Dorsino (soprannome Mercani)
Mercani seems to be a contraction of "Americani"=Americans. They got the nickname because they were coming from America...
Re: Looking for Falagiarda from Dorsino (soprannome Mercani)
Ahhh..yes, this would make sense. I see that now. Thanks Livio!
Re: Looking for Falagiarda from Dorsino (soprannome Mercani)
That's correctliviomoreno wrote:Mercani seems to be a contraction of "Americani"=Americans. They got the nickname because they were coming from America...
Cily
Re: Looking for Falagiarda from Dorsino (soprannome Mercani)
Hi Cily!Cily wrote:My greatgrandfather emigrated to the USA (I don't know when exactly) and returned later to Italy, Dorsino
Did find a possible ship manifest on ancestry. com
Perhaps this record will be familiar to you or someone in your family?
Valarie
possible 1906 manifest
10 Dec 1906, SS La Bretagne, Havre to NY
Line 20
Aurelio Falliagarda 25 (born about 1881)
- non-immigrant alien
- last residence Dorsino
- destination Denver, Colorado
- in US before, 6 (?) years
- joining cousin (??) in Denver
- born in Dorsino
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Re: Looking for Falagiarda from Dorsino (soprannome Mercani)
There is a listing for the E-mail address for NELLO FALAGIARDA in the USA at www.intellus.com (either $1.95 or $4.95 not sure which). =Peter=
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Re: Looking for Falagiarda from Dorsino (soprannome Mercani)
Hi,nuccia wrote: Can you provide us with your great grandfather's name, and perhaps his possible year of birth? So you know who he married (the maiden name would be great).
I found this:
Falagiarda Giovanni 07/04/1858 29/07/1942
Falagiarda Adelinda 18/03/1862 02/07/1933
But I don't know the maidenname of my greatgrandmother yet.
Greetings,
Cily
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Re: Looking for Falagiarda from Dorsino (soprannome Mercani)
vj wrote:Hi Cily!Cily wrote:My greatgrandfather emigrated to the USA (I don't know when exactly) and returned later to Italy, Dorsino
Did find a possible ship manifest on ancestry. com
Perhaps this record will be familiar to you or someone in your family?
Valarie
possible 1906 manifest
10 Dec 1906, SS La Bretagne, Havre to NY
Line 20
Aurelio Falliagarda 25 (born about 1881)
- non-immigrant alien
- last residence Dorsino
- destination Denver, Colorado
- in US before, 6 (?) years
- joining cousin (??) in Denver
- born in Dorsino
Valarie,
the cousin's name on ship manifest is Barni RUFFINO in Denver.
Ada
Re: Looking for Falagiarda from Dorsino (soprannome Mercani)
Ada,uantiti wrote: Valarie,
the cousin's name on ship manifest is Barni RUFFINO in Denver.
Ada
Besides not being able to decipher either name,
I couldn't figure out which name was the surname.
Thank you!
That makes sense.
Valarie
Re: Looking for Falagiarda from Dorsino (soprannome Mercani)
Barni = Bernardo or Bernardino??
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Re: Looking for Falagiarda from Dorsino (soprannome Mercani)
Cily wrote:Hey,
My name is Cily Falagiarda and I live in Belgium.
Apparently I have distant relatives in the USA.
My greatgrandfather emigrated to the USA (I don't know when exactly) and returned later to Italy, Dorsino. There our family received the nickname Mercani. Can somebody help me find my relatives in the USA?
Thanks!!!!!
Cily Falagiarda
Re: Looking for Falagiarda from Dorsino (soprannome Mercani)
Ciao Cily....My name is George Falagrady, originally ,Falagiarda. My grandparents were from Dorsino..Most all of the Falagiarda,s came to Colorado..where most still live today....I am currently the President of the Tirolisi Trentini Club in Denver...I can provide more info on the Falagiarda...Let me know...I.m new to this site, and don,t know if you received my previous reply.......George.