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any thoughts on the profession of Giovanni Felice, father of the bride to be? looks something like fontanaro.
thanks,
donna
Donna
I believe you have deciphered the profession correctly. In the book Our Italian Surnames by (Prof) Joseph G Fucilla (p.173), he talks about the word being a surname derived from the metal trades and translating to pump maker. That's all I've found so far.
Erudita
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