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Hard Italian Surname, cannot find Italian records

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I have been trying for quite some time to trace a surname to Italy. My Great Great Grandfather was John (Giovanni) Mario Ruzzamenti. The earliest record I have for him is the 1900 census. He lists his parents as Alessandro and Louisa Ruzzamenti. I have heard the spelling of their name is very difficult but that they came from a town in Northern Italy called Pescantina. My great grandparents took a trip to Italy in the 70's and found the family name in a church but they passed away before anyone took interest in the family history. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Below is the Naturalization record. I have many documents about the Ruzzamenti family if needed. It is so unique that I can almost definitely say that any Ruzzamenti in the USA is a relative of mine somehow, therefore I believe it most certainly was altered upon their entrance to the US.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/tghg6knupp9mj ... .jpeg?dl=0

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Welcome to IG website
Possible spelling Ruzzenenti which is found in the province of Verona

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I think Laura Castellani wife of Giovanni Ruzzamenti was coming from Peschiera del Garda a town in province Verona

Heres her shipmanifest with daughter Rosina going back to her husband Giovanni Ruzzamenti in Mass you think Rosina was born in Italy

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http://interactive.ancestry.com/8745/MA ... 43_89-0294

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on this record, the surname spelling is RUZZAMANTI:


John Ruzzamanti

mentioned in the record of John Ruzzamanti and Floura Castellini

Name John Ruzzamanti
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 05 Feb 1903
Event Place Milford, Massachusetts
Gender Male
Age 20
Marital Status Single
Birthplace Italy
Birth Year (Estimated) 1883
Father's Name Alasandro Ruzzamanti
Mother's Name Singia Lampinn
Spouse's Name Floura Castellini
Spouse's Marital Status Single
Spouse's Father's Name Bernardo Castellini
Spouse's Mother's Name Regina Bertanimi
Certificate Number 12
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The Luigia maiden name is ZAMPINI right spelling, no Lampini..
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similar surname spelling on Marietta marriage record:


Mary Ruzzananti

mentioned in the record of Augusto Pasquini and Mary Ruzzananti

Name Augusto Pasquini
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 23 Nov 1912
Event Place Holyoke, , Massachusetts
Gender Male
Age 23
Birth Date 1889
Birthplace , , Italy
Registration Place Holyoke, , Massachusetts
Birth Year (Estimated) 1889
Father's Name Dominik Pasquini
Mother's Name Anna Gabbianelli
Spouse's Name Mary Ruzzananti
Spouse's Father's Name Alexander Ruzzananti
Spouse's Mother's Name Biagi Zampini
Certificate Number 6353
Number of Images 1
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1920 census:


Jno Ruzzaminta

United States Census, 1920

Name Jno Ruzzaminta
Event Type Census
Event Year 1920
Event Place Lower Saucon, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States
Gender Male
Age 34
Marital Status Married
Race White
Race (Original) White
Can Read Yes
Can Write Yes
Relationship to Head of Household Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Head
Own or Rent Rent
Birth Year (Estimated) 1886
Birthplace Italy
Immigration Year 1895
Father's Birthplace Italy
Mother's Birthplace Italy

Household

Role

Gender

Age

Birthplace

Jno Ruzzaminta Head M 34 Italy
Lanara Ruzzaminta Wife F 34 Italy
Rose Ruzzaminta Daughter F 16 Massachusetts
Alaxendar Ruzzaminta Son M 15 Massachusetts
Alma Ruzzaminta Daughter F 10 Massachusetts
Ferdinand Ruzzaminta Son M 8 Massachusetts
Jno Ruzzaminta Jr. Son M 5 Massachusetts
Lewis Ruzzaminta Son M 3 Massachusetts
Frederick Ruzzaminta Son M 1 Massachusetts
no doubts that the surname spelling seeming Ruzzamenti... but because no further traces, it could be that Alessandro was a foundling and the surname is a fantsy surname given from clerk?
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Thank you so much for all of the help. I do not know how to link my Ancestry Tree (username: wallsmcdonnell, tree name: WALLS GENEALOGY) so I have included a link to my dropbox folder containing all of my Ruzzamenti (Ruzzenenti) files (there are quite a few). I will attempt to lay out the family as best as possible starting with the oldest known ancestor...

Alessandro Ruzzenenti
spouse: Louisa Ruzzenenti
children: John (Giovanni) Mario Ruzzenenti, Mary (Marietta) Ruzzenenti, Joseph (Guiseppe) Ruzzenenti

John (Giovanni) Mario Ruzzenenti [my great great grandfather]
spouse: Laura Castellani (spelling very difficult, name appears on 1900 census and varies a lot in other documents).

In 1900 the family is in Milford, Massachusetts. John is only about 16 and is with his future wife Laura and their family, they are not married until Feb, 1903. The Castellani family is a dead end for me as far as records, the name is too hard for me to locate any vital records thus far. John and his two siblings stay with the Castellani family and are listed as son-in-law and daughter-in-law which I do not understand yet since John and Laura are not wed until three years later (unless they were married in Italy). John later worked for the early FBI as an informant during the era of Sacco-Vanzetti, he would later move to California out of fear that they would be discovered and harmed.

John and Laura had 14 children on paper but in reality only 10 were theirs, the other 4 belonged to their two oldest daughters out of wedlock and so were taken in as their own.

Their son George Ferdinando Ruzzamenti was my great-grandfather and I knew him until he passed away in 2003. The Ruzzamenti line has been the biggest influence on me culturally, from music and holidays and especially food. I hope to trace our family to Italy and find some records from where the family originated or even find a distant relative. Any help is appreciated and I hope that the information I have provided is helpful.

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I forgot the link, here are my Ruzzamenti files so far (excluding some census records which can be found on my ancestry tree)

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/b6o0yxvwmaz1 ... tIgha?dl=0
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Hi Joe,
as Marty suggested, I agree that the right italian spelling could be RUZZENENTE.... no doubts abt the surname spelling in Verona province.. In Mantova province the spelling is Ruzzenenti ( ending with "i") mainly... currently are in Pescantina (Verona province) these Ruzzenentes: http://www.paginebianche.it/ricerca?qs= ... a+%28VR%29
so the surnames are RUZZENENTE and ZAMPINI...
for bad luck no Pescantina civil records availables on line...
if you need of Birth certificate by Pescantina commune, you can write here ( it are the email address and certified email address of right office a):
http://www.comune.pescantina.vr.it/it/C ... afici.html
asking abt RUZZENENTE Giovanni born in Pescantina on... ( almost the birthyear) son of Alessandro.
the request must be made in italian Language, please to add your ID card copy, please to say that the certificate is for essential use( like italian citizenship recognition) and not for genealogy, and your full mail address...

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