Francisco or Francesco VERDI

[Chinook]

Hi, my name is Richard and I am new to this forum.

My wife and I just returned from a trip to Italy. My wife thought it would be interesting to trace back her Italian ancestry and possibly locate some distant cousins in Venice. However, for this spur-of-the-moment, last-minute trip we had not had time to do any research.

My wife’s grandmother, Aldema VERDI was born in Canada (probably in Montreal) in 1904. She was the daughter of Francisco or Francesco VERDI who was apparently somehow related to the famous composer Giuseppe Verdi. Francisco’s wife, Rosanna THIFAULT, died giving birth to Aldema. Left with two other children and no wife, Francisco decided to go back to Venice Italy, leaving behind little Aldema to the care of the doctor who assisted in her delivery.

One of Aldema’s brothers (possibly named Jim) may have come back to western Canada and, we were told, had contacted Aldema.

When her father died, Aldema already had married and had children. She was notified of the death and asked to travel to Italy to claim her inheritance. As she was very poor, she could not come up with enough money for the trip and her inheritance was donated to the nuns.

Any information on this Francisco or Francesco VERDI or Jim VERDI would be much appreciated.

Richard

[BillieDeKid]

bad post sorry all

Regards,
Elizabeth

[Chinook]

Elizabeth,

Thank you for your prompt reply. Forgive my ignorance, but where would I find information about the ship manifests? Can I safely assume they were ships sailing from Italy to North America?

Thanks,

Richard

[BillieDeKid]

Sorry Richard, my bad, I didn't realize the previous post didn't have the full link. Try this


http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/EIDB ... ECTION=asc

[Chinook]

Elizabeth,

Thanks again. A very interesting site with indeed a few possible ggrandfathers for my wife.

Richard

[brujaojos]

My wife’s grandmother, Aldema VERDI was born in Canada (probably in Montreal) in 1904. She was the daughter of Francisco or Francesco VERDI. Francisco’s wife, Rosanna THIFAULT, died giving birth to Aldema. Left with two other children and no wife, Francisco decided to go back to Venice Italy, leaving behind little Aldema to the care of the doctor who assisted in her delivery.

One of Aldema’s brothers (possibly named Jim) may have come back to western Canada and, we were told, had contacted Aldema.
Richard

Hi Richard,

By any chance could this be a possible 1901 Canadian Census Record on your ancestors Francesco and Rosanna?

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Name: Francis Verdè
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Age: 24
Birth Date: 13 Oct 1877
Birthplace: Qc
Relation to Head of House: Chef (Head)
Spouse's name: Resanna
Racial or Tribal Origin: Italienne
Nationality: Canadienne (Canadian)
Religion: Roman Catholic
Occupation: Carriereur
Province: Quebec
DISTRICT: Maisonneuve
District Number: 167
Sub-District: Montréal (City/Cité) Saint-Denis (Ward/Quartier)
Sub-District Number: E-4
Family Number: 8
Page: 1

Household Members: Name Age
Francis Verdè 24
Resanna Verdè 22
Maria Verdè 1
Jeinruy Verdè 1


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I also found this possible 1911 census of a Francesco as a widow.

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Name: Francois Verdi
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Widowed
Age: 34
Birth Date: Mar 1877
Birthplace: Quebec
Family Number: 175
Relation to Head of House: Frere (Brother)
Tribal: French
Province: Quebec
DISTRICT: Maisonneuve
District Number: 172
Sub-District: Montreal
Sub-District Number: 43
Place of Habitation: 752 Cardinal
Census Year: 1911
Page: 47

Household Members: Name Age
Jacques Verdi 45
Philomene Verdi 44
Francois Verdi 34

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If you want to find relatives still in Italy with your surname, you can use Pagine Bianche which is a telephone directory.

http://www.paginebianche.it/index.html



Here is a link from David Zerga which will help you write a letter to possible relatives in Italy.

http://www.anzwers.org/free/italiangen/ ... #relatives



Here is a link on Genealogy in Canada

http://www.collectionscanada.ca/genealogy/index-e.html


Also, the Family History Center does have microfilm for the town of Venice. You can try to look up Francesco's birth record. On the microfilm, you can find copies of the birth, marriage, and death records of your ancestors.

Here is the link for the film numbers.
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library ... no=1025352

Here is the link to find the nearest Family History Center.
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library ... t_fhlc.asp


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Do you have any information on Aldema? Was her last named changed when she was living with the Doctor or did she use Verdi? I was trying to find her in the 1911 Canadian Census.

I do hope some of this information helps with your search.
Trish

[Essgee]

Elizabeth...........

Will you go back and edit your post with the looooooooong link.

It is causing the page to distort and hard to read. Since you provided the correct link in the next post, you can probably just eliminate most of the letters in the wrong link and it will cause the page to correct. Hard to read everything, otherwise.

Thanks...........

[Essgee]

Thanks Elizabeth! Really appreciate it!

[BillieDeKid]

No problem Essgee.

[Chinook]

Trish,

Thank you, I think that this is the one! I will most likely be able to locate additional information based on this.

I can't figure out how you were able to decipher these census records! These pictures seem impossible to read to me. You must have a lot of experience.

Thanks again,

Richard

[Chinook]

Trish,

I missed the question at the end of your message. Adlema kept the name Verdi as she was not legally adopted by the doctor. She subsequently got married to Alexandre Grondines. They had for children, Carmen (my wife's mother), Cécile, Marie-Claire, Jeannine and Alexandre. When Alexandre (father) passed away she married Georges Lévesque and they had 4 children, René, Laurier, Fleurette and Colette.

Aldema and George rest at the "Repos Saint-François d'Assise" cemetary in Montreal (http://www.rsfa.ca/).

Cemetary search results for Concession = 0358 Section = 03R page 1:

NOM DÉFUNT NOM CONJOINT NAISSANCE DÉCÈS MÈRE PÈRE SECTION* CONCESSION
LEVESQUE GEORGES 1901 1946 DARVEAU ODELIE LEVESQUE ARTHUR 03R 0358
VERDI ALDEMA LEVESQUE GEORGES 1904 1989 THIFAULT ROSANNA VERDI FRANCISCO 03R 0358

Richard

[brujaojos]

I missed the question at the end of your message. Adlema kept the name Verdi as she was not legally adopted by the doctor.

Hi Richard,

Great death information! Keep us posted to how you make out with the research. Remember, everyone on the forum is here to help and it's always teamwork that gets the job done!:)

Now I have another question. Do you know the name of the family that Adlema was living with? I found a possible 1911 Canadian census, however, I need another set of eyes. And the spelling of Adlema's name is off, but it could be her for she is listed as an "adopted daughter". She is listed on line 39 and it looks like the year of birth is really 1906.

However, I need another set of eyes and few other opinions.


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Name: Alzomina Verde
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Age: 4
Birth Date: Mar 1906
Birthplace: Quebec
Family Number: 15
Tribal: French
Province: Quebec
DISTRICT: Montreal St Jacques
District Number: 181
Sub-District: St. Jacques East Ward
Sub-District Number: 3
Place of Habitation: 66 NotreDame
Census Year: 1911
Page: 14

Household Members: Name Age
Jean Baptise Bonin 40
Olivine Bonin 40
Alzomina Verde 4

Just happy to help!
Trish

[Chinook]

Trish,

Right again,

The name Bonin was mentioned by one of Aldema's daughters. She was not sure which one was the natural mother. Aldema was never adopted legally.

Your research also shows that Frederico did not go back to Italy immediately after the birth of Aldema.

Thank you very much again,

Richard