Are records kept that include past merchants - Trieste?

[billbell3]

I have a question. It turns out that my grandmother, Teresa Slizza Ellero and my grandfather, Augusto Caligaris, were not actually married. I have found info on my grandmother, her birth, parents, first marriage, etc., but cannot find a definitive lock on Augusto.

What I've been told. Augusto owned a store, possibly a shoe store, before, during and after WWII. My mother and her twin sister were born, in Trieste, in 1937. They were given Teresa's first husband's last name of Ellero, not their true father's, Augusto.

Supposedly, Augusto traveled between Trieste and another store that he owned, in Italy or Austria. Having no luck with marriage, birth or death records, is there records available on merchants, or store rents, or... some other commerce-based records?

Curious and stumped.

[gaspaol]

In the Trieste municipal archive there are directories listing all the shops and houses belonging to families in the city.
They have volumes ranging from the late 19th century up to mid 20th century.

You could try to contact them and see if they can check.
http://www.retecivica.trieste.it/triest ... _generale/

Not sure how you could find the other shop though.

P.S. Actually you can find some of them on google books but I haven't found any Augusto Caligaris yet

[billbell3]

Thanks Gaspare, I appreciate the information. I will drop them a note to see if they're willing to look.My guess is it wouldn't be digitized.