by Fran Mason, Australia
Johan Gaspar Janner from Bosco Gurin emigrated in October 1860 to Australia, Victoria, Stawell. We have only found out about our roots over the past 10 years or so when my brother started looking into our family tree. Before that we believed that we were Swiss Italian. Continue reading
di Maureen Sartori Peterson
Mio cugino Kevin Slattery ha pazientemente atteso informazioni sul suo albero genealogico prima della sua partenza per l’Europa, fra pochi giorni.
Sta cercando informazioni su Johanni Lurati, nato nel 1810 in Ticino, e su sua moglie Caroline Machetti. Hanno avuto diversi figli e mio cugino sta cercando notizie anche su di loro. Continue reading
by Maureen Sartori Peterson
My cousin Kevin Slattery has been patiently waiting for info regarding his family tree, prior to leaving for Europe in a few days. He is seeking info on Johanni Lurati,born 1810, in Ticino, and his wife Caroline Machetti. They had several children and he wants details of these. Continue reading
di Wade Hammond
Sto cercando informazioni su mia nonna, Mary Melera, di Giubiasco, Ticino. È nata il 24 aprile 1887 ed è arrivata a New York sulla Lapland Red Star nel 1910.
by Wade Hammond
Thank you for referring me to Tony Quinn about Ticinese migration. He was able to find information about my grandfather, Henry Grossi, back a couple of generations! I am still looking for information on my grandmother, Mary Melera, from Giubiasco, Ticinese, born 24 April, 1887. Tony was unable to provide anything on her. She came to New York by the Lapland Red Star line in 1910.
by Amy Lacy, United States
To the person in Sonogno (Old World Gallery) What was the name of your ancestor with a bar in Soledad, CA? I stopped by your bar in Sonogno summer 2008 and saw the note but the person there did not know the name of your ancestor.
I have relatives in Soledad too.
by Tony Quinn, United States
Since the first Salmina from Intragna arrived in California in 1858, we have kept in touch with our Ticinesi family, and recorded our history. Continue reading
If you read my last blog post from beginning to end, you may have seen the picture of the Olema cemetery where many emigranti are buried. I didn’t mention how similar I found the monuments and mausoleums to the ones in the so-called “American” cemetery in the Ticino village of Someo. Continue reading
di Dale Bechtel, swissinfo
Se avete letto il mio precedente post dall’inizio alla fine, avrete notato la fotografia del cimitero di Olema, luogo di sepoltura di molti emigranti. Non ho però menzionato la similitudine tra i suoi monumenti e mausolei e quelli del “cimitero degli americani” a Someo, in Ticino. Continue reading
by Ellen Lawson
Tranquillo Pata of Sonogno emigrated in 1855 following the Victorian Goldrush in Eganstown, Australia and the opportunities that this presented to young single men. Continue reading
di Dale Bechtel, swissinfo
Non voglio lasciare San Francisco senza visitare un quartiere della città noto per la sua recente immigrazione. Soltanto così posso rendermi conto cosa significhi essere un nuovo arrivato in un posto sconosciuto. Continue reading
I don’t want to leave San Francisco before I visit a neighbourhood known for its recent immigrant population. Only in this way, can I get a true impression of what it’s like to be a new arrival in a strange place.
by Elisa Snelling, United States
There were three brothers Rocco and Chris Campana and a third – we are still trying to verify his name and details of his immigration. My grandfather, Ray Campana, now 85 is Rocco Campana Jr’s son and he still lives in Butte, Montana. Continue reading
by Adelina Beatriz Mordasini
Amabile Mordasini is my great grandfather, from Comologno, Ticino; he migrated to Argentina in 1882 and died in 1905 so not even my father who was born in 1926 had a chance to know him. Continue reading
di Adelina Beatriz Mordasini
Amabile Mordasini era mio bisnonno di Comologno, Ticino; è emigrato in Argentina nel 1882 ed è morto nel 1905 e quindi nemmeno mio padre, nato nel 1926, ha avuto l’occasione di conoscerlo. Continue reading
The first thing I want to do in San Francisco is to see if there are any visible reminders of the impact the emigranti made on the city. I can’t get out of my mind images of the Ticinesi on board a train in 1890 headed for California as described by businessman and editor, Giorgio Cavalli, in L’Elvezia. Continue reading
di Dale Bechtel, swissinfo
La prima cosa che voglio fare a San Francisco è scoprire se ci sono ancora tracce visibili dell’impatto degli emigranti sulla città. Non riesco a togliermi dalla mente l’immagine dei ticinesi che nel 1890 erano a bordo del treno diretto in California, come descritto dall’editore Giorgio Cavalli su L’Elvezia. Continue reading
di Giorgio Cheda, storico
Sono stato diverse volte in California, non solo per cercare documenti riguardanti l’inserimento nella nuova terra d’adozione di 27’000 ticinesi, ma anche per sentire dalla viva voce di alcuni protagonisti autentiche storie di vita. Continue reading
by historian Giorgio Cheda
I have been to California several times, partly in search of documentary evidence of how 27,000 Ticinesi adapted to a new way of life in a new land, partly to hear the real-life stories of some of the settlers. Continue reading
by Pauline Humphreys, Australia
Dr Severinus Guscetti, his wife Giuditta and four children from Ambri, Quinto and Deggio in the Levantina Valley came to Australia. Dr Severinus Guscetti was a Medical Doctor and Member of Swiss Parliament (with Stefano Franscini). Continue reading
