di Terry Rodoni, Australia
Mio bisnonno Ernesto Isidoro Piccolo Rodoni ha lasciato il Ticino nel 1886. Si è stabilito a Elevated Plains, Hepburn, Stato del Victoria, dove è morto il 22 settembre 1952.
Ernesto Isidoro è nato il 20 aprile 1866 a Pontirone (Biasca). I suoi genitori erano Carlo e Maria Agostina Rodoni. Assieme a mia moglie mi sono recato in Ticino all’inizio di settembre 2009. Volevo scoprire dove si trovavano la sua casa e le sue proprietà e raccogliere informazioni su suo fratello Giovanni Battista, anch’esso emigrato in Australia.
Ci piacerebbe entrare in contatto con i membri della famiglia di mio bisnonno (in Svizzera, Australia o America) e con qualcuno che ci possa fornire informazioni sulla vita di Ernesto Isidoro in Ticino.
Dear Terry, My father was born in Biasca in 1914 and immigrated to the U.S. in 1928. His father was Sebastiano Ferdinando Rodoni. He was born in 1869. My grandmother was Alice Rossi who was born in 1896. They settled in Monterey County, California in the U.S.
My dad told me there were 3 Rodoni families in Biasca. Sebastian’s father was Felino Rodoni (he had a bunch of siblings and I have a list of them). His mother was Virginia Rodoni (no relation). Her father was Basilio Frutuoso Rodoni. I don’t have as much information on her family but hope to obtain more when I visit again one day. My father, Desio Tedy Rodoni, said that we had family that immigrated to Argentina and, I think also to Australia. But I don’t know who those people are. I have posted all my family genealogy at http://www.ancestry.com. If you have access to that web site you might come across a familiar name. When I get a chance I will look for your grandfather’s name among the Rodoni names in my family tree. Best Regards, Jeanne Rodoni Koutz