From Mark Lesina, United States
In response to Robert Ransom
The stories from Valle Morobbia are all very similar, but each very special and different in their own way. As Gary Carlson mentioned in his posting there were many families in the valley with the same names and they intertwine many times and sometimes not at all. Continue reading
From Mark Lesina, United States
It has been said, “In a hundred years, who will know anything about you or your family”. Well it has been a hundred years! Yes – on Friday, April 16th 2010, it has been 100 years since Erminia Martini arrived in New York Harbor at Ellis Island. Continue reading
by Mark Lesina, United States
Erminia Martini was born July 20, 1890 in St Antonio, Valle Morobbia to Giovanni Martini and Angelina Maria Martini-Martini and died May 22, 1976 in Redding, California; however she was buried in Crescent City, California, where she had lived for most of her life. Continue reading
di Robert J. Ransom, Jr., Stati Uniti
Mio nonno Cesare Augusto Tamagni, 1882-1962, è nato a Bellinzona e mia nonna Giuseppa (Buletti) Tamagni, 1889-1997, a St. Antonio. Credo che mia nonna sia cresciuta tra Carena e Mellirolo, i villaggi dei miei antenati Sarina e Buletti. Continue reading
by Robert J. Ransom, Jr., United States
My grandfather Cesare Augusto Tamagni, 1882-1962 was born in Bellinzona and my grandmother Giuseppa (Buletti) Tamagni, 1889-1997 in St. Antonio. I believe my grandmother was raised around the small villages of Carena and Mellirolo, the villages of my Sarina and Buletti ancestors. Continue reading
