The Swiss American Historical Society has just published a new book that was sent to all its members, “Emigrant Paths, Encounters with 20th Century Swiss Americans.” Among the people portrayed in the book is Maurice Perret, a French Swiss geographer from Neuchatel who was born in 1911 and died in 1996. Continue reading
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Thirty years of traveling to Canton Ticino; journeys of a lifetime
This past summer 2010 I did not visit my cousins in canton Ticino; this was only the second time since 1995 that I have not. Since 1979 I have had the opportunity to visit them around 20 times! Continue reading
The Ticino Swiss immigration to California (L’immigrazione ticinese in California)
By Tony Quinn, Sacramento, California
Di: Tony Quinn, Sacramento, California
Translation by Jay Grossi and Lorella Silvestri, Sacramento, California
Traduzione di Jay Grossi e Lorella Silvestri, Sacramento, California Continue reading
Dominco Grossi della Contea di Marin
di Beverly Grossi, Stati Uniti
Dominco è arrivato nel 1892 e Theresa nel 1901. Entrambi erano svizzeri. Mio nonno ha lavorato nella proprietà di Shafter Howard a Pt. Reyes, prima di avviare la propria attività casearia nel 1900 ad Olema. Continue reading
Dominco Grossi of Marin County
By Beverly Grossi, United States
This is a picture of my grandfather (Dominco Grossi) & Family. Continue reading
Drowned in wine
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
Marin and immigrant monuments
Grossi and Bacciarini family saga: Lavertezzo, Gudo and Vallejo
My first Grossi ancestor to come to America, Attilio Grossi, my grandfather Plinio’s uncle. My grandparents Plinio Grossi and Annetta Bacciarini were born in the village of Gudo in the Magadino Plain near Bellinzona in 1898 and 1901. Continue reading
Informazioni sui Grossi di Monte Carasso?
di Wade Hammond
Sto tentando di trovare informazioni sui nonni, entrambi nati in Svizzera: nonno Henry Rocco Grossi, nato attorno al 1866 a Monte Carasso e nonna Mary Melera, nata il 24 aprile 1887 a Giubiasco, Ticino.
Qualcuno mi può dire dove posso trovare informazioni?
Any information on a Grossi from Monte Carasso?
by Wade Hammond
Trying to find information on grandparents, both born in Switzerland. Grandfather Henry Rocco Grossi, born about 1866, in Monte Carasso. My grandmother, Mary Melera, born 24 April, 1887, in Giubiasco, Ticino. Can you give me an idea where I might find this information?
Informazioni sull’immigrazione dei Grossi
di Carol Grossi Ryan, Stati Uniti
Mio nonno, Domenico Grossi, è emigrato da Monte Carasso, in Ticino, al nord della Californa nel 1892, via Ellis Island. Mia nonna Teresa Buzzini è giunta in California da Brione (Val Verzasca) verso la fine dell’Ottocento. Non ci sono informazioni su di lei a Ellis Island. Continue reading