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Hello,
There has always been a rumor in my family that a brother of my great grandfather went to Argentina. Unfortunately, I do not know any first names but my Great grandfather's name was Domenico Infantino and his parents were Nicola Infantino and Maria Giuseppa Mobilia.
Does anyone know how to go about trying to locate family in Argentina? Has anyone dealt with a similar story?
Tessa,
Domenico came from a town called Spinoso. He was born in ~1875, I found this out through a marriage record that I found from that town. I know he defintely had a brother named Saverio Rocco Carlo Infantino, as I have his birth record. However, the story goes that Saverio and Domenic did not get along and eventually Saverio became estranged from his family and fled back to Italy. The story my mother was always told was that Domenic had another brother in addition to Saverio.
A manifest listing when Domenic (listed by his middle name Antonio) and Saverio came to the USA had another man named VIncenzo Infantino,from the same town. However I don't think this was their brother as he is traveling to an entirely different person who is listed as Vincenzo's brother named NIcola.
Tessa,
Thanks for taking a look for me! I am not sure what relation Michele Sorimanti was and neither are any of my relatives. Unfortunately, my relatives were very tight-lipped about their origins. I know there are alot of people with the last name Solimando in the Spinoso records. Maybe this was a relative, I'm just not sure.
mtoth1982 wrote:Tessa,
Thanks for taking a look for me! I am not sure what relation Michele Sorimanti was and neither are any of my relatives. Unfortunately, my relatives were very tight-lipped about their origins. I know there are alot of people with the last name Solimando in the Spinoso records. Maybe this was a relative, I'm just not sure.
Matt
Yes, I noticed that as I go through the birth records!
I have located a birth record for another son of Nicola Infantino and Maria Giuseppa Mobilia.
GIUSEPPE Infantino was born to them on 14 April 1877, when Nicola was age 40.
Notation in margin indicates that Giuseppe Infantino married with Antonia Vincenza Marchesoni on 6 April 1899.
Bride's surname is Marchesani, with an "a", in the publication of the marriage banns. HOWEVER, she and her father signed the record with an "o" at the end of their surname.
In the publication of the banns of marriage record (link below) Antonia Vincenza is age 15 complete. Giuseppe is age 21 and a shoemaker.
Her parents are Michele Marchesani, age 40, and Maddalena Bruno.
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