Vielmetti, Tavonatti, Stancher in Tavon

[wyogal]

I am looking for information on my family from Tavon, Trento. Surnames I know of are Tavonatti, Vielmetti, and Stancher. Any help or information anyone can provide me is greatly appreciated.

Jennifer Wilmetti

[nuccia]

Please provide more info like first names or year of birth.

Nuccia

[ricbru]

I am looking for information on my family from Tavon, Trento. Surnames I know of are Tavonatti, Vielmetti, and Stancher. Any help or information anyone can provide me is greatly appreciated.

Jennifer Wilmetti

Tavon is an hamlet belonging to Coredo, bye Riccardo

[Sal]

The births, deaths, and marriage registers for the years 1785-1923 are available on microfilm numbers 1388849 (sections 27-33) and 1388850 (section 1 for deaths 1888-1923). Order them at the Family History Center nearest you (addresses, etc can be found at 222.familysearch.org)
Sal

[edwardvielmetti]

Well, you found one of them here

My family, Vielmettis and Tavonattis, came from Tavon and settled in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. I was able to find a good bit of information by searching our local library's version of ancestry.com which got records back into the early 1800s.

I found this page in my searches:

http://www.ecomuseocoredo.it/album/album_00.htm

which you should try translating via Google, it's a Coredo and Tavon local history museum.

[powermidget]

Hi. I just found your post and wanted to let you know that my maiden name is Stancher. My Grandfather was Davide Stancher. He came here from Tavon in 1903 with his mother Rosa who was a widow. My grandfather lived in Michigan and Wisconsin and he married a women by the name of Emma Nora. They had two children, Wesley and LaVerne. My father is Wesley. Do you think we are related at all?

Susie

[wyogal]

Thanks to those who have replied. I apologize for not having replied before now but life has interfered with my time for genealogy! I appreciate any help anyone can give me on my father's father. My dad is 77 years old and his father died when he was only 16 so he doesn't know much about him. He has treasured the information that I have been able to provide him so far.

That said...

My nonno was Guiseppe Franceso Vielmetti and he changed his name to Joseph or Joe Wilmetti (or similar variations; the spelling changed frequently) when he came to this country. He immigrated to this country in 1909 and he spent some time in Pennsylvania in Minersville and Jeanette. He settled in Superior, Wyoming some time before 1917. His brother was Emanuel Vielmetti and he changed his name to Emil Wilmette and he also spent some time in Pennsylvania before settling in Cook County, Illinois.

I have had trouble figuring out who their parents were. On his death certificate, they are listed as Joe Wilmetti and Rosa Tavonatti. I don't think this is necessarily accurate because it was filled out by his brother-in-law and I don't think they knew each other in the old country. I made copies of the film on Tavon baptisms from the Family History Library and when I found who should be my grandfather, it showed his mother as Rosa Stancher, not Rosa Tavonatti. I'm still trying to unravel the mystery behind my nonno's family.

Family legend says that he left Tyrol because he was in line to be a count and he didn't want to be so he left. I have found nothing to substantiate this but if anyone has any ideas on how to unravel this legend/myth, that would be great!

To the two people who replied with possible connections, I would say that it is very likely that our ancestors are tied together. Tavon seems to be such a small town that it seems impossible to believe that we can't be related with the same names in our backgrounds. If you have any information on your ancestors that can help us to make a connection, that would be great.

Thanks again for the help and if anyone has any other ideas, I'd greatly appreciate it.

Jennifer Wilmetti

[nuccia]

Jennifer,

I'm going to throw a few curves inyour research...I hope that's ok?

Have you found ship manifests for Rosa or Joseph? If the manifests I found are correct then both are from Tavon Austria..which may be where Rosa got her name from. Also, I found 2 Rosa Stanche or Stanchi going through Ellis...one was travelling with a child (her son?) Davide...the manifest was faded.

I will post and then you can virew, ok?
First Name: Rosa
Last Name: Stancher
Ethnicity: Italy, Ital. No.
Last Place of Residence: Favor, Italy
Date of Arrival: Jan 08, 1910
Age at Arrival: 20y Gender: F Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: La Savoie
Port of Departure: Havre
Manifest Line Number: 0021

Rosa Stancher 1910 page 1

Page 2

First Name: Guiseppe
Last Name: Vielmetti
Ethnicity: Austria, Italian (Tyrol)
Last Place of Residence: Tavon, Austria
Date of Arrival: Feb 02, 1909
Age at Arrival: 17y Gender: M Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: Saint Louis
Port of Departure: Cherbourg, France
Manifest Line Number: 0016

Joseph 1909 page 1

page 2


First Name: Rosa
Last Name: Stancher
Ethnicity: Austrian, Italian N.
Last Place of Residence: Tavon
Date of Arrival: Feb 10, 1903
Age at Arrival: 38y Gender: F Marital Status: W
Ship of Travel: La Bretagne
Port of Departure: Havre
Manifest Line Number: 0020

First Name: Davide
Last Name: Stancher
Ethnicity: Austrian, Italian N.
Last Place of Residence: Tavon
Date of Arrival: Feb 10, 1903
Age at Arrival: 6y Gender: M Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: La Bretagne
Port of Departure: Havre
Manifest Line Number: 0021

Rosa and Davide



Not sure if this helps at all...

Nuccia

[nuccia]

Maybe this is Joseph?

1920 United States Federal Census Recordinfo
about Joe Vilmetti
Name: Joe Vilmetti
Age: 26 years
Estimated birth year: abt 1894
Birthplace: Tirol
Race: White
Home in 1920: Superior, Sweetwater, Wyoming
Sex: Male
Marital status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Lodger
Year of immigration: 1907
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Mother's Birth Place: Tirol
Father's Birth Place: Tirol
Image: 974

If it sounds correct, I can link for you unless you've already seen it.

Nuccia

[wyogal]

Nuccia, you are right on with the two documents for Joseph. Both are my grandfather. I have him in the Ellis Island database, WWI draft registration, and 1910, 1920 and 1930 censuses. I lose him between 1910 (census; Pennsylvania) and 1917 (WWI draft registration; Wyoming). I have his brother tracked from immiration through death with some blank years. I have no record of his parents ever coming to this country.

If I were to post a copy of the image from the baptism record, could someone here help me translate it? I think that is where I ran into a brick wall. I really didn't understand what I was reading so I got stopped.

Thanks again,

Jennifer

[nuccia]

Jennifer,

Yes, please post your image here. Several members are able to translate most documents.

Nuccia

[nuccia]

Hi. I just found your post and wanted to let you know that my maiden name is Stancher. My Grandfather was Davide Stancher. He came here from Tavon in 1903 with his mother Rosa who was a widow. My grandfather lived in Michigan and Wisconsin and he married a women by the name of Emma Nora. They had two children, Wesley and LaVerne. My father is Wesley. Do you think we are related at all?

Susie

I you notice above I posted the manifest info for your Rosa and Davide as well. If you haven't seen in yet, let me know and I will link the document for you.

Nuccia

[wyogal]

I've tried to attach my nonno's parents marriage record but at first it told me it was too big so I reduced it and now it is giving me an error message. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? I'm usually pretty handy with computers but I can't figure out why it won't let me do it.

Thanks,

Jennifer

[nuccia]

Jennifer,

Email it to me as an attachment if you like and I'll link it for you when I get back from work. The email is nuccia @ italgen.com.


Nuccia

[wyogal]

Thanks, Nuccia. I just sent them. I appreciate your help!

Jennifer