My Grear Grandmother who also came from Como was surnamed Arrigo, I have 4 civil records where it has been spelt, Arrighi, Arrigho, Arrigi and Arrigo. Why ...... Bad spelling by the offical. Don,t try and make something out of the change in the surnames, often it is simply spelling mistakes.
Ruth> From: caroljose@bellsouth.net> To: anglo-italian@rootsweb.com> Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 19:43:32 -0500> Subject: Re: [ANGLO-ITALIAN] Donegana/Donegani> > It could be one person's family name (Donegana,) versus the en
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>It could be one person's family name (Donegana,) versus the entire family
>group (Donegani)...differentiated by the ending vowel. Although the i would
>normally be the plural for a masculine noun, and e would normally be plural
>for a feminine, the masculine i might have been used to denote a mixed group
>of men and women with that name...anyone else have a theory or a good
>answer?
Thanks for that,,
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Ruth Rowlands wrote:
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>My Grear Grandmother who also came from Como was surnamed Arrigo, I have 4 >
>civil records where it has been spelt, Arrighi, Arrigho, Arrigi and Arrigo.
>Why ...... Bad spelling by the offical. Don,t try and make something out of
>the change in the surnames, often it is simply spelling mistakes.
Point taken...so if I get over there and get a chance to look I look for a
donegan? family with a f
I have searched the baptism records for Como city and the only records that there are all say Donegana, I have pasted them below, if there is any that may of be interest let me know and I will take out the rest of the details and send them to you. (See below)
Regards
Ruth
AIFHS Surname Researcher
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nome: Adelaide Maria Doneganadata battesimo: 06-05-1854luogo battesimo: parrocchia: San Fedele dettaglio
nome: Adri
It could be one person's family name (Donegana,) versus the entire family
group (Donegani)...differentiated by the ending vowel. Although the i would
normally be the plural for a masculine noun, and e would normally be plural
for a feminine, the masculine i might have been used to denote a mixed group
of men and women with that name...anyone else have a theory or a good
answer?
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