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From: "Prof. M.K. Jones" <>
Subject: Re: [ANGLO-ITALIAN] ROTA query
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:13:49 +0100
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Many thanks for that Derek,

I don't know at the moment of any links to your Mauro, and I guess Rota
is a fairly common Bergamasco name. I'm also grateful for that
interesting text and the link.

best regards,

Martin

wrote:
> Martin:
>
> I confess I was disappointed to find that you are apparently descended from
> a different Rota family than that of my greatgrandfather Mauro, who was born
> in Somasca, prov. Bergamo, about 1848, and emigrated to London sometime before
> 1871. Perhaps you are a distant relative, though, for this Somasca family
> certainly had connections in Ponte San Pietro, and perhaps in Bergamo too.
>
> You may be interested in the following excerpt from a Swiss website,
> _http:/www.pubblinet.com/vvv/garibal.htm_ (http://www.pubblinet.com/vvv/garibal.htm)
> , which lists three Rotas who took part in the 1860 campaign, viz:
> - ROTA, Carlo, Francesco, Alzano Maggiore, Bergamo
> - ROTA, Luigi, Giuseppe, Bosisio, Como
> - ROTA, Carlo, Girolamo, Milano
> (Cognome, Nome, Nome del padre, Luogo di nascita, Provincia).
>
> The accompanying text says:
> "Questa lista con 1090 persone fornita dal Ministero della Guerra fu
> pubblicata nel 1864, dal Giornale Militare come risultato di un'inchiesta istituita
> dal Comitato di Stato. Questo comitato fu creato per determinare quanti e
> quali furono i reali partecipanti a quella storica spedizione e come avvenne lo
> sbarco l'11 maggio del 1860 in Marsala." (I can provide a rough translation
> if you need it...?)
>
> You may also be interested to know that my grandmother was sure that her
> father had fought with Garibaldi, too - perhaps in a later campaign - but we
> have never found evidence to prove or disprove this.
>
> Good luck with your research!
>
> Derek Sturges
>
>
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