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From: "J Torre" <>
Subject: Re: Ligurians in Memphis
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 11:14:15 -0800
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I used to be in touch with someone who had done considerable research on her Province of Genoa ancestors in Memphis. I'll see if the address I have for her still works. I recall she told me there were many surnames from the Val Fontanabuona area of Province of Genoa in Memphis.

Also, a Memphis family that emigrated from Calvari (near Chiavari in the Province of Genoa) in the 1850s included child Maria Solari, who became the 1st woman accepted for study at the Academia di Belle Arti in Florence. Some folks in Calvari have done considerable research into her history. She bequeathed all her paintings to the Christian Brothers University in Memphis, and also the land on which its campus was built. There used to be some information about Maria/Mary Solari on the internet, but I no longer have the link and a quick search hasn't turned it up.

That's about all I know off the top of my head. My ancestors were from that same area, but stayed in NYC.

Jeanne Torre
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Surnames: Mussio/Muzzio
Classification: Query

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http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/TUB.2ACI/1095.1.1.2.1

Message Board Post:

Dear Priscilla,

Thank you for your message. I have not yet looked for the birth certificates.

I am mostly interested in the larger cultural phenomenon of Ligurian immigration, and specifically to certain regions in the Midwest.

I found it interesting that you had heard that your Giovanni Muzzio had visiting relatives in Cincinnati. I have found in the Cenus records various spellings of my family's name, all which probably reflect the mistakes that generally took place: Mosa (1860), Massa (1880). The 1890 Cincinnati Directory has the name Muzzio for one member of the family and Mussio for another. It seems that the spelling was not decided upon by the family until between 1890 and 1900, after which it is always Mussio. The 1857 marriage license (Cincinnati) that I have has the name as Mucei -- John Mucei and Anne Arata, clearly anglicized.

Does this add anything to your family's story?

Also, I wonder if you or anyone has heard about Ligurian settlements in the 1850s and 60s in Memphis, Louisville, or Cincinnati.

Thank you.

Tom Mussio

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