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Research in Other Countries => United States of America => US Lookup Requests => Topic started by: slainsview on Wednesday 12 August 20 21:41 BST (UK)
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I have traced an ancestor who I think died in Ca. His name is Primo Bonzani of Italian descent who came to the States after his wife died just weeks after they were married in Aberdeen in 1913.
I think he died in 1928/29 in San Mateo.
He was born in Sarano Masachesi and his father was Vincenzo Bonzani.
Can anyone help please.
Many years ago I visited my cousin in your beautiful state and I have fond memories of San Luis Obispo and Morro Bay.
Thank you for any help you can give me
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From the Internet
The Bonzani family name was found in the USA in 1920. In 1920 there were 6 Bonzani families living in California. This was about 55% of all the recorded Bonzani's in the USA. California had the highest population of Bonzani families in 1920.
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this came up in a search and is free to access:
https://www.ancestry.ca/genealogy/records/aristedemo-bonzani-24-11p40pr
It says the same things you say about Primo. But no sources for his death. Their birth year for Aristedemo is wrong.
Another tree at ancestry says Primo Bonzani was born 11 November 1881, but the tree is private.
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There is a California death index that covers that time frame here - https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1932433 I don't see any Primo Bonzanis, but there are other Bonzanis who died around then.
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Hi slains view can you give me a message please
Ryan
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Looks like the thread was never acknowledged Ryan and the poster has not been on line since August 2020 :-\
Sandra
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Was having a look and trying to track down a birth certificate in Italy too. So far nothing only a census entry for 1901 in Peterhead. Just in case the original poster comes back on-line.
Name Primo Bonzani
Gender Male
Birth Circa 1881
Italy
Residence Mar 31 1901
Peterhead, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Address
House Number: 20
Street: Chapel Street
Age 20
Marital status Single
Occupation Ice Cream Merchant
Census
Town Peterhead Parish Peterhead
County Aberdeenshire Country Scotland
Date Mar 31 1901 Parish # 232
Schedule 93 Schedule Suffix 1/2
Page # 18 Line # 22
Parliamentary Borough Elgin Registration District Peterhead
Ecclesiastical District Peterhead Enumeration District (ED) 14
Household
RELATION NAME BIRTH
Lodger Guizeppe Carini Circa 1876
Lodger Arioni Edourdo Circa 1877
Lodger Narizo Ferari Circa 1877
Lodger Filopiano Edereo Circa 1878
Primo Bonzani Circa 1881
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Hi thanks for taking time to prepare that
Slains view was looking for aristodemo bonzani rather than primo
Although I can add primo and pietro who were recorded in Peterhead in the census - were from the same place as aristodemo was 100 percent born , varano marcahesi medesano ,Parma in 1881
Aristodemos parents were Vincenzo bonzani and Rosalia torpilli
I would love to find what happened to aristodemo after his wife’s death in 1913 and if he had any siblings
Perhaps primo and pietro were relatives/siblings ?
Ryan
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Whoops!
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Not sure why “whoops”
You did a good
Job in my opinion
Ryan
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ryan37 :) thanks for correcting the place of birth - no wonder I couldn't find anything!
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No problem at all , may I ask where your searching births ?
Ryan
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No problem at all , may I ask where your searching births ?
Ryan
Here:
https://www.antenati.san.beniculturali.it/ (https://www.antenati.san.beniculturali.it/)
They've just changed the website and it's much harder for me to find my way around. I can't find the archivio di stato di Emilio-Romagna, which with the new place details you have supplied, is where any records should be. I assume this means they are not online.