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Hello,

My husband has traced some of his ancestors back to Genoa, Italy. Several of them immigrated to Gibraltar in the 1700's.
He has found records on Family Search which states they came from "Versiersi", Genova (or similar - spelt a couple of different ways on different records). We cannot locate a town in Genoa with this name. Does anyone have any ideas about how we would find out where it is and what it might be called now? We are hoping to get over there next year (we are Australia) and visit.

Many thanks,

Loz

No worries - thanks for your help Peter! 

In 2016 we went to my husband's relatives in Totnes, Devon but I didn't find out about Thomas Daw until a few months after we came home! So close but yet so far  It will a few years before I can get back over there again!

regards,
Lauren

Hi Peter,

Thanks for that - is that near Sanford?

Regards,

Lauren

Hi all on this thread. My grandmother (Ida Florence Wilson b:17th August, 1909) was the illegitimate daughter of Cecilia Annie Victoria Wilson (b:1892 d:1944). Cecilia was only 16 years old when she gave birth to my grandmother and there was no father's name on the birth certificate. My grandmother was fostered out as a baby and I'm not sure what she knew of her parents.

Cecilia (known as 'Annie') married William Colville Armstrong (b:1884 d:1919) in 1910.

William's parents were Joseph Armstrong (b:1854 d:1890) and Alice Josephine Henderson Duncan (b:1860 d:1954).

Joseph's parents were Colville Armstrong (b: @1823 d:1889) and Sarah Charlotte Candish (b:1832 d:1922)

I do not know for sure that William was my grandmother's father but he was at the very least her step-father.

I've just been having another look at Colville Armstrong and found this thread (and another) about Colville's father George and brother Walter coming to Australia on the "Glen Huntly" in 1940 and George dying shortly afterwards. I have not been able to find a marriage or death for Walter Armstrong.

I notice that no-one has found any reference to Colville's birth in Scotland or any ship records. Colville's death index states he was 66 years when he died in Feb, 1889 putting his birth at 1822/early 1823. Interestingly Walter's birth date was 19th June 1822. Do you think that Colville IS Walter? Lots of people back then used different names and there was not the legality there is today.

Hi Biggles,
yes - I am definately going to avae a good look around Thomastown and Jerpoint Abbey.  Where is the family buried?  Do you know the name of Michaels father?....or any further back from him?  Would love to know if Bridget had any siblings etc.  Had you seen the family name spelt as DADY? On the passenger list it said Bridget could read but not write.

Loz