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« on: Saturday 01 September 12 11:37 BST (UK) »
My last name is Tognarelli. I live in Workington. Even though I am quite young I have done some research with my aunt. The Tognarelli's are from Barga in Tuscany and some of the family moved to Britain towards the end of the 1800s. My side of the family owned some cafe s in finckle street as well as Station Road and we owned cafe s in other areas. The other side of my family owned other cafe s of witch one cafe still exists called Tognarelli's cafe. H and R stands for Harry and Renzo two brothers who lived in Workington and owned a ice cream factory opposite where the courts now are in Workington. My family went from Barga to Glasgow in a time when the harvest was bad and from Glasgow they moved to Whitehaven then finally to Workington. Other members moved down south and had a bus company my grandad called the Toggie who owned it the boss. Be careful looking at the census for 1911 as they have missed spelt Tognarelli for one person caus they could not read his handwriting. I hope this will help I will try to answer any other questions you may have.