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Europe / Re: Italians in England
« on: Thursday 17 April 08 20:18 BST (UK)  »
Thanks, Kathfen, but that's more than 200 years too late ...

I suppose that this Giovanni Torriano "founded" the whole Torriano dynasty in  England, traces of them are found in India, Ceylon, South Africa, Canada, Australia and ... Germany.

Your Torini are from Italy of the 19th century, so they are really Italian...

"My" Giovanni T. edited one of the first English-Italian dictionaries (Florio-Torriano), and he might have been close to Shakespeare too.

Regards from Hamburg,

Sven


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Europe / Re: Italian' s in England
« on: Thursday 17 April 08 18:07 BST (UK)  »
Vielen Dank - molto grazie - thank you ;)

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Europe / Re: Italians in England
« on: Thursday 17 April 08 17:34 BST (UK)  »
Hi SheronB !

Can you give me a hint where to look for very early immigrants from the later Italy ? (preferably online without having to travel to London).

I'm researching  Giovanni Torriano (who wrote this famous Select Italian Proverbs in English). His father (Alexander T., Italian priest who converted to protestantism and married in Geneva) fled from Toscany around 1620 via Geneva to London.

My questions: When did they arrive in England ? Who was his mother ? Who was his grandfather / where in Toscany did they come from ?

Regards,

Sven

www.slaktforskning.carlsson.at

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Europe / Emigrants to Portugal 18th century ?
« on: Thursday 17 April 08 17:12 BST (UK)  »
Hello !

Where may I obtain info about those British people living and working around the British Factory Chaplancies in Lisboa and Oporto, Portugal during the 18th century ?

I'm looking for clues where the following people are from ...

Elisabeth /Torriano/ Weaver b.1742, babt. 9 Dez 1742 BFC Lisboa

married 23 Jul 1783 BFC Oporto  to

Bartholomew John /Bull/

At the end of that century they must have been wealthy, because at least two of their sons (Bartholomew John /Torriano Bull/ *1784) (Heinrich (Henry) /Torriano Bull/ *1787) went to Hamburg and bought large farms.


Regards,

Sven

www.slaktforskning.carlsson.at

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