Many thanks Jean, it's saved and printed just in case :-} Thank You Lee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean Spence" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2002 6:19 PM Subject: Re: [Anglo-Italian] BIANCHI ancestors > Hi Lee > Interesting that your BIANCHIs came from Lucca too and settled in Nottingham > for a while, just like my ancestors. > Don't know if there is any connection for you with the following but give it > to you for what it's worth. I had correspondence with a lady called > Maureen researching BIANCHI, in 1985 and 1991. > Giovanni BIANCHI died in Norwich and his wife Sarah (nee RIVETT), one dau > and two sons (one of whom Maureen's ancestor, Giovanni Jnr) plus his wife > and two ch, all moved to Bethnal Green, London. Maureen says her ancestor > worked in a yarn factory until work became scarce. > The family seems to have travelled to London from Norwich by boat. > Sarah BIANCHI died in Hope St Bethnal Green 1875, 3 yrs after the family > came to Loneon. > Other children were Maria Anna (B.1841, d.1844) and Mary Ann b.1845 - who > stayed in Norwich. There was also an Alessandro Bianchi died aged 1 in > 1838 at Vine St, Saffron Hill, London - a boarding house. He had been born > in Gt. Yarmouth. > Researcher also found a Francisco Bianchi in the Lambeth area, a plaster > figure maker. > She did find record of a Giovanni Bianchi arriving by boat in London 1835 > but had no proof it was her ancestor. > Maureen read a book "Italian Stuccoists in Europe" by Geoffrey Beard. She > wrote to the author who said there are records of Bianchis in the parish > church of Campione, a village oppisite Lugano. > Mary Ann B. marr Robert Hewitt and a son was named William Bianchi Hewitt. > Sarah B. had a brother living in Stepney so family may have moved to London > to be nearer him. > Maureen says the Alessandro who died age 1 was born Gt Yarmouth but d. > Saffron Hill - however two subsequent children born Gt Yarmouth and another > in Norwich - so family moved about a lot. > She says there was an old BIANCHI family from 1795 in Ipswich (Gaetano, an > optician and music seller from Lombardy). She found his denization at Kew > but none for her ancestor though 1871 census says he was naturalised by > then. > Maureen visited Campione and the 11C church, found several Bianchis in > graveyard. Local priest could not help without proper dates. > She also visited Milan where there were a couple of Bianchi tombstones. > Maureen says her ancestor Giovanni Jnr was born in a pub at Gt Yarmouth - > the St John's Head. > Keep this message, it may be useful at a later date, you never know. > Jean > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Lee <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 8:28 PM > Subject: Re: [Anglo-Italian] Fw: MENCARINI ancestors > > > > Jean wrote > > < which port might Giuseppe have left from in Italy and where might he > have > > landed in Britain - could it have been Middlesbrough or Hartlepool? > > Does anyone know of an Italian community in Nottingham in 1830s/1840s? > > > > > If anyone has an answer to this , could it be posted to the list as my > > Italian ancestors were also in Nottingham in this period and I am having > > trouble with how they arrived there, and where they came from, and what > > happened to them, > > And I thought the Smith's were hard to trace > > My Italian names are BIANCHI and LEONARDI, they were plaster makers in > Notts > > before going into the Public House business. > > My 3x Great Grandfather Florinder Bianchi was born in Lucca in 1826, had > his > > first child in 1851 in Nottingham (cert held) but doesn't appear on the > > census, is there in 1861 but is dead before the 1871 census although I > > haven't yet found a death record, and none of his male offspring appear in > > the 1881 census. > > I know some of the Leonardi's changed their names to Leonard to avoid > > persecution but what would Bianchi become if they had followed suit?? > > Lee in Hornsea East Yorks > > > > > > ==== ANGLO-ITALIAN Mailing List ==== > > Anglo Italian Family History Society > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ukaifhg/index.html > > Still under construction! > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > ==== ANGLO-ITALIAN Mailing List ==== > List Admin Message > http://www.dreamwater.net/genealogy/AdminMessage.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >