Hello Listers, I signed up a few days ago and am delighted the lists exists. I am hoping to break down my brick wall, however, I do realize it may take time! I've been searching for 20 years for my great grandmother and her family, so I have built up a degree of patience! Great grandmother's maiden name has several variants according to her two marriage certificates and the birth certs of her children. These are,predominantly EROTTI and EROTY (which I'm told is probably the Hungarian surname and that many Hungarians settled in Italy) Her marriages took place in Plymouth, Devon (1876 & 1891 respectively) and all her children were born in Devon. I cannot find any variant of her maiden name in Cenus records. She was born 1856 - 1859 (again according to certificates and Census (after she married her age changes). But, the big problem is she told her family she was born at sea - on the way from Philadelphia to England. She said they were Italian. She ran away from home when they wanted to put her in a convent. How she got from London to Devon is a mystery also. Her story was that her parents left Italy and went to Philadelphia, didn't like it there so went on to England. HOw long they stayed in US I don't know! I would have thought her parents would have appeared in early Census records i.e 1861 but I'm told searching the London fiche would take me forever. She gave London as her place of birth in the 1881 Census down in Devon (she was married by then so appears under her married surname GRIMES). I would greatly appreciate it if any one on the list can give me some suggestions or comments. Cheers, Diane (Canada)

Hi What a puzzle Erotti is not a very common name. I looked it up in the Ellis Island site and there are only 2 you might start with that unless you have already done so good luck Felicia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane Webb" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 10:30 AM Subject: [Anglo-Italian] ERROTTI / EROTY > Hello Listers, I signed up a few days ago and am delighted the lists > exists. I am hoping to break down my brick wall, however, I do realize it > may take time! I've been searching for 20 years for my great grandmother > and her family, so I have built up a degree of patience! > > > Great grandmother's maiden name has several variants according to her two > marriage certificates and the birth certs of her children. These > are,predominantly EROTTI and EROTY (which I'm told is probably the Hungarian > surname and that many Hungarians settled in Italy) Her marriages took > place in Plymouth, Devon (1876 & 1891 respectively) and all her children > were born in Devon. > > I cannot find any variant of her maiden name in Cenus records. She was born > 1856 - 1859 (again according to certificates and Census (after she married > her age changes). But, the big problem is she told her family she was born > at sea - on the way from Philadelphia to England. She said they were > Italian. She ran away from home when they wanted to put her in a convent. > How she got from London to Devon is a mystery also. > > Her story was that her parents left Italy and went to Philadelphia, didn't > like it there so went on to England. HOw long they stayed in US I don't > know! > > I would have thought her parents would have appeared in early Census records > i.e 1861 but I'm told searching the London fiche would take me forever. She > gave London as her place of birth in the 1881 Census down in Devon (she was > married by then so appears under her married surname GRIMES). > > I would greatly appreciate it if any one on the list can give me some > suggestions or comments. > > Cheers, Diane (Canada) > > > > ==== ANGLO-ITALIAN Mailing List ==== > Italian Research > http://www.dreamwater.net/anglersrest/Italian.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 > >

hi again The documents are pretty hard to decipher but here is what I get Bartolomeo Erotti from Ferentella age 31 arrive MAy 16 1913 going to his cousin Francesco Erotti in NYC he left behind his wife Agnese Antonio Erotti from Gargnano age 32 arrived April 9th 1906 was going to a cousin Giuseppe Peccini in NYC Felicia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane Webb" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 10:30 AM Subject: [Anglo-Italian] ERROTTI / EROTY > Hello Listers, I signed up a few days ago and am delighted the lists > exists. I am hoping to break down my brick wall, however, I do realize it > may take time! I've been searching for 20 years for my great grandmother > and her family, so I have built up a degree of patience! > > > Great grandmother's maiden name has several variants according to her two > marriage certificates and the birth certs of her children. These > are,predominantly EROTTI and EROTY (which I'm told is probably the Hungarian > surname and that many Hungarians settled in Italy) Her marriages took > place in Plymouth, Devon (1876 & 1891 respectively) and all her children > were born in Devon. > > I cannot find any variant of her maiden name in Cenus records. She was born > 1856 - 1859 (again according to certificates and Census (after she married > her age changes). But, the big problem is she told her family she was born > at sea - on the way from Philadelphia to England. She said they were > Italian. She ran away from home when they wanted to put her in a convent. > How she got from London to Devon is a mystery also. > > Her story was that her parents left Italy and went to Philadelphia, didn't > like it there so went on to England. HOw long they stayed in US I don't > know! > > I would have thought her parents would have appeared in early Census records > i.e 1861 but I'm told searching the London fiche would take me forever. She > gave London as her place of birth in the 1881 Census down in Devon (she was > married by then so appears under her married surname GRIMES). > > I would greatly appreciate it if any one on the list can give me some > suggestions or comments. > > Cheers, Diane (Canada) > > > > ==== ANGLO-ITALIAN Mailing List ==== > Italian Research > http://www.dreamwater.net/anglersrest/Italian.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 > >