> Hello Listers, In an act of desperation, I'm asking if anyone on the list > can possibly see the name EROTTI as a corruption of MAROTTA, or vice versa! I think you have to think of handwriting interpretations (of the transcriber) when you look at census indexes as well as phonetic spelling (including using letter names as sounds) used by the census enumerator. I suppose "Um, EROTTI" could just become MAROTTE which could be mistranscribed as MAROTTA. However I can't see how "M" could be lost from MAROTTA. Unless they were thought to say Um, Ah-rowt-tah - except it would have to be A(y)ro(w)tte(e) to make Erotti (hope I got the vowels right). I can see how my family's name GHIRARDANI became GERADINE and even with a census transcription error and a poor enumerator, GLARINI ("e" replaced by "l by the transcriber) but "M" is a large letter not easily lost. EROTTI could become AROTE or even AYWROTEY?! Do you have any events such as baptism or marriage near 1881 to give possible addresses? That's how I found my gg grandfather and remaining family masquerading as a GLARINI in Bakers Row, Clerkenwell in the 1881 index . I've yet to view the film of the original census notebook which I suspect is GEARINI. I don't think that enumerator had a good ear for Italian names/spelling (I have another example of a relative in the same street) and I know my gg grandfather couldn't sign his name at my g grandfather's marriage in 1876 so he wouldn't be able to help much. At least some priests could spell! Is there a particular reason why it might be Marotta? I've lost track of where EROTTI came from now. Daphne Dashfield (Geradine) GHIRADANI + ~15 spelling variations

Hello Daphne, There are 2 EROTTI on the Ellis Island site Bertolomeo(probably Bartolomeo) from Ferentella arrived NYC May 16th 1913 Was going to his relatives (Francesco Erotti) 344 Oliver street left behind his wife Agnese Feruselli(sp?) Antonio Erotti from gargnano going to his cousin Giuseppe Piccini Felicia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daphne Dashfield" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2002 7:48 AM Subject: Re: [Anglo-Italian] MAROTTA > > Hello Listers, In an act of desperation, I'm asking if anyone on the list > > can possibly see the name EROTTI as a corruption of MAROTTA, or vice versa! > > I think you have to think of handwriting interpretations (of the transcriber) when you look at census > indexes as well as phonetic spelling (including using letter names as sounds) used by the census > enumerator. > > I suppose "Um, EROTTI" could just become MAROTTE which could be mistranscribed as MAROTTA. > > However I can't see how "M" could be lost from MAROTTA. Unless they were thought to say Um, > Ah-rowt-tah - except it would have to be A(y)ro(w)tte(e) to make Erotti (hope I got the vowels right). > I can see how my family's name GHIRARDANI became GERADINE and even with a census transcription error > and a poor enumerator, GLARINI ("e" replaced by "l by the transcriber) but "M" is a large letter not > easily lost. EROTTI could become AROTE or even AYWROTEY?! > > Do you have any events such as baptism or marriage near 1881 to give possible addresses? > That's how I found my gg grandfather and remaining family masquerading as a GLARINI in Bakers Row, > Clerkenwell in the 1881 index . I've yet to view the film of the original census notebook which I > suspect is GEARINI. I don't think that enumerator had a good ear for Italian names/spelling (I have > another example of a relative in the same street) and I know my gg grandfather couldn't sign his name > at my g grandfather's marriage in 1876 so he wouldn't be able to help much. At least some priests > could spell! > > Is there a particular reason why it might be Marotta? I've lost track of where EROTTI came from now. > > Daphne Dashfield (Geradine) > GHIRADANI + ~15 spelling variations > > > > ==== ANGLO-ITALIAN Mailing List ==== > Inaugural Meeting of the Anglo-Italian Family History > At the SOG Fair at 3pm For the venue address look at > 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 > >