Hello Lisa You'll need to weigh up the reliability of each piece of information you have about locations since I think you may have conflicting information. Is it likely that Pasquale's mother was still living where her son was born? > Pasquale was born in Casa Del Casino, Italy near Firenze in 1879 he > emigrated sometime before 1904 probably alone, with siblings > or with a friend. Casa del Casino could mean "the house at Casino" - what's the context of this pice of information? Could it be a mis-spelling for Cassino? > He was transported to a > hospital in Torino, Italy where when he felt able to he > attempted to go to his mother in Cassino per Atina. Prov. Di > Caserta, he did not make it becoming very unwell and died in > the Ospedale Militare Principale, Reparto infettino Letto > 60, Roma. Cassino per Atina could mean Cassino at/to/by/for/through Atina. Perhaps an Italian speaker can clarify this meaning? There are places called Cassino and Atina in Frosinone, Lazio. Check their location on Virgilio mappe (localita). http://mappe.virgilio.it/mappe/index.html You can also see Caserta is close to Frosinone. He may have needed to travel near Rome on his journey from Torino. Firenze is a long way away from Atina so you may have to consider other factors such as Pasquale's occupation and where his friends came from to confirm whether it is Cassino or Casino you are looking for. (There seem to be 2 Casinos in Firenze). He may also have moved north for work before leaving Italy for England. > I also > have a lack of understanding as to why Pasquale joined the > Italian army and why he was taken to Torino in the first > place. If Pasquale was born in Italy he would have been called up for Italian military service even although he lived in Britain. I understand Italians and their descendants remain Italian until they relinquish their nationality by naturalisation - even if they have lived for several generations in Britain. Fortunately Italy was on the same side in WW1 - in WW2 Italians were treated as enemy aliens in Britain. If you apply for Pasquale's military record you will probably have a definitive birthplace and other interesting information. I think this has been discussed before on this list and you may find it in the list archives (I haven't done this but have a book by Trafford Cole "Italian genealogical records" that outlines their availability and contents). Atina and Cassino are both mentioned in "The Italian Factor: the Italian Community in Great Britain" by Terri Colpi. I suggest you read it for background info about migration patterns that may help you confirm where Pasquale really came from. By the way, Ferrari of Soho is also mentioned in the book, as a firm that was established in 1901, having grown from the occupation of arrotini (knife grinders) into selling cutlery. Daphne Dashfield (Geradine) GHIRARDANI + 16 spelling variations