I would think the 'first years of 1900' would be 1901-1905. These years aren't covered in the birth index, are they? However, there are Alta indexes at the CA Room that might shed some light on this rather interesting mystery. Should I check? I am not sure IF the years covered are in the index, but there is a chance. Also, since he was Italian, there is a good possiblity he was married in a Catholic Church, most likely St. Peter and Pauls in SF. I don't know if they would respond to an email but perhaps a letter or call? And subsequent births may mean baptism records exist as well. Unraveling a mystery is always a challenge. Has the death index been searched to see if the surname pops up? Rather interesting, four show up but they are really two SARDELLI ANN 02/12/1898 F CALIFORNIA ALAMEDA(01) 12/05/1975 558-01-6528 77 yrs SARDELLI ANNA N 02/12/1898 F CALIFORNIA ALAMEDA(01) 12/05/1975 558-01-6528 77 yrs SARDELLI ELMER 02/15/1917 CAVAGNA M CALIFORNIA NAPA 04/11/1997 572-03-8393 80 yrs SARDELLI ELMO 02/15/1917 CAVAGNA M CALIFORNIA NAPA 04/11/1997 572-03-8393 80 yrs And, any trace of the Sardelli name in the 1910 to 1930 censuses? Sandra -----Original Message----- From: Ruth Skewis [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 9:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [CASANFRA] Vincenzo Sardelli in SF Hello Dario, I found that there is a newspaper article in the San Francisco Call Data Base that tells us about the death of someone with the same name as your Grand-Grandfather. This index listing tell us that this man died in 1889 at the age of 37 years old... Do you know the birth year of your Grand-Grandfather? I don't have the newspaper article but it is available if you would like to see it. The article might not tell us much about him - but it might....... The year of this death, 1889, is near to the "first years of 1900" that you mention - so I found this interesting. Is this the same family - same man??? Or perhaps this is a common name for Italian men of that time period??? From the SF Call Data Base: Sardelli, Vincenzo... died in 1889 ... age 37 ...1889D-4822 I found no marriage or births for that surname Sardelli, recorded in this index - which is really the only source for these events that occurred this early (before 1905). If I can help, further, please ask. Good luck, Ruth _______________________________ Ruth (Grady) Skewis [email protected] > -----Original Message----- > From: Pamela Storm Wolfskill [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 8:47 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [CASANFRA] Vincenzo Sardelli in SF > > Forwarded with permission. If you can be of help to Dario, please > reply to him directly: [email protected] > > Thanks. > > ==================================== > Hello, > I am Dario Sardelli. My english isn't so good, but I'll try to tell > you the story of a grand-grandfather of me. > His name was Vincenzo Sardelli and he left from San Vito dei Normanni > in Italy to SF in the first years of 1900. He lived in SF until the > great hearthquake. He was good looking and strong. Soon after the > great disaster ha came back in his town in Italy and he never talked > with his friend about his long journey in California. > He fell in love with a pretty young girl in Italy, he made a lot of > money working hard and made his girl pregnant. But he didn't want to > marry with her. This was very "unconvenient" > in Italy in 1915. So the mother of this girl told him "if you don' > marry my daughter, I'll kill you with my naked hands and this big > knife!". So they became husband and wife. > When his wife was pregnant of the fourth baby, the baby died. > His brother told him: "You've got three boys, anyway" and he answered > "Oh, they are more than four..." > My uncle went in SF two years ago and he found my grandgrandfather was > married there in SF, but my uncle lives in England and I can't contact > him. > Will you help me to know if he was actually married there? > I hope to have an answer from you soon. > Thank you! > Dario > [email protected] > ================= > > > ==== CASANFRA Mailing List ==== > Bulletin Boards at sfgenealogy.com: > http://www.sfgenealogy.com/boards/ >