Hi everybody. Briefly about me: I am Krzysiek SUPERA from Warsaw, Poland and I am trying to find my roots. I was told a few times that my surname SUPERA comes from Italy. Long time ago I got an email from French guy whose name is SUPERA and he wrote me that: "Do you know where exactly the name Supera comes from? I heard that some italian guy from NAPLES (NAPOLI) went for the Russian Campaign with Napoleon and married there afterwards. I've got no more clue..." Could you please help me with information where in Italy I can find genealogical data relating to 1812 time horizon or linkage to SUPERA family in Italy? Thank you Krzysiek (Chris) Supera
"Krzysiek Supera" <xdemon@poczta.onet.pl> wrote in message news:e1p3k0$a2p$1@news.onet.pl... > Hi everybody. > > Briefly about me: I am Krzysiek SUPERA from Warsaw, Poland and I am trying > to find my roots. I was told a few times that my surname SUPERA comes from > Italy. > > Long time ago I got an email from French guy whose name is SUPERA and he > wrote me that: > > "Do you know where exactly the name Supera comes from? > I heard that some italian guy from NAPLES (NAPOLI) went for the Russian > Campaign with > Napoleon and married there afterwards. I've got no more clue..." > > Could you please help me with information where in Italy I can find > genealogical data relating to 1812 time horizon or linkage to SUPERA family > in Italy? > > Thank you > > Krzysiek (Chris) Supera Italy phone directory at http://www.infobel.com/italy/ shows no Supera listings today. Ellis Island immigration records into the USA at http://www.ellisisland.org/ shows the following: Name of Passenger Residence Arrived Age on Arrival 1. Antonino Supera Palermo 1907 28 2. Bernard Supera Golat, France 1911 24 3. Rocco Supera Cleveland 1910 25 4. Santa Supera Marineo 1903 2 So two of these passengers came from Italy, and one from France. Marineo is about 25 km SSE of Palermo. France phone directory at http://www.infobel.com/teldir/result.asp?url=http://www.infobel.com/France shows 13 Supera listings. USA census data show a total of 12 Supera listings. Countries of birth include Germany, Poland, Russia, Canada and Austria. Germany phone directory at http://www.dastelefonbuch.de/ shows 4 Supera listings. Not a lot of help. Maybe some of the other Supera families could be of help. Good luck. Joe in Texas (whose grandfather came from Loetzen, East Prussia, now Gizycko, Poland)