In article <[email protected]>, Joe Pessarra <[email protected]> wrote: >"C E L I N I A N A" <[email protected]> wrote in message >news:[email protected] >> MORITORIO is not at all a typical surname from Genoa (Genova-Italy). >> > I have been trying to find out if there is an italian surname of >> > Moritorio. >I have posted this reply some days ago on the soc.genealogy.italian news >group. Believe the name was probably Muratorio. >There is a Muratorio. Ellis Island records show three of them. >There are 3 Muratorio listed in Genova in the Italy phone directory found at >http://www.infobel.com/italy Now, if you will try the spelling Muratori (cognate with the English surname Mason, Wall-builder), you will find your answer. -- Regards, Frank Young [email protected] 703-527-7684 Post Office Box 2793, Kensington, Maryland 20891 "Videmus nunc per speculum in aenigmate... Nunc cognosco ex parte"

"The Bibliographer" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] > In article <[email protected]>, > Joe Pessarra <[email protected]> wrote: > >"C E L I N I A N A" <[email protected]> wrote in message > >news:[email protected] > >> MORITORIO is not at all a typical surname from Genoa (Genova-Italy). > >> > I have been trying to find out if there is an italian surname of > >> > Moritorio. > >I have posted this reply some days ago on the soc.genealogy.italian news > >group. Believe the name was probably Muratorio. > >There is a Muratorio. Ellis Island records show three of them. > >There are 3 Muratorio listed in Genova in the Italy phone directory found at > >http://www.infobel.com/italy > > Now, if you will try the spelling Muratori (cognate with the English > surname Mason, Wall-builder), you will find your answer. > > > -- > Regards, Frank Young > [email protected] 703-527-7684 > Post Office Box 2793, Kensington, Maryland 20891 > "Videmus nunc per speculum in aenigmate... Nunc cognosco ex parte" Yes, that is another possibility, Muratori instead of Muratorio. But either one could be right. Until we find a ship immigration manifest with the gentleman in question on it, there is no surety as to which is right. We will look for both names. Thanks for the suggestion. Hope the answer is Muratorio instead of Muratori. :) There are hundreds of Muratori in both the Italy and the US. There are only 46 Muratorio in Italy, and none in the US> And Moriarity listings are also innumberable in the US in phone listings and other genealogy sources. Hard to pinpoint a person. The hunt goes on! Joe in Georgetown, Texas