[TI] [Fwd: Salvatore=Sam?]

[Mike Maddi]

Sharon,

It doesn't answer my question, but it was an interesting story.

Mike

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From: sreif1956 at comcast.net
>
Mike, Uncle Willie (Salvatore) was actually born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1895.  
The Pitti family moved there from St. Louis around the time just before the 
great St. Louis cyclone, but then returned thereafter when my when grandma and 
> her twin were born in St. Louis in 1897.
> 
The Pitti family originated in Florence, but after getting "escorted" out of 
town with the Medici, they took their money and headed south to Sicily where 
their money would go much farther because everything was so much cheaper, like 
the real estate, etc.  They ended up in the Palermo region and then to 
Porticello/Termini/Cefalo/Campfelice de Rocella/Belmonte Mezzagno.  They brought 
> with them their education and music (many violinists in the family).
> 
When coming to America, most about 1888-1910, they considered themselves 
Sicilian.  Although, I know of one small branch who refuse to believe that the 
family went to Sicily...they think that there was just a misunderstanding with 
> the people of Florence and the aristocrats. Being a Sicilian is a "dirty" word 
> to them.  So sad. They don't know what they are missing.  i have shared my 
> documentation with them, but they still refuse to believe.
> 
> So, I guess they had to go through Calabria to get to Palermo in the 1600s, if 
> you look at it that way.  Does that answer your question?  Probably not.  Oh, 
> well.
> 
> Sharon
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "Mike Maddi" <m.maddi at att.net>
> > By any chance, was your Uncle Salvatore, who called himself Sam, from southern 
> > Italy, not Sicily.
> > 
> > I'm trying to establish for someone with Calabrian ancestry, whether a 
> Calabrian 
> > birth record is that of his grandfather. The date of birth and surname match 
> his 
> > grandfather, but the given name is Salvatore and he only knows his grandfather 
> > as "Sam."
> > 
> > Mike
> > 
> > 
> > -------------- Original message ----------------------
> > From: sreif1956 at comcast.net
> > >
> > Mike, all of my family Salvatore's called themselves William or Willie.  The 
> > father of my uncle  (related only by marriage) called himself Sam instead of 
> > > Salvatore.  
> > >  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> > > From: Laura <laura at termini-imerese.org>
> > > > FORWARDED MESSAGE - ORIGINAL IN HTML FORMAT
> > > > 
> > > > -------- Original Message --------
> > > > Subject: 	Salvatore=Sam?
> > > > Date: 	Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:32:54 +0000
> > > > From: 	Mike Maddi <m.maddi at att.net>
> > > > To: 	terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Have people found that ancestors who were named Salvatore Americanized 
> > > > their name to "Sam" when they came to the U.S.? If not, what was the 
> > > > original Italian given name of ancestors who were called Sam?
> > > > 
> > > > Mike Maddi
> > > > 
> > > > 
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