[TI] Corso name in Termini

[jrbkcastro at att.net]

  Fr. Delisi,

if it wouldn't be too much trouble, could you tell me if there were any Castro
names in the 1542-48 baptismal records?... The Castro name is on the list of
Sephardic Jews removd from Spain in the 16th century;it is possible that is the origin of the Castro's in TI. I have traced the name back in TI to at least the late 1700's. but am wondering if they came much earlier....Thanks  best wishes...

Joe Castro
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From: "Fr. Anthony Delisi" <franthony at trappist.net>
>
> There are five names in the Baptismal rocords of 1542-48 with the name
> Corso.
> 
> PAX. fr. Anthony Delisi
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:terminiimerese-bounces at comunesofitaly.org] On Behalf Of Thomas
> Corso, PhD
> Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 4:03 PM
> To: terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org
> Subject: Re: [TI] Corso name in Termini
> 
> Dear TI group, I have an academic challenge for you all.
> 
> I would really like to have the more critical members of our group
> securitize my logic and let me know what parts of my logic and
> assumptions you disagree with or if you can suggest more accurate
> estimates.  
> 
> I apologize for the scientist part of me, but Last night I did an
> internet search of all the Corso records in the Termini database between
> 1820 and 1910.  There are now over 4000 records.  (Although I did this
> for Corso's, I am extending the logic for any family from Termini).
>  
> So to estimate how many different Corso families there were in Termini
> during this time, I limited the search to how many male Corso's got
> married in this time span and there were 168.  (Please don't ask me how
> long it took me to counts these, my wife thought I was nuts.)
> 
> Since this number spans about 3 generations and a large number of these
> families left Termini and moved to Palermo, northern Italy, the U.S. and
> other places after 1850 (at least part of my Corso line moved to Palermo
> in 1850), I then looked only at about one generation of names (30
> years), limiting it to between 1820 and 1850.  The number of male Corso
> marriages was 41 in this 30 year span, so this is my estimate of how
> many Corso Families there were in Termini in the mid 1800's.  
>  
> I noticed that on average, each family produced about 8-12 kids, but due
> to cholera only about 4 of them ever lived long enough to marry and thus
> there were only about 2 males that lived long enough to carry the family
> name forward per generation.  I would then estimate (going at about 30
> years per generation) that there would have been about 80 Corso families
> by 1880 and 160 by 1910.  Add these together and we have 280 total
> (during this 3 generation period).  I only found 168, the difference
> implying that about 112 families left Termini during this time.
>  
> Going the other direction, my estimate is that these 40 families in the
> mid 1800's are actually the extension of about 20 families living in
> Termini around 1820.  If my logic is correct, then there would be about
> 10 Corso families in the late 1700's and about 5 in the mid 1700's.  
> 
> I am only guessing, but I put forth the hypothesis that there was a
> single Corso family in Termini around 1600.  This would make all Termini
> Corso's no father apart than maybe 12th to 15th Cousins.  I also have
> reason to believe, based on what I have read that family names did not
> become common until around 1500-1600.
> 
> I just went out on a limb here and I think I hear the branch cracking.
> I am not a historian and I am very much outside my field of expertise,
> but let me know your thoughts about my logic here.  I am hoping someone
> out there that actually does know what they are talking about could shed
> light on my ideas and set me straight.
> 
> Tom  
> 
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