Thanks for adding me into the tree, can my wife Tina Haddad and sons Nicholas Girimonte and
Chad Girimonte be added as well. Ps hope You and yours are well. Pleasure to meet You Bill (cousin).
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Subject: RE: Our history
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:21:05
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Hello Cousin Mark,
Apologies for the delay in responding-I had a bit of digging to do :
I have found your place in the family tree and provide a link directly to your record:
http://girimonti.circolocalabrese.org/research/p4314.htm
Great news: I have your direct paternal
line going back 7 generations to circa 1731!!
On the link I provided above, you will find a link to a
chart "C2 - Saverio Girimonte (#4214) (c1731 - 1801)" This is a chart of all of his known descendants. You
will find that the chart has you in the upper right hand corner. Be sure to scroll around to get an idea of
the scope and depth of your particular branch of the family.
Your branch hails from San Giovanni in
Fiore, Calabria. I have been to San Giovanni in Fiore numerous times over the years and have personally
consulted the town records. One such record indicates that your grandfather emigrated to Brazil on 01 Jan 1950
from San Giovanni in Fiore. He then went again in May of the same year back to Brazil. Most likely scoping out
work in the sugar cane harvesting industry which was quite big at the time. Further research shows that he
then emigrated to Canada in 1952.
Now, regarding your uncle that may have been in the Brazilian navy,
there is only one person that could be, from what I currently know and that would be your father's older
brother, Salvatore, who was born in 1937 in San Giovanni in Fiore. With that said, I have no record of
Salvatore ever leaving Italy, but that does not necessarily mean it never happened. Further, I really have
next to nothing on Salvatore, and if he emigrated to Brazil, would explain things. So, I am assuming that,
whilst the rest of the brothers all either emigrated to Canada or were born there, Salvatore decided to go to
Brazil instead. It certainly makes sense considering his own father's trips there.
Does this sound
plausible? Do you have any other bits of information? You never know, these little bits have a way of
connecting the dots. Let me know what you know, as it will most likely solve another mystery or two.
Kindest regards from New Zealand,
Bill Girimonti