John in Italian?

[singhals]

OK, the only record I've got is the 1910 census (NY state)
on which he gives his name as John immigrated 1891. Wife is
Florence, son, Louis. All born Italy. Not finding family
at either Castle-garden or EI.

OTOH, all the Italians I find at either place have ITALIAN
names and I don't _think_ they spell John, J O H N.
Question is, how DO they spell those names? (g)

Clues welcomed.

Tah.

Cheryl

[T.M. Sommers]

singhals wrote:

OK, the only record I've got is the 1910 census (NY state) on which he
gives his name as John immigrated 1891. Wife is Florence, son, Louis.
All born Italy. Not finding family at either Castle-garden or EI.

OTOH, all the Italians I find at either place have ITALIAN names and I
don't _think_ they spell John, J O H N. Question is, how DO they spell
those names? (g)

John = Giovanni, as in Don Giovanni
Louis = Luigi
Don't know about Florence the name, but Florence the city = Firenze.

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[Mark Roy]

singhals wrote:

OK, the only record I've got is the 1910 census (NY state) on which he
gives his name as John immigrated 1891. Wife is Florence, son, Louis.
All born Italy. Not finding family at either Castle-garden or EI.

OTOH, all the Italians I find at either place have ITALIAN names and I
don't _think_ they spell John, J O H N. Question is, how DO they spell
those names? (g)

Clues welcomed.

Tah.

Cheryl

Gian?

[Robert Melson]

In article <[email protected]>,
"T.M. Sommers" <[email protected]> writes:

singhals wrote:
OK, the only record I've got is the 1910 census (NY state) on which he
gives his name as John immigrated 1891. Wife is Florence, son, Louis.
All born Italy. Not finding family at either Castle-garden or EI.

OTOH, all the Italians I find at either place have ITALIAN names and I
don't _think_ they spell John, J O H N. Question is, how DO they spell
those names? (g)

John = Giovanni, as in Don Giovanni
Louis = Luigi
Don't know about Florence the name, but Florence the city = Firenze.

Florence .. maybe Fiorella.

Bob

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Robert G. Melson | Rio Grande MicroSolutions | El Paso, Texas
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reason so few engage in it. -- Henry Ford

[Robert Melson]

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] (Robert Melson) writes:

In article <[email protected]>,
"T.M. Sommers" <[email protected]> writes:
singhals wrote:
OK, the only record I've got is the 1910 census (NY state) on which he
gives his name as John immigrated 1891. Wife is Florence, son, Louis.
All born Italy. Not finding family at either Castle-garden or EI.

OTOH, all the Italians I find at either place have ITALIAN names and I
don't _think_ they spell John, J O H N. Question is, how DO they spell
those names? (g)

John = Giovanni, as in Don Giovanni
Louis = Luigi
Don't know about Florence the name, but Florence the city = Firenze.

Florence .. maybe Fiorella.

Bob

Here's what the Oxford Dictionary has to say:

http://www.askoxford.com/firstnames/florence?view=uk

Doesn't answer your question, but ...

Bob

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Robert G. Melson | Rio Grande MicroSolutions | El Paso, Texas
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Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is the probable
reason so few engage in it. -- Henry Ford