We have our first family connection! Simionis #3 and #7!

We have found our first family connection!

Silvia Simioni, (Family #7 from Cartigliano Italia), spent the afternoon with her nonni who helped her with details of her ancestors. In the process she has discovered she is cousins with Lucas, Massimiliano, Cristian, and their cousin Sergio! (Family #3, Italy)

I'm awaiting her details and will post them here. (see update below)

I am now more sure than ever that we will someday make a connection with Simionis outside of Italy!!

Silvia, want to translate this into Italiano?

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April 9, 2009, Note from Nancy
Silvia joined "OneFamily" online and documented several generations of Simionis there in detail. onefamily.ibibo.com/Search/Index/name/simioni/ I have started adding our family too. I hope you'll consider the same!
Here is at least a start of Silvia's Simioni Family Tree:

Matteo Simioni?
Angelo Simioni & Giustina Trento
- 1 Romano Simioni
-- 2 Remo Simioni
- 1 Pia Simioni & Francesco Pedranzin
- 1 Attilio Simioni & Elisabetta Spiga
-- 2 Elio Simioni & Santa Baggio
--- 3 Oscar Simioni & Annalisa Urnato
---- 4 Silvia :)
---- 4 Federica
--- 3 Giancarlo Simioni & Raffaella Pianezzola
---- 4 Giorgia Simioni
---- 4 Gabriele Simioni
-- 2 Lia Simioni & Brollo Ottorino
--- 3 Ruedi Simioni
-- 2 Delfina Simioni & Isidoro Cecchin
-- 2 Gina Simioni & Gino Baggio
-- 2 Livio Simioni & Claudia Guidolin
--- 3 Dania Simioni
--- 3 Matteo Simioni
---- 4 Demetrio Simioni
---- 4 Domenico Simioni
---- 4 Antonietta Simioni

----- 5 Amelia Simioni & Angelo Didone
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----- 5 Nina Simioni
----- 5 Irma Simioni
---- 5? Rodolfo Simioni

------ 6 Angelo Simioni


oh boy... ok, it's after midnight and I've got my Angelos and Remo and who knows, confused.... I'll have to straighten it out when I can see more details of Silvia's family tree. whew.


Yet to be connected:
Rosetta Simioni
Giuseppe Simioni
Antonio Simioni
Rolando Simioni
Angelo Simioni
Bianca Simioni & Gino Da Aggiungere
Onelia Simioni


(Silvia, you'd better proofread this for me!)

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#24 USA Florida Richard V. Simioni

Welcome Richard V. Simioni, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA! Simioni family #24. His grandfather is the Simioni of Simioni furniture in Italy! So, we've finally made ONE connection here. Still, no family-to-family connection, but I still am confident we will!

When I first got involved with "Simionis of the World" group on Facebook that Stephen (Montreal, Canada) started, my husband Rick was surprised to find any other Simionis in North America. As you all know by now, there are a bunch of us! and molto molto in Italy!

What has surprised my husband the most is that we found another Rick Simioni! Well, now we have TWO Rick Simionis (USA & Canada), a Richard Simioni (here, USA), and a Ricardo Simioni (Italy)! Update: add one more -- this Richard's father is also Richard! We now have more Richard/Rick Simionis than my husband thought there were ANY Simionis west of the Atlantic! :-)

Richard, I'm sorry we didn't "meet" sooner as we might have been able to actually meet in person a couple of weeks ago on our trip to Florida!

I hope you will be able to send me some names of your family members to post and add to my Simioni spreadsheet! ...and maybe a family photo or two?

You mentioned to me your relatives own a furniture company, is that the one in Italy that I blogged about below in another posting?

3/24/09 Update from Richard:

1. Umberto Simioni SIMIONI FURNISHINGS
--2. Louie Simioni, i think Venice is were he was born, wife Rosie
--- 3. Robert Simioni - born Pennsylvania, USA
--- 3. Richard J. Simioni - born in New York 1958, wife Ruth
---- 4. Richard V. Simioni - born Florida, USA 1989
---- 4. Samantha - born Florida, 1992


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#25 ITALY Padova Francesco

Ciao Francesco!

It was fun chatting online with you the other day! I am happy to add you to this blog, and hope you will forward some family history -- parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents.

Since you still live in Padova, you may be one of our best links to connect many of us. Just about every Simioni outside of Italy has relatives that lead back to the Padova area! (Castlefranco for my husband's father).

If you would like to translate this into Italian, I'd be glad to add that to this posting.

Send me a family pic too if you want; and/or add one to the "Simionis of the World" group on Facebook!

Nancy Simioni

Family #23 - Italy - Francesco, Mauro, & Lorenzo

Welcome Francesco!

Thanks for sharing some family history with us.

1. Giuseppe Simioni (last of 11 sons) from Vedelago, Treviso.
-- 2. Lorenzo, also Vedelago
--- 3. Francesco & Mauro, from Treviso.

Francesco, do you have a middle name?

(I need to figure out how to copy and paste your Facebook family photo here.)

CIAO! to Simionis of the World - from "Italy" - Disney style

Just thought I'd send these pictures of Rick & I on vacation:

We are at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, USA, as one stop on our trip. We are on a month-long "Sea to Shining Sea" trip across America. Leaving from the Pacific Ocean and California, by the Saguaro cacti of Arizona, through the deserts of New Mexico, 3 days to drive through the long flat lands of oil wells and longhorns in Texas, followed by water-logged bayous in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. Then finally to beach cities, alligators, and swamps in Florida and the Atlantic Ocean.... all the way down to Key West.

Then, back again. 6,400 miles/10,300K. Here's a link of the route: MAP

Anyway, thought of all of you especially while dining at "Tutto Italia" restaurant. All of the staff throughout "Italy" are from Italy (same with the other "countries".) One of the girls in the gift shop is from Padova!!!! How about that!?!?!?

We are really looking forward to returning to the REAL Italy in 2010!

Nancy (& Rick) Simioni
California, USA