Oscar, Annalisa, Silvia, Federica Simioni: Cartigliano
Now here's a Simioni family we have met before! Last year they drove down to meet us in Rome! Time they took us to Venice for lunch and showed us around their hometown of Cartigliano -- although the rain began to fall (and we ended up with 17 days of rain!) With Silvia as our translator again, we managed an afternoon in Venice and an unbelievable lunch. Silvia and I have been very active Facebook friends for over a year, and we have Skyped with her family so we felt like old friends by this trip!
Rick and I have been on our personal "Giro di Simioni" for a week now and it has been fascinating!
Now here's a Simioni family we have met before! Last year they drove down to meet us in Rome! Time they took us to Venice for lunch and showed us around their hometown of Cartigliano -- although the rain began to fall (and we ended up with 17 days of rain!) With Silvia as our translator again, we managed an afternoon in Venice and an unbelievable lunch. Silvia and I have been very active Facebook friends for over a year, and we have Skyped with her family so we felt like old friends by this trip!
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Rick and I have been on our personal "Giro di Simioni" for a week now and it has been fascinating!
Milan to Thiene to Cartigliano to Castelfranco to Cittadella so far. I'll update here more later but want to capture some of today's events while my brain still has some details.
With the help of Gabriele Simioni of Castelfranco Veneto, we made a little trip to Cittadella today. We wanted to see Stradella Simioni and meet Carlo Alberto Simioni.
Carlo met us for caffe and with our limited knowledge of each others language, we still managed. Carlo told us some background on the Simioni name and showed us the family history book, which dates back to the 15th century! He also showed us a local phone book as Simioni is the 2nd most popular name in Cittadella! Rick gets a good laugh when he explains that for the first 55 years of his life he thought he might be the last remaining Simioni in the world!
After posting these photos on Facebook, Cherie Simioni (Chicago, USA) and Sandra Simioni (Argentnia/FloridaUSA) found out they are related to each other, and Carlo! ...and now Marco (Paris) also!
Marco Simioni (in Paris) tells me this Simioni history book is the one he has been telling me about. He and his father have both contributed to it, and his father was working on a 2nd one when he passed away just a few months ago. So, now I'm waiting to see if Marco is also related to Carlo. I don't think we are, but we'll see! Tomorrow we visit Salvatronda to look for records of Rick's father, Desiderio Simioni, son of Giovanni Simioni. All these Simionis, but so far, no relatives for Rick....
Rick (California USA) & Gabriele (Castelfranco Italy) Simioni
Nancy, Carlo (Cittadella Italy), Rick
If you expand this photo of the Cittadella map, you'll see Stradella Simioni!
