Stef Simioni and Rick Simioni meet! Finalmente!

Stef & Rick Simioni
in "St Mark's Square" at the Venetian Hotel, Las Vegas

It's been 5 years since Stef Simioni of Montreal Canada was playing around with the then-new Facebook and he decided to see if there were other Simionis to show his sons.
The result was our Facebook group
"Simionis of the World...and descendants".


Stef and I have stayed in regular contact and have become close in spite of never actually meeting. Together we have expanded "Simionis of the World" to, well, the world!

It's truly been a life changing experience for Rick Simioni and I.
What adventures we have since shared!
Oh the Simionis we have met!
The travels we have taken!

We have since been to Italy several times on "Giro dei Simioni" trips and developed many close friendships. We've found proof of just a couple of Simioni relatives, but everyone treats us like family and we feel we are.

Stef and I have chatted through the years about trying to meet somewhere.
Well, when he texted me last month to say he and his wife were going to fly to Las Vegas to celebrate her birthday and would we want to go and meet, we did not hesitate! Rick and I had our hotel reservations made within a couple of hours!

So now, finally this weekend we met Stef and his wonderful wife Cynthia. It's always been fun meeting Simionis from around the world and once again we were not disappointed! The four of us had a very fun weekend!

Stef had this put on t-shirts for us!

We shared many laughs, glasses of wine, and meals, and  spoke a lot about how much "Simionis of the World" has meant to us all.
Rick and Stef chatted about how neither of them ever knew other Simioni families before Facebook.
Both of their fathers were born in Italy and immigrated to Canada.
They both have extended the Simioni line with sons.
All of us enjoy meeting Simionis.

We are already exploring ways to get together again. Maybe California, maybe Montreal, maybe Italy...
Festa dei Simioni in Cittadella Italia in June 2014 anyone?


(Here's my other blog where I shared how all the Simioni adventures started for Rick & I: How "Finding Desiderio" Began.)

~Nancy Simioni


PS: meanwhile, this weekend one of our Italian Simioni families enjoyed special moments of their own: Congrats to Linda Simioni (Varese, Italy) and Alessio Iorillo on their wedding day!

Connecting Simioni families: Italy, USA, & Canada

Rick and I have returned from Veneto, Italy, and we were able to meet more of Rick's cousins: The Fior families, sons and grandsons of Rick's aunt, Maria Amalia Simioni (1886 - 1965 Salvatronda) who married Umberto Fior.

Meeting Fior cousins, sons of Alfredo Fior:
Simone, Mauro, Rick, Alberto
(and twins  of Mauro, Riccardo & Nicolo)

Fabio and Paulo Fior, sons of Ugo Fior, with Rick.
(or is it Paulo and Fabio)
In Salvatronda

While researching and visiting, we again met with Sergio Simioni of Salvatronda. He has gone through some additional church records and says he has discovered his grandfather and Rick's were cousins. We are looking forward to seeing the connection. He also found Onofrio Fior as one of Maria Amalia Simioni's children, who was not listed in the city records. Onofrio was mentioned in a very old letter to Rick's father (1960's) from Maria but we never knew his last name nor how he fit in.

Meanwhile, Vivian Trapani of Ottawa, Canada, followed along with us via Facebook and we were able to help her connect! She may be related to Sergio in Salvatronda also. Later I'll try to show it here somehow. (Or Vivian can). It's possible we are distant relatives too! Well, I guess we ALL are distant relatives!

Maria Amalia named one of her son's after Rick's father.

Rick Simioni (USA) in Cittadella with
Alice Simioni (Vedelago) & her mom Renata Zampieri

I sure wish I knew a way to show our "Family Forest"! We have so many "Family Trees" that are starting to come together...

Simionis in Veneto!

We have such a nice time with our Veneto Simioni families!

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Rick and I visited Castelfranco Veneto Comune offices again, and did get more information on his grandparents (birthdates) which will take us another branch up the Simioni family tree. I sure would like to find we are related to these wonderful Simionis!  

We DID find information on Rick's two aunts who remained in Italy and did not move to the USA when all the other brothers and sisters did. They both married men named Fior.  Maria named two of her son's Desiderio and Fortunato! (after Rick's father and uncle; her brothers) One son is still alive and living in Salvatronda, near where Rick's father lived. Had we located them last year we could have met another uncle who passed away in 2010.

With the help of Alice and her father Emanuele Simioni, we made a visit to Alfredo Fior, 87 years old. Without their assistance this would have been difficult, if not impossible, as Alfredo was hard of hearing and spoke dialetto! 


Meeting him was emotional for us. After years of searching, he is our first relative. He has sons and grandsons, and since we did not have any family history with us at that time, we are going to follow-up with a letter and photos when we return to the USA.

Rick meets his cousin Alfredo Fior

City records show Rick's other aunt apparently moved to Como, and we plan to contact that Comune office in the future to see whom we can find. This is all quite like a giant puzzle, with many missing pieces!

 Having fun with Veneto Simionis:

 Alice, Emanuele, Gianluca, Rick, Renata

at the Festa dea Poenta

A wedding we spotted in Castelfranco Veneto

Meeting Mattia Simioni, who was our first Castelfranco Veneto connection on Facebook over 2 years ago. Last year he was working in Greece when we visited.
He is Alice's cousin, and the son of  Germano.
The 3rd Simioni brother/family is Gabriele.

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We also had an afternoon to enjoy with the family of Oscar Simioni from Cartigliano. This time our English/Italian translator, his daughter Silvia, was not available as she is studying in Finland at this time. We managed with the help of her sister Federica, and Rick's improved Italian language skills! (His one year of university studies this past winter and spring did pay off!)

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Simioni of Montreal & Salvatronda

Last year we were Salvatronda (Castelfranco Veneto) to search for Rick's father's family. We had already become Facebook friends with Mattia, Alice, and Elisa Simioni from Castelfranco.

Alice's father volunteered to do some investigating before we arrived and found birth records of Desiderio!

He also found Sergio Simioni, who is from Salvatronda, had a father named Desiderio, and an uncle Fortunato, just as Rick did. We wonder if their fathers were cousins and named after important family members.

Sergio, Priest, Alice (maggio 2010)

Sergio mentioned he has family in Montreal Canada, and mentioned Lisa and Mario. Well, I already knew of Lisa and Mario because of our Facebook group "The Simionis of the World".  We were aware Lisa is in Montreal, and, took special note that Mario played professional hockey, NHL farm club I think, since Rick is a big hockey fan. (Mario is now in Denmark coaching a successful hockey team.)

And it became even more interesting as in Alice's home they have a hockey stick signed by Mario on their basement wall! When I asked Alice if she was related to him she replied no, he was just playing hockey in town one time and when she told him her name was also Simioni he gave her the stick!

Lisa and I exchanged a few emails and she spoke to her parents. Now she writes me that her parents will be in Castelfranco! Her mother Annamaria and I are now corresponding. We arrive late on the 8th of September, they return to Canada on the 10th.  We have planned to meet, with Sergio, on the 9th!

It's a small world after all!

Last year's post: Salvatronda 

30Sept2011: rather than make a new post, I'm going to chat about our Salvatronda 2011 meeting below...

9Sept2011

We met with the Ottawa Simionis! I'll collect my family details/notes and add them here later, but for now, we had a nice time and although we don't think we are related, we still sense there could be a connection because of the "Desiderio/Fortunato/Salvatronda" similarities. I'll be working with Linda when we return. Here's our new photo:

Simioni del Mondo on Facebook!

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Ciao! Hola! Ola! Bonjour! Oi! Hello!


Today we have had a lot of communication on Facebook with our group "The Simionis of the World.... and descendants!" 

Stephan Simioni, from Montreal, Ottawa, Canada, started the group back in 2008, and inspired me to begin this blog for all of us. Facebook required that he update the group to their new format, and that caused many of us to respond and greet each other. It's fun to see who is out there!

If you are a Simioni and would like to add your name, and/or your family to this blog, please let me know on Facebook (Nancy Nicholson Simioni) or by email at USANancy@gmail.com.

It would be wonderful to have you join in!

And, if anyone would like to meet my husband Rick and I in Veneto for a "Simioni del Mondo Cena" we'll be there in September.  Maybe Sunday, 18 settembre per ceno???  We are from California, USA, and would love to meet many Simioni italiano!  We will also be in Bologna and a few other northern cities.

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Question/domanda: Should I try to make a new list of everyone here on this post? What do you think? One of my very early posts has a list. I do need to update that.

Grazie!

Simioni del Mondo/Italia! Lucas & Sergio and families

Lago Maggiore Area Simionis

Our last "Giro di Simioni" stop was in the northern lakes district.  We stayed at a B&B in Ispra.

Many Simionis are Facebook friends with Lucas Simioni. After Stephan & Tania Simioni in Montreal Canada, (who started "Simionis of the World" group on Facebook), and Cris Simioni from Brazil, Lucas has been our longest "Simioni del Mondo" friend, and our most frequent communicator. ;)

Lucas and his wife, Elena Contini, drove us to beautiful locations around the lakes and in spite of continued rain, we found pockets of daylight, allowing us to enjoy the sites. It's so fun to meet people we've only known online! Such warm welcomes we received.

We met Lucas' parents and brothers, aunts & uncles, and nieces & a nephew.  And boy did we get to eat!  Lucky us!  Silvano is a pasty chef!  They all kept cooking for us!  It was amazing! Grazie Lucas, Elena, Silvano & Mery -- I gained 5 pounds!  ;)

Above: Elena & Lucas, and a Simioni torte!
Monvalle, Italy

Below, All Simionis:

Cristian (also a chef) with his daughter Iris, and son Alessandro in front of father/nonno Silvano, then Lucas & Rick.  Sorry Massimiliano, we didn't get your family photo. 

Above. The Simioni wives: me/Nancy, Lucas mother Mery Barcella,
Cristian's wife Monica Porotti with Iris, and Lucas' wife Elena Contini. 

We also were able to spend a little time in Cavona with Lucas' cousin, Sergio, his family and friends.  We didn't go hungry there either! Grazie Franca!  Sergio and I agreed it felt like we had "jumped into our computer" -- standing there with our "virtual friends" we have made on Facebook.

Simionis:
Sergio, his father Giancarlo, Rick, and Primo.

Giancarlo & Primo are brothers of Lucas' father Silvano.

Father to Primo, Giancarlo, & Silvano is ALFONSO SIMIONI (b:1905,d:1962).

Alfonso had 4 brothers/sister: Augusto(m), Gelindo(m), Clara (f), Marinda(f) 

 

I believe Silvano says he has some relatives in Bassano del Grappa, that we'll have to meet next time!  Who knows who we'll be able to connect!

This "Giro di Simioni Italia" was truly an awesome experience after spending a lifetime not knowing there were any other Simionis! Even though we did not find relatives, we  had a fantastic time. We could not have imagined how wonderful all everyone would treat us!  It's been my pleasure to  meet, and maybe introduce you to, some of our Simioni del Mondo! Rick's father, Desiderio Simioni (1895 - 1965) born in Castelfranco Veneto, would be so pleased.

Mille Grazie a tutti!

Nancy (& Rick) Simioni
California, USA

ps: if anyone would like to translate any of these postings into Italian, please do so and I'll add the info.

Finding Desiderio - in Salvatronda

We did it! We found records of Rick's father, Desiderio Simioni, in very old local  church ledgers.

Today in Salvatronda (Castelfranco Veneto) Italy, we went to the local church, Santa Maria Assunta di Salvatronda, and found records of Desiderio's  baptism.  They match information from the city hall for his birth.  It was emotional for everyone there as we carefully searched through the ledgers together.  To think Rick's father was baptized here 115 years ago, walked these streets, and maybe tried to imagine his future.  Now we try to imagine his past.

With the help of Alice and her father, Emanuele Simioni, we met Sergio Simioni (above, left. Priest in center) who's father was also a Desiderio Simioni, and who also had a brother Fortunato Simioni, same as Rick's father and uncle. It's possible their grandparents were related.  If so, we are related to the Simionis in Montreal: Lisa and family. We'll be following up when we return.

There are so many things we learned, like family nicknames (because there are so many Simionis here).  Rick's family is part of the Cecconato branch.  (translates to "born thin".)

Meanwhile, the Simioni families in the Castelfranco area have adopted us!  We been treated to family dinners, shown us around, picked us up when it was pouring rain (Often!!), and just have been fun to meet.  They are family group #12. They even through me a birthday party down one of their basements! And they have family in California near us!  We have not been able to connect with them as direct relatives, wouldn't it have been wild to find out in Italy that the relatives we were searching for were just an hour or two away from our home?*

Mattia Simioni was my first Facebook contact in Castelfranco, and he led me to Alice and her family.  Unfortunately, Mattia was in Greece when we visited.

Mattia's family:

(me, Elisa, Emanuela Zampieri, 

Rick, & Germano)

Below: Lucky Alice, she's the only one in the 3 families who spoke fluent English and Italian!  We kept her busy!  A job that was often repeated on our trip by my other English speaking Facebook Simioni friends!

Here we are with Alice's family: 

Emanuele, (me), Alice, Renata Zampieri, 

Gianluca, and Rick

Brothers Emanuele & Germano Simioni married sisters Renata & Emanuala Zampieri!


Barbara, Silvia, & Jennifer are also Facebook friends and cousins of Mattia & Alice. Silvia was in New Zealand while we visited.

Gabriele, me again, Jennifer, & mom Ilde,

Barbara, & Rick.

Simionis:
Giuseppe Simioni had 5 sons.  
Gabriele, Emanuele, & Germano, plus Mario and Franco.
I need to check to see if it was Mario or Franco who moved to the USA. Olga and Lynda are two of the Simionis in California...  update please!  Alice?  ;)




*Update Summer 2010: Alice Simioni came to California to visit her Simioni relatives and us.  We had a wonderful time showing her around San Diego, sharing classic American movies, food, and customs.  And we met her Simioni relatives who live just an hour north of us.  We plan to do some additional research, and fully expect to find we are related.  Here's a picture of the California Simionis.

 Lynda Greene (Olga's daughter), Olga Simioni, Alice Simioni

 Craig Acerboni (Olga's son) and Rick Simioni 

becoming fast friends/relatives

It was just like meeting Simionis in Italy! Everyone so friendly and fun to meet.

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Giro di Simioni - Cartigliano and Cittadella

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!

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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!

Simioni d'Italia! And the wedding of Diego Simioni & Elisa Lorenzin

Rick, Roberto, groom Diego, Elisa, Nancy, Francesco and grand-daughter.
(Roberto & Francesco are brothers)

At Francesco's home (father of the groom, Diego)

My husband Rick and I are in Veneto for the marriage of Diego Simioni & Elisa Lorenzin.

Molto Simioni Cugini!

Rick with Roberto Simioni in Thiene

I will update later.
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July 12, 2010
I did not think it would be THIS much later, but here I am finally.

Thiene!  
Giulia Simioni was one of my earliest Simioni del Mondo Facebook friends.  I remember being disappointed when I found out she had attended the University of Michigan while we lived there.
She had me become "friends" with her father, Roberto, also.  
And then she introduced me to Elisa Lorenzin who was planning to marry cousin Diego Simioni, and now here we were meeting this large family of Simionis. (Except Giulia, who was working in New York City!)

We met so many in the family in such a short time, we wish we could have stayed a few days longer and got to know more of them. Unfortunately we had to leave the morning after the wedding.

Giro dei Simioni e Italia 2010! Family in Gorla Minore and Belluna, Italy?

We are so excited!  We just booked our long awaited trip to northern Italy to visit Rick's father's hometown of Castelfranco, Veneto! 

All our research for Simioni del Mondo started in effort to find relatives of Desiderio Simioni, Rick's father, born in 1895.  When we started we had never met another Simioni, other than Rick's uncles who are now all deceased.   We had no idea there were so many in Italy, and around the world!  

We plan to spend time in Castelfranco/Salvatronda to go through church records and hopefully re-find Desiderio's sister's family, or any other relatives.  Her name was Amabile Simioni.  Their parents:  Giovanni Simioni and Anna Cecchetto*.  More family details:  simionis.blogspot.com/-usa-california

Today we also connected with cousins in the mid-west USA, in the State of Michigan, where we are from and were told we have Italian cousins in Gorla Minore, north of Milan.  We are trying to get more details, but for now, their names may be: Luigina, Renata, Ricardo, and Cesare Simioni. And, we found we may have cousins in  Belluna, Italy! Unfortunately, we don't have enough information to confirm.

If we don't find them it will still be fun. We have many Simionis to see -- We have met (online) many nice and fun Simionis! It will still be an awesome experience for Rick to walk the streets of his father.

Thanks also to our new Castelfranco Facebook friends who are already helping us in our records search.  Thanks Signor Emanuele Simioni!  <3  also known as: "Alice Simioni's Dad".  

 So many details to work out now!

Ciao and piu tradi!

Rick's father, Desiderio Simioni circa 1960's

*new spelling from Castelfranco records:
  Anna Cecchetto
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Simionis meet Simionis! Rome December 2009

My family flew from California, USA, to Rome last month and were able to meet some Simionis!

While we looked forward to meeting Daniela and Riccardo who both live and work in Rome, that was not able to happen.

Meanwhile, Silvia was somehow able to convince her parents to make the 7 hour trip from Veneto to meet us just for a day!  Oscar & Annalisa, drove down with Silvia and her sister Federica and we met for a favoloso lunch in Trastevere.  In addition to a great meal, we shared stories and some family background, then took an evening stroll around Rome. Although Rick and I have been learning Italian, we all kept Silvia busy as she was the only one fluent in both Italian and English.  We talked for hours! We had fun!  It was such a pleasure to spend the time with them.

Oscar, Julian, Nancy, Rick, Silvia, Annalisa, Federica:

Strolling Trastevere

The Cartigliano Simionis live about 30 minutes from where Rick's father grew up (Castelfranco) and we are planning to visit them as we continue to pursue finding relatives of Desiderio Simioni. Whether or not we find actual family members in Italy, we have already enhanced our lives with Simionis!

Thank you Stephen and Tania Simioni for starting this "Simionis of the World" project!!!

Ricerca del Simionis a Roma. Looking for Simionis in Rome.

My husband/marito*, Rick, and I almost booked a trip to Rome for August. There were great airfare sales last week. It still could happen, but it got me to thinking. Do we have any Simionis in Rome? I don't think I've found any, yet there are several people from Rome who have looked at this blog (according to the "map of recent visitors" history).

If you haven't already clicked on that world map (along the right-hand side of the blog), try it. You will get a larger view and be able to see places around the world where people have taken a look at what we are doing here.

So, if you are a Simioni, or descendant, in Roma, click on "comments" below to reply, or, send me an email at usanancy@gmail.com

*in preparation for our May 2010 trip to italia, Rick and I are studying the language of the "Eternal City" and the beautiful country. It has been both frustrating and fun! Is "Ricerca del Simionis a Roma" correct?
*may be going to Rome in early December now, to celebrate Rick's 60th birthday -- the airfares are still good.

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

California to Castlefranco to California! #2, #12

Our personal family heritage search took two giant steps today!

I found out at dinner that one of our cousins, Frank DiMercurio, (from Michigan, but also now here in California) has visited Castlefranco and met Simioni relatives there! His nonna/grandmother was a Simioni sister of my father-in-law, Desiderio.  ...update Feb 14: Frank lost touch with the Castlefranco relatives. Maybe someone looking at the Blog will help us find "our" Simioni relatives???

At the same time, I've "met" Mattia Simioni on Facebook! He is from Castlefranco, Veneto, Italy: the town my husband's father was born in! (or possibly Salvatronda). He says he knows he has some relatives in California!! Update  ...March 2, 2010: Alice Simioni, Mattia's cousin in Italy, showed me photos (on Facebook) of their relatives in Thousand Oaks, California USA.  And her grandfather was born in Salvatronda, same as Rick's may have been. 

We would be so happy to find relatives of Anna (or possibly Angela) and Giovanni Simioni born 1800's (and their children, Desiderio, Gemma, Adele.... see my posting down below.) Grazie!!!

We are getting very close....... the world is feeling smaller every day!

Update 02June2009:
Here is what we found out in the letter dated 1963:

Rick's father, Desiderio, born 1895*, received this letter from his sister Amabile Simioni. She was probably born close to 1900. She writes she is sad to not meet Rick as he is the only male Simioni from their family in the next generation. She mentions Onofrio is the only other male but that it does not look promising for him to have children. We don't know who Onofrio is, nor Angela Simioni, who is also mentioned.

Nancy
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#2 USA, California: Greetings from Nancy & Rick

Hello/Ciao from San Diego, California USA!

This posting is one example of how each family can blog about their current and past history to see who is related! If you can only list your father/mother and grandfather/grandmother, that's at least a start!

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I am Nancy Simioni, married to Rick Simioni. Our son is Julian and we are all on Facebook. We were all born and raised in the Detroit, Michigan, USA, area. We moved to San Diego, California in 2005. San Diego Map

Rick's heritage goes back to Castelfranco, Veneto, Italy. We would love to identify relatives who still live there or near-by.  (update March 2010: possibly Belluna, Italy)

Like most of us outside of Italy, we had no idea there were so many Simionis around the world! We have even found another Rick Simioni! How fun! Note Feb 14: now TWO other Rick Simionis and a Riccardo!

It is not necessary to show every sibling and cousin. What I'd really like for this site is to have everyone trace their family back to the 1800's. which is where I think we will start finding our connections! See if you can find your relatives back that far.

Rick's parents, Desiderio and Ida Simioni are in this photo. (mid 1950's)

Below is some of Rick's family history. I am in the process of finding out more and will add it as I get it. This is not easy! Using color helped me especially when I couldn't get tabs or indenting to work. It will really be something if we can unify all of us! I will help you if you would like.

Generation #1. as far back as we know it so far. We hope one of you in the Castelfranco area will help us find our history!
Speriamo che uno di voi in Castelfranco ci aiuti a trovare la nostra storia!

1. Giovanni Simioni married Anna (or maybe Angela) Cechetto (may be spelled Ciecheta, chicetto or ciecheta) Born in Italy in the mid-1800's, most likely in or near Castlefranco. They had about 8 children. We know of 7: Desiderio, Gemma, Adele, Fortunato, Amabile, and Ceasar, and another brother John or Joseph. All born in or near Castlefranco or Salvatronda and came to the USA in the early 1900's.   
Amabile --  did NOT come to the USA.  We want to find her family near Castelfranco. Possibly a daughter Angela (unknown last name), and a Simioni nephew Onofrio.

Generation #2 (3, 4, 5)
--2. Desiderio, (my husband's father) born 1895, Castelfranco, Veneto, Italy. Immigrated to Canada around 1915, then to Detroit within a few years. Married Ida Gigli. (See photo above.) Their family:
--- 3. Richard Simioni, born 1949, Michigan USA, now California (married to me!)
---- 4. Julian Simioni, born 1986, Michigan USA, now California

--- 3. Annette Simioni G., Michigan USA

---- 4. Three sons: Joey, Jeff, & Gino, USA

--2. Gemma, Born in Castelfranco area, Veneto, Italy, then immigrated to Detroit, Michigan, USA

---3. Arthur

---3. Elenore
--2. Adele, Born in Castelfranco or Salvatronda, Veneto, Italy, (Birth certificate lists Salvatronda), then Detroit, Michigan, USA

--- 3. Olga DiMercurio, Detroit, Michigan USA

---- 4. Frank DiMercurio, Michigan, now California. Visited Castlefranco, Veneto, in 1972, and met family whom I am now trying to re-find!
----- 5. One daughter
---- 4. John DiMercurio, Michigan, now California

----- 5. Three sons

---- 4. Carla DiMercurio, Michigan, USA

---- 4. Lisa DiMercurio, Michigan USA 

--- 3. Dora Blackaby

---- 4. Judi (Blackaby) Jewett, Mark & Diane, Michigan USA

--2. Fortunato, Born in Castelfranco, Veneto, Italy, then Detroit, Michigan, USA. No children.
--2. Ceasar, Born in Castelfranco, Veneto, Italy, then Detroit, Michigan, USA. Children?
--2. Giovanni/John/Joseph, is another brother. We cannot confirm if he came to the USA or Canada. He may have worked in the coal mines of Pennsylvania. Children? He may have returned to Canada from the USA or, returned to Italy.
--2. Amabile, did not come to the USA. Born and lived in Castelfranco. She may have had a daughter Angela.

There is a son of one of them named Onofrio whom we found mentioned in a letter from Amabile written in 1963. We do not know of him so we think he lived in Veneto. Angela was also discussed in the note.

We had a wonderful time a few weeks ago when Cristiane Simioni who is from Brazil, flew from New York to California to meet us! We still don't know if we are related, but hopefully, we'll find out someday! She was so much fun I hope we are cousins!

Nancy Simioni
California, USA

Welcome to "Simionis of The World" Blog!

Thank you Stephan and Tania Simioni from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, for starting the "Simionis of the World & Descendants" on Facebook! What a treat it has been for many of us!

I, Nancy Simioni, have been trying to come up with a way to do our giant family tree like Stephan wants too. First we need to organize all of the family history in one spot. I've looked into a couple of options such as MyFamily.com and now opening this blog. This might work as we could have postings for each family and group. I'll try to come up with a system such as I have started below.

Now each family can Post info about themselves if they would like, add pictures, and history. You can send me the information, or ask for permission to post yourself. We may find we are ALL cousins!

I'll be asking a couple of you to translate this into Italian too.

I hope you enjoy this Blog! Postings can be edited, and new ones added any time.

Signed, Nancy Simioni, USA

Here are the family groupings I have started. If you find an error, or want to add your family, send me an email at usanancy@gmail.com (There are too many for me to do them all by myself!)

1. "Simioni 1 Canada Montreal" for Tania, Stephan and their family,
   
2. "Simioni 2 USA California" for my family,
   
3. "Simioni 3 Italy Cittiglio" for Lucas, Massimiliano, Cristian (all brothers) and cousin Sergio
4. "Simioni 4 Brazil Curitiba" for Cris and Bruno
5. "Simioni 5 Milano Italy" for Francesca
6. "Simioni 6 Canada Alberta" for Jack
7. "Simioni 7 Italy Cartigliano" for Silvia & Federica
8. "Simioni 8 USA Florida Miami/Argentina" for Sandra
9. "Simioni 9 Italy Thiene" for Roberto, Giulia, and BIG family!
10. " Simioni 10 Canada Ontario Niagara" Rick Simioni (the younger!) & family
11. "Simioni 11 France Paris" for Marco
12. "Simioni 12 Italy Castlefranco" for Elisa & Mattia
13. "Simioni 13 Australia" Robbie & Natalie
    
14. "Simioni 14 France" Simioni Christian
15. "Simioni 15 Canada Vancouver" Isabelle
16. "Simioni 16 Italy" for Natalino
17. "Sartore/Simioni 17 Argentina" Gaby Sartore
18. "Foust/Simioni 18 USA North Carolina" Robb Foust
19. "Simioni 19 USA Illinois" Cherie Simioni Westergarrd
20. "Simioni 20 Italy Cittadella" Carlo
21. "Simioni 21 Canada Montreal" Alison
22. "Simioni 22 Italy fino mornasco" Stefano
23. "Simioni 23 Italy Padova" Francesco
24. "Simioni 24 USA Florida W.Palm Beach" Richard
25. next.....
    
    

I do hope many of you will consider joining in!!!

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Italian translation by Silvia Simioni:

Vi ringrazio, Stephen e Tania Simioni di Montréal, Québec, Canada, per aver fondato il gruppo "Simioni nel Mondo e Discendenti" su Facebook! E' stata una vera gioia per molti di noi!

Io, Nancy Simioni, ho provato a trovare un modo per fare il nostro enorme albero genealogico come anche Stephen vuole.
Innanzitutto dovremmo raccogliere tutta la storia della famiglia in un solo posto. Ho valutato un paio di opzioni, come MyFamily.com, e ora sto aprendo un blog lì. Potrebbe funzionare perchè potremmo raccogliere notizie da ogni famiglia e da ogni gruppo. Tenterò di trovare un sistema come ho fatto con il blog.

Ora ogni famiglia può postare informazioni su di sè se lo desidera, aggiungere foto, e la storia. Potete mandarmi il materiale, o chiedermi il permesso così da postarlo voi stessi. Potremmo scoprire che siamo TUTTI cugini!

Chiederò poi a un paio di voi di tradurre il materiale in italiano.

Spero vi godiate questo blog! I posts possono essere modificati, e se ne possono aggiungere di nuovi in qualsiasi momento.

Firmato, Nancy Simioni, USA