William Simioni, Argentina

Today I received an email from William Simioni of Argentina who was very happy to find our blog! He is originally from Ormelle, Treviso, Italy.

He will be adding his information soon. Welcome William!

Antonio Simioni -- Bolzano Italy. Family #73

Ciao Antonio! Piacere!

If you would like to add your family information just email me on Facebook!
(The same goes for any Simionis.)
You are familia #73 on my chart. 

Likewise, if you want to be removed from this blog please let me know.

We look forward to meeting you in person sometime in the future!
  -- Nancy USA

Antonio Simioni 2012

Eduard Simioni, Cittadella. Familia #71

Allora, the Simioni adventures continue! I just never know when I might meet one!

Earlier this week I saw on Facebook that Eduard Simioni (from Cittadella, Italy, but currently working in Germany) was in Las Vegas. I asked if he might come over to California and we were able to work out a plan. Eduard and I had chatted on Facebook a few times but not much. Still, it was exciting to get to meet another Simioni!

Eduard had had an "interesting" trip after having his driver's license stolen (not in the USA) and he had to take Greyhound buses to get around after a conference in Berkeley California.

We ended up meeting in San Diego -- I was able to show him around some of our favorite places in the little time available. We had plans to do more but got stuck on Coronado Island when the bridge was closed due to a potential "jumper"! So we stayed there and enjoyed an American barbecue dinner. Later we were able to drive back to San Diego, and take a drive-by tour of our "Little Italy".

Rick and I were happy to host Eduard at our home, treat him to an American breakfast, show him our gardens, great beaches and Oceanside Pier, before heading over to an Italian restaurant to meet some of our friends for happy hour. We shared some vino and many laughs! Instant friendships!


Time went too fast -- next time will plan something ahead of time! Eduard, it was such a pleasure to meet you! Ci vediamo a presto! Somewhere!  -- Nancy (& Rick) Simioni

Eduard, we look forward to anything you can research on Stradella Fratelli Simioni. And if you would like to add any of your Simioni family history, just let me know.

Rick Simioni, our friend Lisa, Eduard Simioni, and me, Nancy

LAS VEGAS: recently I've also chatted with Rosemary Simioni in Las Vegas. We were able to connect Rosemary with Eduard on Facebook while he was in Vegas, but they could not meetup.

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...

Linda Simioni, Varese

Linda Simioni found our group on Facebook and when she saw my husband and I were coming to Varese on our recent trip, she arranged to get her family together with ours and Lucas Simionis.  We met for pizza Friday night -  I think there 13 of us! Lots of eating and talking as usual when Simionis get together!

Linda's parents invited us over for dinner on Sunday so we met again and had a little more time to chat, and, met a few more family members.

Linda and I will post more family details, but here are my notes:

Brothers Flavio & Romeo, sister Denis Simioni:

Flavio Simioni, married to Luisa
  - daughter Linda Simioni
  - daughter Mara Simioni, grandaughter Lisa
  - daughter Tiziana
  - son Andrea

Romeo Simioni, married to Grazia
  - Paola Simioni
  - Giulia Simioni

Denis Simioni, married to Valentino Copes
  - Daniele Copes
  - Valentina Copes
  - Cristina Copes

 

Simionis of Thiene and Sarcedo

Thiene & Sarcedo Simioni families!

We were thrilled when Francesco Simioni organized a Sunday lunch with his family and his brother Roberto's and asked us to join them all. We finally got to meet Giulia, who was/is working in New York. She was our original Facebook connection to this family but she was out of the country last year when we visited. She and I have been "Friends" for a few years now.

Alessandro, Diego, Gloria, Yasmine. Ugo, Vitti. Simionis all. Plus spouses and significant others. And 8 little ones! We feasted on a long, delicious lunch at Agriturismo da Marinela. Elisa and Diego were more available to chat this time (they were the bride & groom last year) but, none of us spoke enough of each others' language to carry on a conversation! Elisa and I chat online often, using translators, and we had to laugh that we could not chat in person! We did share hugs and I was able to meet their baby girl, our newest Simioni!

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We have not found a bloodline connection to these families either, but again, our hearts have been joined! There are two new babies since last year as the Simioni tree grows new branches.  We discussed the "need" to organize a Simioni del Mondo worldwide festa some day in northern Italy.

Brothers Francesco and Roberto Simioni and their families.

Our newest "Simioni del Mondo"!

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All of these families have taken time to show us around their cities and lives. What a treat for Rick and I to experience Italy this way. The REAL Italy -- the many "real" Italies.  We enjoy the people and their hospitality. The Italians are friendly people to begin with...then when they find you have Italian heritage you become almost family! And when you have the same last name, well, you ARE family!




We were unable to connect with any Simionis in Cittadella this trip. Even with almost 3 weeks in Veneto.  I guess we need to stay longer!  :)

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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 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!

Francesco benvenuto!

Welcome Francesco and Family.
As soon as I get your info I'd be happy to post it here if you would like.

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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#64 ITALY Simioni Cristian

Ciao Cristian!

I found your "Comment" on a posting below, and welcome you to our "Simioni del Mondo!"
Nancy

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Ciao Nancy,

appena ho visto il sito mi ha incuriosito tantissimo.

Non parlo inglese purtroppo.

La mia famiglia é originaria di LEGNARO - PADOVA - italy

Otto fratelli, 4 maschi e 4 femmine.

Mio papà é l'ultimo degli 8 fratelli.

Io sono suo figlio, unico ma con il sigillo SIMIONI.

Oggi viviamo a VARESE, Sumirago per l'esattezza.

I miei zii abitano invece a SAONARA/LEGNARO - padova, un altro zio sempre dove

abitiamo noi a SUMIRAGO - varese, una zia a BORGOTICINO - novara,

una zia a ROMA e uno zio a VALENCIA - spagna.

Spero di sentirti presto per sapere qualche cosa in più sulla nostra / tua famiglia

cugino

Cristian

Ciaaaaooooo

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Benvenuto Castelfranco Simionis! Barbara, Silvia, Jennifer & Gabriele. And Alice too!

Ciao and Benvenuto to the latest Simioni family I've met via Facebook. Piacere! 
I look forward to sharing a pizza with you in May!

If I have this correct, sisters Jennifer, Barbara, and Silvia, are daughters of Gabriele, and from San Marco di Resana which is just 5 km from Castelfranco Veneto.


Then there is Alice, also a cousin of this family, daughter of Emanuel.  Alice and I have been corresponding, and Emanuel is going to help us try to find connections through his priest and church records! Alice, do you have siblings?

They are relatives of Mattia & Elisa, Gabriele being a brother of their father.  So, I'll combine them as part of Simioni Family #12. 

As always, I look forward to learning grandparents, aunts & uncles.   Nonni, zie, e zii --  (I'm practicing my beginners Italian!) 

For selfish reasons I hope to find out more of all Castelfranco area Simioni families as we plan to come to the area in May, and search for relatives of  my husband's father, Desiderio  and his sister & Amablie, and their parents Anna (or Angela), and Giovanni.   Desiderio came to the Canada/USA in 1920's.  His sister Amabile did not, so there may be cugini still in the area!


Once I get some additional grandparent/nonni background I'll add more to this:

 1. Great-grandparents:  (how do you say that in Italian?)

      _________ Simioni, married to ___________.

-- 2. Nonni: ____________ Simioni, married ___________

and they had at least these 3 sons:

---3.  _____________ Simioni, married to _____________

                 4a. Elisa, May 1, 1983

                 4b. Mattia, February 7, 1990

---3. Gabriele Simioni, January 3, 1958, married ____________

                 4a. Silvia, (currently in Australia)

                 4b. Barbara, February 25, 1988

                 4c. Jennifer

---3. Emanuele Simioni, married ____________

                 4a. Alice

Let's add other brothers, sisters, aunts and uncles.

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Our Loss

This week Marco Simioni, living in Paris, informed me his father passed away in Vicenza.  He has traveled there to be with his mother and brothers.

If you would like to send him a card, email me at USANancy@gmail.com

Marco's father was working on a Simioni family history book. Hopefully we will be able to share that some day.

Marco, Offriamo le nostre sincere condoglianze.

Nancy Simioni

Family #30 - ITALY Andrea, Enrico Baku, & Federica

With the help of Facebook we have connected Federica, Andrea, and Enrico Baku Simioni as 3 siblings. I should write this in l'italiano as I know they are not as fluent in inglese as many of you.
Anyone want to translate? :)

Andrea and Enrico are in Cittedella, but I am not sure about Federica.

Federica showed my husband Rick's picture to their father and he thinks Rick looks like family! Wouldn't that be something?

So, Federica, send me a picture of YOUR family! And your father and grandfather's names.

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Family #11 - FRANCE - Marco in Paris

Today I sent a birthday wish to Marco in Paris (Sept 5th is his birthday).

I was happy to receive a very nice response, AND to learn from him that his father, from Cittadella, has been working on the Simioni family tree also, and is making a book! Hopefully, many of us will be able to connect our families some day!

It is interesting to me that I learned many italiani do not research ancestors but that it is because their families have always resided in italia. That makes sense to me. Those of us whose ancestors left italia and came to other countries are very interested in learning where and when they came from. Do you agree?

Marco,

If you and your father could provide a little information for this blog, that would be awesome!!! and a family photo?

Great grandfather:
Grandfather:
Father:
--- Marco

Stefano Simioni - Italy Family #22

Tanti Auguri to your father!

Think he'd share family history here for us all???

From Gerson Simioni, October 2009:

Simioni Luigi > Simioni Valentino 

> Stefano Simioni > Sebastião Simioni > Gerson Simioni

Brasil

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Angela - Italy, Locara -- Family #53

Angela Simioni found our blog online..... here's some info, we may add more soon. Maybe even a photo???
We've been looking for an Angela Simioni, but she would be 60 to 70 years old we think! (granddaughter of Anna and Giovanni Simioni, Castelfranco, Italy). In any case, we have MORE Simioni to maybe meet in our Maggio 2010 "Giro di Simioni"!

Dear Nancy,
I found your site and decide to give you info about my family, maybe I can learn more about it…..
My name is Angela Simioni and I came from Italy, Locara is the name of the city, I’m 33 years hold and I’m married, I have a little son, Giulio.

My father’s name is Tarcisio Simioni and his father, my grandfather’s name is Giuseppe Simioni, my grandfather came from Loria (Treviso).
I have 3 sisters Francesca, Martina and Umberta.

My father has 3 sisters and 3 brothers:
Simioni Maria, she died in 1994
Simioni Piero, he still lives in Locara, near my father
Simioni Gina, she lives in Lonigo
Simioni Graziano, he still lives in Locara, near my father
Simioni Antonietta, she lives in Verona
Simioni Valentino, he lives in Torino

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Summary:
1. Giuseppe Simioni
-- 2abcdef. Maria, Piero, Gina, Graziano, Antonietta, Valentino, and
-- 2g. Tarcisio
--- 3abc. Francesca, Martina and Umberta
--- 3d. Angela
---- 4a. Giulio

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15 July 2011 update:
From Paola Bortolin -- she enclosed photos, but I do not yet have permission to publish them!


YESSSSSSSSSSIT IS COMFIRMED GIUSEPPE SIMIONI OF LORIA IS MY GRANDMOTHER EUGENIA SIMIONI BROTHER   Hi angela meet a relative meeeeeee paola bortolin i am the grandaughter of eugenia simioni  im so excited. How do i know this because my zia asunta daughter of eugenia named all of your uncles and aunties was even able to tell me of maria who passed away. 
i have enclosed photos .Photo no 1.Lady holding baby is my mother bertilla zara daughter of eugenia  simioni in zara the man next to my mother is piero simioni and the lady next to him is his wife gianna im sure that was her name the little boy is joze and the man next to her is my father giuseppe bonin. 
Photo no 2.was my birthday party  piero is the one with the party hat with wife and son and my mum and dad. 
Photo no 3 eugenia simioni with some of her grandchildren im the tall one in the back with the hat and my brother has the white hat on in the front. 
Photo no 4. MY FIRST BIRTHDAY again piero and wife gianna and joze were there to celebrate 
Photo no 5 YES THIS IS EUGENIA SIMIONI SISTER OF GIUSEPPE SIMIONI  .These are the names of the other sibbling of giuseppe simioni im not sure of the order of birth  .Eugenia simioni, giuseppe simioni,maria simioni, regina simioni, rosina simioni,sunta simioni ,luisa simioni, 

DEAR NANCY thankyou for you web page its awsome im one happy lady i live in australia melbourne victoria and im going to italy in jan 2012 i would love to catch up and meet the relatives thisa is awsome .im happy for you to publish this information . look forward i  hearing from you ..... ciao paola bortolin grandaughter of eugenia simioni

All the families so far - tutte le famiglie! Family Forest!

I have not been able to keep up with ALL the Simionis I have met online, nor blogged about them, so I thought I'd quickly post the names of those I have connected with so far. My spreadsheet of names keeps growing. On it I have tried to add a column of ancestors/relatives names anyone has mentioned so that if we are looking for a connection we might find the name.

Other than finding families #3 and 7 are cousins, we have found no direct relations... but we will continue searching as everyone's ancestors lead back to Veneto area of Italy.

What started as our own family tree has turned into a Family Forest!

Here are the families I have to this date added to my spreadsheet:

1 Stephen, Tania Canada (who started "Simionis of the World" on Facebook.)
2 Rick, Nancy, Julian USA
3/7 Lucas, Massimiliano, Cristian Italy
3/7 Sergio (Lucas' cousin) Italy
4 Cris, Bruno Brazil
5 Francesca Italy
6 Jack Canada
7/3 Silvia Italy (cousin to #3)
8 Sandra USA
9 Roberto, & family, Giulia, Ugo, et al Italy
10 Rick (the younger) Canada
11 Marco (#1) France
12 Mattia, Elisa Italy
13 Robbie, Natalie Australia
14 Christian France
15 Isabelle Canada
16 Natalino Italy
17 Gaby Sartore Argentina
18 Robb Foust USA
19 Cherie Simioni Westergarrd USA
20 Carlo Alberto Italy
21 Alison Canada
22 Stefano Italy
23 Francesco Italy
24 Richard V., USA
25 Francesco Italy
26 Sara Australia
27 Emanuele Italy (who started the italiani "Simionis in the World" on Facebook.)
28 Barbara Italy
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30 Federica, Andrea, Enrico Baku Italy
31 Lorena Italy
32 Michael (1) Australia
33 Michael (2) Canada
34 Daniele Ireland
35 Lisa Canada
36 Sofia Argentina
37 Cesare Brazil
38 AnnaMhharia USA
39 Viviana Italy
40 Julie Belgium
41 Nicholas Uruguay
42 Narciso England & S. Africa
43 Sylvia USA

later additions:
31 Lorena Italy
34 Daniele Ireland
44 Gina Canada
45 Paolo Italy
46 Andrea Italy
47 Daniela Italy
48 Manuela Italy
49 Luca, Paola (#1) Cittadella, Italy
50 Paola (#2) Gallarate, Italy
51 Janitra Canada
52 Linda Italy
53 Angela Italy
54 Marco (#2) Italy
55 Claudia
56 Mariana

If you would like your family added or removed from this blog, just let me know.

Please consider sending me your grandparents hometowns and birth years, or whatever you can find out, when possible.

Nancy
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