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Can't say with any certainty because that appears to be the only sighting of him. But people with more than one name didn't always use their first (my nan was Sarah Ann but no one called her Sarah) and foreign names do get anglicized. Also, he was a lodger so wouldn't have filled the census in...

Yes, that's right. The Peter on the 1911 census if he's who I think he is was listed as Vincenzo Pietro Donato on his birth record. There was an elder brother also called Pietro who died young.

As long as you know that there is some doubt then I don't see any problem. It can easily be changed if new evidence comes to light. Apologies if I'm going over old ground. Taking the relationship - cousin - between the other Giuseppe and Nicola listed on the 1911 census at face value then it...

There are gaps in the Italian records so it's difficult to say. Felice could have other siblings which don't show up yet. We know that some of the Iommis returned to Italy at times somaybe Giuseppe returned and died there. The Nicola (Nicholas) that lived with the other Giuseppe may be the son...

This is Gaetano's record. Note father's name is Giovanni and the mother's name is different but I think too similar to be anyone else...

Born 1905 Smethwick. Can't see a burial/cremation on any of the Bham cemeteries. As he appears tohave live in Great Barr maybe Perry Barr crem. What other info are you looking for? Can see him in 1911 and 1921 when he is with his widowed father and grandparents. Grandfather was a grocer and...

Yes, that's the one.

No death reg. for her up to 2023. Last mention of her in Bham. Only 2 brothers - Giralamo Domenico b1851 & Pietro b1855. Nephews - Domenico, Angelo & possibly Giralamo (it's not clear) - not sure of their father (not Pietro).

There are a couple of possible births for brothers of Angelina with a marriage for one of them who subsequently emigrates to the US. His immigration records then mentions 3 nephews. The other possibly emigrates as well.

No. 3, what is a Peruke Maker?

It was on familysearch. The reason I said I was hoping that Felice's father was Giovanni because the birth record for Gaetano Iommi (listed as Tommi) gives his father as Giovanni. However, on the record his mother is listed as Domenico Irpilio. It seems unlikely that there were both a Giuseppe...

I broke the screen of my last laptop in a fit of temper. It was quite old/slow and that was part of the reason for my frustration but still no excuse.

I have a few more interesting bits of info - about some of your grandfather's Salmon cousins and a Myers cousin - but I'll hold off for a bit.

If they were married in 1869 seems probable that there may have been other children than the ones we know. Though the may have died young. May have found a possible birth record for Felice, though with the name variations can't be sure. And it's just a transcript with no scan unfortunately to...

From somewhere about here perhaps, you can see the square of the chimney marked to the left of the building (map flipped)...