Vassallo - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Re: vassallo: Spanish or Italian?

jeannine5591 — 2009-07-05 07:59:14Z

I want to say it was around 1600 (i could be very off on the date tho) that the pope sent some people to territories in and around the peninsula of Italy as a type of governing body for the church. they were given the title Vassallo which they assumed as a last name. they were from Lombardy which is in Northern Italy near france. They went to southern Italy and the island of Malta. It is indeed a very important last name in Malta. When I was there a few years ago it felt like every other person i met was a vassallo.

Re: vassallo: Spanish or Italian?

paperclip0729 — 2009-06-28 20:52:46Z

vassallo is an italian name. i am a vassallo as well. the reason ppl will give mixrd opinions is because both italian and spanish names and language come from Latin, which is why the language is very similar. but it is def italian

Re: Vassallo's in New Jersey

MGRANTJOLL — 2009-02-03 05:57:40Z

My Grandfather was from Salerno. He came to the US in 1900. His Name was Giuseppi Vassallo, later change to Joseph, married Vincenza LaGreca, also from Italy. They lived in Philadelphia, the Germantown section and he was a stone masion. He owned his own business. I hope you get this reply.

Re: vassallo: Spanish or Italian?

MGRANTJOLL — 2009-02-03 05:43:21Z

Absolutely Italian!

Re: Vassallo\Burles

sah_davies — 2009-01-26 18:42:42Z

Hi,
My Great-G-G-Grandparents were Mary Ann & John James Burles. I'm really interested to know more about what happened to the Vassallos and generally more about the Burles'. Was your ancester Ernest Burles? Mine was his brother Horace Burles.

Regards,

Sarah

Re: vassallo: Spanish or Italian?

xcverdi — 2008-11-09 00:16:59Z

The origin of the name is Lombard. All Italian, Sicilian and Maltese Vassallos are either related or associated to the family e.g as freed slaves of the family taking its name. For a good history of the name look up http://www.maltagenealogy.com/libro%20d'Oro/ctp.html

Re: VASSALLO'S in Detroit, Mi

cvassallo2002 — 2008-10-31 00:17:46Z

my email is cvassallo2002@yahoo.com

Re: VASSALLO'S in Detroit, Mi

cvassallo2002 — 2008-10-31 00:13:57Z

I'm from detroit. My dad was Cosimo Vassallo, my uncle was charlie and my grandfather was John.

I also know there was a Joe Vassallo in the family.

I don't know many of the family members on my fathers side and wonder who is out there.

Cosimo J. Vassallo

Re: VASSALLOS FROM AVELINO,ATROPALDA, ITALY

samuelvassallo35 — 2008-10-29 12:10:45Z

My grandfather and grandmother were both from Avellino (Prata), My grandfather was Severino and my grandmother Filomena Donofrio

Re: vassallo of genova, italy

PFallaVassallo — 2008-10-28 00:12:05Z

Hola Elena:

A Chiclayo llegaron dos hermanos Vassallo, venian de Genova, Italia. Intentaron producir vino en la region pero no funciono, por lo cual se dedicaron a la producion de vinagre (Vinagres Vassallo), hicieron dinero y la familia crecio; la fabrica paso de Vassallo a Vassallo y finalmente termino en manos de Dante Vassallo Pestalardi, este ultimo vendio la propiedad en la que se encontraba debido a que el negocio ya no funcionaba. Los hermanos Vassallo fueron dueños de gran fama y dinero en Chiclayo, aquello conllevo a que la familia se desmembrace, ya son pocos los Vassallo en Chiclayo que aun estan en contacto entre ellos mismos; lamentablemente.

Vassallo no es una familia que viene solamente de Genova, hay Vassallo en otras partes de Italia tambien, personalmente he tenido la oportunidad de conocer Vassallo en España, Sicilia, Malta, Francia e Inglaterra todos ellos descendientes de italianos.

Espero haber sido de gran ayuda

Pedro Falla Vassallo

Re: vassallo: Spanish or Italian?

PFallaVassallo — 2008-10-27 22:52:44Z

Hi Mark:

Vassallo; spanish? Don't think so. I have the Vassallo's family tree from 1,215 and is definitely italian. I've found Vassallo's in Spain, England, Italy (Genoa, Sicily, Malta)and France... All of them said their ancestors came from Italy....

Re: VASSALLO'S in Detroit, Mi

charlesvassar — 2008-09-04 18:35:00Z

my,fathercharles married josephine,they had one son charles jr,please note that, he was in the royal navy, and was born in july of 1896,they are both gone ,passed away in 1986,are we the ones<

Re: vassallo: Spanish or Italian?

audonbanana — 2008-05-02 16:02:13Z

I know your message is old now BUT : Vassallo is also a Maltese name. A very famous one !
It's a famous family in Malta !

Re: Vassallos from Celenza Valfortore, Foggia, Italy

Foggia77 — 2008-02-21 02:26:45Z

Hello Jan,

I was reading your message (posted 9 June 2003). The name Grosso from Celenza Valfortore caught my interest.

I was wondering if the name Gaetano Grosso or his wife, Mariana (Zitella) Grosso sounds like it might be in your lineage. They were my great-grandparents from my mother's line. I believe they may have come from Celenza Valfortore.

If you think the names sound familiar, please contact me. I would really appreciate it.

Sincerely,
Katherine

Re: vassallo of genova, italy

acavanna01 — 2007-12-28 18:22:23Z

Mi abuelo vino de Genova el se llamo Luigi Martin Cavanna Vassallo el vino desde la patagonia donde se undio su barco pero desde la argentina viajo a peru y luego llego a Ecuador donde se radico para siempre el murio en 1912, Su familia es de Rapallo, Genova, parte son de Novi Ligure. Estas dos familias estan dentro de las veinte familias nobles de italia. BUsquenlo en Wikipedia como Vassallo Family. Es una buena herramienta.

Re: vassallo of genova, italy

acavanna01 — 2007-12-28 18:21:21Z

Re: looking for info about my ancestors

carmenvassallo28 — 2007-12-20 20:56:36Z

Hello
I have information regarding Angel Vassallo, came to Peru in about the year 1840 to 1850, and was accompanied by three relatives. They shop blondas and fine threads in the main square of Lima until his shop burned during a trifulca. Two of them returned to Rapallo, their place of origin but the other two remained. One traveled to Ayacucho, and another stayed in Lima and Ica, here is the case with a lady surnamed Farfan, my great-grandparents. Subsequently one of those who went back and made family in the northern part of Peru, ie Lambayeque. I now seek information about my ancestors in italy, Rapallo, where I understand there is a factory wine and vinegar Vassallo. This is all the information that I have, I hope you have luck with your search.

Vassallo (surname) married to Grana around 1750 - 1800.

grana8 — 2007-10-23 16:52:53Z

we have a grand mother by the Surname Vassallo Francesca. place of marriage Taggia, Imperia, Liguria, Italy. la Chiesa dei SS. Giacomo e Filippo. Do you have a relitive from Taggia by the name of Vassallo (female) that married a Grana around 1750 - 1800? http://www.taggia.it/taggia/

Re: vassallo: Spanish or Italian?

2006-11-27 18:41:14Z

thanks for all the replies. -mark

Re: vassallo: Spanish or Italian?

2006-11-27 13:19:25Z

Our Vassallo's are from Montelepre, Sicily

Re: vassallo: Spanish or Italian?

2006-11-27 13:06:47Z

Our Vassallo ancestors are from Centola, Salerno, Campania, Italy.

vassalli

2006-10-31 10:26:46Z

vassalli my pop was william john he married edith in 1905as far as i no he come from malta and she come from newzealand . thats all i could get. so if any one out there with that surname pleas let me no thank you. kris

Re: Looking for VASSALLO RELATIVES

2006-08-15 15:03:06Z

Not too sure about Vassallos in Canada, but my father's name was Calvin Vassallo. His mother's name was Francesca Russo and she married a Nicolo Vassallo out of Palermo, Sicily. I know that Nicolo and Francesca ended up in New York sometime in the 20's, as my father was born in 1929 and was the second of three children, I believe. I think the oldest was Nicolo Jr. and there was a daughter named Mary. All I know about this group was that Nicolo and Francesca's marriage was not looked on kindly (not sure why) which prompted them to come to leave Sicily....

Re: Bassallo´s (Bassalho's) in Brazil

2006-08-06 05:17:42Z

Someone knows about Bassallo (Bassalho registered in Brazil - South America. The first were gone to Brazil was José Bassalho .

Thank you for any answer you can give me.
Regards
(year: IXX Century, I think)

Re: VASSALLO'S in Detroit, Mi

2006-05-31 19:37:11Z

I have a Joseph Vassallo who married Elena Chetcuti which are the adopted parents of my great grandmother Carmela Buttigieg. I know it sounds confusing but that's as much as I know about him. Does this help?

VASSALLO'S in Detroit, Mi

2005-11-21 19:02:04Z

Looking for descendants of Joseph Vassallo, who came from Malta, in the Detroit area.
Thank you.

PUBLIO VASSALLO

2005-09-12 16:18:20Z

Here are the information I managed to gather about my grandfather, Salvatore VASSALLO.
His parents were maltese and so was he before he took the French nationality. He was born in Sidi Amor Ben Salem, Tunisia October 4th, 1921, baptised November 23rd, 1921 in Djerissa and confirmed May 21st, 1935 still in Djerissa. His godfather was Salvatore ZAMMIT and godmother Marianna CAMILLERI. He married Angela SORRENTINO October 25th, 1942 in Kalaa Djerda. The witnesses were Luigi BETTINI and Catalo RAIMONDI.
Salvatore VASSALLO parents were Publio VASSALLO and Anna BORG. They were from Notabile (Rabat) Malta. They got married there in St Dominic church on November 26th, 1908, both of them were 24 years old when they got married. The witnesses of their wedding were Carmelo Tonna and Antonio Cutajar.

Publio Vassallo’s parents were Giuseppe Vassallo, born in Rabat in 1852 (he was 28 when he got married) and Innocenza Spiteri, born in Valletta in 1861 (she was 19 when she got married). Giuseppe Vassallo and Innocenza Spiteri got married in Valletta January 22nd, 1880.
Giuseppe Vassallo’s parents were Paolo Vassallo and Rosa Borg
Innicenza Spiteri’s parents were Publio Spiteri and Vincenza Farrugia.

Anna Borg’s parents were Carmelo Borg, born in Rabat in 1846 (he was 25 when he got married) and Grazia Camilleri, born in Siggiewi in 1847 (she was 24 when she got married). Carmelo Borg and Grazia Camilleri got married in Rabat May 29th, 1871.
Carmelo Borg parents were Angelo Borg and Giuseppa Zahra.
Grazia Camilleri parents were Vincenzo Camilleri and Concetta Xuereb.

Re: Any relatives

2005-09-07 07:43:10Z

My great great grand father was Giuseppe Vassallo, what do you know about your Giuseppe Vassallo?

Publio VASSALLO

2005-03-19 12:01:10Z

Hi,

My great grand father's name was Publio VASSALLO, he marreid Anna BORG in Malta November 26th, 1908 in Porto Salvo church (Saint-Dominic) in Dominic Street, Valetta.
One of their son, the one who is my grand father had the following godmother: Marianna Camilleri and godfather: Salvatore Zammit. My grand father was born in Tunisia On October 4th, 1921.

Can anyone help me?
Thanks:

sebastien_philippe@yahoo.fr

Re: Any relatives

2005-03-10 18:58:52Z

Hi Debbie,
Wow! We have a lot in common. My Grandparents were Salvatore and Josephine (nee Guiseppina Gravino) Vassallo. They had 6 children (2 infants died during WWII from food poisoning) Paul, Frank, Nicolina, and Charles, my dad (nee Carmelo) b. Sept 27, 1938. That whole family moved to the USA in October of 1952 and are still living here. Two live in the Detroit, Michigan area, one lives in Annapolis, MD and my parents live on a sailboat. Right now they are in the Bahamas doing missionary work. I will ask my dad if he knows your dad or siblings. Your relatives who died in Siggiewi should be buried in the Siggiewi cemetary. My Grandparents and my Grandfather's sister are buried there in plot # 1, the first plot on the right hand side when you enter the cemetary. I was there for my grandmother's burial in Oct of 1997. I was amazed at the # of relatives that came to the funeral! It was really wonderful to meet them all. One great uncle smelled just like my Nanna and I met 3 of her sisters that were a lot like her in different ways. It was like gaining 3 more Nanna's. It was also fun to hear stories about my dad from his cousins. I keep in touch with the Axisa cousins who live in Siggiewi. I could ask them next time I write them if they know of your family and if they are related. They were very helpful with my family tree!
I hope this helps. I'm sure if we keep at it, we can find a family connection!
Kathleen

Re: Any relatives

2005-03-10 04:15:34Z

Hi Kathleen,
My father was born in siggeiwi 12/02/1942, to Salvatore and Josephine (nee Borg) vassallo, they had 9 children,6 girls(kathleen, julia, Mary,colleta, Rita, Nina), 3boys (Angelo, Paul and my father Sam(salvatore)) 3 who moved to Australia in the mid 60's being Colleta, Mary,Sam. Rita then moved to America some time in the 70's and Angelo who moved to Australia some time after the others but then returned to Malta in the mid to late 80's. Colleta died in Australia in approx 1970. Angelo died only about 5 weeks ago. The rest of the children live in Malta i think in siggewi area. my Grand parents died Salvatore in1963-64 , Josephine in april 1992-93 . Salvatore's( MyGrand father) parents names are Angelo Vassallo and Antonia Vassallo (nee Psaila)

Re: Any relatives

2005-03-09 19:10:04Z

I am not aware of any relatives that went to Australia, but it is possible. My Grandfather, Salvatore Vassallo was from the town of Siggiewi, Malta, and his nickname was Pai Pai. His parents were Guiseppe Vassallo B.1869 Siggiewi and Pawla Caruana b.1859 Siggiewi. Pawla was married 3 times. The 1st marriage was to Guiseppe's brother, Salvu and they had 3 children, Kola, Marie and Guiseppe. The only male, Guiseppe, had 3 children, Carmelo, Guiseppa and Nikola. The only male, Carmelo, married Carmena Sultana and they had 5 girls and a boy, Jesmand. Those are the only male lines of Vassallos I know of that are my relations. Let me know if you find out any more information. I actually think that everyone from Malta is related in some way. My uncle lives in Maryland and has a very good friend from Malta. When I was visiting Malta, I spoke to the friend's dad and discovered that we were related!
Good luck and Best wishes

Maranzano and Pinzolo

2004-12-22 21:12:45Z

Hello, I have info that may help you, but how is your family connected to these two other individuals? Maranzano and Pinzolo were enemies and I am not aware of them being related. Maranzano, by the way, was born around 1886, not 1868. Whomever supplied the 1868 year seems to have reversed the numbers. Rick

Re: vassallo of genova, italy

2004-11-01 18:27:19Z

Hello, Giacomo. wWe have the same name because of the same ancestor.
Giacomo Vassallo married Angela De Napoli in Modugno and they had some children. I've to search my archive for some other informations I can't remember now.
I'm looking for infos about my family too.
Please let me know.

Giacomo
giactor@tiscali.it

Re: genova

2004-10-16 18:16:14Z

Mi abuelo Giovanni Campodonico vino de Genova al estado de Sonora, Mexico, aproximadamente en 1861. Formo su familia en estos rumbos. Su padre era Cessare Campodonico y su madre Isabel Ludjas (apellido austriaco?). He andado investigando algo mas sobre esta linea en Genova pero sin mucho exito. Prueba la pagina Family Search de los Mormones. Tienen mucha informacion mundial
Suerte..

Re: Any relatives

2004-09-11 19:40:52Z

My Grandfather, Salvatore Vassallo was b.Feb 28, 1900 in Siggiewi, Malta. His parents were Guiseppe Vassallo b. 1860 Siggiewi d. July 24, 1941and Pawla Caruana b. 1859 Siggiewi d. May 13, 1914. Pawla was married 3 times. The first time, to Guiseppe's brother, Salvu. Pawla and Salvu, had a son, Guiseppe Vassallo who married Katarine.
I don't know if either of these are the Guiseppe Vassallo you are looking for, but I think there are a lot of them out there. Let me know if we are related.
Kat

Re: Vassallos from Celenza Valfortore, Foggia, Italy

MARINACCIO — 2005-05-06 17:16:08Z

Jan
I have seen a bunch of Vassallo's in cemeteries in Waterbury area.

Mabel (Hontz) Vassallo

grgau — 2005-03-01 18:23:30Z

I am looking for the parents of Mabel (Hontz) Vassallo. Mabel was the wife of Nicholas Vassallo, The CA death index gives her birth date as 27 June 1889 in PA and a death date og 20 March 1986 in santa Clara Co., CA. Also this index gives her mother's maiden name as Gaumer. The 1930 census of san Jose shows that Nick & Mabel had a son, Frank, age 15. Please contact me at Grgauamer@aol.com

Re: I am a Vassallo

cvassallo171 — 2006-11-18 14:55:14Z

Do you know the first names of any members of his adopted family, i.e parents?

Also, looking for Vassallo information from Siggiwei

Peter VASSELLO - coal miner who died 1892 in Indian Territory

wisersandy — 2006-08-17 20:20:43Z

Among the many coal miners to die in a mine explosion in Indian Territory on Jan. 7, 1892 was Peter VASSELLO.

See the full list at:

http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p...

Re: Vassallos from Casteldaccia

LindaRevelli — 2005-07-22 00:57:01Z

I am married to a decendent of the above-mentioned Vassallo family from Casteldaccia. I am working on their family tree and would like to compare information. Please contact me.
Thank you.

Re: vassallo: Spanish or Italian?

bbfuoco1 — 2007-02-27 13:06:20Z

My Italian Vassallo family is also from Centola. Would love to share information with you. Do you know Francesco Vassallo (son of Domenico Vassallo and Marianna DiLorenzo) and his wife Dignamerita Cerullo? or their three daugheres Giovanna, Guiseppa, Rosa? These are my direct line.

Re: VASSALLOS

bbfuoco1 — 2005-02-19 19:55:39Z

Just discovered the name of my great-great grandmother, Giovanna Vassallo (born 1835), who married Raffaele Stanziola. Their daughter Donata Stanziola married Gaetano Basile. Their son, Vincenzo, came to US (with several siblings) and is my grandfather. All from Centola. Any link to your familia?

Vassallo Family

irish_blessings — 2004-12-13 01:39:23Z

I have a new email address picone1912@yahoo.com

Vassallo family

jaynevassallo1 — 2006-12-03 22:33:53Z

Hi! Has anyone in Italy, or maybe from London...Gravesend, Kent... got any imformation on the Vassallo family. can anyone make connections with these names... maybe you are related to the Vassallo family over here... its quite likely to be Genova, or Milan areas. here are some names of my relatives; LOUIS VASSALLO married MARY ANN BEADLE. Father of Louis was LOUIS ANTONIO CESARE AGODFINO VASSALLO....There is also AMELIA MARIA ANGELETA VASSALLO ....who apparently went into a convent in italy... we dont know where.PLEASE REPLY IF YOU HAVE ANY NEWS!?

Re: Any relatives

davp14 — 2005-03-05 07:01:24Z

i grew up in sydney australia,just wondering if you are related, my dads name is sam and i last visit malta when i was 12yrs old if you are related would like to hear from other relatives also

Re: Vassallo\Burles

tburles — 2005-02-05 16:00:05Z

We've got quite a lot of info about the relevant Burles family, and will post a further reply when we've got a bit more time.
Mary Ann Vassallo & John James Burles were my great great grand-parents, so we're probably related somewhere along the line.
Feel free to email directly if it's easier.

Re: VASSALLO'S in Detroit, Mi

d1d2k3 — 2006-03-29 05:36:13Z

I am curious to know the maiden name of Joseph Vassaallo's
wife. Was her maiden name Orvilla Girard?

Re: More information

italianelvis — 2005-03-15 09:26:46Z

My Grandfather's name was Angelo Costa. I have vere little information on him and would like any assistance you can supply me. Angelo Costa was married to Frances (D'Amato) Costa. They had three childen, Arsen, Elizabeth, Josephine(i believe that to be her name, she died when she was young to my understanding) Angelo and Frances lived in the bronx, New York. If you have any information to help me, please contact me at the email above. Thank you

Regina Serran

vassallo: Spanish or Italian?

mkvassallo — 2006-11-26 22:11:05Z

I'm a Vassallo and would like to know if the origins of the last name Vassallo Spanish or Italian. It seems as though it would be Italian however I sometimes get mixed opinions.????? thanks/mark