I am looking for information and/or extended family of my great-grandfather, Valentino Da Giau, who came to the US from Valle di Cadore, Italy. I believe that he left Italy in the early 1880's and first went to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan before finally settling in Chicago. His name was changed at some point to Dagian, apparently because of how he wrote it. He was born in 1857 and died in 1935 and was one of six children born to Luigi and Giovanna (born Ciliotta). If you have any information I would love to hear from you and share the information that I have.

I have a Maria Da Giau who marr. Bortolo Olivo - they were born Valle di Cadore, Belluno Province circa 1865. Could your Valentino be Maria's brother?

Have you been in touch with Isabel who has Ciliotta data?

I am looking for the daughters and son of Frank Dagiau. He married my grandfather's sister, Giulia Chiamulera. They were both from Valle di Cadore and settled in Sacramento, California. My parents visited them in the late 1940's, but that is the last contact we have had. I found their death dates in the California Social Security records. One of the daughters has a French sounding married name and may have moved to San Francisco. A first cousin of mine married an Angelo DaGiau. They live in Lima, Peru. If interested, I could find out what his parents names were. He is also from Valle.

I am a member of the Ciliotta family who emmigrated from Valle di Cadore around the 1910's. My grandfather is Attilio Ciliotta who came to America from Cadore in 1921, his two brothers Emilio and Mario preceeded him a few years before. My family is still in touch with relatives living in Valle di Cadore, our cousins and second cousins. I would love to help in your search, and would love to find out any new family information.

Bonjour, je m'appel ludovic ciliotta et j'ai un arbre généalogique de la famille Ciliotta depuis la date de 1784.
si j'ai un message de votre part sur ma boite E.Mail je me ferai un plaisir de vous faire parvenir une copie(j'espère que c'est la branche qu'il vous faut ?)

Sincères salutations.

Ludovic Ciliotta

hello
My Family is originally from the same town. My family didn't change their name but I had a great aunt Giovanna and my grandfathers middle name is Luigi

Hello:

My grandfather's (Americo Agnoli's) sister was Emma Agnoli (married named was Emma Ciliotta). She stayed in valle di Cadore. He married Louise Weber (now Agnoli) and lived in Hawthorne, NJ as a contractor. His son and daugther were William and Arlene.

Need more? Let me know.

Ciao,
Nick

I am the son of Frank U. Dagiau but according to my birth certificate he was born in montana. my birth year is 1960 at the time he was 46 I do not have much else to go on though I was born in california

Thanks for your reply. According to the California death records, a "Frank DaGiau was born on 11/26/1910 - dies in Yolo in Feb 1977. Is this your father? The dates don't quite coincide with the one you gave me. Do you know if your father had two sisters? Please contact me directly at iweber@logan.edu
Hopefully we can find a connection!!

Here is the information I have re the DaGiau family: Giulia Chiamulera DaGiau 1883-1956 married Frank Antonio DaGiau (1876-1945) Children were Jennie DaGiau Dassonville (Gerald R.) 1906-1994; Rena Ida DaGiau Huber (1908-1984) and Frank U. DaGiau (1910-1977). Giulia was my grandfather, Amedeo's sister.