Hello everyone. My name is Cole Pierrottie, son of Wanda Pierrottie (former writer for the Eunice news), grandson of Jimmy Pierrottie. My family is predominantly from Eunice and Mamou. I'm trying to link the American Pierrottie family with the our Italian heritage for a college paper. I'll try not to overwhelm anyone, but I am completely in the dark concerning this issue. First off, are all Pierrottie's from the same Italian family tree (i.e. Pierotti, Protti, Pierrotti, etc.)? If not, do any of you have the branch off? Are we all related? Does anyone have the original story of whom and where we came from, and why? I'll leave it at this, being that any of the answers to these questions would get me off to a tremendous start.

Thanks

Hi,

I may be able to help you, but first I need to ask a few questions?

[1] I found a Jimmy Pierrottie who was born 8/16/1939 and died 6/10/1998. Was this your grandfather?

[2] If the answer is yes, do you know the name of his father or older siblings who would have been born before 1930? The most recent census available is 1930.

I have found a Pierrottie [Pierotti, Pierrotti, Pirrotti, Peroti] family and I've traced it from 1870 in St. Landry Parish to 1920 and 1930 in Evangeline. I'm fairly sure this is your family, but I have to connect your grandfather to the people I've found. As I mentioned, your grandfather does not appear on a census and I have to know his older siblings or his father.

Cheryl

Hi,

Today I answered my own questions when I found a book on the Pierotti family. It is an excellent book and is very detailed. The book is entitled, "Pierotti, Pierrotti, Pierrottie Family" by Murphy Miller, Jr. of Florida and it was published in 2004. Mr. Miller can be contacted at murphymiller@alltel.net or (386) 462-5067. His home address is 10108 NW 171 Terrace, Alachua, Florida 32615.

Your mother and grandfather are in the book and I learned that Jimmy's father was Valmon, the son of Albert A. Pierotti who was the son of your immigrant Pierotti ancestor, Constantino Auguste Pierotti. Mr. Miller believes that the spelling, Pierotti, is the correct spelling. Your ancestor's name is spelled as such on his 1855 passport. I first found this ancestor on the 1870 St. Landry census where his name is listed as August Peroti.

To answer your question about the different spellings, I would say that they are all the same name, only spelled differently by various people who recorded it. Mr. Miller writes about this in his book.

The exciting thing is that this book traces your Pierotti ancestry back to 1490. It is as follows:
Valmon 1909
Albert A. 1874
Constantino Auguste 1832 [Monte di Villa, Lucca, Italy]
Tomaso 1791
Giuseppi Antonio 1762
Bernardo Marie 1718
Nicolau Francesco 1682
Bernardo 1657
Nicolao 1606
Domenico
Bernardo
Francesco 1520
Domenico 1490

If you live in LA, you should be able to find this book at your local library. If you live out of state, you can ask your local library to request a copy of the book from the Louisiana State Library in Baton Rouge.

Hope this information helps.

Cheryl