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Cava family name

Paul Presti (View posts)
Posted: 17 Nov 1999 4:04PM GMT
Is there anyone out there with a Cava family name? Apparently my family may have come from Northern Italy, possibly Austria near the Italian border. My grandfather was Paul Cava. He was born in the USA but we hear stories that we may be from Austria. Please respond if this name is familiar. Thanks.

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sam cava (View posts)
Posted: 20 Jan 2000 3:17PM GMT
My name is Sam Cava. My family came from Calabria, Italy close to Cosenza. I have a fair amount of additional information if you are interested.
My E-mail is sjcava@megapipe.net

cava the same last name

sam cava (View posts)
Posted: 1 Apr 2000 10:24AM GMT
Sam:
I don't know if our last name proceeded by the same tree family, but it's interesting know about this. I'm mexican and my Email is tcava@prodigy.net.mx
regards

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Gina Hall (View posts)
Posted: 20 Jul 2000 8:18AM GMT
My maternal grandmother was a Cava from the state of Maryland (Elkton County), later living in Connecticut. She is deceased and one of the few remaining relatives of the same generation thinks they originally came from Calabria--Her father was Nicholas (or Nicola?) and they arrived from somewhere in Italy in late 1800s. I would be interested to share information.

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Joe Cava (View posts)
Posted: 17 Oct 2000 2:29PM GMT
Calabria, is where my family is from as well.
My father was James Cava. My grandfather was Giuseppe Cava.

Cava family from Serra Pedace, Cosenza, Calabria

Posted: 23 Oct 2000 1:06AM GMT
Edited: 22 Jun 2001 8:21PM GMT
If you think your Cava family could be from Serra Pedace, send me the approximate birthdates and I will look in my database to see if I can make a match.
JTPA@msn.com

Re: Cava family from Serra Pedace, Cosenza, Calabria

Gina Hall (View posts)
Posted: 11 Jul 2002 11:17PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Cava / Rago
Thank you for your offer to match your database to my info. My maternal grandmother's birthdate from her social security death index records is 15 October 1884. However, on her marriage certificate dated 1899, she gives her age as 18, which would make her birthdate year 1881. Her name was Constanza (Constance) Cava. I am sure there was a middle name but no one seems to know it. Her mother was Rosa Archepoli (sp?) b. September 1848; her father was Nicholas Rago, b March 1852 (probably in the same general area). Thank you for your efforts. I am really off again on again with my geneology research, as I am at the dead end--where do I go now ? point on almost everyone.

Gina Hall

Re: Cava family from Serra Pedace, Cosenza, Calabria

Posted: 12 Jul 2002 3:18AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 11 Mar 2003 5:34AM GMT
I searched the Serra Pedace records for the birth of your grandmother. There were no families named Rago living there. Are you certain that she was born there?

If I understand correctly, her married name was Cava. Could her husband have been born in Serra Pedace? What was his name? Where were they married?

Candis Carbone

Re: Cava family from Serra Pedace, Cosenza, Calabria

Posted: 12 Jul 2002 3:24AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 11 Mar 2003 5:34AM GMT
Gina,

I have reread your posting several times. I hope I understood it. If Costanza's father was Nicolas Rago, then I assume her maiden name was Rago. Is this correct?

Candis Carbone

Re: Cava family from Serra Pedace, Cosenza, Calabria

Gina Hall (View posts)
Posted: 12 Jul 2002 5:05PM GMT
Classification: Query
Oops! So glad someone out there is awake! I posted that message while at work among various distractions and really goofed! No, Nicholas Rago was her husband, not her father--father was Antonio (Antony?) Cava. Thank you for catching my mistake!

Gina
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