Search for content in message boards

Cola from Canistro, Italy

Cola from Canistro, Italy

Posted: 7 Mar 2010 12:56AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Cola Antonini Zilla
I am looking for information on my great-grandfather who came from Canistro, Italy in 1913. He was born in 1888 and his immigration papers show he claims Canistro as his home town. His name was Alessandro Cola but most records show him as Alexander Cola. He settled in Minneapolis, Minnessota area.

His first wife was Angela Antonini, also from Canistro born around 1903.

Angela Antonini traveled to the USA in 1921 with another man named Vita Zilla. Vito listed Alessandro Cola as his brother-in-law on his immigration papers.

Does anyone have any information?

Re: Cola from Canistro, Italy

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 2:31PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi...john cola in Willmar MN...umberto's son...we have a pile of papers, letters and government papers, alessandro wrote and recieved from relatives in italy...they are in italian and the grammar and penmanship is terrible...trying to get them interpretted unsuccessfully. you must be related to ray and carmel. I am at jpcheezman@yahoo.com

Re: Cola from Canistro, Italy

Posted: 26 Apr 2010 5:35PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi John, you are correct. Ray and Carmel are my grandparents. You are my dad's cousin. I will contact you at the email address. I might have some resources for translating the documents if you can scan them. One thing to remember is they could be in a local dialect rather than formal Italian.
per page

Find a board about a specific topic