Hi everyone.
I'm Shane Emanuelle, great-great grandson of Antione. I'm living in Melbourne at the moment, but grew up in Warrnambool. My brother, Tim, and I also looking into our family background. My father is Leigh Emanuelle, son of Lyle Emanuelle, son of Percival Emanuelli.
Lyle (deceased) also has a brother (still alive), Fonce Emanuelli. We are unsure as to why our surname was changed, but Fonce (two years older than Lyle) had Emanuelli on his birth certificate, but Lyle has Emanuelle on his. They each go / went by their respective surmanes.
Fonce, living in Box Hill, has also done quite a bit of research on Antoine.
Any information on our ancestors from Corsica would be great news to hear. My brother and I would also be happy to meet up with anyone to about this also. After all, we're all one big family.
Great to hear about Propriano, and about the Percy's brothers and sisters. Good work.
Cheers
Shane