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Spuches name origin

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Re: spuches in Argentina

Eleanor Miller (View posts)
Posted: 25 Apr 2006 3:06PM GMT
Classification: Query
Tim --

Egidio (or James) was my paternal grandfather. He came to America and settled in North Syracuse, N.Y. in the late 1900s. He also came from Lingua Grossa in Sicily. My cousin Chuck's wife started this ancestry board some years ago, and Chuck, my cousin Maria and I have tried hard to find relatives where ever they might be. Apparently the name has "morphed" over the years, and through Ellis Island, but it appears yours is the same as ours. Many spell it Spucces or Spuchesi or in other ways. Chuck is convinced by his research that originally our ancestors were from Basque, Spain. I'm not quite as convinced. My grandfather had many sisters and brothers. Most of them landed in Argentina. Family lore has it that he came to the U.S. to follow his "true love," Josephine Stagnitta, whose wealthy family had sent her here to get her away from our peasant grandfather.

Given the spelling of the names and the home town in Sicily, I am certain we are related. Please write and tell me more about your history. You might also hear from my cousin Maria, who now lives in Las Vegas and to whom I sent the message I rec'd from the ancestry board. She knows even more about all this than I do. I'll try to send it to Chuck, too, but his e-mail addresses keep changing on me.

Eleanor L. Miller (Ellie) (maiden name Spuches)
SubjectAuthorDate Posted
Majicjerni 23 Nov 2000 9:53AM GMT 
Vero 28 Apr 2001 12:20PM GMT 
ELMatlaw 29 Apr 2001 8:36PM GMT 
tim spuches 24 Apr 2006 7:17AM GMT 
Eleanor Miller 25 Apr 2006 9:06PM GMT 
ELMatlaw 2 May 2001 6:48PM GMT 
Vero 9 Jun 2001 9:05PM GMT 
Eleanor Miller 11 Jun 2001 11:16AM GMT 
crpony 28 Feb 2002 6:37PM GMT 
ELMatlaw 1 Mar 2002 5:17AM GMT 
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