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| Some time ago, I had the idea of investigating the origin of my family name, and to try and rebuild my family tree. Ferralis is not a very common last name compared, say, to "Smith". I decided to collect all the information I have in this page. | |||||
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| The common root of last names like Ferralis, Ferraro, Ferraris, Ferrari, Ferrau derives, according to recent research, from a Norman knight called Firraones, that later became known as "Ferrari of Cosenza": it could be an entirely coincidental occurrence; however, a several people with these names have nord-european somatic features, such as being of tall stature and often having very light hair and skin. The "Ferralis" people, in particular the ones I met in Sardinia, confirm this rule. Sardinia is an island where somatic traits are usually preserved for centuries. For this reason, such features I mentioned above may stand out and be more "visible". The first person named "Ferralis" I found is (!) Nicola Antonio Ferralis, son of Giuseppe Ferraro and Marta Celano, born July 10th 1783 in Casteluccio Inferiore (Potenza, South Italy). The original acts are hand-written in Latin. This inconsistency the name Ferraro of the father and Ferralis of the son may be due to a transcription mistake. This is not surprising, since the original acts are hand-written in Latin. Thus, it is most likely that "Ferralis" may exist because of a simple mistake... | ||||
| We know more about Nicola Antonio Ferralis. In addition to the certificate of Baptism, we also have his certificate of marriage with Maria Imbeni, celebrated in Cuglieri (OR, Sardinia) August 22nd, 1813. It is unknown why he moved from South Italy to Sardinia. We also ignore his job and social status. We can only speculate that because of the extremely poor conditions of the population in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (basically South Italy, we know today) at the beginning of the XIX century, Nicola Antonio was forced to look for a better life somewhere else. It is also possible that he was persecuted. | |||||
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| I can only sketch a family tree of the part of the family (starting from Nicola Antonio) I have immediate information, passed on to me from my relatives. | |||||
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| Pasqualino (1943) married with Luigina Furlan
(1953). Here there are some words about my father: he was born in Pozzomaggiore (Sassari, Sardinia) in 1943; he moved in Padova in 1960, where he met my mother eleven years later. From their marriage I was born in Padova in 1974. | |||||
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