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I'm looking in the area of Cesena,Italy.
I have the names of Luigi BIANCHI b.1865 and Marianna/ Marriana ROMBOLI/RAMBOLI.
They came to America before 1907.
Their childrens names are Catherina,Delina,Robert Romeo,
Edward,Dena and Erma b.1907 Kansas.
All the other children were born in Italy.
Going by obits I have the father Luigi was native of Cesena and was pure bred Romagnolo.
Obit from the daughter Delina shows she was born 1893 in
Borello Ramagano,Italy.
Below is some info I found on a web site about Cesena.
This info might help you if your looking in the same area.
If you you have my surnames in the same area let me know.
Thanks,
Theresa theresagriffiths@iwon.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cesena
Cesena
Cesena (ancient Caesena) is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, south of Ravenna and west of Rimini, on the Savio River, co-chief of the Province of Forlė-Cesena. It is at the foot of the Apennines, and about 15 km (10 mi) from the Adriatic Sea.
History
Cesena was originally an Umbrian (Etruscan?) town. After a brief Gaul rule, it was taken over by Romans in the 3rd century BC. It was a garrison town of strategic importance which was destroyed in the wars between Marius and Sulla. Pliny mentions the wines of Cesena as among the best.
Cesena was on the border that the Exarchate of Ravenna shared with the Lombards. It was presented to the Papacy by its Frankish conqueror in 754 and passed back and forth between the popes and the archbishops of Ravenna, was briefly a communal republic 1183 - 1198 and was long contested between popes and Holy Roman Emperors a fief held sometimes by the Malatesta, sometimes directly held by the papacy, not without resistance.
The brief rule by the Forlivese Ordelaffi was crushed in 1357 by the Papal troops led by Cardinal Gil de Albornoz: the heroic defense of the town by Cia degli Ordelaffi, wife of the Lord of Forlė, against besieging Papal troops was ultimately unsuccessful.
The little comune revolted again in 1377. This time it was recaptured by Breton troops of Giovanni Acuto (the English-born condottiere John Hawkwood) under the command of Robert, Cardinal of Geneva, (later antipope Clement VII): the latter, acting as the legate of Pope Gregory XI, directed the savage murder of thousands of civilians, an atrocity by the rules of war at the time that earned the label the "Cesena Bloodbath" and the cardinal the "butcher of Cesena". The following year what remained of Cesena was assigned by the new pope Urban VI to Galeotto Malatesta.
During the period 1379-1465 the city recovered and prospered under the Malatesta, who rebuilt the castle (called Rocca Malatestiana) overlooking the town. The Malatestiana Library, built by near the castle by Malatesta Novello (1429), is considered a fine example of a Renaissance library and holds many valuable manuscripts.
After Novello's death (1465), Cesena returned to direct Papal control, but was again seized by a local seignor, Cesare Borgia, in 1500. The city was elevated to capital of his powerful though short-lived duchy.
Cesean subsequently turned into a secondary city of the Papal States. In the 18th and 19th centuries Cesena gave births to two popes, Pope Pius VI and Pope Pius VII, and once had Pope Pius VIII as bishop, gaining the "city of the three popes" title. During the Napoleonic Wars it was stripped of numerous monasteries and churches. Some of its citizens had notable roles in the unification of Italy, in second half of the 19th century.
During World War II Cesena was near the Gothic Line, which passed on the Appennini near the city, and suffered heavily for bombings.
In 1992 it was elevated to the rank of co-capital of province, together with Forlė.
Bounding communes
Mercato Saraceno
Cesenatico
Cervia
Ravenna
Gambettola
Montiano
Longiano
Roncofreddo
Meldola
Bertinoro
Fractions or subdivisions
Aie
Bagnile
Borello
Borgo delle Rose
Borgo Paglia
Budrio
Bulgaria
Bulgarno' Calisese
Calabrina
Capannaguzzo
Carpineta
Casalbono
Casale
Case Castagnoli
Case Missiroli
Case Gentili
Case Scuola Vecchia
Case Venzi
Celincordia
Diegaro
Diolaguardia
Formignano
Gattolino
Lizzano
Luogoraro
Luzzena
Macerone
Madonna dell'Olivo
Martorano
Massa
Monte Aguzzo
Montereale
Monte Vecchio
Monticino
Oriola
Osteria di Piavola
Paderno
Pioppa
Ponte Abbadesse
Pontecucco
Ponte Pietra
Provezza
Rio Marano
Rio Eremo
Ronta
Roversano
Ruffio
Saiano
San Andrea in Bagnolo
San Carlo
San Cristoforo
San Demetrio Acquarola
San Giorgio
San Lucia
San Mamante
San Martino in Fiume
San Tomaso
San Matteo
San Vittore
Settecrociari
Tessello
Tipano
Torre del Moro
Trebbo
Valdinoce
Villa Calabra
Villa Casone
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