Re: Merighi/Merighe/Merigue Search
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In reply to:
Merighi/Merighe/Merigue Search
5/17/98
My name is Carlos Antonio Merighe.
I am from Londrina, Parana, located in Brazil.
I have been in the USA for 20 years.
Merighi, Merighe, Merigue?why did they ever mispell our name along the way?Now I feel lost.
My paternal grandfather was Francisco Merighe, a pioneer of Londrina, Brazil.I know very little about him.He passed away years ago when he got hit by a motorcycle.
His wife (my pathernal grandmother) was Maria Beraldi Merighe.
My father is Alcidio Merighe.My father comes from a family of 12 children.Some of his siblings' names are Natal, Santo, Batista, Marta, etc.
The name Merighe is some variation of an Italian name.I am not surprised names got misspelled along the way because Brazil used to have a high illiteracy rate.I think it still has.
Carlos.