Ceruti History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Italy

The Ceruti surname is derived from the Italian word "cero" or "cirro" both of which mean "curl," and as such this was probably originally a nickname for someone with curly hair.

Early Origins of the Ceruti family

The surname Ceruti was first found in Verona, a city in Venetia Italy, capital of the province of Verona. This ancient city was the chief town of the Cenomani, a Gaulish tribe and became a Latin town in 89 B.C. It became part of Lombardy (568,) Frankish, Bartolmeo ruled and died in 1304. It is said to be the home of Romeo and Juliet. The city is rich in churches, museums, galleries, paintings, sculptures, statues and monuments. The cathedral was consecrated in 1187. In those ancient times only persons of rank, the podesta, clergy, city officials, army officers, artists, landowners were entered into the records. To be recorded at this time, at the beginning of recorded history, was of itself a great distinction and indicative of noble ancestry.

Early History of the Ceruti family

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Ceruti Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Cerruti, Ceruti, Cerrati, Cerati, Cerrati, Cerati and many more.

Early Notables of the Ceruti family

Prominent among bearers of this family in early times was

Roque Ceruti (c. 1683-1760), an Italian composer in Peru, he was recruited as conductor of the Viceroy of Peru's private orchestra
Giacomo Ceruti (1698-1767), an Italian painter

Ceruti migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Ceruti Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Maria DelCarmen Ceruti, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1844 1
Rattista Ceruti, aged 19, originally from Marcalla, arrived in New York in 1893 aboard the ship "Kaiser Wilhelm II" from Genoa via Gibraltar 2

Ceruti Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Giovanni Ceruti, aged 34, originally from Agazzano, Italy, arrived in New York in 1907 aboard the ship "La Bretagne" from Havre, France 2
Giuseppe Ceruti, aged 19, arrived in New York in 1919 aboard the ship "Regina d'Italia" from Genoa, Italy 2
Ernesto Ceruti, aged 42, originally from Lessona, Italy, arrived in New York in 1920 aboard the ship "Caronia" from Cherbourg, France 2
Italo Ceruti, aged 26, originally from Trava, Piacenza, arrived in New York in 1920 aboard the ship "Taormina" from Genoa, Italy 2
Enrico Ceruti, aged 23, originally from Borgo, Italy, arrived in New York in 1920 aboard the ship "Rochambeau" from Le Havre, France 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Ceruti (post 1700) +

Roberto Ceruti (b. 1953), Italian former cyclist at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Enrico Ceruti (1806-1883), Italian violin maker from Cremona, the last of the great line of luthiers of Cremona, grandson of Giovanni Battista Ceruti
Giovanni Battista Ceruti (1756-1817), Italian violin maker, considered to be a progenitor of the traditional Cremonese master luthiers of the 18th century
Giacomo Antonio Melchiorre Ceruti (1698-1767), Italian late Baroque painter, active in Northern Italy in Milan, Brescia, and Venice; he was nicknamed Pitocchetto (the little beggar) for his many paintings of peasants dressed in rags
María Constanza Ceruti (b. 1973), Argentine high-altitude archaeologist and anthropologist, known for her work with National Geographic in Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru and for discovering the Llullaillaco Mummies ( the Children of Llullaillaco)
Vanessa Ceruti Vásquez (b. 1986), Chilean model, actress and Miss Universe Chile 2011

Citations +

Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Ellis Island Search retrieved 15th November 2022. Retrieved from https://heritage.statueofliberty.org/passenger-result