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Early Origins of the Tamburo family

The surname Tamburo was first found in Bolgna (Latin: Bononia), the largest city and the capital of Emilia-Romagna Region. The famous University of Bolgna was founded in the 11th century, by the 13th century the student body was nearly 10,000. Dante and Petrarch studied there. Tisso was tried there for 1564 for writing satirical poems. Bologna naturally, is famous for its sausages. But many noted scholars were born there. 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 was in itself a family honor. Tamburello (Tambass in Piedmont) is a court game invented in the northern provinces of Italy during the 16th century.

Early History of the Tamburo family

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Tamburo Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Tamburi, Tamborino, Tamorine, Tambourine, Tamburelli, Tamburello, Tamburin, Tamburino, Tamburini, Tamburlini, Tamburo, Tamburri and many more.

Early Notables of the Tamburo family

Prominent among members of the family was Tommaso Tamburini (1591-1675), an Italian Jesuit moral theologian who also used the name of R. P. Thoma Tamburino; Pietro Paolo Tamburini (1594-1621), an Italian painter of...
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Migration of the Tamburo family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: J. Tamburi, who came to New Orleans in 1838; as well as Cateldo, Dominici, and Patsy Tamburrino, who all arrived in New York between the years 1884 and 1915..


Contemporary Notables of the name Tamburo (post 1700) +

  • Robert Tamburo, American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 2008 1
  • Edward Tamburo, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1940 1


  1. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 20) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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