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Early Origins of the Ceresa family

The surname Ceresa was first found in Piedmont (Italian: Piemonte, Piedmontese and Occitan: Piemont), a territorial division of northern Italy at the foot of the Alps consisting of the provinces of Alessandria, Cuneo, Novara and Turin. Later Aosta and Vercelli were added and still later, Asti. History is related back to 49 B.C. The house of Savoy rose in 1000 A.D. 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 Ceresa family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Ceresa research. Another 103 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1609 and 1679 are included under the topic Early Ceresa History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Ceresa Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Ciraso, Ceresa, Ceresi, Cerasa, Cirasa, Ciraso and many more.

Early Notables of the Ceresa family

Prominent among members of the family was

  • Carlo Ceresa (1609-1679) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period active in the Bergamo area...


United States Ceresa migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Ceresa Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Ceferina Ceresa, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1873 1
  • Battista Ceresa, aged 21, who immigrated to the United States, in 1896
  • Bartolomeo Ceresa, aged 28, who landed in America, in 1897
Ceresa Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • Clemente Ceresa, aged 44, who immigrated to the United States from Mazzi, Italy, in 1907
  • Battista Ceresa, aged 31, who landed in America from Como, Italy, in 1907
  • Carlo Ceresa, aged 32, who landed in America from Corredo, Italy, in 1907
  • Besso Gastaldo Ceresa, aged 44, who settled in America from Ingria, Italy, in 1908
  • Anna Ceresa, aged 22, who landed in America from Florence, Italy, in 1908
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name Ceresa (post 1700) +

  • Ugo Ceresa (b. 1915), Italian professional footballer
  • Annalisa Ceresa (b. 1978), Italian alpine skier who competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics


  1. 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)


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