Falcoz History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Falcoz family

Early History of the Falcoz family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Falcoz research. Another 32 words (2 lines of text) covering the years 1480, 1600, 1642, 1649, 1702, 1724, 1798 and 1838 are included under the topic Early Falcoz History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Falcoz Spelling Variations

Italian surnames come in far more variations than the names of most other nationalities. Regional traditions and dialects are a decisive factor in this characteristic. For example, northern names tend to end in "o", while southern in "i". Also important, but not unique to Italy, was the fact that before dictionaries and the printing press most scribes simply spelled words according to their sounds. The predictable result was an enormous number of spelling variations. The recorded spellings of Falcoz include Falco, Falchi, Falqui, Falcoz, De Falco, Di falco, Falchetto, Falchetti, Falchetta, Falchini, Falcucci, Falcone, Falconici, Falconetti, Falconi, Falconio, Falchieri and many more.

Early Notables of the Falcoz family

Prominent among bearers of this family in early times was Giovanni-Antonio Falconi, who gloriously defended Otranto against the Turks in 1480. Placido Falconi was a composer of church music and a member of the Benedictine order in Asola in the mid 16th century. Aniello Falcone was an artist born in 1600, who founded a school of battle painting in Naples. He is also famous for teaching Salvator Rosa. Andrea Falconieri was a prominent composer in Naples around this time. Francesco Falconi was mayor of Sassuolo...
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Migration of the Falcoz family

Analysis of immigration records indicates that some of the first North American immigrants bore the name Falcoz or a variant listed above: Antonetta Defalco, aged 20, who arrived at Ellis Island from Atena Lucana, in 1905; Antonio DeFalco, aged 22, who arrived at Ellis Island from Pomigliano, Italy, in 1923.