Boggio History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Boggio family

Early History of the Boggio family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Boggio research. The years 1548, 1734 and 1776 are included under the topic Early Boggio History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Boggio 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 Boggio include Bozzo, Bozzano, Bozino, Bozio, Bozza, Bozzola, Bozzuto, Bozzuta, Bozzelli, Bozelli, Bozzolo, Bozomo, Bozzachi, Bozzetta and many more.

Early Notables of the Boggio family

Tommaso Bozio was a member of the nobility, an author, and a lawyer in Gubbio in 1548; Bartolomeo Bozza was a musician in the cathedral of Santa Maria in Venice during the...
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Migration of the Boggio family

An examination of many early immigration records reveals that people bearing the name Boggio arrived in North America very early: Augustino Bozzano, who arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1878; Francesco Bozzelli, aged 29, who arrived at Ellis Island from Vasto, Italy, in 1916.