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Centazzo Family Crest Download (JPG) Heritage Series - 600 DPI

Family Crest Download (JPG) Heritage Series - 600 DPI

Early Origins of the Centazzo family

The surname Centazzo was first found in Naples, (Italian: Napoli, Latin: Neapolis) former capital of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in southern Italy; it is the chief city of the province of Naples. It shares with Instanbul the claim to be the most beautiful city in Europe. Naples has 237 Churches and 57 Chapels. The National Museum and other galleries contain riches in art and artifacts. 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 Centazzo family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Centazzo research. Another 141 words (10 lines of text) covering the year 1497 is included under the topic Early Centazzo History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Centazzo Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Cantano, Cantazzo, Centano, Centazzo, Centuzzo, Centoni, Centani, Centini and many more.

Early Notables of the Centazzo family

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Migration of the Centazzo family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Catalina Romana Centeno, who arrived in Cuba in 1534; Constanza Centeno, who arrived in New Spain sometime between 1562 and 1563; Antonio Centeno, who arrived in Peru in 1578.

USS Indianapolis
  • Frank Joseph Centazzo (1924-2003), American crew member on board the ship "USS Indianapolis" when she was on a top secret trip for the first nuclear weapon, she was sunk by Japanese Navy on 30th July 1945, he survived the sinking 1
  1. Final Crew List, retrieved 2021, October 30th Retrieved from https://www.ussindianapolis.com/final-crew

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