I am Carlo Barsotti descendant
Dear descendants of Carlo Barsotti,
I think I am a descendant of Carlo Barsotti also because my father has spoken of his story many times before dying.
Thanks to my husband I have found many important news of Carlo Barsotti that relate to the founding of the newspaper Il Progresso Italo Americano, the Italo American Bank and the statues in New York.
Carlo Barsotti has also funded a major engineering project into the country home, a tunnel in the Monte Pisano hill, who has linked the towns of Bagni di Pisa, in the Province ofPisa, and Santa Maria del Giudice, in the province of Lucca.
Carlo Barsotti was born at Bagni di Pisa, now called San Giuliano Terme, January 5, 1850, from Giuliano Barsotti farmer and Rosa Pannocchia.
The family then moved to Santa Maria del Giudice, located to the other side of the Monte Pisano hill, from which he emigrated in 1872.
Barsotti's family owned marble caves and its members had difficulty walking on the Monte Pisano hill every day to go from Bagni di Pisa to Santa Maria del Giudice and viceversa.
Carlo Barsotti sent $ 250,000 in 1922 to build the tunnel under Mount Pisano to directly connect these two villages.
The tunnel was not terminated immediately, and Carlo sent more money to be terminated.
The road from San Giuliano Terme rises into the tunnel is named “Via Carlo Barsotti”.
A Carlo Barsotti road is in Santa Maria del Giudice also with the splendid Barsotti's house.
Friday, March 30 at 10:30 am a ceremony will be held in San Giuliano Terme to remember Carlo Barsotti and will be dedicated to him a commemorative plaque.
I would be very grateful if I could send me information with respect to the family tree of Carlo Barsotti, especially in Microsoft Word format, so I try to have a confirmation on my descent of Carlo Barsotti.
My father was Mario Barsotti, son of Canzio Barsotti (1888-1954).
Canzio definitely had two other brothers, Catullo and Ruffo.
The Canzio father's name was Ferdinando Barsotti (1841-1903)that may be a Carlo Barsotti's brother or cousin.
I hope to send you other information about my ancestry.
I apologize for my English, I translate with the dictionary.
Thank you in advance for your kind reply.
Maria Barsotti