Ciscomani family
Giovanni Cismaconi
1869-1951 · Zoppola, Italy · Hermosillo, Mexico
Biography
Father of Herminio and Tomás, born around 1869, son of Tomaso, and a farmer in Zoppola, where the birth registers of 1899 and 1902 write the family name Cismaconi and he signed it that way himself. He married Luigia Cecco in Zoppola in 1896, as the town's ten-year marriage index shows. In 1907 he sailed from Naples on the Lazio with some twenty Zoppola men bound for Madera, California; that passenger list already spells him Ciscomani.
The 1910 census finds him working in Lemoore, Kings County. In 1913 he crossed again with his son Tommaso, 15, heading to a friend in Tulare. He was back in Zoppola in 1920, when he paid Erminio's passage. He later joined his sons in Sonora and died at home in Hermosillo on 15 January 1951, aged 82, of old age, still an Italian national and recorded as a farmer; Luigia survived him.
Facts
- Born
- 1869, in Zoppola, Pordenone, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
- Died
- 15 January 1951, in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
- Also written as
- Giovanni Ciscomani, Juan Ciscomani, Giovanni Ciscomani Luchini
- Parents
- Tomaso Cismaconi
- Spouses
- Luigia Cecco (1874-1952)
- Children
- Herminio Ciscomani Cecco (1902-1973), Tomás Ciscomani Cecco (1899-1978), Francisco Ciscomani, Giovana Ciscomani
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Sources
Ancestry.com public genealogy records page, read in a browser without logging in. Shows: born abt 1903 Zoppola; died 03 May 1971 Hermosillo; father juan ciscomani (1869-); mother Luisa Cecco Petri (-1952); spouse Dolores Felix; child Juan Ciscomani (1936-1986). Lists 13 indexed records, including Sonora Civil Registration Deaths 1862-1987, Mexico Select Church Records 1537-1966 and New York Passenger and Crew Lists 1820-1957.
Juan Antonio Ruibal Corella, Personajes de la Ciudad (Hermosillo street-name biographies), Universidad Unilider epub, file dated 2018-02-03. Chapter 'Calle Herminio Ciscomani', which states that biographical data and photograph were supplied by his son a living relative. Original print edition and date not identified.
Ancestry.com public genealogy records page (duplicate profile 24-6kf5fw). Born abt 1869 Zoppola; died 15 Jan 1951 Hermosillo; spouse Luigia Cecco (1874-1952) and Luisa Cecco Petri; children listed Herminio (1903-1971) and Hector (1893-1937); 3 children stated.
Ruibal Corella, Juan Antonio. Personajes de la Ciudad. Hermosillo, c. 2010-2011 (e-book edition Universidad Unilider, 2018). Entry on Herminio Ciscomani; biographical data and photograph supplied by his son a living relative.
Registri dello stato civile di Zoppola (Udine), Nati 1899, act 12, registered 21 January 1899 (FamilySearch film 008622761, image 1056). Giovanni Cismaconi, son of the late Tomaso, 30, farmer, declares the birth of a boy named Tomaso Antonio at 10 p.m. on the 19th, to his wife Luigia Cecco. Margin: Cismaconi Tomaso Antonio.
Registri dello stato civile di Zoppola (Udine), Nati 1902, act 139, registered 30 August 1902 before the mayor (the act appears to name Count Camillo Panciera di Zoppola) (FamilySearch film 008622761, image 1329; microfilm of the court copy, Tribunale di Pordenone). Giovanni Cismaconi, son of the late Tomaso, 33, farmer, domiciled in Zoppola, declares the birth of a boy named Erminio at 8 a.m. on the 28th, to his wife Luigia Cecco, daughter of Costante (reading of her father's name uncertain). The child was not presented because he was ill. The surname is written Cismaconi in the margin and the text, and the father signs 'Cismaconi Giovanni'.
NARA T715, roll 979, page 111, line 9; manifest image viewed on FamilySearch, where the entry is indexed as 'Ciscanani'. Giovanni Ciscomani, 38, married, workman, Italian (North), last residence Zoppola, Udine; nearest relative 'the wife Cecco Luigia, Zoppola'; final destination Madera, California. Most Zoppola men on the same page were also bound for Madera.
FamilySearch index of NARA T624: Giovanni Ciscomani, 41, married, born in Italy about 1869, listed as co-laborer in the household of Giovanni Lenardussi, 24, also born in Italy. Index read; the census image was not viewed.
NARA T715, roll 2174, lines 9 and 10; both manifest pages viewed on FamilySearch. Giovanni Ciscomani, 44, married, laborer, wife Cecco Luigia in Zoppola; with him his son Tommaso, 15, laborer, mother in Zoppola. Giovanni paid his own passage, carried 60 dollars and had been in the United States before, 1908 to 1911, in California; both were going to their friend Angelo Querin in Tulare, California.
NARA T715, roll 2729, line 20; both manifest pages viewed on FamilySearch. Erminio Ciscomani, 17, single, mechanic, Italian (North), from Zoppola, Udine; nearest relative his father Giovanni Ciscomani, Zoppola; passage paid by his father; 25 dollars; going to join his brother Tomaso Ciscomani in Nichols, California, intending to stay 10 years; 5 ft 2 in, chestnut hair, born in Zoppola.
- Family account of the name Erminio Cismaconi
Shared with the site by a great-grandson of Herminio on 18 October 2026: Herminio's original name was Erminio Cismaconi, his father was Giovanni Cismaconi, and Erminio became Herminio on arriving at Ellis Island around 1907. The same day the Cismaconi spelling was found in the Zoppola birth registers of 1899 and 1902.
Registri dello stato civile di Zoppola (Udine), ten-year marriage index for 1 January 1892 to 31 December 1901 (FamilySearch film 008622760, title page image 1341, entry on image 1345). The entry pairs 'Cismaconi Giovanni' with 'Cecco Luigia', year 1896, act 21 (the act number could also read 28). The 1896 marriage register itself was not found on film 008622762, and the 1896 banns register (acts 3-22) has no entry for the couple, so the act should be requested from the Comune di Zoppola.
Registro Civil de Hermosillo, deaths 1951, act 32, p. 33 (FamilySearch DGS 004886298, item 5, image 23; image https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-G5KM-SWD4). Registered at 3 p.m. on 16 January 1951 by Oscar López: Juan Ciscomani (indexed as 'Ciscomaui'), white, of Italian nationality, 82, married, farmer, died at home in Hermosillo the previous afternoon, 15 January 1951, of senile exhaustion (old age). Survived by his wife María Luisa Cecco de Ciscomani (indexed as 'Oses de Cisconaui'). Burial in the municipal cemetery of Hermosillo.