The "Eighteen Families" of Loveno Grumello III

The historical clan of Val Paisco - 51 families

I wanted to post a list of all of the historical family names from all of the villages of the Paisco Loveno comune, or what I prefer to just call Val Paisco. The River Paisco cuts west to east through the mountain pass, and is a tributary to the River Oi which travels the north to south length of the Val Camonica. Val Paisco includes the six villages of Ardinghelli, Case di Bornia, Case del Longo, Grumello, Loveno, and Perdonico. Paisco and Loveno are both administered by one little village government, and I am almost certain that this would include the other villages as well. There are two groups of villages; one in the "Paisco area" and another in the "Loveno area."

In the 1800's, these villages were relatively more heavily populated. I can't vouch for every one of these surnames, as a few of them may have been added over time. A few have disappeared. Beyond "the eighteen families of Loveno Grumello," this would be a compilation of what we can just call "the fifty-one families of Paisco Loveno." For the sake of genealogy research, here are the fifty-one family names of Val Paisco in alphabetical order:

Armeni, Baldoni, Berardi, Bordoni, Brianza, Bressanelli, Brunelli, Calufetti, Caluffetti, Calvetti, Capelli, Caratti, Catotti, Chiapparini, Cicchitti, Contenti, Curcelli, Ferrari, Filafusi, Fioroni, Fornoni, Franchini, Ghenzi, Ghirardi, Lucchi, Mansini, Manzini, Marzi, Mascherpa, Mastaglia, Mastiglia, Mattia, Mitterpergher, Moraschetti, Morelli, Moreschetti, Moreschi, Moreschini, Norini, Omassoli, Palazzi, Pangrazio, Pantaleoni, Pedretti, Rondoni, Salvetti, Somenzi, Sorosina, Stupendi, Zigliana, and Zucchi.

For centuries they were so closely knit. The Paisco Valley was their rural realm, regardless of who or what entity was running the country. Now whether descendants live in Milan, Bordeaux, Sao Paulo, Milwaukee, Toronto, or Melbourne; blood relatives lost in time.

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