{"id":20681,"date":"2017-03-17T10:15:22","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T14:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=20681"},"modified":"2017-03-17T10:15:22","modified_gmt":"2017-03-17T14:15:22","slug":"pitoni-whats-in-a-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/pitoni-whats-in-a-name.html","title":{"rendered":"Pitoni: \u2018What\u2019s In a Name\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ven Pitoni (1912-1999) had a long-running syndicated column \u201cWhat\u2019s In a Name?\u201d that gives good insights for family historians.<\/p>\n

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Source: GenealogyBank.com, Seattle Daily Times (Seattle, Washington), 9 May 1980, page 26<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This article on the Merrill surname is a typical example, in which Pitoni covered the history and derivation of the surname and also gave multiple examples of early Americans who carried that name.<\/p>\n

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Source: GenealogyBank.com, Seattle Daily Times (Seattle, Washington), 27 December 1981, page 98<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Venanzio P. Pitoni was born in Rochester, New York, on 21 July 1912 and died there on 14 April 1999. He was the son of Italian immigrants Guido Pitoni (1891-1957) and Giuseppina (Josephine) Tabacco (1893-1976). They were so Italian that his sister was named \u201cItalia\u201d Pitoni \u2013 but she went by Ida: Ida Josephine (Pitoni) Compertore (1914-1996)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here is Venanzio P. Pitoni\u2019s Social Security Death Index entry.<\/p>\n

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Source: GenealogyBank.com, SSDI Entry for Venanzio P. Pitoni (1912-1999)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ven Pitoni was an important contributor to our genealogical heritage. The history of his life and writings are found in GenealogyBank\u2019s Historical Newspaper Archives<\/a> and Social Security Death Index<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dig into GenealogyBank and find the stories behind your ancestors and their surnames.<\/p>\n

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