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Looking for family name PAPA

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Rosheena

Rosheena Report 13 Mar 2008 21:09

new to this game on line and have had no luck with family memebers recent or past. Believe they came over from Italy around the 1900's and built the ice cream empire in London. My grandfather (Charles Papa d.1960's)was one of 4 but his father is supposed to have returned to Italy I believe 1940's.

Does anyone have any info or ideas that can help - I have tried the census, births, deaths and marriages on this site with no luck. Or even know of any family named Papa still in London?

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 13 Mar 2008 21:14

On the Ancestry website there are 64 people with the surname Papa in the 1901 census - a lot of them from Italy. Do you know any first names who would be around in 1901?

Kath. x

Wild Cat

Wild Cat Report 13 Mar 2008 21:20

Poss birth. Charles Joseph Papa 1904 West Ham London ref : 4a 60.

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 13 Mar 2008 21:21

There is this family in Islington where the husband is an Ice Cream Vendor. I only picked this one out because her name is similar to yours (thought there might be a connection):-

Name: Rosina Papa
Age: 43
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1858
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: Guiseppa
Gender: Female
Where born: Foreign Subject, Italy

Civil Parish: Islington
Ecclesiastical parish: St Clement
County/Island: London
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View Image

Registration district: Islington
Sub-registration district: Lower Holloway
ED, institution, or vessel: 24
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 205
Household Members: Name Age

Alberts Papa 10
Filomena Papa 8
Guiseppa Papa 45
Rosina Papa 43

Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 174; Folio: 117; Page: 29.

Kath. x

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 13 Mar 2008 22:08

There are 129 births for the name Papa on FreeBMD.

Kath. x

Rosheena

Rosheena Report 18 Mar 2008 22:46

Many thanks for all help - some interesting information for me to follow up.

I have no way of knowing at the moment unless direct decendants contact me (heres hoping) but i have since found out that my grandfather had 4 brothers - 2 named Thomas and William (known as Willie), but have no more info as yet?

Heather

Heather Report 18 Mar 2008 23:03

Have you tried just looking at the BT telephone directory enquiries online entering the name and seeing what comes up and then contacting people??