5 Ceccato Sisters Descendants Sought for Feltre Reunion

Two thousand descendants scattered across America and sixty in France stem from five sisters who left Seren del Grappa in the late 19th century, ilmessaggero.it reported.

Five daughters born to Eugène Ceccato and Maria Munerol between 1876 and 1889 left their home in the Belluno province to seek work abroad. Giovanna Caterina, Mathilde, Domenica Elisabetta, Maria, and Elvira Amabile made up the sibling group.

The family departed Seren del Grappa at the close of the 1800s bound for the United States. Factory work drew laborers across the Atlantic during that era.

The sisters boarded a train in 1890, crossed France, and caught a steamship to New York. Only one sister remained in the United States while the others eventually settled in France.

Louis Paulin spent two decades tracing the branches of the family tree from his home in France. He is seventy-nine years old and serves as the grandson of Maria Ceccato.

Paulin tracked down descendants of nearly every sister through his research with a French genealogy group. “I have found two thousand people who are now in America and sixty in France, but I believe there are still more in the province of Belluno,” Paulin said, as reported by ilmessaggero.it. Mathilde remains the sole sister whose descendants have not been located.

The French branch proposed a single-day gathering next summer in Feltre to unite the global descendants. Organizers intend the event to honor family history and Italian roots.

Participants will travel back to the historic origin point of their ancestors. “It is a homecoming, but the gathering will also be an opportunity to hand down this heritage to the younger generations,” Paulin said, according to ilmessaggero.it.

Attendees plan to share photographs, personal stories, and family memories during the reunion. Relatives wishing to join the planning can contact Paulin via email at [email protected] or by phone at 0479.590815.