Pacitti in Scotland 1879 – 2002
This short document attempts to capture a view of the Pacitti families
in Scotland during the 19th and 20th centuries. It is a summarised
extract of research I have been doing into my own family tree
Sources for the data include the Internet, General Records Office,
Scotland (births, marriages, deaths), census information (1881, 1891
& 1901), FHC records from Cerasuolo and other e-mails and family
sources.
The records
The first recorded presence of any members of the Pacitti family in
Scotland is documented in two marriage records of the General Records
Office (GRO) Scotland of 1879 – one at Glasgow and the other at
Edinburgh. Subsequently the first Pacitti child to be born in Scotland
was in 1880 at Edinburgh.
The 1881 census has seven entries across four households and
interestingly three of the four males in this census described
themselves as confectioners. At this time the majority (six) of the
seven individuals lived in Edinburgh.
A further four marriages took place from 1882 to 1888, three between
Pacitti and native Scots and 14 additional children were born in
Scotland between 1880 and 1890.
In the 1891 census 27 Pacitti were enumerated. By this time the balance
had swung to Glasgow with 18 people living there, 6 in Bathgate and 3
in Aberdeen. There were six recorded family groupings.
An additional 6 marriages took place between 1891 and 1901 and a
further 30 children born. In the period 1880-1899 there were 46
recorded births to Pacitti families in Scotland. Unfortunately, as
elsewhere at this time, child mortality was high and 13 of them (30%)
died before they reached the age of 3.
Surprisingly, the 1901 census only showed 32 Pacitti individuals in six
families, 3 in Glasgow, 2 situated in Aberdeen and 1 in Denny,
Stirlingshire.
Pacitti groupings
These family grouping are developed from other personal research I have
been carrying out. The heading name is based on the earliest known
members of the family.
Occupations
It is interesting to note the development of people’s occupations over the years as recorded in the official records.
Typically parents left behind in Italy were mainly described as
farmers. The early immigrants were often musicians of different kinds.
They would travel across Europe using their natural talents to build up
sufficient capital to start some sort of business.
The first businesses were usually confectioners and Ice cream manufacturers, dealers and café owners
Professional roles such as teacher, dentist etc developed subsequently
once the family had a secure financial base and started to appear after
the Second World War.
I hope readers find this short summary interesting and useful. The
information contained herein has been compiled from a variety of
sources, all of which are in the public domain. No responsibility is
accepted for errors or inaccuracies. I have made assumptions and
connections that may well be ill-founded – for these I apologise.
However any additions, other material, comments, thoughts and
corrections gratefully received.
Alfonso Pacitti
e-mail: aspacitti@gmail.com
phone +44 7753 832 947
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