Two more steps towards figuring out the Puccini link

The letter received in March from Archivio Storico Diocesano Lucca also shed some light on Giocondo Nannetti's maternal side on the family. Since I started to blog about this, that has been one of the mysteries I want to solve.
The new information tells us that Cleonice Nannetti's full name was Maria Cleonice Nannetti. She was born on October 20, 1811. Her parents were Giovanni Antonio Puccini and Bartolomea Antoni. Cleonice's paternal grandfather was Michele Puccini.

Cleonice Puccini married Costantino Nannetti on June 30, 1834 in Ghivizzano. The witnesses were Giuseppe Nannetti from Granaiola and Pellegrino Puccini from Ghivizzano.

The next step will be to contact again the Archivio Storico Diocesano Lucca and ask for more details on Cleonice's father and grandfather, Giovanni Antonio Puccini and Michele Puccini.

New Details on Costantino Nannetti

Costantino Nannetti, the father of Giocondo Nannetti was born on June 27, 1805. His parents were Pietro Nannetti and Elisabetta Simoni, both from Granaiola.
Costantino was born and baptized on the same day. His godparents were Angelo di Pierluigi Simoni and Maria Lucia di Pierluigi Simoni.

New findings on Giocondo Nannetti

This past week I received great news via some relatives who contacted the Archivio Storico Diocesano Lucca. It helped me correct some mistakes and shed some light on who Cleonice Puccini parents and paternal grandfather were. The following information is taken from a letter received in May 2012 from Archivio Storico Diocesano Lucca.

Giocondo Nannetti (b. 1840)
Son of Costantino Nannetti (b.1805) and Maria Cleonice Puccini (b.1811)
Grandson of Pietro Paulo Nannetti (b. 1774) and Maria Elisabetta Simoni (b. 1764)
Great grandson of Paolino Nannetti and Maria Martina Simoni.

Great great grandson of Vicente Nannetti
Great great great grandson of Simone Nannetti

Giocondo Nannetti was baptized privately and on the same day he was born since they thought he would not survive. His godparents were Regolo Desideri and Maria Petronilla Gerardi both from Granaiola.

Family Reunion in Lucca, summer of 2012

Hello all... We are thinking about getting together in Tuscany for a family reunion for the summer of 2012.

The idea is to spend time together and visit some sites of interest that relate to our genealogical ties to Granaiola, Lucca, the Nannetti and Puccini families, etc.

Other activities might be to share some great meals, enjoy life, learn more, see new things, and hopefully, hopefully, meet some new relatives even though they might be somewhat distant.

If we are lucky we will do all these things, take some great pictures and figure out exactly who our great/great/great/grand/whatever grandmother, Cleonice Puccini was, who her parents where, what her ties to the composer are, and why in the world didn't she keep a nice journal for all of us!

We hope to see you there. I understand that some of us (not me) already have tickets for the week of Aug. 17 to 24 of 2012.
 
The Hotels that sound good from those who have made reservations are 1: The Park Hotel Regina or 2: A sister hotel, Albergo Ristorante Corona. The Park Hotel has a swimming pool that guests at the other hotel can use. The Corona has a restaurant that sounds really good. Both have free parking. They are about a 10 minute walk from each other so a combination of hotels could work for our group.

To make reservations see the TripAdvisor links for Park Hotel Regina or the sister hotel Albergo Ristorante Corona)

Please let me know if you are going to keep everyone informed of this fun trip!

Updated list of descendants from Cleonice Nannetti Gutierrez

Today I updated the list of descendants since I came across some information. Giocondo Nannetti and Delfina Gutierrez had 3 children. The 3 branches are:

1. Cleonice Nannetti married Justiniano Gral Jaramillo
2. Tancredo Nannetti married Susana Concha
3. Armida Nannetti married Jeremías Cárdenas

The updates are regarding Cleonice Nannetti who married Justiniano Jaramillo. To see the post with the complete list of descendants please click on this link: List of  Giocondo Nannetti's descendants

Extract from "Our Life in two Continents" by Antonio José Cárdenas

Antonio José Cárdenas Nannetti wrote the following on his book titled: “Our Life in two Continents”

        “My mother’s untimely death occurred on July 31, 1915, just 13 years before penicillin was discovered. She died at 33 years of age, of pneumonia, which was then considered incurable. Armida Nannetti was the daughter of an Italian immigrant who married a local Popayán girl.  Giocondo Nannetti was born in Bagni di Lucca in Northern Italy. In his youth he had fought with Garibaldi in the unification of Italy.  Giocondo later emigrated from his native country to the New World. After having tried his luck in Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina, he went all around the Continent until he reached the peaceful city of Popayán in southern Colombia. There “Don Yucundo”, as he was called by the natives, soon became one of the city’s popular characters, and eventually, he set up a little store, among other things, he imported olives and olive oil from Italy, and eventually, being a hard worker, he amassed a small fortune and became a rich man by local standards.

      Father, who liked to play the piano, taught us a song in honor or Papa Yuco. It was the Garibaldi Anthem, which we sang in Italian. We loved to visit Papa Yuco in Bogotá, especially at lunchtime because he used to prepare special sangria for the boys: one finger red wine, the rest all water and sugar. The old man always felt more Italian than Colombian. He always mixed his Spanish with a few Italian words, and on Colombian national holidays he would always hang his Italian colors next to the Colombian flag.”

Descendants of Giocondo Nannetti and Delfina Gutiérrez [LAST UPDATE to this list: Aug 11, 2011]

Giocondo Nannetti Puccini, son of Costantino Nannetti and Cleonice Puccini, married Delfina Gutiérrez. Parents of:

A1. Cleonice Nannetti married Justiniano Gral Jaramillo. Parents of:

B1. Humberto Jaramillo married Mercedes Gory.

B2. María Jesús Alicia Jaramillo married Miguel Mesa Pajón. Parents of:

C1. Francisco Mesa married Ana Cecilia Ramirez Toro. Parents of:

D1. José Pablo Mesa

C2. Alicia Mesa married Alfredo Naranjo.

C3. Beatriz Mesa

C4. Niche Mesa married Alberto Vasquez.

C5. María Cleonise Nury Mesa married Luis Carlos Estrada.

C6. Jose Maria Mesa married Fanny Arango

C7. Agustin Mesa

C8. Juan Fernando Mesa married Ana Rocio Berrocal.

C9. Maria Elena Mesa

C10. Carlos Alberto Mesa

C11. Álvaro Francisco Mesa married Silvia Inés Echavarría. Parents of:

D1. Rodrigo Mesa

A2. Tancredo Nannetti married Susana Concha. Parents of:

B1. Ana Luisa Nannetti married Ernest Paul Walter Guhl

C1. Ernesto Guhl

C2. Susana Guhl

C3. Felipe Guhl

C4. Ilse Guhl

B2. Hernando Nannetti

B3. Guillermo Nannetti married Guiomar Valencia. Parents of:

C1. Tancredo Mario Nannetti married Fran Lasser Parents of:

D1. Andrés Nannetti

D2. Nicolás Nannetti

C2. Guiomar Nannetti

C3. Guillermo Nannetti married [ ] Ramírez. Parents of:

D1. Miller Nannetti
D2. Guiomar del Carmen Nannetti married [ ] Silva. Parents of:
E1. Guiomar Silva Nannetti

B4. Cleonice Nannetti

B5. Emma Nannetti

A3. Armida Nannetti married Jeremías Cárdenas. Parents of:

B1. Marina Cárdenas married Adolfo Concha. Parents of:

C1. Eduardo Concha married Susan Mill. Parents of:
D1. Adriana Concha

C2. Mario Concha married and divorced Maren (Marny) Ortha McCune. Parents of:
D1. Kirsten Concha married Mike Alessio. Parents of:
E1. Jackson Alessio
E2. Caroline Alessio
E3. Georgia Alessio
D2. Marnie Concha
D3. Matthew Concha
C3. William Concha married and divorced Lynn Diane Sedlak. Parents of:
D1. Cindi Concha married Steve Mccue
C4. Gloria Concha married Mark Geannette. Parents of:
D1. Christian Geannette
D2. Marissa Geannette

B2. Eduardo Cárdenas married Ester Prentice. Parents of:
C1. Armida Cárdenas
C2. Ester Cárdenas married Ramiro Hurtado
C3. María Luz (aka Marilu) Cárdenas married Jerry Donaty. Parents of:
D1. Dana Marie Donaty
D2. Jerry Donaty
D3. Andy Donaty
D4. María Luz (a.k.a. Marilu) Donaty
C4. María Teresa Cárdenas

B3. Carlos Alberto Cárdenas married Sofía Álvarez. Parents of:
C1. Juan Pablo Cárdenas

B4. Bernardo Cárdenas

B5. Antonio José Cárdenas married Cecilia Aponte

B6. Jorge Cárdenas married Margarita Arroyo, parents of:
C1. Santiago Cárdenas married Cecilia Fischer, Parents of:
D1. María Cristina Cárdenas married Craig Boljkovac. Parents of:
E1. Alicia Boljkovac
E2. Benjamín Boljkovac
D2. Guillermo Cárdenas married Margarita Lozano. Parents of:
E1. Lucas Cárdenas
E2. Samuel Cárdenas
D3. Nicolás Cárdenas Fischer
C2. Juan Cárdenas married Mónica Meira, Parents of:
D1. Miguel Cárdenas
D2. Verónica Cárdenas
C3. Alberto Cárdenas married Amparo Avila. Parents of:
D1. Ana María Cárdenas
D2. Eduardo Cárdenas married Kate Percuoco
D3. Claudia Cárdenas married Henry Pinzón
C4. Margarita Cárdenas married and divorced Harold Fischer. Parents of:
D1. Sylvia Fischer married Nathan Rollins. Parents of:
E1. Ana Sophia Rollins
E2. Mateo Stephan Rollins
E3. Ian Timothy Rollins
D2. Alejandro Fischer married and divorced Melissa Medina. Parents of:
E1. Alina Melissa Fischer
C5. Beatriz Cárdenas married Antonio José Noguera. Parents of:
D1. María Marcela Noguera married John Snyder. Parents of:
E1. Andrew Snyder
E2. Emily Mei Snyder
D2. Sandra Noguera married Jacob Sutherland. Parents of:
E1. Samuel Sutherland
E2. Valerie Anne Sutherland
E3. Jaime Sutherland
D3. Mónica Noguera married Anthony Jedamski. Parents of:
E1. Ana Karina Jedamski
E2. Sonia Isabel Jedamsk
E3. Amelia María Jedamski
C6. Felipe Cárdenas married and divorced Andrea Van Wien. Parents of:
D1. Juan Pablo Cárdenas
D2. Camilo Cárdenas married Belén Santos
D3. Santiago Cárdenas