When Lorenzo Canepari was born on 22 November 1896, in Bassignana, Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy, his father, Giuseppe Canepari, was 43 and his mother, Marcellina Carlotta Scaparra, was 44. He lived in Shelby, Tennessee, United States in 1930. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 23 October 1952, in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Calvary Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States.
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After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
Some characteristic forenames: Italian Angelo, Carlo, Gino, Pietro, Silvio, Siro.
Italian (Lombardy): possibly an occupational name either for a seller or producer of hemp, from an agent derivative of cànepa ‘hemp’ (see Canepa ), or for the keeper of an inn or wine cellar, from an agent derivative of caneva, canova ‘cellar, pantry, tavern, wine shop’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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