Giovanni Canepari

Brief Life History of Giovanni

When Giovanni Canepari was born on 19 February 1880, in Bassignana, Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy, his father, Giuseppe Canepari, was 26 and his mother, Marcellina Carlotta Scaparra, was 27. He married Prima Maddelene Maria Cortella on 5 December 1905, in Bassignana, Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1910. He died on 20 October 1975, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 95, and was buried in Murray Cemetery, Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Giovanni Canepari
1880–1975
Prima Maddelene Maria Cortella
1884–1970
Marriage: 5 December 1905
Gene Joseph Canepari
1906–1999
Alessandro Canepari
1908–1986

Sources (7)

  • John Canepari, "United States 1950 Census"
  • John Canepari, "Find A Grave Index"
  • John Canepari, "Utah, State Archives Records, 1848-2001"

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1896 · Utah Becomes a State

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1906 · Saving Food Labels

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Name Meaning

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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