Gandria Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Gandria Parish, Ticino, Switzerland, ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, parish census, civil census, family history, area history, and military records.



Geography
The municipality of Gandria is in the Lugano district and the Ticino canton. It is located on the northern slore of Lugano Lake. Gandria forms a quarter of Lugano city and includes the surrounding rural slopes extending along the lake on both sides to the Italian border.

History
In 1237, Gandria was first mentioned with the name of Gandrio. Gandria is in the Lugano district and the Ticino canton. Gandria merged into the Lugano municipality in 2004. Other municipalities merged include:
 * Breganzona
 * Cureggia
 * Davesco-Soragno
 * Pambio-Noranco
 * Pazzallo
 * Pregassona
 * Viganello

The population history of Gandria is: 1591 - 330 inhabitants 1643 - 205 inhabitants 1696 - 182 inhabitants 1769 - 155 inhabitants 1801 - 147 inhabitants 1850 - 235 inhabitants 1900 - 235 inhabitants 1950 - 227 inhabitants 2000 - 207 inhabitants

In 1463, the church of Saint-Vigile was built and split from the church of Saint-Laurent de Lugano. In 1645, the Saint-Roch oratory was built.

Census
(See here for information regarding Ticino census records.)

The 1808 Ticino census for Gandria can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Gandria prior to 1900, along with any known soprannomi. For more information about soprannomi, click here.

Related sources
The town's website (in Italian) can be found here.

Libraries and archives
State Archives of Ticino

Societies
Società Genealogica della Svizzera Italiana (SGSI)