Cagiallo, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Cagiallo, 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 former municipality of Cagiallo is in the Ticino canton and is located in the Capriasca valley. It included the Sala, Bigorio, Lelgio and Pezzolo hamlets.

History
In 13th century, Cagiallo was first mentioned as Guzallo'. In 1335, it was mentioned as Cazallo. It was originally a walled village. Cagiallo merged into a new municipality of Capriasca in 2001. Other former municipalities merged include:
 * Lopagno
 * Roveredo
 * Sala Capriasca
 * Tesserete
 * Vaglio

The population history of Cagiallo is: 1574 - 265 inhabitants 1638 - 233 inhabitants 1850 - 288 inhabitants 1900 - 298 inhabitants 1950 - 315 inhabitants 1990 - 510 inhabitants 2000 - 538 inhabitants

Cagiallo was part of the Tesserete parish. In 1606, the Chapel of St. Lucia was first mentioned. In 1672, the late medievil church of St. Matteo was rebuilt. In 1682, the Chapel of St. Sebastian in Almatro was built.

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Cagiallo can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Cagiallo 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)