Lamone-Cadempino Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Lamone-Cadempino 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
As of 1997, Lamone has an area of 1.86 square kilometers (0.72 sq mi). The municipality is situated in the Lugano district, between San Zeno hill and the left bank of the Vedeggio river. It includes the linear village of Lamone and the hamlet of Ostarietta. The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 28.0% - agricultural purposes
 * 44.6% - forested
 * 37.6% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 1.1% - rivers or lakes
 * 1.6% - unproductive land

History
The first mention of Lamone was in 854 as Namonni. Later in 1295, it was mentioned as Lamono.

The population history of Lamone is: 1850 - 347 hearths 1900 - 375 inhabitants 1950 - 541 inhabitants 1970 - 1325 inhabitants 2000 - 1564 inhabitants

In the 9th century, goods and feudal rights in Lamone were likely owned by the Benedictine abbey of S. Ambrogio of Milan, the cathedral chapter of Como, from the 15th century the Dukes of Milan, 1423 the hospital of S. Maria von Lugano, the hospital of S Giuseppe and in 1514 the monastery of S. Maria del Carmelo in Piacenza. In 1529, the rights of San Giuseppe and the Monastery of Santa Maria del Carmelo passed to the Laghi family of Lugano. The parish of Lamone (which also included Cadempino) is attested as an independent parish in 1468. In 1758, it was raised to a provostship. The Church of S. Andrea is mentioned for the first time in 1468, but it probably dates back to the 12th-13th century. It was rebuilt in 1612 and again in the 19th Century.

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Lamone can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Lamone 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)