0. HOMEPAGE
Archives Quilietti/Brucciani church records 1866
What do we know about our heritage?
We have a unique surname, QUILIETTI but do we know where it came from? Is it Italian? Is it French? Could it be a mixture. Well to be sure it is not Scottish. But I am Scottish……..or am I?
In searching for our roots I have found names which are nearly the same, QUILIETTE from France and French Canada. QUILLET from Paris, France. QUELETTE again from France. The Pope’s Head of Security has surname GUILIETTI. Recent correspondence tells us that we have QUILETTI from Brazil. The correspondence was from Jose Carlos Quiletti. His family originated from Emilia Romania in the 1890s – CHILETTI pronounced QUILIETTI.
Remembering as a young child being asked about my heritage, and answering that I was Scottish, born in Edinburgh, not Italian as the teacher had suggested.
This I do remember. I remember being embarrassed by this question at that time, which was not long after the Second World War time.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEqNPRAL-bg&feature=related
But today, half a century later, I now know who I am, where I come from and am proud of my unique family heritage. It is unique because no other family in the whole world has my name. This I now know for certain. I have found out the answer to that question.
Helen
Our family is now together again, pulled together by two gentle folks, one a Quilietti by birth, Betty, and one a Dutch Merchant Seaman by the name of Carel Van Druten. This website will always be dedicated to them.
Without their help in finding our roots our family would be like falling leaves and not the strong tree it has grown again to be today.
Our family has scattered throughout the world and some of our descendents still do not know of their heritage. Perhaps with our website and the re-strenghening of our roots we can again establish our links with these individuals.
village castelvecchio pascoli
Amongst the descendents of our forefathers we have great artists, beautiful dancers, teachers, magicians, University Rectors and hardworking caring individuals too many to mention and all who and branches of our beautiful tree.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPF8BDwWsTY&feature=related
We lost our way a century ago with the early demise of Emilio Quilietti. He died not knowing that his descendents lives would be lost and now found again. His migration to a new land, his new environment, his homeland, his relations, his friends, the life he left behind and the cruel harsh climate that contributed to his demise. It is particularly important today for us all to try and understand what drove those early pioneers to leave their homeland, and many of them walked across the land, through France and over the English Channel. They did not speak the language but indeed they arrived exhibiting new skills and talents, or bringing new products and services to supply the local people.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIQfU1ZdZSk&feature=related
We are fortunate that today, people are more conscious than ever of heritage generally and the need to preserve what is happening currently for the benefit of later generations Although much of what is happening today may not seem at all remarkable or noteworthy to us today it will, indubitably, fascinate and amuse our children and grandchildren. We can call it nostalgia. It will be great in years to follow for our family to say ‘I remember that, that street, that building, that period in time, the dress, the shoes, the makeup.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5fqTMpoNuY&feature=related
The changes in the past two centuries have been so wide ranging that differences in building, transport, design, social activities, work and so on and so forth are quite marked enough to make any set of old photographs and stories instantly fascinating, and even so much more if these involve your own family.http://italia.indettaglio.it/eng/regioni/toscana.html
flying over the Alps into Italy
Please help us build this site into a wonderful gift for our own children and indeed their descendents, our heritage.
Thank you
Helen Quilietti Stanton
my email address dw010f4707@blueyonder.co.uk
Have followed your link and am impressed with your results. Was nice to see my grandad and dad all restored. Thanks for the treat. Have looked at your other photos and was well impressed. Is this your hobby. Are you retired. You must understand that I must be careful with scams on the internet. You get all sorts of stuff posted on through our family website. I hope I have not offended you. We live in Edinburgh.
Thanks for the reply. My e.mail address is quilietti@blueyonder.co.uk.
Hi Helen,
I am just having another peek at your site and again I am impressed, to think that I used to go to the chippie at the bottom of Morrison street at Haymarket often the last time about 5 years ago.
I lived up at Fountainbridge and the weekends were spent Saturday night dancing and then the chippie ah the Cavendish on a Friday or Saturday.
I like the pictures Helen but to honest I am a visual person the more pictures the better they tell the story on their own and you have some gems. I will be back from time to time great work.