The Quilietti Family

GIULIANOTTI  – WHO AM I…………….

These precious photos were donated to our family website by Angela Giulianotti,  daughter of Antonio Giulianotti, grandaugher of  Giulio Giulianotti and Rose Brattesani.

These children will be either Giulianotti ,Costella , Fusco, Quilietti or Brattesani children born at the start of the 1900s in either Aberdeen  or Edinburgh or their immediate areas.

The lost boys now identified – see comments below.

If you recognise yourself, your dad, your grandad or grandmaw amongst these please feel free to let us know.  Thank you all.   Here we go

The first photo is of a beautiful little girl

who was dressed like a porcelain doll.

The next photo is of another beautiful child, a boy perhaps this time,

he was posing on a rug. He was a real handsome chap.

The next one is of another bonny baby,

perhaps a boy, or perhaps a girl, who knows……

These three siblings were photographed in Edinburgh.   The photographic Artist was J. Drummond Shiels.

They had premises at 72 Lauriston Place and also 49 Jamaica Street in Glasgow.  The children in the photo below look like they are the same family,

what do you think

The next two photos had been cut up, so we will call them the chopped boys 1 and 2

Now another girl, a very pretty blonde haired girl in fact, she could be a Brattessani, as many of this branch were fair haired from the north of  Italy around Borgotora in the Parma region.  This child may be Eva Louise Brattessani.

Next another fair haired baby.

Who could the baby be

More boys now all probably siblings we will call them lost boys 1,

lost boys 2,

lost boys 3

and lost boys 4

The next two boys again look like brothers, a photograph taken at school perhaps with their uniforms on.

If they were in Aberdeen their knees must have been chittering that day.

These younger boys may have been brothers or even brother and sister.   Boys in those days were often dressed up with tunics and because they were babies it was difficult to determine what gender they were, especially if their hair hadn’t grown in yet.   The younger boy is very fair but of course both the Giulianotti and Brattesani families came from the Parma region where fair hair was commonplace.   The shoes on the older boy look like they have been well worn……..

This next photograph is the baby seated above, may have been taken on the day of his/her baptism.

A beautiful gown

It is me again, just to show you my rug.  Perhaps these photographs were taken at the same photography studio in Aberdeen.

Now another pretty girl,

standing on a chair.

The next photo is of three siblings, three brothers.  Their dress is similar to the dress of the four boys photographed above

but this is a more informal family group.

Now close up of the boys

Please leave a comment if you recognise anyone here.

And we will be extremely happy to welcome you into our ever growing family. Helen