MY OWN PERSONAL FAMILY HISTORY

By Dalisay Giovacchini

LAST NAME

Tuscanian last names often end in "ini“ and

both Giovacchini and Allegrini end in INI.

The last name Giovacchini is Italian and is

from the personal name Giovacchino. (The

Italian form of the biblical name Joachim)

MY ITALIAN HISTORY

The Giovacchini is deeply Tuscanian, They

are form the hills around Firenze

The Allegrini are also deeply

Tuscanian, precisely from Pisa and Lucca.

When the family left Italy they went to South

America, North America and some Scottish

highlands.

Tuscanians have a deep sense of their own belfry or the belfry of their village or town more than anywhere else, their identity lies around it.

This reflect the partisan and

conflictual history of the region.

The Allegrini (from Pisa) feel to be

very different from the Giovacchini

(from Firenze), as Pisa and Firenze fought

each other for centuries. But they joined when

my grandparent married.

The ancient divides of Tuscany were reflected

also into the divisions of World War II. The

Giovacchini split in two groups: those who

fought the Fascists and the Germans with

partisans brigades, my grandfather and his

cousin Sergio, and those who joined the

Fascists, my great-grandfather and my great-

uncle Piero. My great-grandfather died during

the battle preceding the liberation of Florence in

1943, and my great-uncle Piero was shot a year

later in 1944.

The founder of the Allegrini wealth is

Giovanni Allegrini ”The Great”(1860-1950). He

was an adventurer who travelled and built

roads across Colombia, Bolivia and probably

Peru. I might have a few relatives there, although

not officially. He invested his money in the movie

industry (a tradition my uncle Saverio took

up, somehow) and in an optic workshop and

shop. He was so rich, that even the king once

borrowed from him some money to buy a camera

(the king, Vittorio Emanuele diSavoia, gave the

money back).

ALLEGRINI FAMILY CREST

This crest originated in Florence, Italy. The flowers on the crest do not represent the fleur-de-lis from France. But it represents the lily (ilgiglio) that is the symbol of Florence. It is a symbol for the Florentines probably borrowed from France, but is considered their own.

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