Posted by Justin Monjure on 24 JUN 2007 15:56:34
Randall,
I am 100% definitely related to you. It seems my great-great-grandfather
was your great-great-grandmother's brother.
My father's name is
Robert Monjure. His father was Joseph Monjure. His father was Angelo Monjure.
He was the one who changed the name in New Orleans. His father was Antonino
from Ustica. Antonino and Maria was 2 of 9 childers of Agostino and Margherita.
In my research, I've been able to track my direct Maggiore lineage back to a
Francesco Maggiore born in 1630 in Lipari.
If you are interested
in how my name got changed, it was in the late 1800s in New Orleans, which was
inhabited mainly by the French. My family opened a shop there and the Frenchman
making their sign couldn't understand how to spell the name Maggiore, so he
spelled it Monjure and my family adopted it.
I'd love to hear more
about your family if interested.