Leontica Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Leontica 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
The municipality of Leontica is in the Blenio district and the Ticino canton. The municipality includes the village Comprovasco. Leontica is located on the right side of the Blenio valley at an elevation of 876 meters.

History
In 1204, Leontica was first mentioned with the name of Levontega. Leontica is in the Blenio district and the Ticino canton. Leontica merged into the municipality of Acquarossa on 8 October 2003. Other former municipalities merged include:
 * Castro
 * Corzoneso
 * Dongio
 * Largario
 * Lottigna
 * Marolta
 * Ponto Valentino
 * Prugiasco

The population history of Leontica is: 1602 - 315 inhabitants 1808 - 441 inhabitants 1850 - 473 inhabitants 1900 - 295 inhabitants 1950 - 408 inhabitants 2000 - 267 inhabitants 2003 - 303 inhabitants

In 1204, the parish church of Saint John the Baptist was mentioned. It was destroyed by fire in 1762 and rebuilt in 1778. In 1867, the Saint-Vincent oratory in Comprovasco was built.

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Leontica can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Leontica prior to 1875, 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)