Mosogno Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Mosogno 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 former municipality of Mosogno is in the Locarno district and the Ticino canton. It is located along the Onsernone Valley road at an elevation of 783 m (2,569 ft). Mosogno includes the hamlets of Bairone, Chiosso and Mosogno Sotto. Mosogno has an area of 8.61 km² (3.32 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 0.9% - agricultural purposes
 * 86.5% - forested
 * 0.7% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 2.4% - rivers & lakes
 * 8.1% - non-productive

History
In 1277, Mosogno was first mentioned with the name of Mosogno and in 1352 as Muxognio. Mosogno is in the Locarno district and the Ticino canton. It consists of the hamlets of Bairone, Chiosso and Mosogno Sotto. Mosogno merged into a new municipality of Onsernone on 10 April 2016. Other former municipalities merged include:
 * Gresso
 * Isorno
 * Vergeletto

The population history of Mosogno is: 1795 - 290 inhabitants 1808 - 284 inhabitants 1836 - 319 inhabitants 1850 - 307 inhabitants 1870 - 365 inhabitants 1900 - 280 inhabitants 1950 - 141 inhabitants 1960 - 73 inhabitants 2000 - 57 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 75.4% were Roman Catholic
 * 8.8% were Swiss Reformed Church
 * 10.53% belong to another church

In 1596, the Saint-Bernard church was built on the cantonal road. In 1685, it became a parish church when it separated from Loco. Since 1684, the Chapelle Notre-Dame-des-Douleurs à Mosogno Sotto was built. In 1657, the Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité chapel in Bairone was built. In the late 17th century, the Saint-Jacques chapel in Chiosso was built.

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Mosogno can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Mosogno 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)