Cadempino, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Cadempino 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
As of 1997, Cadempino has an area of 0.76 square kilometers (0.29 sq mi). The municipality is situated in the Lugano district, on the left bank of the Vedeggio near the Lugano Nord exit of the A2 motorway.

The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 47.4% - agricultural purposes
 * 25.0% - forested
 * 57.9% - settled (buildings or roads)

History
The first mention of Cadempino was in 1004 as Cadampinus.

The population history of Cadempino is: 1850 - 157 inhabitants 1900 - 254 inhabitants 1950 - 309 inhabitants 1970 - 898 inhabitants 2000 - 1317 inhabitants

It was owned by the Totoniden family of Campione d'Italia, originally. In 844 their lands, including Cadempino, were donated to the monastery of S. Ambrogio in Milan. By 1004, Como Cathedral and the Abbey of San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro in Pavia, also possessed property in the village. In the 14th Century, the Church of SS Gervasio e Protasio was referred to for the first time. It was part of the parish of Lamone in 1468, and in 1910, became a Vicariate.

Church Records
Cadempino belonged to the parish of Lamone-Cadempino.

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Cadempino can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Cadempino prior to 1900, 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)