Davesco-Soragno Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Davesco-Soragno 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 Davesco-Soragno is in the Lugano district and the Ticino canton. It is located in the Cassarate valley and included Avesco and Soragnio. The villages of Davesco and Soragno are included in the Davesco-Soragno municipality. Davesco-Soragno forms a quarter of Lugano city.

History
Davesco-Soragno is in the Lugano district and the Ticino canton. Davesco-Soragno merged into the Lugano municipality in 2004. Other municipalities merged include:
 * Breganzona
 * Cureggia
 * Gandria
 * Pambio-Noranco
 * Pazzallo
 * Pregassona
 * Viganello

The population history of Davesco-Soragno is: 1801 - 194 inhabitants 1850 - 299 inhabitants 1900 - 356 inhabitants 1950 - 456 inhabitants 1980 - 707 inhabitants 2000 - 1,288 inhabitants

In 1366, the Saint-Bartholomé chapel was first mentioned. Until 1599, it belonged to the Sonvico parish. In 1801, it became a parish church.

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Davesco-Soragno can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Davesco-Soragno 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)