Carabbia Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Carabbia 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 Carabbia is in the Lugano district and the Ticino canton. It is located along the road leading to Carona and on the slopes of San Salvatore. Carabbia forms a quarter of Lugano city.

History
In 1213, Carabbia was first mentioned with the name of Carabio. Carabbia is in the Lugano district and the Ticino canton. Carabbia merged into the Lugano municipality in 2008. Other municipalities merged include:
 * Barbengo
 * Villa Luganese

The population history of Carabbia is: 1590 - 110 inhabitants 1696 - 143 inhabitants 1801 - 227 inhabitants 1850 - 143 inhabitants 1900 - 138 inhabitants 1950 - 122 inhabitants 1960 - 110 inhabitants 2000 - 512 inhabitants

Until 1471, Carabbia was part of the parish of Lugano. Then it was connected to Saint-Pierre de Pambio. In 1608, Carabbia became a parish In 1579, the church of Saint Cyr was built on the foundations of an old oratory.

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Carabbia can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Carabbia 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)