Cadro Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Cadro 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 Cadro is in the Lugano district and the Ticino canton. It is located in the Cassarate valley at the foot of Denti della Vecchia mountains. Cadro has an area of 4.5 km² (1.7 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 15.3% - agricultural purposes
 * 72.6% - forested
 * 17.7% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 0.2% - rivers or lakes
 * 0.7% - non-productive

History
In 735, Cadro was first mentioned with the name of Cadelo. Cadro is in the Lugano district and the Ticino canton. Cadro merged into the Lugano municipality on 14 April 2013. Other municipalities merged include:
 * Bogno
 * Carona
 * Certara
 * Cimadera
 * Sonvico
 * Vacallo

The population history of Cadro is: 1643 - 272 inhabitants 1801 - 479 inhabitants 1850 - 419 inhabitants 1900 - 478 inhabitants 1950 - 546 inhabitants 1960 - 522 inhabitants 1990 - 1,572 inhabitants 2000 - 1,797 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 75.6% were Roman Catholic
 * 7.1% were Swiss Reformed Church
 * 12.4% belong to another church

In 1366, the village church of Sainte-Agathe was first mentioned. This church was renovated in 1603 and again during the 20th century. Until 1599, Cadro was part of the Sonvico parish. In 1801, Cadro became an independent parish as it separated from Davesco-Soragno.

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Cadro can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Cadro 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)