Malvaglia Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Malvaglia 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 Malvaglia is in the Blenio district and the Ticino canton. It is located on the left bank of the Brenno river. Malvaglia (as of 1997) has an area of 80.31 km² (31.01 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 2.2% - agricultural purposes
 * 38.7% - forested
 * 1.3% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 1.4% - rivers or lakes
 * 45.7% - non-productive

History
In 1205, Malvaglia was first mentioned with the name of de Malvallia. It was known as Manglia in German. Malvaglia is in the Blenio district and the Ticino canton. Malvaglia merged into the Serravalle municipality on 15 March 2011. Other former municipalities merged include:
 * Ludiano
 * Semione

The population history of Malvaglia is: 1602 - 1,164 inhabitants 1808 - 1,056 inhabitants 1850 - 1,647 inhabitants 1880 - 2,022 inhabitants 1900 - 1,606 inhabitants 1950 - 1,120 inhabitants 1970 - 268 inhabitants 2000 - 1,172 inhabitants 2010 - 1,311 inhabitants 2011 - 1,305 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 84.1% were Roman Catholic
 * 3.4% were Swiss Reformed Church
 * 9.4% belong to another church

In 1207, the parish church of Saint-Benoît was mentioned. In 1602, the church of Saint Martin was established.

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Malvaglia can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Malvaglia 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)