Maroggia Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Maroggia 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 Maroggia is in the Lugano district and the Ticino canton. It is located on the southeastern bank of Lake Lugano. Maroggia (as of 1997) had an area of 1.0 km² (0.39 square miles). The land use was divided up as follows:
 * 20.0% - agricultural purposes
 * 58.0% - forested
 * 33.0% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 1.0% - rivers or lakes

History
In 962, Maroggia was first mentioned with the name of Marogia. The area has been inhabited since the Iron Age. Maroggia is in the Lugano district and the Ticino canton.

The population history of Maroggia is: 1636 - 114 inhabitants 1791 - 151 inhabitants 1850 - 211 inhabitants 1860 - 191 inhabitants 1870 - 202 inhabitants 1880 - 298 inhabitants 1890 - 342 inhabitants 1900 - 414 inhabitants 1910 - 496 inhabitants 1920 - 493 inhabitants 1930 - 481 inhabitants 1941 - 458 inhabitants 1950 - 577 inhabitants 1960 - 644 inhabitants 1970 - 689 inhabitants 1980 - 554 inhabitants 1990 - 575 inhabitants 2000 - 562 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 81.1% were Roman Catholic
 * 4.3% were Swiss Reformed Church
 * 12.6% belong to another church

Until 1644, Maroggia belonged to the Riva San Vitale parish church when it became an independent parish.

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Maroggia can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Maroggia 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)