Cabbio Parish, Ticino, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Cabbio 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
As of 1997, Cabbio has an area of 5.69 square kilometers (2.20 sq mi). The village is situated in the Mendrisio district, on the left side of the Valle di Muggio. It includes the village of Cabbio, the settlement of Uggine, and the abandoned village of Gaggio.

The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 4.7% - agricultural purposes
 * 84.5% - forested
 * 1.6% - settled (buildings or roads)
 * 0.4% - rivers or lakes
 * 0.7%- unproductive land

On 25 October 2009, the following municipalities merged into the municipality of Breggia:
 * Bruzella
 * Cabbio
 * Caneggio
 * Morbio Superiore
 * Muggio
 * Sagno

History
The first mention of Cabbio was in 1188 as Cabio.

The population history of Cabbio is: 1685 - 263 inhabitants 1718 - 302 inhabitants 1769 - 400 inhabitants 1801 - 387 inhabitants 1850 - 346 inhabitants 1900 - 355 inhabitants 1950 - 272 inhabitants 1990 - 146 inhabitants 2000 - 173 inhabitants

The village was mentioned again in 1299 as a part of the holdings of Como Cathedral and Rusca Castle in Como, which dominated a larger area. Until the first half of the 17th century, it was part of the parish of Muggio and part of the political municipality until 1673. It was part of the parish of Balerna until the early 19th century. Until 1805, Cabbio also consisted of the village of Casima (now part of Castel San Pietro). The parish church of San Salvatore was first mentioned in 1579, was rebuilt in 1780-1795, and was newly consecrated in 1818.

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

The 1808 Ticino census for Cabbio can be accessed here.

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Cabbio 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)