The First Five Scots-Italian Visocchis

The four sons of Giovanni Battista and Porzia Nardone – from left to right: Pietrangelo, Luigi Gabriele (Gabriel), Serafino Fortunato  and Angelo. Click here for group photo of brothers’ families.

The four sons of Giovanni Battista Visocchi and Porzia Nardone, and their half-brother, Michele by Giovanni’s second marriage to Angela Jannetta emigrated to Scotland. The first to arrive were Pietrangelo and Serafino – in the closing years of the nineteenth century.

The five were:

(i) Pietrangelo Visocchi born 2 February 1866. Married Angela Jannetta.

(ii) Luigi Gabriele Visocchi born 2 October 1868. Married Civita Visocchi.

(iii) Serafino Fortunato Visocchi born 28 December 1869. Married Maria Antonia Civita Jannetta.

(iv) Angelo Visocchi born 26 December 1872. Married (i) Beatrice Visocchi & (ii) Antonia Tamburrini.

(v) Michele Visocchi born 28 May 1886. Married Marta Visocchi.