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DAGENFELDER, DAGENFELTER - See Degenfelder DAGENHARDT - See Degenhardt DAGGETT, FREDA (Bohun, Mattie) - Daughter of Taylor and Lucile Brown Bohun; Sister of Lola Daggett (Bohun) - June 19, 1876 - July 8, 1912 DAGGETT, LOLA (Bohun, Lola) - Daughter of Taylor and Lucile Brown Bohun; Sister of Freda Daggett (Mattie Bohun) - 1889 - Nov 26, 1939 DAILEY, RALPH E. - Mar. 21, 1913 - Dec 23, 1994 - Our Loving Father DAILEY, TIMOTHY JAMES "JIMMY" - Son of Ralph and Amelia Dailey - July 22, 1959 - July 5, 1983 - Beloved Son and Brother DALAVALE - See Dallavalle (various spellings) DALLA (STREICHHOLZ) and TODESCHI (STEINMAUER) SURNAMES - As told to Fury Dalla, son of John and Domenica Todeschi Dalla, the Dalla and Todeschi forefathers originally came from Bavaria and spoke a German dialect. Many of the people there were encouraged by the government to migrate to the area known as South Tyrol. The inducement was small parcels of land to be given free to each family. The area in which they settled was very mountainous. The mountain slopes were not suitable for raising agricultural crops, and the land was not very productive. The men, who were skilled tradesmen, especially in the building trades, had to find employment in order to be able to provide some of the necessities of life for their families.
Many jobs were available for skilled workmen in northern Italy. The skilled Austrian workers were welcomed with open arms and work of all types was made available to them. As time went on, the Austrians became a problem for the Italians, because they spoke a German dialect. Also, their names were very difficult for the Italians to pronounce. Finally, the Italian government came up with a solution to this problem .... all the workers from South Tyrol had to learn to speak Italian and had to change their names!
Fury Dalla's ancestral name was Streichholz (match stick). The male members of the family were excellent carpenters, and to make extra money, they made match sticks. The Italians did not like those names because, for them, they were still most difficult to pronounce; they referred to those individuals as "the people from the valley" (Dallavalle). When John Dalla, Fury's father, became a naturalized American citizen, the judge recommended that he drop the last part of his name and use only "Dalla" as a surname.
The Todeschi family name was originally Steinmauer (stone mason); being of German stock, the Italians referred to them as "The Germans", and in Italian that was "Todeschi". As a result, Todeschi was adopted as a surname. Many of the workers from South Tyrol adopted new names which were descriptive of their skilled trade or place of residence.
Fury Dalla, who furnished this comprehensive information and in other ways gave encouragement for the original completion of this work, was born in Silverton July 21, 1905, the son of John and Domenica Todeschi Dalla. He graduated from Silverton High School in 1924, and most of his working life was as a teacher in California. After his retirement, he and his wife, the former Alvene Eppich of Mancos, Colorado, also a teacher, returned to Durango. Fury died there July 9, 1988, and was buried at Mancos, where his brother, John, was also buried.
DALLA, ALBERTO ALBINO - Flu - Son of John and Domenica Todeschi Dalla; Brother of Mary Cecelia (Swanson), Rena (Antonelli), Angelo, Charles #1, Charles #2, Fury, Herman, Joe, John and Louis Dalla; Grandson of John Dallavalle and Dorthea Bazzanella Dallavalle and of Joseph Todeschi and Cecelia Simonnini - Oct 28, 1900 - Oct 25, 1918 DALLA, ANGELO EARNEST - Son of John and Domenica Todeschi Dalla; Brother of Mary Cecelia (Swanson), Rena (Antonelli), Albino, Charles #1, Charles #2, Fury, Herman, Joe, John and Louis Dalla; Grandson of John Dallavalle and Dorthea Bazzanella Dallavalle and of Joseph Todeschi and Cecelia Simonnini - June 17, 1899 - Nov 26, 1967 DALLA, ANTONIO "TONY" - See Dallavalle, Antonio - Husband of Mary Giono; Father of Ellena, Battista, Jerry and Rudy Dalla DALLA, CHARLES (#1) - Died 1907 - Son of John and Domenica Todeschi Dalla; Brother of Mary Cecelia (Swanson), Rena (Antonelli), Albino, Angelo, Charles #2, Fury, Herman, Joe, John and Louis Dalla; Grandson of John Dallavalle and Dorthea Bazzanella Dallavalle and of Joseph Todeschi and Cecelia Simonnini – Dec 25, 1906 - Feb 4, 1907 DALLA, CHARLES (#2) - Son of John and Domenica Todeschi Dalla; Brother of Mary Cecelia (Swanson), Rena (Antonelli), Albino, Angelo, Charles #1, Fury, Herman, Joe, John and Louis Dalla; Grandson of John Dallavalle and Dorthea Bazzanella Dallavalle and of Joseph Todeschi and Cecelia Simonnini - Feb 18, 1910 - Feb 3, 1914 DALLA, DOMENICA TODESCHI "DINA" - Flu - (Mrs. John Dalla, Sr.); Mother of Mary Cecelia (Swanson), Rena (Antonelli), Albino, Angelo, Charles #1, Charles #2, Fury, Herman David, Joseph C., John and Louis W. Dalla; Daughter of Joseph Todeschi and Cecelia Simonnini; Sister of John and Tony Todeschi - 1870 - Oct 26, 1918 DALLA, DOMINIC - Died 1903 - Blown up at Royal Tiger Tunnel - Died Dec 22, 1903 - Age 26 Years DALLA, ELLENA (#1) - Daughter of Tony and Mary Giono Dalla (Antonio and Maria Giono Dallavalle); Sister of Ellena Maggie (Ellena #2), Baptiste (Batty), Jerome (Jerry) and Rudy Dalla - June 18, 1914 - June 20, 1914 DALLA, ELLENA MAGGIE (Ellena #2) - Daughter of Tony and Mary Giono Dalla (Antonio and Maria Giono Dallavalle); Sister of Ellena #1, Rudy, and Twins, Baptiste (Batty) and Jerome (Jerry) Dalla - Mar 17, 1916 - Jan 15, 1927 - Age 10 Years – Died during tonsil operation to correct near-sightedness |
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