Looking for Relatives.of,.. BERGAMINI (Carlo) from Carrara Italy.
Carlo.G.Bergamini. Born Carrara Italy.1868(?)
Father-Oreste./Mother-Marie (Marie de Raimondo)
(Carlo married-Elizabeth Jane Reid(irish).in Dunedin.nz.)
Died-1934. (66 years).Buried Bromley Cemetery Christchurch.NZ.
Carlo set up in Dunedin,as a marble sculptor and monumental mason.
Commissioned for several War memorials.
(Palmerston,Waimate,Oamaru,Riverton,Dunedin./and a marble memorial tablet at Otago Boys High.)
You can..Read More..about him on * Dictionary of NZ Biography.*
Read Book. "The Sorrow and the Pride"/Maclean C&J Phillips. Wellington.1990.
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thank you for pointing us to the story of this truly talented man.
I have added the link here to his biography so others may easily find it and also enjoy the read ...
From Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
... Carlo Giuseppe Bergamini was born at Carrara, Italy, on 19 January 1868, the son of Oreste Bergamini and his wife, Marie de Raimondo Castelpoggi. Carrara was the centre of the Italian marble industry and the family were stonemasons and sculptors. As a young man Carlo arrived in Australia and New Zealand as a travelling representative of the family firm, hoping to win orders for cemetery headstones and marble monuments ...
... Carlo Bergamini, a distinguished looking man of fair hair and blue eyes, died at Christchurch on 16 July 1934, survived by his wife, three sons and a daughter; one son had predeceased him. Fitting monuments to his life's work are the beautifully designed South African War memorials found in Otago and Southland.
Carlo is my Great- Great Grandfather.
Carlo is my great great grandfather.