Researching the family name Mule’....we think that he is from a city called Bisaquino or Bari....wan

carolina.mahan1.5327049811064824E12

Researching the family name Mule’....we think that he is from a city called Bisaquino or Bari....want to find current relatives in Italy....he immigrated between 1895-1900...

My great grandfather whose name was changed from Mule’ to Moran when became tired of being addressed as Mr. Mule....(Mulleah) is the phonetcal Way to say Mule’ name

 

Colergio Mule’

born 1886

death 1949 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

GiovanniCaluri

Mulè derives from the cognominization of a medieval nickname and appellation of Arab origin: from "mawla", lord, master and "mauley or muley", my lord.

This link leads to the documentation (in Italian, of course) of the diffusion of this surname in Italy

https://www.cognomix.it/mappe-dei-cognomi-italiani/MULE

 

 

GiovanniCaluri

As for Bisaquino, it is part of the archdiocese of Monreale

Here are the references

of the municipality and archdiocese

 

Comune di Bisaquino

Servizi Demografici ed Elettorali

Bacile Ignazio

Tel. 0918351933

Fax 0918352385

demografici@comune.bisacquino.pa.it

demografici@pec.comune.bisacquino.pa.it

bisdemografici@libero.it

 

 

Archivio Storico Diocesano di Monreale

CONTATTI

Via Arcivescovado, 8 90046 Monreale (PA)

E-mail: archiviomonreale@archiviomonreale.sicilia.it

Tel.: +39 091 6406683 interno 11

CindyPrice

Here is a link to the Italian White Pages, you just type in a surname and place. It looks like there is still one person with the name Mule in Bisaquino. https://www.paginebianche.it/index_en.html

 

Also, if you have an Ancestry account you can search under public trees for the surname and town and contact the owner of the tree. I was able to find a cousin in Italy that way He then introduced me to his uncle. They have both been helpful in my research and we have had fun to figuring how how we are truly related.

 

You can also use Facebook and Instagram to search for surname and town. And reach out to people that way too.

 

Good luck in your research.

David Vicchrilli

Here is a Family Search website with some records for the town of Bisaquino. The church record may prove to be helpful.

https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&placeId=115558&query=%2Bplace%3A%22Italy%2C%20Palermo%2C%20Bisacquino%22

I opened them with my account at home, not sure if that is the case for everyone. I searched for the name Mule in Italia.Indettaglio. Not names appeared in Bari but the name is still in and around Palermo and Bisacquino.

 

carolina.mahan1.5327049811064824E12

Thank you!!! love the history!!

carolina.mahan1.5327049811064824E12

Thank you!!

MichaelRutledge4

Not sure if you can see my famiy tree on Family Search, but I was fortunate enough to work with David Vicchrilli and Lauren Elizabeth Wake about about a year ago at SLC. In 2 years, I have 10-12 generations of Sicilians from Bisacquino.

The first Mule' in myfamily tree is Aurelia Mule, born abt 1800 who had at least 2 siblings, Bernardo and Sgisismondo. That family line goes back to Vincenzo born about 1764, Giuseppe, born about 1721, Tomasso born about 1690, Francesco born about 1630 and Antonino born about 1600, and Giovanni born about 1565. The marriage documents should be attached to all of them from the Sicilian Church records that David mentioned.

 

You might look at L2NL-4WX Vincenzo Mule' from Bisacquino as a starting place. There are 6 source records attached to Vincenzo. Be might be one generation up from your ancestor. So, perhaps you descend from Bernardo, or Sigismundo.

 

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L2NL-4WX

 

A direct link to all the records here:

 

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DKPS-CCD?i=396&owc=MG3Q-SPD%3A351040601%2C351040602%3Fcc%3D2046915&wc=MG34-RMQ%3A351040601%2C351040602%2C351494601&cc=2046915

 

Terry Spallino is working on this lineage, and he is a very active researcher at SLC LDS folks.