QUILIETTI Alfie Giulio 2013

Alfie Quilietti was born in Edinburgh in 2013. This webpage is dedicated to himself and his lovely Parents, Dad Ryan and mum Sarajane. The Italian side of his family can be traced back through many lines to 1650 Tuscany [Barga]. This page goes back to only a fraction of these ancestors- the Quilietti line.

Recent additions to the Quilietti family comes in the shape of these lovely wee bundles.

2022 with Alfie, Sonny and our sister Bella Valentina

This is me , Alfie Giulio Quilietti, on my Christening Day, Sunday 17th August 2013 With my dad Ryan.

My Hibs Cake – and they got the spelling right!

Alfie Giulio on his Christening Day 17 August 2014

My brother Sonny and my sister Bella Valentina

SOME PHOTOS OF MY ITALIAN FAMILY [Ancestors]

MY Dad RYAN QUILIETTI was born in 1990

MY GRANDAD GRAHAM QUILIETTI was born in 1952.

GIULIO ‘Sonny” QUILIETTI my Great-Grandad 1919-1973

My great grandad lived in Greenside in Edinburgh and he used to play on Calton Hill. Her he is with his pal Louie Costella.

My handsome Great Grandad Giulio Quilietti. His family called him ‘Sonny’. I take my good looks from him of course

Sonny with his wife and my great-granny Theresa Harper and their two sons Ian and Graham.
Graham is my grandad and he is at the right

This is my grandad Graham Quilietti with his mum Theresa

JULIO EMILIO QUILIETTI my great-great grandad 1892-1936 [Giulio]

Emilio and Valentina’s children, My great grandad Julio Quilietti with his brother Leonardo Quilietti and sister Valentina Quilietti. The youngest child Joseph Angelo was not born yet

My Great-Great Grandad Julio Quilietti standing back left.

Next to him his brother Leonardo Quilietti who was getting married that day in the year 1912 in Edinburgh.

The lady sitting at the left is my great-great grand Aunt – Louisa Brattisani.

At the far right is my great-great aunty Valentina Quilietti.

Julio ran a little shop in the Royal Mile in Edinburgh. Here he is with his wife Elizabeth Wilson outside their shop.

My great-great Grandad Julio Emilio Quilietti during World War 1. He fought in France and helped French Families escape from the Germans.

EMILIO QUILIETTI – My great-great-great-grandad 1868-1899

These photos are of my 3rd great grandad Emilio Quilietti. He came to Edinburgh in 1890 and that is the reason I was born in Edinburgh in Scotland. In 1892 he married Valentina Brattisani in St. Mary’s Cathedral in Edinburgh. Although she was born in Paris, France her mum and dad were from Parma in Emilia-Romagna.

BROTHERS AUGUSTO and EMILIO QUILIETTI 1894

The Quilietti family come from Toscana [9] and the Brattesani family EMILIA-ROMAGNA [8]

LEONARDO QUILIETTI – My great-great-great-great grandad 1834-1904.

The Church of San Nicolo’ in Castelvecchio Pascoli where they were married and their children baptised

This photo is of my 4th Great Grandad and Grandma. Leonardo Quilietti and Eletta Brucciani. The photo was taken in 1898 in Barga in Tuscany.

The Quilietti names in 1888 – notice how they spell the name

Leonardo Quilietti was born in 1835. His mum died in childbirth and she was already a Widow. So he was an orphan. Leonardo was given over to the orphanage in Lucca who looked after him until he was 18. The orphanage was called a Foundling hospital, as in those days many children were orphaned. It was in this orphanage that he was given his unique surname Quilietti. The name was made up of two local names put together. That is why all Quilietti family are related, through our Leonardo.

Leonardo left the orphanage after learning a trade. He moved up to Barga, about 50 miles or so north of Lucca. Here he married Eletta Brucciani and they started their family. Emilio, Augusto, Maria Domenica, Giuseppe, Adolfo and Armenia. You can see their dates of birth on the above document.

Emilio and Augusto came to Edinburgh where they remained. The rest of their brothers and sisters left for America, to Rhode Island, where they remained. You can read about them on this website.

THE FAMILY TREE