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In subsequent centuries, Corsica was ruled and settled by Pisans (from 1050 to 1295) and the Genoese (from 1295 to 1755, when the island broke free from La Superba): this is reflected in the fact that around 80% of the modern Corsican surnames (Casanova, Luciani, Agostini, Colonna, Paoli, Bartoli, Rossi, Albertini, Filippi, Cesari, etc. [21 ...
The following is a list of some of the surnames of the first Corsican families who immigrated to the Adjuntas, Yauco, Guayanilla, and Guánica areas of Puerto Rico in the 19th Century. This list was compiled by genealogist and historian Colonel (USAF Ret.) Héctor A. Negroni who has done exhaustive research on the Corsican migration and origins ...
The Sustache's are neither from France nor Corsica, they are from Spain. The vast majority that immmigrated to Puerto Rico settled down in the town of Yabucoa in the Eastern coast of the island. The Sustache surname is listed in the "1980 Census List of Spanish Surnames."Tony the Marine 05:34, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
Corsican-Puerto Ricans, French Americans, Italian Americans, Sicilian Americans, Maltese Americans, Catalan Americans, Gibraltarians Corsican Americans ( Corsican : Americani corsi ) are Americans of fully or partial Corsican descent.
This category lists articles on Puerto Rican people of Corsican descent (ethnic ancestry or national origin), including naturalized immigrants and their descendants as well as Puerto Rican people born to binational parents.
During the reign of Napoleon III Corsica suffered a decline in agricultural production (particularly in the wine, olive and chestnut industries) due to unfair trade practices imposed by France. That coupled with a population boom due to the eradication of malaria in coastal areas, forced many Corsican families to emigrate to the Caribbean.
Among the Sardinian surnames which trace their roots outside the island, sometimes sardized, [6] the most relevant percentage (7% circa of the total [7]) is constituted by surnames from Corsica , or those indicating a possible Corsican origin (e.g. Còssu, formerly written Corsu, that is "Corsican" or Còssiga, "Corsica" [8]); these are ...
Puerto Rican people of Corsican descent (32 P) Pages in category "Puerto Rican people of Italian descent" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.