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Corsican society is a militarized society, during the Middle Ages, many Corsican mens had been part of Condottiere troops in the service of various kingdoms and empires in Europe. [31] This was probably due to the fact that Corsica, deprived of wealth resources, could only enrich itself at the time through its inhabitants waging war.
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 list is a historical list which contains the surnames of the first 403 Corsican families who immigrated to Puerto Rico in the 19th Century which was compiled by genealogist and historian Colonel (USAF Ret. ) Hector A. Negroni. dozens of other Corsican families immigrated to the island after the initial 403 families.
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.
Guidicelli is a Corsican surname. Notable people with the surname include: Notable people with the surname include: Matteo Guidicelli (born 1990), Filipino-Italian actor, model, singer and former kart racer
Péraldi, Peraldi is an Italian and Corsican surname. Notable people with the surname include: François Peraldi (1938–1993), Canadian psychoanalyst and linguist; Nicolas Péraldi (1841–1914), French notary who was Deputy of Corsica, then Senator of Corsica
Corsican may refer to: Someone or something from Corsica; Corsicans, inhabitants of Corsica; Corsican language, a Romance language spoken on Corsica and northern Sardinia; Corsican Republic, a former country in Europe "The Corsicans", the original name of the Hearts of Oak militia in Colonial New York
Peretti is an Italian or Corsican surname. Notable people with the surname include: Achille Peretti (artist) (1857–1923), Italian painter, sculptor and anarchist; Achille Peretti (1911–1983), French politician; Aldo Maria Brachetti Peretti (born 1932), chairman of the Italian company API Group