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Where did the Italian Truppa family come from? What is the Italian Truppa family crest and coat of arms? When did the Truppa family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Truppa family history?
Spelling variations of this family name include: Tropea, Trupea, Troppa, Truppa, Tropia, Trupia, Tropeano, Tropiano and many more.
First found in Calabria a territorial district of Italy. Ancient Calabria was in Lecce. Modern Calabria is in the southern extremity of Italy coasting the straits of Messina. Reggio and Messina are the cities of note. This beautiful region produces wine. Olive oil and fruit. Reggio was heavily bombed during WWII because of its strategical link with Sicily. In those ancient times only persons of rank, the podesta, clergy, city officials, army officers, artists, landowners were entered into the records. To be recorded at this time, at the beginning of recorded history, was of itself a great distinction and indicative of noble ancestry.
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Truppa research. Another 177 words(13 lines of text) covering the years 1637 and 1710 are included under the topic Early Truppa History in all our PDF Extended History products.
More information is included under the topic Early Truppa Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: F. Tropea, who settled in Alaska in 1918.
The Truppa Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Truppa Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.
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