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Obituary - Angelina G Orlando

Angelina G. Orlando, age 86, March 5, 2013.

Beloved wife of the late Joseph. Loving mother of Virginia Zanti, Joseph (the late Donna), Ross (Julie), Anthony (Lynn) and Thomas. Proud grandmother of nine and three great-grandchildren.

Visitation at the Sterling Heights Chapel of Bagnasco & Calcaterra Funeral Home, 13650 E. Fifteen Mile Road (at Schoenherr) Friday 2-9 p.m. with 7 p.m. evening prayers.

Funeral Saturday at St. Lawrence Catholic Church, 44633 Utica Road, Utica (W. of Van Dyke) Instate 9:30 a.m. until time of Mass 10 a.m. Interment Christian Memorial Cultural Center.

Sent to me by a kind member of the Guild of One Name Studies

Published in The Macomb Daily 7th March 2013
(Paper serving Macomb County, Michigan (suburban Detroit, Michigan, USA).

Obituary - Mary Jane Orlando

Mary Jane Orlando, age 88, passed away January 17, 2013.

She is survived by her children, Sandra Moskal, Sharon (Joseph) Sumner, Michael (Laurie) Orlando and Sally (Bruce) Stork plus many loving grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Orlando was predeceased by her husband, Lawrence and her daughter, Suzanne Simek.

Visitation is Sunday, January 20, from 2-9 p.m. (rosary 7 p.m.) at the Lee-Ellena Funeral Home, 46530 Romeo Plank Road, Macomb.

Funeral Mass is Monday at 10 a.m. (instate 9:30 a.m.) at St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic Church, 48115 Schoenherr Road, Shelby Township.

Memorial contributions may be made to Henry Ford Hospice Macomb Team, 16931 19 Mile Road, Suite 140, Clinton Township, MI 48038.

Please leave a memory at lee-ellenafuneralhome.com

Published in The Macomb Daily from January 19 to January 20, 2013. The Macomb Daily is the paper serving Macomb County, Michigan (suburban Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Kindly supplied to the Orlando ONS by a fellow Guild member as part of the Guild News Watch Project

Surname Distribution Map

Today I have been alerted to a new Italian surname distribution map called CognoMix.Thanks go to the Guild Face Book page for this

From an initial play it appears that this site allows the distribution to be seen not just across Italy as this information shows.

The geographical distribution of the surname ORLANDO in Italy

1,252  Sicily	153  Tuscany
928  Puglia	135  Basilicata
819  Campania	133  Liguria
561  Lombardy	124  Emilia-Romagna
405  Piedmont	79th  Molise
387  Calabria	30th  Sardinia
303  Lazio	21  Umbria
279  Veneto	19th  Brands
241  Abruzzo	17th  Trentino AA
162  Friuli VG	4  Valle d'Aosta

On the actual online map the numbers are clickable so clicking the 1,252 against Sicily where my own Orlando's are from breaks the details down to these occurances

The geographical distribution of the surname ORLANDO in Sicily

521  Palermo	83  Agrigento
256  Messina	36th  Syracuse
129  Trapani	34th  Enna
103  Catania	3  Ragusa
87th  Caltanissetta

By clicking on the Caltanissetta region, again where my Orlando's are from breaks the details down into the individual Communes

The geographical distribution of the surname ORLANDO in the province of Caltanissetta

29th  San Cataldo	2  Sommatino
22  Gela	1  Niscemi
9  Acquaviva Platani	1  Santa Caterina Villarmosa
9  Caltanissetta	1  Butera
5  Sutera	1  Montedoro
3  Serradifalco	1  Mussomeli
3  Mazzarino

The numbers are of course approximations, but it is a good indiciation of where to focus the research.

HMS Orlando

Messrs Palmer at Jarrow England built HMS Orlando and she was ready to sail in 1888.
The photograph linked here was taken circa 1897.



Further Links and Information on HMS Orlando

• Memorials & Monuments in Portsmouth City Centre ~ HMS Orlando
• Memorial in Upper Barrakka Gardens ~ HMS Orlando
• Further photographs of HMS Orlando

Orlando’s Involved In The Movies!

Actors
Alfonso Orlando ~ Actor (1960s)
Angelo Orlando ~ Actor (1980s-2000s), Director & Writer
Anthony Orlando ~ Actor (1930s)
Antonio Orlando ~ Actor (1970s & 1980s)
Charles Orlando ~Actor (1970s)
Ciro Orlando
Don Orlando (I)
Giacomo Orlando
Guido Orlando
Hector Orlando
James Orlando
John Orlando (IV)
Luiz Orlando
Mario Orlando
Matt Orlando
Orazio Orlando
Ramires Orlando
Richard Orlando
Rick Orlando
Roberto Orlando
Ruggero Orlando
Salvatore Orlando
Silvano Orlando
Silvio Orlando
Steve Orlando
Tony Orlando (I)
Vittorio Orlando
Pedro Orlando Torres

Actress
Adèle Orlando
Andrea Orlando (I)
Andrea Orlando (II)
Bobi Orlando
Christine Orlando
Cécile Orlando
J.R. Orlando
Jean Orlando
Patricia Orlando (I)
Rita Orlando
Rosemary Orlando (II)
Rossella Orlando
Cecilia Orlando-Willberg
Shana Wall (Shana Orlando) ~ Actress (1990s & 2000s)

Composer
Bobby Orlando
Ignazio Orlando
José Orlando

Director
Angelo Orlando
Dominic Orlando (I)
Tony Orlando (II)
Gian Orlando Vassallo ~ Director (1920s)

Writer
Angelo Orlando
Carlos Alberto Orlando
Dominic Orlando (I)
Felipe Orlando
Gianni Orlando
Paulo Orlando
Tony Orlando (II)
Gian Orlando Vassallo

Production Designer
Inge Orlando
Kathy Orlando

Editor
John Orlando (III)
Pia Orlando

Producer
Flávia Orlando
John Orlando (I)
Matt Orlando
Nicole Orlando
Tony Orlando (II)

Miscellaneous crew
Lucas Orlando Linares
Orlando (I)
David Orlando
Dominic Orlando (II)
Don Orlando (II)
Francesca Orlando
Jack Orlando
Joe Orlando
Margaret J. Orlando
Nicole Orlando
Olivia Orlando
Phil Orlando
Pia Orlando
Ramires Orlando
Rosemary Orlando (I)
Teresa Orlando

Art Director
Kathy Orlando

Make-up Department
Orlando (I)
Pierre Orlando

Production Manager
Michael Orlando
Ramires Orlando

Set Decorator
Kim MacKenzie (I) (Kim Mackenzie Orlando)
Kathy Orlando
Patricia Orlando (II)

Sound Department
Lisa Orlando

Art Department
Andrew Orlando
Jack Orlando
John Orlando (II)

Visual Effects
Michael Orlando II
Dana Orlando
Nick Orlando

Source of Information: Internet Movie Database

HMS Orlando Cigarette Card circa 1900

Orlando Cherry Brandy

The story behind these little pots is quite interesting.

I inherited a plate from my Grandmother with a very similar patten on it. The design was by the artist, Wattau.

So, in my search to see if there were any other similar plates I came across one of these little pots. On the back is the details of Orlando Cherry Brandy, Aidee liqueurs, Torquay. Interesting, as the name of Orlando appears in my Italian ancestry, I simply had to buy the little pot. Then I bought another, and another.....

I actually do not live too far from Torquay, so I set about to research a little about the business, that closed long ago.

Obituary - Vicky Orlando

Sent to me by a kind member of the Guild of One Name Studies

Published in The Arizona Republic (Phoenix Arizona USA) Friday 23rd September 2011. Pg B7

Obituary - Ethel (Betty) Orlando (1917 - 2011)

ORLANDO, Ethel (Betty)

April 9, 1917 - July 3, 2011

Passed away peacefully on July 3, 2011 at Erin Mills Lodge Retirement Home in Mississauga, Ontario. Betty was born the day Vimy Ridge was captured and always wished her parents had named her Vimy instead of Ethel. Ethel was the daughter of John and Agnes Urquhart of Glenholme, Nova Scotia. Loving mother to Margaret (Demetrios) Vagalatos of El Paso, Texas, Eugene of Truro, Nova Scotia and John (Colleen) of Oakville, Ontario. Betty was a loving grandmother to 6 grandhildren and 4 great-grandchildren. She is the last member of her immediate family, predeceased by her first husband John (Jack) Smith (WWII), husband Norman Orlando, brother Fred Urquhart, sisters Maize, Elsie, Mabel, Eileen, Florence, Dorothy and Hazel. Ethel's love of her Maritime home and passion for family and friends will be missed by everyone she knew. Her remains will be buried in the Glenholme Cemetery beside the church with Norman. A special memorial to be held at a later date. Contact: jorlando1@cogeco.ca. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Canadian Alzheimer Society or the Oakville Humane Society, Oakville, Ontario.

         Published in the Toronto Star 7th July 2011.

Kindly supplied to the Orlando ONS by a fellow Guild member as part of the Guild News Watch Project

Obituary - Jean Orlando

Jean Orlando, 90, passed away on 5/31/11 in Carmichael. Jackson, CA native who served her country in the US Navy during WWII she was also a 3rd generation Californian and lived in the Sacramento area for 65 years. Preceded in death by husband Vince, survived by her 5 children: Nancy Crooks (Bob), Doug Orlando (Chris), Steve Orlando (Karen), Shelly Orlando-Epstein (Marc) and Donna Washburn (Tony), 13 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. A devoted and loving mother and grandmother, she will be deeply missed forever. Rosary and memorial to be held at Our Lady of the Assumption Church in Carmichael on 6/4/11 at 2:00pm.

Published in Sacramento Bee on June 4, 2011

Orlando in Germany

For a bigger map see the web page

In Germany there are 189 phone book entries related to Orlando and approximately 504 people with this name.

They live in 74 cities and counties . Most connections are in Saarlouis reported, namely 11th

Other Counties / Cities with particularly many namesakes are Esslingen (9), Arnsberg (8),Boeblingen (8), Heilbronn (7), Waldshut (7), Solingen (6), Berlin (6), Frankfurt am Main (5) and Zollernalbkreis with 5 entries.

Salvatore Orlando is most common in Germany. Mario and Fernando are the next often found first name, followed by Sebastiano , Francesco , Antonio , Giuseppe , Maria Venere , Florindo and Celestino .