The Endrizzi Site

Family Tree

Origins of the surname Endrizzi

"It is a very old family, although bearing a rare surname in Italian, which seems to be a modification from Endrici or Endrighi, which took place ca.1525. Endrighi is the plural form of Endrigo (the surname of a marvelous Italian singer, Sergio Endrigo). The root "Endr" is probably German or Hungarian in origin and my great-great-grandparents came from Austria in the beginning of the 19th century. The Endrizzi spread thinly to Northern Italy (mostly the Veneto and along the northern slopes of the Apennines), Austria, Brazil and the USA.

Source: Renato Sabbatini's Family Origins site

"from a pet form of Endrigo, a variant of Enrico, Italian form of Henry.

Source: Ancestry.com

The Endrici family, original of Rallo, in Val di Non, obtained the  recognition of proper noble title, as well as the relative sign (public display) between the third and fourth decade of the 16th century by concession of the prince bishop of Trento Bernardo Cles.  Illustrious member of  this lineage was the prince bishop Celestino Endrici, that it resisted the fates of the diocese tridentian in the difficult period of the first 40 years of the 20th century. 

Source: Guida al Cognomi del Trentino (translation)

"Endrigo" appears in the Spormaggiore birth records which start in 1589.  Later on, by the 1780s, Endricci and Endrici appear interchangeably in both Cavedago and Spormaggiore.  Around 1800, this changes to Endrizzi.

Immediate Ancestors

The ancestors of my father are laid out in this fan chart, in which the ancestors "fan out" away from the descendant.  If you look closely at the ancestry chart, you will notice something odd about the outer ring.  This was very common in isolated mountain towns.