| Our earliest found antecedant is Menachem (or Emanuel) Ottolenghi who was married in Livorno in 1719, from this date we estimate his birth at about 1698. Ottolenghi is the Italian spelling of our name. Other alternate spellings we have found for family members in England include: Ottolengui, Ottolinghi, Ottolengue, Ottolengi, Ottolanghi, Ottolangui, Langley. Pronunciation of "Ottolangui" -the- "gui" is the exact Portuguese equivalent of the Italian -"ghi" and pronounced identically i.e. both -"ghi" and -"gui" are pronounced "gee" the "h" in Italian and the "u" in Portuguese serving to mark the "g" as a hard consonant. Menachem is the son of Meyer/Meir Ottolenghi. No birth record has been found in Livorno, Italy for Menachem or his father Meyer/Meir. 1st Generation: Children of MENACHEM OTTOLANGUI and JUDICA VALLETRO are: MEIR OTTOLENGHI, b.1720, Livorno, Italy. BATSEBA OTTOLENGHI, b.1721, Livorno, Italy. ELISEO OTTOLENGHI, b.1724, Livorno, Italy. SIMKE OTTOLENGHI, b.1726, Livorno, Italy. ROSE OTTOLENGHI, b.1728, Livorno, Italy. NAHAN OTTOLENGHI, b.1731, Livorno, Italy. ELIEZER NAHAN OTTOLENGHI, b.1733, Livorno, Italy. DAVID OTTOLENGHI, b.4 October 1734, Livorno, Italy. ISMAH ISRAEL OTTOLENGHI, b.1737, Livorno, Italy. MOISE OTTOLENGHI, b.1740, Livorno, Italy. MEIR OTTOLENGHI, b.1743, Livorno, Italy. |
| Descendants of Menachem Ottolenghi & Judica De Valletro married Livorno, Italy 27 Dec 1719 |
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