Emanuele Gaminara (1794 - 1892) was born on 23 February 1794 in Genova, Italy. His parents were Tommaso Gaminara and Rosa Dulzina di Giuseppe. On 24 February 1829 he married Elizabeth Brown in St Margaret King's Lynn. They had five children: Emanuel (1829 - 1910), Henry (1833 - 1910), Livia (1839 - ?), Poncrasio (1841 - 1900) and Beatrice (1844 - ?).
Before Emanuele became a farmer in Helhoughton in 1840, he had been valet to Lord Charles Townshend (1785 - 1853), as is stated in a report of a lawsuit instituted against Gaminara in 1842, published in The Bury and Norwich Post and East Anglian, Wed, April 13, 1842, Issue 3120.
Gaminara was ordered to pay 71 l. to the outgoing farmer Mr. Scales, who was evicted from the farm, 'the value of turnips, seeds, &c.', even though Emanuele had 'given the full value of the covenants to the Rev. Mr Loftus'.
Emanuele was also the publican of the Buck Inn at Helhoughton from the early 1840s until the early 1850s.
http://www.norfolkpubs.co.uk/norfolkh/helhoughton/helhoubu.htm. On both the 1841 and 1851 census he was recorded as a publican in Helhoughton.
On the 1861 census the family lived in Downham Road, Denver. Emanuele was a retired farmer.
Emanuele Gaminara became a naturalized British subject on 17 November 1866. His referees were John Marcon, Esq. of Wallington Hall, Christopher Lancaster, a gardener from Denver, Joseph Wilson, a farmer from Wereham, and Edward Herne, a farmer from Dickleburgh.
On the 1871 census they lived in or next to the Bell Inn in Denver. Emanuele was an annuitant.
On the 1881 census Emanuele, Elizabeth and their granddaughter Beatrice lived in The Row, West Dereham. Emanuele was 'independant'.
And finally, on the 1891 census Emanuele was a widower and lived in London Road, Downham. His wife Elizabeth had died on 24 May 1887. You can see her epitaph here: http://www.westderehamheritage.co.uk/gravestones/ElizGaminara.htm
Emanuel Gaminara's name appears in several trade directories:
He died on 21 December 1892 in Downham. For his epitaph go to http://www.westderehamheritage.co.uk/gravestones/Gaminara1a.htm. It states that Emanuele Gaminara was a soldier in the 2nd Imperial Guards under Napoleon and 'that he was one of the Grand Army who suffered the terrible retreat from Moscow'.
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