Was Count Domineiko/Dominic Sonsee born 1818 in Italy realy a Count?

Question

Dominic aka Domineiko Sonsie/Sonsee was said to be a Italian count. Emillenie or Emillinie is his mothers maiden name.

Answer 1

www.rootsweb.com

Domenico SONSE

Birth: 1818 in Venice, Italy  

Death: 14 MAY 1899 in Creswick,Victoria, Australia (age 81)

       Married: 6 APR 1845 in St Mary's of Angels Roman Catholic Church in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. to

Catherine  Bennetter  ENGLISH

Birth: 1829 in Cashel, Tipperary, Ireland

Death: 12 SEP 1878 in Creswick, Victoria, Australia  

Burial: Creswick Cemetery, Victoria, Australia

(Her Father: Michael ENGLISH b: in Tipperary, Ireland

Mother: Anna COUSTICK b: in Tipperary, Ireland)

Children with Domenico:

1. Mark SONSEE-- b: 16 MAY 1846 in Corio, Victoria, Australia; d. DEC 1898

2.Hannah SONSEE-- b: 17 JUL 1848 in Corio, Victoria, Australia

3.Domenic SONSEE-- b: 1850 in Indented Heads, Victoria, Australia

4.BENETTA-- b: 1857 in Magpie, Victoria, Australia

5. Lucia SONSEE b: 1860 in Springmount, Victoria, Australia

6.John William SONSEE-- b: 30 JUL 1862 in Springmount, Victoria, Australia

7.Michael Joseph SONSEE-- b: 1865 in Springmount, Victoria, Australia

8.Maria Louisa SONSEE-- b: 1867 in Springmount, Victoria, Australia

9. Margaret SONSEE-- b: 1870 in Springmount, Victoria, Australia

www.ancestry.com

Domenico Sonsee

Born: 1818, Venezia Italy  (or Venice)

Died: 1899, Victoria, Australia

    Married:

Catherine English

Birth:  1829 ,Tipperary Ireland  

Death:  1878



His parents: Mark Sonsee

Birth:  1792 ,Venezia Italy  

Death: not stated

         Married:

Luisa Emillennie

Birth:  1795 ,Venezia Italy

Death: not stated

Alternate wife for Domenico:

Janet Mitchell

Birth:  1817 ,PERTH, Perthshire, Scotland

Death:  not stated

Yahoo search:

Mirror with a memory - Checklist V - Z

Various Australian, English and Scottish photographers (1853–1859) ... Dominick Sonsee, the smallest man in the world late 1870s ...

www.portrait.gov.au/exhibit/mirror/che...

www.ancestry.ca

Marriage  

Dominico Sonsee & Catherine English  

Date -- 6 APR 1845

Location: St Mary's of the Angels, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

1.Son: Name:  Mark Louise Sonsee  

Birth:  1846 - Corio, Victoria, Australia

Death:  16 Dec 1898 - Creswick, Victoria, Australia

Parents:  Dominico Sonsee, Catherine English  

Spouse:  Sarah Thompson

2.Daughter: Name:  Benetta Sonsee  

Birth:  26 Dec 1856 - Magpie, Victoria, Australia

Death:  26 Jun 1933 - Creswick, Victoria, Australia

Parents:  Dominico Sonsee, Catherine English  

Spouse:  Matthew Murnane

3.Son: Name:  John William Sonsee  

Birth:  1862 - Creswick, Victoria, Australia

Death:  1925 - Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

Parents:  Dominico Sonsee, Catherine English  

Spouse:  Louisa Victoria Betts

3a.Grandson: Name:  William Henry Sonsee  

Birth:  1892 - Creswick, Victoria, Australia

Death:  1893 - Creswick, Victoria, Australia

Parents:  John William Sonsie, Louisa Betts  



4.Daughter: Name:  Annetta Sonsee (or Hannah)

Birth:  1848

Death:  17 Jan 1915 - Creswick, Aus, Victoria, Australia  

Marriage:  22 Aug 1867 - Creswick, Aus, Victoria, Australia  

Parents:  Dominic Sonsee, Catherine English  

Spouse:  John Kay

4a. Granddaughter: Name:  Elizabeth Jane Kay  

Birth:  26 Dec 1874  - Spring Gully, Aus, Victoria, Australia  

Death:  1946 - Ballarat

Marriage:  15 Sep 1895 - Vic, Aus  

Parents:  John Kay, Annetta Sonsee  

Spouse:  James Francis Grady

5. Son: Name:  Michael Joseph Sonsee  

Birth:  1865 - Victoria ; Death:  1956

Parents:  Domenico Sonsee, Catherine English  

Spouse:  Bridget Gostelow

5a Grandson:  Name:  Charles Sonsee  

Birth:  1892 - South Australia

Death:  23 Aug 1964 - Creswick, Victoria, Australia

Parents:  Michael Joseph Sonsee, Bridget Gostelow  

Spouse:  Mary Catherine Schow

5b. Granddaughter: Name:  Irene Sonsee  

Birth:  1899 - Kingston, Victoria, Australia

Death:  26 Nov 1976 - Essendon, Victoria, Australia

Parents:  Michael Joseph Sonsee, Bridget Gostelow  

6. Daughter: Name:  Maria Louisa Sonsee  

Birth:  1867 - Springmount, Victoria, Australia

Death:  1868 (infancy)

Parents:  Domenico Sonse, Catherine English  

7.Daughter: Name:  Lucia/Lucie  Sonsee  

Birth:  1860 - Springmount, Victoria, Australia

Parents:  Domenico Sonse, Catherine English  

8. Son: Name:  Domenic Sonsee  

Birth:  1850 - Victoria, Australia

Parents:  Domenico Sonse, Catherine English  

9 Daughter: Margaret SONSEE

Birth: 1870 in Springmount, Victoria, Australia

Parents: Domenico SONSE, Catherine ENGLISH

This one line in a family history page, after a Google search, still does not say he was a Count (I read most of the page to be sure): Hagen Family Home Page--"Lorraine's grandfather, Dominic Sonsie came to Australia from Italy." On her mother's side, Lorraine's great, great, great grandfather, Major Anthony Beale ...

rodhagen.customer.netspace.net.au/Hage...  

(I could find no listing anywhere of him being a Count.)

Answer 2

Sonsie was indeed a count.

Answer 3

People wrote that he looked and behaved like a count.  But they couldn't spell well in those days.