Many Jews in France, including Leah Pioso's ancestors, did not have permanent family surnames prior to 1808. Article 1 of the "The Imperial Decree Of 20 July, 1808, Concerning Jews With No Fixed First Or Family Names" required:
“Those amongst our subjects who follow the Hebrew religion, and who, up to the present, have not had fixed surname or first names, shall be ordered to adopt one in the three months following the publication of this our present decree, and to make a declaration of the fact before the civil status officer in the commune where they live.”
On the advice of the town secretary, the Jews of Kuttolsheim, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, almost without exception, assumed Italian or Italian-sounding surnames like Pioso, Longini, etc.
“Those amongst our subjects who follow the Hebrew religion, and who, up to the present, have not had fixed surname or first names, shall be ordered to adopt one in the three months following the publication of this our present decree, and to make a declaration of the fact before the civil status officer in the commune where they live.”
On the advice of the town secretary, the Jews of Kuttolsheim, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, almost without exception, assumed Italian or Italian-sounding surnames like Pioso, Longini, etc.
Many Jews in France, including Leah Pioso's ancestors, did not have permanent family surnames prior to 1808. Article 1 of the "The Imperial Decree Of 20 July, 1808, Concerning Jews With No Fixed First Or Family Names" required:
“Those amongst our subjects who follow the Hebrew religion, and who, up to the present, have not had fixed surname or first names, shall be ordered to adopt one in the three months following the publication of this our present decree, and to make a declaration of the fact before the civil status officer in the commune where they live.”
On the advice of the town secretary, the Jews of Kuttolsheim, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, almost without exception, assumed Italian or Italian-sounding surnames like Pioso, Longini, etc.
“Those amongst our subjects who follow the Hebrew religion, and who, up to the present, have not had fixed surname or first names, shall be ordered to adopt one in the three months following the publication of this our present decree, and to make a declaration of the fact before the civil status officer in the commune where they live.”
On the advice of the town secretary, the Jews of Kuttolsheim, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, almost without exception, assumed Italian or Italian-sounding surnames like Pioso, Longini, etc.
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