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Show Czechoslovakian Claims" Descent From Columbus Rome. Nitra, In Czechoslovakia, claims the distinction of haing as one of its few Inhabitants a direct descendant descend-ant of Christopher Columbus. The bearer of the historic name of Itodolt'o Colombo Is a music Instructor. Itodolfo's father, Giovanni Colombo, was a major In an Austrian Infantry regiment. In 1010 the major read in a Viennese newspaper a notice inserted by the executors of the defunct Spanish Span-ish prince, Cristoforo Colombo of Ver-agna, Ver-agna, a descendant of the navigator. Inviting In-viting all the presumptive heirs to present their claims. Giovanni -was too poor to engage a lawyer to look after the affair, but succeeded suc-ceeded himself In finding a certificate of baptism of the year 1712 which proved that one of his ancestors, Leo-poldo Leo-poldo Colombo, had been a member of the Imperial guard. This certificate proved clearly the nobility of the family. |
