Domenico Colombo (1418-1496) He was the father of the Christopher Columbus and Bartolomeo Columbus. He was also a weaver. Christopher Columbus (Italian: Cristoforo Colombo; Portuguese: Cristóvão Colombo, formerly Christovam Colon; Spanish: Cristóbal Colón; Catalan: Cristòfor Colom; 1451–May 20, 1506) was a navigator and an admiral for the Crown of Castile. ... Bartolomeo Columbus (Bartolomé Colón) was the younger brother of Christopher Columbus. ... Genera Many:see text The Weavers are small passerine birds related to the finches. ...

He was born in 1418. He had 3 brothers, Franceschino, Giacomo & Bertino. His father Giovanni Colombo had apprenticed his son Domenico to the loom at age 11. Domenico, a third-generation master of his craft in Genoa, Italy, was also a shopkeeper. His secure, respectable position in the lower middle class did not, however, guarantee his having a firm work ethic. Despite, or because of, having fingers in several problems, he was a poor provider and a worse credit risk, yet a pleasant, well-liked fellow withal.The transactions of Domenico, that he was carder and lanaiolo, proceeded with alternate fortunes: he had opened one tavern to Savona, trading also with the wool and travelling continuously. He was also in the commerce of wines and other kinds, let alone in the sale of asses and lands. When he was found in difficulty he was helped economically from Christopher. Forsaking the loom, two of his sons-Bartholomew and Christopher-went to sea. If Domenico had, however, been prosperous, Christopher might have spent his entire life at a loom.

He lived in a house to the Plan of Sant'Andrea. In the Straight Alley,in the quarter of Ponticello, neighbor to the Door of Sant' Andrea, call also Soprana Door. In this house, Domenico died in 1496. The city of Santo Domingo therefore was called from the Admiral in memory of his father Domenico (Domingo in Spanish).