Galioto "Galiotto" family surname

[ty79978]

Hello,

To anyone who could help in anyway in uncovering some parents names for me and possibly more siblings if that are possible. Greatly Appreciated.


My grandmother's maiden name is Galioto. My grandmother was born in NY.

My grandmother is the daughter of Antonio "Antonino" "Anthony" Galioto & Orsolina "Orsola" "Lena" Palazzolo.

My grandmother's parents were married in New York city in 1924. On October 23rd to be exact.

My grandmother's father was born on October 11th, 1891.
According to Antonino's WWII draft, he was born in Palermo, Italy. I'm not sure what specific city in Palermo, I'd say Sicily is a best bet considering my grandmother can speak Sicilian and she was told that her grandfather's family was from there.

According to my the Census: 1930 & 1940. Antonio immigrated from Italy to the United States in 1907. I haven't been able to locate an immigration record.

According to my great grandparents marriage certificate (Antonio Galioto and Orsola Palazzolo) October 23rd, 1924. I have a certified copy of the certificate from the New York Municipal Archives.

The marriage certificate list the parents of Antonio.

Antonio's father's name was Giacinto Galioto.
Antonio's mother's name was Antonina Piazza.

Now, I know Antonio has a brother. It is known that he only has one brother.

But, me personally, I truly feel that my 2x great grandparents (Giacinto Galioto & Antonina Piazza) gave birth to more children.

It is known that they gave birth to two boys, but two children in an Italian family in Italy, not to say that it's impossible for her to have more, just judging from the sizes of my other families who are from Italy, two known children makes it seems like there were as a possibility. Perhaps more who didn't leave Italy?

It is known that my great grandfather Antonio Galioto had a brother Bernard.

Bernard "Bernardo" "Binardo" Galioto was born on July 14th, 1894.
Bernardo died on December 23rd, 1965.

Bernardo died in U.S Consulate.
Bernardo used to live in the United States. New York to be exact.
Bernardo married (according to a marriage certificate) her name was Leonarda "Currin" "Curreri"... The family called her Nettie. I never knew her name to be Leonarda. I've never seen her name to be written this way. Her name is seen as Nettie in all census records and even on her headstone.
Leonarda "Nettie" is the daughter of Calogero Curreri and Calogera Chiarello. She was born in Italy according to her marriage certificate. Nettie is listed as being born in the United States in all census record.
Nettie was born in 1900 and died in June of 1941. She's buried in the Bronx, I have her headstone picture.

According to Bernardo's marriage certificate to Nettie, his parents are Giacinto Galioto & Antonina Piazza.

Bernardo re-married after his 1st wife Nettie's death.
I'm not sure when he re-married, I assume back in Italy.
Bernardo married Orsola Bue.
Orsola was born on May 23, 1900 and died on March 15th, 1978.

According to Bernardo's death Report:
Bernardo and Orsola are buried in the cemetery "S Orsola"

Bernardo's immigration record states that he came to the United States on August 15th, 1913. He list his father as Giacinto Galioto in the record.

According to Bernard's WWII draft, he was born in La Carda Frida, Italy.
Other places of birth could include Sicily, Palermo, Italy.

Bernard did have children. Known children with his first wife, Nettie.
All 3 children (2 sons and 1 daughter were born and died in Bronx, NY.)

No known children if any with his 2nd wife Orsola.

The last name of "Galioto" can also be seen spelled with "Galiotto".

Thanks to anyone who can help!
I'd love to share any uncovered information with my elderly grandmother.

Much Appreciated!

Tyler.

[pink67]

Hi Tyler,

Antonio Galioto was born in Lercara Friddi, a town under the province of Palermo, this is his birth act imae from the site familysearch.org:

Birth act number 451 - Year 1891

Galioto Antonino was born in Lercara Friddi on the day 11 october 1891 at 2 a.m., son of Giacinto Galioto, age 46, occupation employed and of his wife Antonina Piazza, farmer

link to the act's image:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/T ... n791939228

Laura

[pink67]

From the site Ellisisland.org the 1909 marrival manifest for Antonino:

17 april 1909

Galioto Antonino, age 18, male, single, place of birth and of last residence in Italy Lercara Friddi, leaving in Italy his father Giacinto, going to NY to meet his cousin Salvatore Montagnino

page 1:
http://www.ellisisland.org/EIFile/popup ... &line=0002

page 2:
http://www.ellisisland.org/EIFile/popup ... &line=0002

Laura

[ty79978]

Laura,

Thank you so much for your kind and quick reply.
I truly thank you.

I can't wait to share this information with my grandmother.
My grandmother's name is Antonina.

Now we had always thought that my grandmother's parents (Antonio and Orsolina) just changed the name of her father and that's where Antonina comes from.

Antonio's name is seen Written as Antonino so we had originally thought to get Antonina, they dropped the o and added an a.

Now it seems that my grandmother was indeed named after her grandmother.


Thank you for the immigration records as well,
I always knew the year from one of Ancestry's censuses, but I was never able to find an actual manifest of people traveling.

Thanks again!

Tyler

[ty79978]

Laura,

Do you have any suggestions on how I should go about finding Salvatore?

I saw the Ellis island record and it clearly says Staying with "His Cousin Salvatore Montagnino" but then there's a little bit of writing after that and to me it is illegible. Can you make out any of the letters? Perhaps it's a residence. I'm assuming Salvatore lived in Manhattan, NY or Queens, NY.

If I can get an exact residence, perhaps I can try to find him in the Census anywhere from 1910 to 1940.
I could also try a World War 1 and 2 draft.

Thanks for you're help.

[pink67]

Tyler,

just wanted to share with you the 1925 ny census for Antonio and Lena:

New York, State Census, 1925

Name: Anton Galister
Birth Date: abt 1893
Birth Place: Italy
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Residence Place: New York, New York
Relationship: Head
Color or Race: White
Number of Years in US: 17
Assembly District: 14
House Number: 329
Line Number: 12
Page Number: 39
Household Members:
Name Age
Anton Galister 32
Lena Galister 21

link to the image on the site Ancestry.com

http://interactive.ancestry.com/2704/32 ... turnRecord

if you don't have a subscription to the site I can post the image...

Laura

[pink67]

Again form Familysearch.org possible sibling for Antonio and Bernardo:

Birth act nubmer 458 - Year 1886

Galioto Pietro was born in Lercara Friddi on 14 september 1886 at 5 a.m., son of Giacinto Galioto, age 37, employed and of his wife Antonina Piazza farmer

image:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/T ... n791939228

Laura

[pink67]

Most likely the Pietro who was born on 1886 died soon after his birth because there's another Pietro born to the same couple a few years later:

Birth act 328 - Year 1889

Galioto Pietro was born in Lercara Friddi on 6 july 1889 at 2 a.m., son of Giacinto Galioto age 40 farmer and of his wife Antonina Piazza farmer

image here:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/T ... n791939228

Laura

[pink67]

Bernardo's birth act:

Birth act number 303 - Year 1894

Galioto Bernardo was born in Lercara friddi on 14 july 1894, son of Giacinto age 45 employed and of his wife Atnonina Piazza

image:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/T ... n791939228

Laura

[pink67]

Birth act number 521 - Year 1878

Galioto Caterina was born in Lercara Friddi on 4 november 1878, daughter of Giacinto Galioto, age 37 labourer and of his wife Antonina Piazza

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/T ... :897285292

Birth Act number 150 - Year 1881

Galioto Mattia (female) was born in Lercara Friddi on 15 march 1881, daughter of Giacinto Galioto age 32 farmer and of a woman who didn't wanted to be recognized , not married, not relative

(Age of Giacinto seems off, but I don't think there was another Giacinto Galioto in Lercara)

image:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/T ... :897285292

Birth act number 271 - Year 1884

Galioto Mattia (female) was born in Lercara on 10 april 1884 daughter of Antonina DiPiazza and of her husband Giacinto Galioto. The birth's declaration to the town hall office was made by Beatrice Sinatra age 66 midwife being the father of the baby impeded to do so.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/T ... :897285292

Tyler, I don't know if these children survived, ifant mortality rate was very high at those times... There is need to check the death records to verify it....

Laura

[ty79978]

Laura,

Thank you for finding possible siblings.

I always had a big feeling that there were more children. It is only known that my great grandfather Antonino came to the United States in 1909 and his brother Bernardo came in 1913.

Is this database searchable on Family Search.org or is it just images.
Because I'm not the best at translating Italian. I never took an Italian class or anything and I only know very few basic words.

Is there any way to locate a birth certificate for Giacinto and Antonina Piazza?

[ty79978]

Or Perhaps a Marriage Certificate between the two?

Unfortunately, before these records, I didn't know much about them.
I'm not sure when they died, or how old they were at their deaths?

I assume that they both died between 1914 and 1930.
Judging that Giacinto's name was on Bernardo's immigration record.

I wish I could search in an index or section. But I've tried searching with no results.

As for images, I have terrible vision so I can't decode anything, I'm not even sure what I'm looking for exactly.
I don't know much Italian only a few basic words.


Any additional help or suggestions would be great!
Thanks!

[pink67]

Tyler,

these records are not easy to research because they are not indexed, they need to be checked "manually" page by page, using the year or ten years index.

However, this is (I think) the first child born to Giacinto and Antonina (whose lastname seems to have been Dipiazza later shortened in Piazza)

Birth act number 524 - Year 1874

Galleoto Pietro Giacinto was born in Lercara Friddi on 27 november 1874 at 5 a.m., son of Giacinto Galleoto age 25 farmer and of his wife Antonina Dipiazza age 16 farmer

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/T ... :897285292

Laura

[ty79978]

Laura,

I realize the records are not easy to research. I've been on Familysearch.org before, and I was never able to find them.
Mostly Partly due to having terrible vision so reading these documents is extremely hard to do.

But to be honest..

The name change as you go further back in time from "Piazza" to "Dipiazza" that doesn't seem to be a mistake.

And as far as children go,
I'm not sure how many there would've been in total. I just had a feeling there was more than two and it turns out I was right?

Is there anyway that you could help figure out what happened to these children?

I assume they didn't all die in infancy. Indeed it is possible..
But, what about those who grew up and didn't want to leave Italy?

I know my great grandfather Antonino and great uncle Bernardo did,
but I think they were the only ones..
I think the other siblings if they didn't die in Infancy, they lived and created their own families in some town in Italy, assuming the same one Lacarra Friddi..

Is there away to find out if this is indeed possible?

[ty79978]

Laura,

I attempted to calculate the birth year for Giacinto Galioto.
But due to the various ages of him that were recorded during the time of birth of the children.
I've calculated that he was born between 1841 and 1849.

As for Antonina DiPiazza - Piazza.
There is only one child's birth that seems to list her age.
And that is for their first child Pietro Giacinto "Galleoto" "Galioto"
It says that she was 16..
That would make her born about 1858.
I've assumed she was born in Lercara Friddi as well.

Now being that Pietro "Galeotto" "Galioto" is believed to have been their first child as even myself, I don't think that she gave birth to any children before the age of 16.

I say they would've gotten married in 1874 or sometime between 1870 and 1884.

Is it possible that you can find a marriage certificate for Giacinto Galioto and Antonina DiPiazza? (Assuming that she got married with the "Di" attached to Piazza).

Is it also possible that you could find a birth certificate for a Giacinto Galioto and an Antonina DiPiazza?

I look forward to your response,

Thanks for all your help!

Greatly appreciated!
Tyler.