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by cgeyer
23 Feb 2014, 16:52
Forum: Italian Genealogy
Topic: Castiglia/Abbrescia ancestry
Replies: 5
Views: 1082

Re: Castiglia/Abbrescia ancestry

Thanks for that!! There is a lot of information on him because he was very well-known. Are there brothers or sisters listed somewhere that may link him to Chiara Abbrescia? I am guessing her parents or grandparents would have been a sibling of Francesco's.
by cgeyer
23 Feb 2014, 16:26
Forum: Italian Genealogy
Topic: Castiglia/Abbrescia ancestry
Replies: 5
Views: 1082

Re: Castiglia/Abbrescia ancestry

Elvira came over to the US as a war bride after she married my grandfather in Bari. I have record of her coming to the US in 1951, but I believe she was here before then because my father was born in the US, and the record includes him traveling by ship to the US. She was born Aug 8, 1919. Francesco...
by cgeyer
23 Feb 2014, 16:01
Forum: Italian Genealogy
Topic: Castiglia/Abbrescia ancestry
Replies: 5
Views: 1082

Castiglia/Abbrescia ancestry

I am trying to trace my roots to Francesco Saverio Abbrescia, who is a great uncle of mine. My grandmother is Elvira Castiglia from Bari, Italy, and her parents are Giuseppe and Chiara Abbrescia Castiglia. Francesco is a poet, was a monsignor and a teacher.