Family from Sicignano

[caver95]

Hello I just found that my great great grand father was from Sicignano.
His name was Saverio Conde Died in Utica in 1943. Married to Maria Theresa Conde Caleo died in Utica NY in 1909.
His Fathers name was Genero Conde. Any Info would be helpful.

[johnnyonthespot]

Hello I just found that my great great grand father was from Sicignano.
His name was Saverio Conde Died in Utica in 1943. Married to Maria Theresa Conde Caleo died in Utica NY in 1909.
His Fathers name was Genero Conde. Any Info would be helpful.

Perhaps this will get you started.

The ship is the S.S. Britania; it arrived in New York April 20, 1894. At the time, Saverio was 27 years old, Maria was 26, and they traveled with two children: son Gennaro aged 2 and daughter Anna aged 1. Traveling from Sicigano to Utica; they boarded the ship at Naples. The origianl document (larger and higher resolution) is at this page.

[johnnyonthespot]

Probable 1910 Census. Origianl document is at this page.

Note the widowed status of Saverio/Samuel and the addition of several more children.

Name: Samuel Conde
Age in 1910: 43
Estimated birth year: abt 1867
Birthplace: Italy
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: Italy
Mother's Birth Place: Italy
Home in 1910: Utica Ward 8, Oneida, New York
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
Gender: Male
Year of Immigration: 1894
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Samuel Conde 43
Genary Conde 18
Anna Conde 17
Catherine Conde 13
Domonick Conde 12
Joseph Conde 11
Antoniette Conde 8
James Conde 6
Mary Conde 2

[johnnyonthespot]

1920 census, probably the same family. Looks like he re-married; Original document at this page

Name: Samuel J Condy
Home in 1920: Utica Ward 13, Oneida, New York
Age: 53 years
Estimated birth year: abt 1867
Birthplace: Italy
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's name: Julia
Father's Birth Place: Italy
Mother's Birth Place: Italy
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Sex: Male
Home owned: Rent
Year of Immigration: 1900
Able to read: No
Able to Write: No

Household Members: Name Age
Samuel J Condy 53
Julia Condy 52
Dominick Condy 20
Joseph Condy 18
Containette Condy 17
James Condy 16
Mary Condy 12
Antony Condy 13
Michael Condy 10

[johnnyonthespot]

1930 census. Many of the children are no longer living at home but it seems that the eldest son, Gennaro, is now married with children of his own! Original is at this page.

Name: Samuel Conde
Home in 1930: Utica, Oneida, New York
Age: 65
Estimated birth year: abt 1865
Birthplace: Italy
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's name: Julia
Race: White
Occupation:
Education:
Military service:
Rent/home value:
Age at first marriage:
Household Members: Name Age
Samuel Conde 65
Julia Conde 61
Anthony Conde 22
Mike Conde 20



Name: Gen Conde
Home in 1930: Utica, Oneida, New York
Age: 40
Estimated birth year: abt 1890
Birthplace: Italy
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's name: Thresa
Race: White
Occupation:
Education:
Military service:
Rent/home value:
Age at first marriage:
Household Members: Name Age
Gen Conde 40
Thresa Conde 29
Samuel Conde 11
Gen Conde 3 7/12

[johnnyonthespot]

The full name of your ancestor's town is Comune di Sicignano degli Alburni. There is a website here.

You can try writing the town to request various documents concerning your ancestor's birth and marriage. I would suggest the following might get good results:

[your name]
[your address]

Ufficio dello Stato Civile / Anagrafe
Comune di Sicignano degli Alburni
Via M Pagano
84029 SICGNANO DEGLI ALBURNI (SA)
ITALY



Egregi Signori,

Vi sarei estremamente grata se poteste effettuare una ricerca nei vostri registri e spedirmi il estratto per riassunto per atto di nascita, estratto per riassunto per atto di matrimonio, e certificato di stato di famiglia della famiglia CONDE/CONTE.

CONDE/CONTE SAVERIO nato 1867 paternità GENERO
CALEO MARIA TERESA, moglie, nato 1868
CONDE/CONTE GENNARO, figlio, nato 1892
CONDE/CONTE ANNA, figlia, nato 1903


Grazie mille.


Distinti saluti,

[your signature]

You could try sending the above via email to segretario.conti@hotmail.it (remove the spaces). Some comuni respond to email, others do not...

[PeterTimber]

In the event you need to send a seperate letter for each document since some Comune in Italy may require individual requests to spread the work load among the clerks who research at the end of the day.
www.angelfire.com/ok3/pearlsofwisdom/it ... tters.html

=Peter=

[johnnyonthespot]

In the event you need to send a seperate letter for each document since some Comune in Italy may require indidividual requests to spread the work load among the clerks who research at the end of the day.
www.angelfire.com/ok3/pearlsofwisdom/it ... tters.html

=Peter=

It is a tiny comune with only around 3,300 population. I doubt there are many clerks to spread the workload.

[johnnyonthespot]

PS: I strongly suspect the correct spelling of the surname is "Conte".

There are currently seven listings under that name in the Italian telephone directory. You may want to use this sample letter to try contacting some of these people.

Another helpful tool can be found here.

This mapping tool shows that "conde" is incredibly rare in modern Italy, whereas "conte" is just as incredibly common.

[caver95]

Stayed the night in Sicignano last night. I did not meet anyone of the Conte family, but it was still fun seeing where my family came from.