I am looking for relatives of my grandfather, Francesco Emilio Dato Tessitore. He was born in Terranova di Sicilia, now renamed Gela, on 17 February 1880.
His parents were Gayetano (Gaetano?) Dato, born 7 August 1847, and Mariana Tessitore, born 26 July 1854. Both Gaetano and Mariana died before 1909.
My grandfather Francesco emigrated to Buenos Aires, Argentina around 1900. The name of his daughter, who was my mother, was Alma.
His 4 sisters remained in Italy They were living either in Sicily or in the region of Naples. Their names were
1. Emanuela Dato-Tessitore
2. Gilda Dato-Tessitore
3. Amalia Dato-Tessitore
4. Olga Dato-Tessitore --- she became a nun.
Emanuela married a signor Piazza and had 4 children:
1.Gaetano Piazza
2.Ernesto Piazza
3.Iolanda (Yolanda?)Piazza
4.Anna Piazza
My mother and I met several members of the family in Naples in 1962. According to what my mother wrote to my grandfather, their names were:
la zia Nelina (Emanuela???) de 88 anos
Yolanda
Anna e il suo marito (que es militar)
"Tanino", fratello di Anna e Yolanda (Gaetano Piazza?)
la suor Olga
Carmela (???) con il suio figlio di 21 anos.
Sara, la sorella de Carmela (???)
Sara ha una figlia Agata
Emanuela Dato Tessitore de Piazza: nata circa 1874 e morta 21 febbraio 1964 in Taranto, Italia.
I have photographs of some of these relatives.
I hope someone can help me! Grazie!
Gloria



