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by **JohnnyD** » 21 Nov 2002, 23:37

Hello, My name is John Moss From Phila., Pa. in the U.S.A. I am researching and attempting to locate my family from Montecorvino Rovella (SA) in Italy. My Great Great Grandfather Pietro Stellaccio born 1867 and Married to Vittoria Coralluzzo born 1871 came to Philadelphia around 1890. Pietro had a sister Marianna Stellaccio who was born 1869 and married to Matteo Di Francesco. There is also possibly of two brothers Antonio Stellaccio born either 1861 or 1867 married to Carmela Mello and Michele Stellaccio. They all resided near each other in and around the Germantown section of Philadelphia during the late 1800\'s early 1900\'s. I believe that they were all the children of Pasquale and Maria (Fortunato) Stellaccio and may have had other siblings who remained in Italy. Anyone with any information on this family please feel free to contact me. Thank You! <BR> <BR>Ciao, il mio nome Ã¨ Muschio del Giovanni da Phila., PA negli S.U.A.. Sono ricercante e tentante di individuare la mia famiglia da Montecorvino Rovella (SA) in Italia. Il mio Pietro di prima generazione grande grande Stellaccio sopportato 1867 e sposato a Vittoria Coralluzzo sopportato 1871 Ã¨ venuto a Filadelfia verso 1890. Pietro ha avuto una sorella Marianna Stellaccio che Ã¨ stata sopportata 1869 ed Ã¨ stata sposata a Matteo Di Francesco. Ci Ã¨ egualmente possibilmente dei due fratelli Antonio Stellaccio sopportato 1861 o 1867 sposati a Carmela Mello e Michele Stellaccio. Interamente hanno riseduto vicino a vicenda in ed intorno alla sezione di Germantown di Filadelfia durante il 1800\'s ritardato 1900\'s iniziale. Credo che di siano stati tutti i bambini Pasquale e Maria (Fortunato) Stellaccio e del possano di avere altri fratelli germani che sono rimasto in Italia. Chiunque con tutte le informazioni su questa famiglia ritiene prego libero metterselo in contatto con. Grazie!

by **ptimber** » 21 Nov 2002, 23:57

There are 19 Stellaccio surnamed persons in the town of Montecorvino Rovallo. Go to www.paginebainche.it and then please let me know what your researech objectives are. Peter

by **ptimber** » 22 Nov 2002, 01:20

You may wish to go to the Mormona church family history library nearest your home and request microfilm of Phildelphia Passenger lists from 1800-1906 should you dtermine they entered the USA thru that port. The FHL# for Stellaccio is 0419557 and you can always order a copy of the NARA (national archives entry info) for the same entry at their #M360-134. This is just a bit of information for you to consider. Peter

by **JohnnyD** » 22 Nov 2002, 07:25

Peter, Thank you for the Advice. I did find Pietro Stellaccio in the Ellis Island web site under Pietro Stallaccio traveling in 1896 to America with who I believe was his brother-in-law Filippo Coralluzzo. I\'ve also located 3 census records from 1900 as Pietro Starlagio, 1910 as Pietro Stellaccio and 1920 as Pietro Stellacio. It states on those records that he came to America in 1890. Ironically in 1910 Pietro resided a few blocks from the address in the 1900 census and Filippo Coralluzzo resided at the address listed for Pietro in 1900. I definetly believe that there is a connection there. As for the Stellaccio Families, I\'ve spoken to about 5 families in or around the Montecorvino area of italy, about 25 families here in the states and 1 in Argentina. According to these people we are all related and are cousins to some degree. This confirms what I\'ve been told since I was a child. There are only about 200 families who bear this name worldwide. I have done alot of research on this name and have found that there is a connection of nobility to my great-great-grandfathers family, a connection that some of the other families are aware of but is difficult to confirm. The literal meaning of the name is Big Star, which would be normal for people of Montecorvino to have a name related to astrology. I can not locate any families with the spelling Stellaccio past about 1660. Two brothers came to Montecorvino in 1660 from Avellino. I believe they were a branch off of the Stellacci Family who I believe were of Greek origin. The original spelling of the name would have been Stelaki or Stellaki and they were most likely immigrants dating back to about 400 A.D. when the Greeks first immigrated to southern Italy. I\'ve been researching for about 12 years and got a pretty good handle on the history of the name and it\'s most probable origins. It\'s been about Two years that the various families worldwide have been communicating with me. alot of people are skeptical at first until they understand that you are serious and get to know who you are somewhat. I haven\'t been able to locate any of the families in Italy who can say without a doubt that they are from my line of the family and that\'s what I\'m looking for, a positive connection. To everyone else who is performing research I would like to share this; when searching a particular surname, search under any variation of the name that you can think of. You can use interactive maps of Italy to attempt to locate a town of origin for a particular surname, especially an uncommon surname. The more you now about the surname and its origins the easier it will be to research your family on the other side.

by **ptimber** » 22 Nov 2002, 17:38

I can certaionly appreciate your efforts and running the risk of reinventying the whee;, I checked the Italian surname dicxtionary for Stellaccio and found no mention other than it is a variation of Stella without comment. other variations of Stella are distirbuted thruout Italy such as La stella, Stellato, Stellin Stellon Stellari and Stellano. There is however, a commercial site which cuts the cord so to speak at www.infokey.,com for Stellacci and furnishes a coat of arms by description and suggests that Stellacci is of Bolognese origin. The site,however, is preceded by other heraldiuc sites so choose the first site for the coat of arms and very brief family name history. I have conducted various studies of many if not all the heradlic sites so if you permit me I will at my liesure go thru and see if there is a Stellacci or two that show up. Peter

by **JohnnyD** » 23 Nov 2002, 06:06

Hello Peter, sorry about that, I didn\'t think that I was reinventing the wheel. I was under the impression that Stella was one of the variations. I communicate regularly with many of the families and am working from the information that I obtain. You wouldn\'t believe how many variations of the Stellaccio name alone that I\'ve found here in the U.S., it\'s astounding! I recently received a family crest for Stellaccio from a distant cousin in Italy. If you would like to email directly I would be more than happy to send you a copy of it. I was told that it is Authentic but there are no guarantees of that. I am open minded, if you have information other than what I have, I would appreciate hearing what you know. I\'ve found My direct lineage very difficult to trace, Like I said though, I\'m working with bits and pieces of info from many sources.

by **ptimber** » 23 Nov 2002, 06:24

I meant that I would be reinventing the wheel not you. You didn\'t check the www.infokey.com website for the Stellaccio coat of arms since you made no mention of that website. The site also provides a brief history of the Stellaccio family point origin. For instance if you go to www.geneanet.org/links.php3?lang=en you will find 6 Stellaccio inquiries from France. You may also wish to try www.heraldica.org/topics/national/italy.htm. Good Luck Peter

by **JohnnyD** » 23 Nov 2002, 17:39

Hello Peter, I did check out the links that you mentioned and I was aware of a branch of Stellaccio in France. The Hearaldry site had nothing on Stellaccio But did have some info on Stellacci. The Geneweb link that you requested I look at came up error 404, I really couldn\'t find anything there, thanks for the info though.

by **ptimber** » 23 Nov 2002, 18:19

The site seems to be working fine. Perhaps you mistook a letter or symbol somewhere. It is a heraldic review of Italy and coat of arms in various places uncovered by accident. You may also wish to contact www.fornieditore.com in Bologna for a catalogue of their Araldica dn Genealogia collectgion on sale. Peter