Michael McCello

[sastinam]

You guys did such a great job on my costello line, I am hoping you can help on this one too. the only proof I have of him is his daugher Rose's
Marriage license which I have attached. I know for sure the name was changed, and no idea what the original name was. I cant find him anywhere.

[suanj]

Hi,
because Rose's mother was Mary A Pierce nee Holliday/Halliday, and Mary A is in 1900 census with second husband Eugine Pierce,

you found the marriage between Michael McCello and Mary A Holliday??

Mary is in 1880 census:

United States Census, 1880 for Mary A. Halliday
Name: Mary A. Halliday
Residence: Olean, Cattaraugus, New York
Birthdate: 1870
Birthplace: New York, United States
Relationship to Head: Daughter
Spouse's Name:
Spouse's Birthplace:
Father's Name: Frank Halliday
Father's Birthplace: New York, United States
Mother's Name: Barbary Halliday
Mother's Birthplace: New York, United States
Race or Color (Expanded): White
Ethnicity (Standardized): American
Gender: Female
Martial Status: Single
Age (Expanded): 10 years
Occupation: School
NARA Film Number: T9-0812
Page: 425
Page Character: D
Entry Number: 5361
Film number: 1254812
Household Gender Age
Parent Frank Halliday M 33
Parent Barbary Halliday F 28
Mary A. Halliday F 10
Ellen Halliday F 7
Frances Halliday F 5
Emma Halliday F 3
Maud Halliday F 1

most probably Michael and Mary A married in Olean, Cattaraugus, New York
if you can find the marriage record, maybe the Michael surname is spelled better.... because McCello is mispelled, surely.....
suanj

[sastinam]

No this is the only refrence I can find of him, his daughers marriage license

[johnnyonthespot]

Someone ("donahue250") has a family tree on Ancestry . com which links to this 1900 census. Rose/Rosa (1889-1966) father is given as Michael McCello and mother as Mary A. Holliday (1868-1926).

1900 United States Federal Census about Rosa Mccella
Name: Rosa Mccella
[Rosa Mc Calla]
Home in 1900: Hinsdale, Cattaraugus, New York
Age: 11
Birth Date: Mar 1889
Birthplace: New York
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relationship to head-of-house: Step Daughter
[Daughter]
Father's Name: Eugene Pierce
Father's Birthplace: Italy
Mother's Name: Mary Pierce
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: View on Image
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Eugene Pierce 41
Mary Pierce 32
Rosa Mccella 11



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[sastinam]

ya thats my tree

[johnnyonthespot]

In Ireland and Scotland, the prefix "Mc" means "son of".

It might be reasonable, therefore, to think in terms of "Di Cello" as the Italian equivalent.

[Tessa78]

Possible that the name was "Micello"
This name is found throughout Italy today, with the greatest concentration in the Puglia Region.

The 1890 US Census is only a fragment... Suffolk and Westchester counties.

Maybe we can find a manifest for Michele - but since it will be before 1889 (Rose's birth) it will be an earlier manifest which hold little information...

T.

[suanj]

I found only a:
1920 United States Federal Census
about Mike Mickello Name: Mike Mickello
Home in 1920: Olean, Cattaraugus, New York
Age: 50
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1870
Birthplace: Italy
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
[Head]
Father's Birth Place: Italy
Mother's Birth Place: Italy
Marital Status: Widowed
[Widow]
Race: White
Sex: Male
Home owned: Own
Year of immigration: 1885
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Mike Mickello 50


the age could be wrong.... maybe the italian surname spelling of this Michael could be Micale... in Cattaraugus was other Micales.. sometimes spelled on the censuses as Mc Cale

[johnnyonthespot]

Interesting...

10 years later, in 1930, living on the same street:

1930 United States Federal Census about Mike Mckells
Name: Mike Mckells
Home in 1930: Olean, Cattaraugus, New York
View Map
Age: 55
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1875
Birthplace: Italy
Relation to Head of House: Head
Race: White
Occupation:

Education:

Military Service:

Rent/home value:

Age at first marriage:

Parents' birthplace: View image
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Mike Mckells 55

** Edited to add: Also widowed; Immigrationd date is 1900. This person seems not too concerned that his name or age be entered correctly, so no reason to believe the 1900 date is accurate.

[sastinam]

wow you did it again ty ty ty

[suanj]

thank you Carmine, surely is the same person of 1920 census.... It could be the people that we are searching for, if, after Rose birth, he back in Italy and again in USA around 1900...
it is the only possible man.... if he lived in Cattaraugus, NY

[johnnyonthespot]

thank you Carmine, surely is the same person of 1920 census.... It could be the people that we are searching for, if, after Rose birth, he back in Italy and again in USA around 1900...
it is the only possible man.... if he lived in Cattaraugus, NY

Unfortunately, we still do not know the correct Italian spelling of his surname...

[sastinam]

well so far we have
McCello
McKells
mickello
McCale
micello
DoCello

McCello is out I've been thru everything I can find on that name

[johnnyonthespot]

I stumbled upon these; don't know if you already have them:

PIERCE, Eugene S spouse of Mary Anna Grace born 4-29-1858 died 9-30-1930 - buried with Evelyn J. Behn their ggranddaughter who died at 2 yrs. old 2 South Avenue

PIERCE, Mary Anna Grace Holliday McCello spouse of Eugene S born 4-10-1870 died 8-13-1926 - buried with Evelyn J. Behn their ggranddaughter who died at 2 yrs. old 2 South Avenue

http://www.paintedhills.org/CATTARAUGUS ... -P-Q-R.htm

[johnnyonthespot]

I looked through the Olean city directory of 1893-1894 at http://home.comcast.net/~dickallen5/nyc ... /index.htm

Nothing caught my eye; perhaps someone else will see what I missed.