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My grandfather, Domenico Vaccarezza was born in Genoa, Italy in 1883.
He moved to Australia when he was very young (12 years?). I have been told that he traveled on the ship 'Garibaldi', and maybe traveled via the U.S.A.

Can anybody help me in my search for information? So far my family only knows information about my grandfather after he arrived in Australia.

Any help or information would be greatly appreciated.

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Hello and Welcome! :-)

I see a Family tree on Ancestry owned by "roddgld" - Is that yours?

It lists "Thomas Ritchie" born in Genoa, Italy, 1883 with a parent named "Vaccarezza... and parent's birthdate as 1874 :? I'm guessing that is probably wrong, since that would make the father 9 years old at the birth of his son... :shock:

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Have you tried this site?

Australia Passenger Lists...
http://www.access.prov.vic.gov.au/publi ... ide050.jsp

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Maybe the death record for one of his children would hold some information?

Australia Death Index, 1787-1985
about Domenico C Vaccarrezza
Name: Domenico C Vaccarrezza
Death Date: 1912
Death Place: New South Wales
Father's name: Domenico
Mother's name: Isabella
Registration Year: 1912
Registration Place: Marrickville, New South Wales
Registration Number: 2318

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Rodd wrote:My grandfather, Domenico Vaccarezza was born in Genoa, Italy in 1883.
He moved to Australia when he was very young (12 years?). I have been told that he traveled on the ship 'Garibaldi', and maybe traveled via the U.S.A.

Can anybody help me in my search for information? So far my family only knows information about my grandfather after he arrived in Australia.

Any help or information would be greatly appreciated.

Kind regards
Rod Ritchie
Hi Rod welcome!
The arrival of Domenico:
New South Wales, Australia, Unassisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1826-1922
about D Vacearcgra
Name: D Vacearcgra ( D. Vaccarezza)
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1882
Age: 20
Port of Departure: New York
Port of Arrival: Sydney, New South Wales
Voyage Arrival Date: 17 May 1902
Vessel Name: Garibaldi


http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/7/ ... rezza.jpg/
20 old in 1902; the birthplace seeming Loano, Savona, IT
the arrival in USA (??):

First Name: Domenico
Last Name: Vaccorezza
( Vaccarezza)
Ethnicity: Italian
Last Place of Residence: Loano
Date of Arrival: Jan 02, 1902
Age at Arrival: 19 Gender: M Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: Trave
Port of Departure: Genoa
Manifest Line Number: 0028

http://www.ellisisland.org/EIFile/popup ... &line=0028



the last residence is mispelled on australian ship's manifest; but by the arrival in USA the birthplace is LOANO town(Savona province, Liguria region; Genova is the capital of Liguria region, so maybe your ancestor said Genova, because is the capital...)
Loano map http://maps.google.it/maps?hl=it&q=loan ... CDMQ8gEwAA



I believe that both the arrivals are rights...
hoping helpful,
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Great finds, suanj! :-D

Did you notice on the Ellis Island manifest that he is a sailor, and he has been in the US before as a sailor? Maybe more clues?

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Hi Tessa,
seeming that only Tomaso Calvi(also from Loano) was in USA before of 1902; Vaccarezza and Garubbo, I read "no" .. maybe I am wrong, but frankly, seeming a "no"; the 3 men from Loano travelling for to embark on the SS Garibaldi.... hugs,
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Yes, I see it now... :oops:

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:wink: no problem Tessa; it is a big effort to read all days so much records for to help, and sometimes we are stressed, I also read wrond sometimes.... :D hugs,
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Thank you both very much!!
When I look at the ship 'inward' list the name does look very much like 'vaccarezza'.
Tessa, yes, I created the 'RoddQLD' family tree that you referred to.

Is it possible to get birth records?

Thank you again. Your help is greatly appreciated.

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The death record that you refer to above, Tessa, was of his son (also named Domenico Vaccarezza). The son died at 6 1/2 months as a result of scolds received when a neighbours tea pot spilled on him. Very sad.

In some early records it was spelled 'Vaccarrezza', but later records showed 'Vaccarezza'.
My grandfather married a lady named Isabella Patricia McGarry. An Italian man married a lady of Scottish parents! Later, once all the children had been born they changed their last name to Ritchie.
My grandfather was an industrious man and once owned an ice-cream factory, then became a grave digger (!!!), then owned a motor garage!! LOL
I thought that you might like some information about the man and his interesting life.

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suanj wrote::wink: no problem Tessa; it is a big effort to read all days so much records for to help, and sometimes we are stressed, I also read wrond* sometimes.... :D hugs,
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You can obtain the birth certificate of your Domenico Vaccarezza writing to email address in this web page:

http://www.comuneloano.it/comune/w3c/ufficio.asp?id=6
helpful form letter in italian language:
http://www.circolocalabrese.org/resourc ... /index.asp
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Some more information today:
Domenico had brothers/sisters by the name of:
Steraphina Vaccarezza
Jumbatista Vaccarezza

We are not sure of the correct spelling of the first names.
Town of birth confirmed as 'Loano'.

So far I haven't had any success with the 'birth certificate' links above.

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Rodd wrote:Some more information today:
Domenico had brothers/sisters by the name of:
Steraphina Vaccarezza (probably Serafina)
Jumbatista Vaccarezza (probably Giambattista)

We are not sure of the correct spelling of the first names.
Town of birth confirmed as 'Loano'.

So far I haven't had any success with the 'birth certificate' links above.
The webpage suanj provided to you has an email address AND a postal address.
The postal address is in the upper left corner of the page.
Use the link for letters in Italian that suanj also provided to write a request and send it to the address...


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