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Where to begin? Looking for my Bozzi grandmother's roots

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Hi all, I'm new here, trying to learn about my great grandmother's family. Here's what I know: Agatha Bozzi Anastasia, I THINK her dates are 1874-1936. She was born in Italy, I believe in Conca dei Marini on the Amalfi Coast, but I'm not even sure about that. I know that either she or my great grandfather (Gaetano Anastasia) or both were born there.
My ultimate goal is to try to learn more about Agatha's mother, about whom I know even less (she apparently abandoned the family before they came to the United States). I can't travel to Italy to research and I don't speak or read Italian anyway. I wouldn't be averse to paying a reputable Italian genealogist. Any tips would be greatly appreciated!
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Hello,
there are no available sources online nor at Mormons' Family History Centers.
However, Bozzi doesn't seem to be a common surname in the area (I'm from near there), whereas Anastasio (ending with"o") is.
Don't you have any more info?
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Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934
Name: Gaetano Anastasio
Birth Date: 22 Mar 1866
Age at Death: 53
Death Date: 20 Feb 1920
Death Place: Connecticut
Burial Place: West Haven, Connecticut
Gender: Male
FHL Film Number: 3079

1947 New Haven Directory
Agatha Anastasia widow Gaetano
Date of death: 7 May 1946

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Hi
I found:
New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 about Gaetano Anastasio
Name: Gaetano Anastasio
Arrival Date: 25 Sep 1905
Birth Date: abt 1865
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/ Nationality: Italian (South) (Italian)
Port of Departure: Naples, Italy
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Perugia
joining at Agata Barra(??) in Brooklyn, New York
already in USA from 1887 to 1904..
seeming that Also Gaetano was born in Conca dei Marini..
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marriage record:
Anastasio Gaetano Jul 20 1890 5362 (1890) Kings
Borgia Agate Jul 20 1890 5362 (1890) Kings

the maiden name of Agata is spelled Borgia...

1900 United States Federal Census about Gaetano Anastasio
Name: Gaetano Anastasio
Age: 35
Birth Date: Mar 1865
Birthplace: Italy
Home in 1900: New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut
Race: White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year: 1888
Relation to Head of House: Boarder
Marital Status: Married
Marriage Year: 1890

Years Married: 10
Father's Birthplace: Italy
Mother's Birthplace: Italy
Occupation: View on Image
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Domenico Apizzo 40
Lucia Apizzo 36
Michele Apizzo 14
Antonio Apizzo 7
Gaetano Anastasio 35
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Wow, thanks everybody - I thought I would get emails when there were replies (as I said, I' new here!) or I would have replied sooner. I can't believe you all found all that info so quickly. There is a lot of stuff there that I never knew! How did you all find all that??
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Hi, I found it by ancestry.com website and the marriage by this website http://www.stevemorse.org/vital/nymarri ... ndex=groom ; I found antother trip of Gaetano:
First Name: Gaetano
Last Name: Anastasio
Ethnicity: US Citizen
Last Place of Residence: New Haven, Con
Date of Arrival: Mar 16, 1916
Age at Arrival: 51y Gender: M Marital Status: M
Ship of Travel: Patria
Port of Departure: Naples
Manifest Line Number: 0009

http://www.ellisisland.org/EIFile/popup ... &line=0009

and a trip in 1899:
First Name: Gaetano
Last Name: Anastasio
Ethnicity: US Citizen
Last Place of Residence: Canea Mas.
Date of Arrival: Jun 17, 1899
Age at Arrival: 34y Gender: M Marital Status: M
Ship of Travel: Patria (1882)
Port of Departure: Marseilles, France
Manifest Line Number: 0015

http://www.ellisisland.org/EIFile/popup ... &line=0015

Gaetano made several trips....
1930 census:
1930 United States Federal Census about Agatha Anastasia
Name: Agatha Anastasia
Gender: Female
Birth Year: abt 1871
Birthplace: Italy
Race: White
Home in 1930: New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut
Map of Home: View Map
Marital Status: Widowed
Immigration Year: 1885
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birthplace: Italy
Mother's Birthplace: Italy
Occupation:

Education:

Military service:

Rent/home value:

Age at first marriage:

Parents' birthplace:

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Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Agatha Anastasia 59
Margaret Anastasia 23

I found also a trip of Agata BOZZA ( Bozza is the right surname spelling) with children: Giovanni Anastasio 8 old, Antonio Anastasio 6 old, Maria Anastasio 4 old; last residence Conca dei Marini, IT; Agata joining at husband Gaetano Anastasio in New Haven, CT, USA
New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 about Agata Bozza
Name: Agata Bozza
Arrival Date: 18 Aug 1902
Birth Date: abt 1867
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Ethnicity/ Nationality: Italian
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Roma

http://www.ellisisland.org/EIFile/popup ... &line=0027

I know no if this other trip is abt your Agata, I believe that is the right Agata with little Giovanni travelling under mother maiden name:
First Name: Agata
Last Name: Bozza
Ethnicity: Italy, Italian
Last Place of Residence: Furore
Date of Arrival: Mar 22, 1893
Age at Arrival: 25y Gender: F Marital Status:
Ship of Travel: Ems
Port of Departure: Naples
Manifest Line Number: 0995

http://www.ellisisland.org/EIFile/popup ... &line=0995

last residence : Furore town very close at Conca dei Marini;
map: https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=Furore&ie=UTF-8

Giovanni birth:
Giosiani Anastasio, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
Name: Giosiani Anastasio (Giovanni Anastasio)
Gender: Male
Christening Date:
Christening Place:
Birth Date: 03 May 1891
Birthplace: New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: Gaetano Anastasio
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Agata Bozzi
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I02126-1
System Origin: Connecticut-EASy
GS Film number: 1405868
Reference ID: 51


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Great work, suanj! :D

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:D Thanks Biff!
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Sorry for the delay - just catching up as I have been down with a migraine! :(

Suanj - thanks so much, I'm amazed at all this info. Yes, the passenger manifests are definitely my great-grandmother, she did have children Giovanni, Antonio and Maria (I knew them as Uncle John, Uncle Tony and Aunt Mary) and I've always been told she was pregnant with my grandmother when she first came to the US. And the census info that showed her and her daughter Margaret, that's my Aunt Maggie.

But as for Agata's life in Italy - how would I go about finding out who her parents were? I'm especially interested in learning about Agata's mother.

Thanks again!
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Hi because by ship's manifest the last residence was Furore town, it is possible that Furore was the birthplace also... but Furore and Conca dei Marini civil records are no microfilmed by LDS... and in just by Salerno Archive of State the Furore civil records are from 1809 to 1865; maybe the same for Conca dei Marini.. I no checked abt that... just a researcher on place can help you... regards,
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I am Antonio Anastasio's granddaughter. My dad was John. I too have started searching for info. I do not have too much yet. My uncle Frank Anastasio went to Amalfi in April. He was not able to find out about his grandmother because apparently he did not have the correct dates. How are you and I related?
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