Hi, I know no if helpful, but most probably your ancestors coming from Macchia Valfortore( Campobasso province, Molise region, IT)... it is just a my suggestions...
I believe that maybe the full name of Nicholas was Giambattista Nicola Menichelli;
I found a Giovambattista Nicola Menichelli born on 21 Feb 1887 in Macchia Valfortore, son of Francesco Menichelli, 21 old, shoemaker and son of Angelica Beata Maria Berardinelli; birth act:
http://www.antenati.san.beniculturali.i ... ewsIndex=0
Angelica came in USA on 6 Sep 1889 with little Giovanni ( Giambattista= Giovanni + Battista)
New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 about Angelica Berardinelli
Name: Angelica Berardinelli
Arrival Date: 6 Sep 1889
Birth Date: abt 1863
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Ethnicity/ Nationality: Italian
Place of Origin: Italy
Port of Departure: Bari, Fiume, Naples, Palermo, and Trieste, Italy
Destination: United States of America
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Utopia
http://interactive.ancestry.com/7488/NY ... turnRecord
I believe that they are your ancestors...
just a my suggestion .... obviously...
and if my suggestion is right
the marriage of Francesco and Angelica Beata Maria:
Macchia Valfortore 17 Apr 1886#10
GROOM-Francesco Saverio Menichelli 21 old, shoemaker, born and resident in Macchia Valfortore son of Giambattista Menicheli and Maria Giovanna Muccigrosso
BRIDE-Angelica Maria Berardinelli 25 old, housewife, born and resident in Macchia Valfortore, daughter of Vincenzo Berardinelli and Filomena Cantaudo
http://www.antenati.san.beniculturali.i ... 2.jpg.html
the marriage record of Nicholas Menichelli show the Nicholas mother name :
M. Giavanna Mocrigro
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F6W3-HR9
that is wrong name: in the spelling and also wrong because Maria Giovanna Muccigrosso was the his grandmother and no mother...
So if my suggestion is right the italian names was:
Francesco Saverio Menichelli + Angelica Beata Maria Berardinelli
son: Giambattista Nicola Menichelli
Francesco Saverio Menichelli was born in Macchia Valfortore on 28 Aug 1865 # 43 son of Giambattista Menichelli and Maria Giovanna Muccigrosso; birth act:
http://www.antenati.san.beniculturali.i ... ewsIndex=0
Beata Angelica Maria Berardinelli ( the first names on the birth act are so) was born in Macchia Valfortore on 13 Jan 1861#3 daughter of Vincenzo Berardinelli and Filomena Cantaudo; birth act:
http://www.antenati.san.beniculturali.i ... ewsIndex=0
best regards,
suanj