looking for joseph coppolino family

[nlynn74]

please help: i'm looking for ancestors and or living relatives of my great grandfather joseph coppolino who emigrated from italy to the usa, he resided in kimball west virginia where he married a lady named minnie (i think that was her name), his daughter whom passed away was named josephine coppolino. any help is so greatly appreciated

[suanj]

Hi,
here the records:
1930 United States Federal Census
about Joseph Coppolino
Name: Joseph Coppolino
Home in 1930: Adkin, McDowell, West Virginia
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Age: 42
Estimated birth year: abt 1888
Birthplace: Italy
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's name: Minnie
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
Joseph Coppolino 42
Minnie Coppolino 23
Violet Coppolino 8
Irene Coppolino 7
Josephine Coppolino 5

U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
about Joseph Coppolino
Name: Joseph Coppolino
Birth Date: 5 Mar 1888
Birth Place: Castro Reale ( Castroreale)
Residence: McDowell, West Virginia
Roll: WW2_2243971
suanj

[wldspirit]

The record of marriage can be found at this link:

West Virginia Archives

According to the record,

Groom: Joseph Coppolino
Age: 26
Parents: Angelo and Domenica
Birth Place: Italy
Current residence: Gary, West Virginia

Bride: Minnie Phillips
Age: 21
Parents: B. and Rena
Birth Place: Ash, North Carolina
Current residence: McDowell County, West Virginia

Married on September 1, 1920

[wldspirit]

You can also locate the death certificate of Minnie:

Link

Minnie Pearl Coppolino
Residence: Kimball, West Virginia
Date of Birth: 7-20-1904
Birth Place: North Carolina
Fathers name: Bige Phillips
Date of Death: 3-2-1956
Burial: 3-4-1956 Woodlawn Cemetery
Cause of death: Acute Heart Failure
Informants name: Joseph Coppolino

Edit to add Joseph:

Joseph Coppolino
Residence: Kimball, McDowell County, West Virginia
Date of Birth: 3-5-1888
Birth Place: Italy
Parents name: Unknown
Date of Death: 12-2-1968
Burial: 12-5-1968 Woodlawn
Cause of death: Heart failure
Informants name: Violet Borosky of Virginia Beach, Virginia

Record also states he served in World War 1.

[nlynn74]

oh my gosh, thank you all so much, i'm bowing to you all, thank you, do you all think there might be living relatives, or how i could find out, you all are so amazing helping one another, always grateful to you all

[wldspirit]

Living relatives here in the U.S. or Italy?

[johnnyonthespot]

I believe this is his manifest. Last residence, Castroreale; Final destination, W.VA.

Page 1 See Line 8

Page 2

[wldspirit]

Who is he joining in West Virginia? (bad eyesight )
I suspect he had some relation already present, perhaps a brother, as I found a Tony, same location, close in age to Joseph.

[johnnyonthespot]

Who is he joining in West Virginia? (bad eyesight )
I suspect he had some relation already present, perhaps a brother, as I found a Tony, same location, close in age to Joseph.

You can see below that it said "Cousin Pasquale..." and "NY" but then written in a different hand is "T??? W Va". I think it's Tony.

[vj]

It could be a corrected location
Gary, McDowell, WV

[wldspirit]

I agree Vj, tho' the top is somewhat overshadowed by the PA written above, it is Gary, W Va.

[vj]

Thank you wldspirit
I agree that was a tough one
My goodness there were a lot of small mining towns in WV
(population 917 in 2000)
Valarie

[nlynn74]

would there be any living relatives in the us,

[JENNSNOW]

Hi, My Father, Robert, was Josephine (Joseph's daughter) son. Joseph was my great grandfather