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Looking for Delli Gatti Family from Nusco, Italy

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My great grandfather, Harry Delli Gatti, immigrated to America from Italy sometime in the mid 1800's. He ended up in Fairmont, WV & married a woman named Columbia Jane Stevens. Harry died when his oldest son, my grandfather, was only 9 years old, so we have no information about the Delli Gatti family. All family members who could have known anything are now dead. Can anyone help me??
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Welcome to the Forum!

Here's an 1892 Marriage Record in case you don't already have it
http://a.imageshack.us/img823/4149/1892b.jpg

27 yrs old (abt 1865) born in Avellino (a comune/town and a province in the Campania region)

From the WV Archives
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And a 1904 Death Record from the FamilySearch pilot site

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Name: Harry Delligatti
Death Date: 28 Jul 1904
Death Place: Fairmont, W. Va.
Gender: Male
Age: 48 years
Estimated Birth Year: 1856
Birth Place: Amer.
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Merchant
Residence: Marion Co., W. Va.
Cemetery: Fairmont
Burial Place: Marion Co., W. Va.
Burial Date: 29 Jul 1904
Film Number: 834816
Digital Folder Number: 4229118
Image Number: 303
Source: County Records
Reference Number: cn139 P34
Collection: West Virginia Deaths, 1853-1970
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Do you know if John was Harry's brother?
(John's wife Catherine died in 1902)
Thank you, Valarie

possible 1900 census
http://a.imageshack.us/img842/2332/1900i.jpg

Home in 1900:
207 Spence Street
Fairmont Ward 2, Marion, West Virginia

head Harry Delligat 39, born Aug 1860 IT
- married 8 yrs, abt 1892
- immig 1883, in US 17yrs, Na (naturalized citizen)
- coal miner
wife Columbia J Delligat 23, born Jan 1877 WV
- 4 children
son Alvi? J Delligat 7, born Sep 1892 WV
daughter Mattie C Delligat 5, born Aug 1894 WV
son Vingan* D Delligat 4, born Apr 1896 WV
daughter Lara R Delligat 10/12, born Jul 1899 WV

head John Delligat 30, born 1870 IT
- married 7 yrs, abt 1893
- immig 1897, in US 3 yrs
- coal miner
wife Catherine Delligat 30/38, born 1862(?)
- 4 children born, 3 children living
son Fonce Delligat 5, born Aug 1894 IT
son Vingne Delligat 3, born Mar 1897 IT
daughter Lara R Delligat 5/12, born Dec 1899 WV
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Thank you so much for the information you found for me. :D I am not sure if John was Harry's brother or not, but this is certainly a start for me. Finding the marriage certificate of Harry & Columbia & seeing that Harry was born in Avellino gives me an area of Italy to start with. Can you give me any pointers on how I should go about acquiring information from Italy?? I am very new at this & really don't know what to do. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. :)
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emilie wrote:... I am not sure if John was Harry's brother or not, but this is certainly a start for me. Finding the marriage certificate of Harry & Columbia & seeing that Harry was born in Avellino gives me an area of Italy to start with. Can you give me any pointers on how I should go about acquiring information from Italy?? I am very new at this & really don't know what to do...
I'm so glad we could help :D !
If your family is from Nusco this may help
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Your nearest Family History Center can order records for Nusco on microfilm.
The cost is about $5.50 mo (rent), you’ll need to go to the center to order & view them.
Title: Registri dello stato civile di Nusco (Avellino), 1809-1910 Nusco (Avellino).
Ufficio dello stato civile

Film notes for Nusco: http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library ... ++di++Nusc &columns=*,0,0
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Italian Record Research from FamilySearch guides:
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Also from FamilySearch (PDF format)
Italian Records Extraction - An Instructional Guide
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Three books that may help you to find, read & understand your records:

Italian Genealogical Records
How to Use Italian Civil, Ecclesiastical, &
Other Records in Family History Research

By Tafford R Cole
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A Genealogist’s Guide to
Discovering Your Italian Ancestors
How to find and record your unique heritage
By Lynn Nelson
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Finding Italian Roots
By John Philip Colletta, PhD
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DELLI GATTI

Just in case the John Delli Gatti from the 1900 census proves to be related
Here's John's wife Caterina Bocchino, son Alfonso and daughter(?) Vincenza's 1899 manifest
They may be traveling with more Delli Gatti's from Nusco to Fairmont WV on lines 13-20

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24 Feb 1899, SS Patria, Naples to NY
lines 20-22

Caterina Bocchino 35, abt 1864
- last residence Nusco
- destination Fairmont, WV
- joining husband Giovanni (John)
son Alfonso 4, abt 1895
son (daughter?) Vincenza 20 mos, abt 1897
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Valerie, thanks so very much for the information you have come up with for me. I know the information on Harry is correct because the children are the right names ...my grandfather was Alvia J....the oldest son. And I know they lived on Spence Street in Fairmont. I am going to see what I can do about finding out about my great-grandfather, where he came from & who some of his family might have been. It has always bothered me that no one in our family has ever known anything about this man :( ...even his own children who are long since deceased. I want to be able to pass on to the next generations what I have been able to find...if I am lucky enough to find anything. Thanks again for helping me. :D
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If you find information on your great grandfather, let me know. I have a lot of data on Nusco. I did fine Giovanni andCatarina Bocchino, and 3 children, Alfonso born 1894, Angela Maria born and died in 1896 and Vincenzo born in 1897. Let me know as much as you can find.
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Hi, I'm a Delli-gatti and came across this forum looking for any family in light of the heartbreaking events in Italy and all over the world. I saw that your great grandfather came to Fairmont, my family was there also. Some still live there. I live in Beckley, WV. It's very likely we're related.
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If you dont have it heres the birth record
Index#12
1894 Jan 9th on via Santo Eustachio in the town of Nusco Giovanni Delli Gatti son of Francesco Delli Gati age 45 farmer and Rosa Pierno daughter of Crescenzo

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Here for you a tree for you

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