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My 2nd grandfatherand grandmother were Egidio Grippe and Mary Joseph Wara. I believe they were from Laurenazana, Italy. I am looking for evidence of their emmagration information, or even if they did emmigrate to the the USA. They would have come sometime in the later 1800's to Utica, Onieda, New York. Any information would b appreciated. My great grandmothers name was Donata Grippe.
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Can you provide some dates about Donata? Birth, immigration...
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Hi Pippo!

This Find a Grave listing provides possible birth and death dates :-)
It gives first name as Donato, but could be a misspelling?

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2N-XP61

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Donato as born in Italy 7 August 1875, she Married Alessandro Cinque (Alexander Ching) in Utica New York around 1896. She possibly emmigrated in 1891. She Died in Utica New York , 22 Apr 1949. She had a brother named Peter who also lived in Utica. She had two sisters and a brother who remained in Italy, Anna, Maria and Rocco.
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t is my great granmothers information attached to that link. Thank You
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In Laurenzana, Potenza, the surname is spelled GRIPPO.

After looking at census records for Donata's brother Pietro/Peter (married to Theresa Bonamassa) in Utica, NY, his birthdate is between 1865 and 1869 (varies on each census) and his arrival is between 1885 and 1889 (again, varies).

Here is a POSSIBLE arrival for Peter Grippe (on this manifest as Pietro Greppi) in 1887. Unfortunately, not much other information on this manifest.

Pietro Greppi
New York Passenger Lists
Name Pietro Greppi
Event Type Immigration
Event Date 1887
Event Place New York City, New York, United States
Gender Male
Age 21
Birth Year (Estimated) 1866
Birthplace Italy
Ship Name La Champagne

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Maria Donata Grippa. Birth rec

Born on Aug 7, 1875 in Laurenzana (Potenza)
Father: Egidio Grippa, 30 yo, contadino
Mother: Maria Giuseppa Verre, his wife, filatrice
Birth record #183, Aug 10, 1875

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Maria Grazia Grippo. Birth rec

Born on Oct 26, 1866 in Laurenzana (Potenza)
Father: Egidio Grippo, son of late Pietro, 26 yo, contadino
Mother: Maria Giuseppa Verre, his wife, daughter of late Sebastiano, 24 yo, contadina
Birth record #300, Oct 27, 1866

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Rocco Vincenzo Grippo. Birth rec

Born on Aug 25, 1870 in Laurenzana (Potenza)
Father: Egidio Grippo, son of late Pietro, 29 yo, contadino
Mother: Maria Giuseppa Verre, his wife, daughter of late Sebastiano, 28 yo, contadina
Birth record #252, Aug 26, 1870

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Birth Act in 1840, of Egidio Grippo

Born 9 April 1840.
Father: Pietro Grippo [son of deceased Egidio], 27, farmer
Mother: Maria Raho, his wife
Child was given the name Egidio Antonio

http://www.antenati.san.beniculturali.i ... ewsIndex=0

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Marriage of Egidiantonio Grippo and Maria Giuseppa Verre on 19 March 1862
Egidiantonio was age 21, farmer born in Laurenzana to do ceased Pietro Grippo and deceased Maria Raho
Maria Giuseppa was age 22, born in Laurenzana to deceased Sebastiano Verde and to Gaetana d'Alesandro.

http://www.antenati.san.beniculturali.i ... ewsIndex=0

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Thank you all so much for the info, I saw transciption errors in the census reports. The name being Grippo and no Grippe makes perfect sense. I also saw one document that mentioned Maria as Wara? Vera, so that makes sense that her name was Verre. Also a ships manifest had Donata listed as Grippe Mc Donato. I was confused because she listed her profession as houswife, but was only 17 when she came over.
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Correction, the immigration info on Donata mentions that she Married at the time.
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alching wrote: 18 Jan 2017, 01:40 Correction, the immigration info on Donata mentions that she Married at the time.
Can you post the immigration information source?

You originally stated that Donata married with Alessandro Cinque (Ching) in 1896 in Utica. Yet, you state here that the immigration information mentions that she was married at the time of her arrival ???

What immigration information source are you referencing?

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http://stevemorse.org/ellis2/elliswhite ... LNM=grippo

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Last Name First Name Age Born* Year Arrived Ship

Grippo Ma. Donata 17y 1878-1879 1896 California (1872)
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