Maria Desallo (married to Antonio Mea/Mayo)

[amarino81]

Hi,

I am having trouble finding information on my gg grandmother Maria Desallo (born abt 1870). I suspect her maiden name, Desallo is wrong as I could not locate it on any of the surname maps or Italian white pages.

Most of the facts I have are based on US records.

Maria married my gg grandfather Antonio Mayo (originally Mea), I believe in 1886, which I believe the is the same yr she arrived. They spent their entire lives in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn.

Somehow the Mea surname morphed to Maio and Mayo.

Antonio Mayo's birth yr is unclear. SS death notice shows his birthday as Feb 7, 1867 (died May 15, 1948). However, census' show his birth about 10 yrs earlier in 1857. He was born in Teggiano, Salerno to Guiseppe Mea and Maria Guiseppa Vertuccio. As far as I know he had a sister Saveria (1861-1921, married to Cono La Rocco, in Teggiano) and a brother Savino (1868-1936), married to Filomena Fusco, in NY.

Antonio and Maria's children:
Guiseppina/Josephine (1888-1980)
Guiseppe/Joseph (1890-?)
Nicholas (1893-1970)
Michael (1897-1979)
Rosina (my great grandmother) (1899-1992)
Frank (1900-1967)

I do not have any information on Maria's parents or place of birth (other than being Italy). Based on the area in Brooklyn lived with Antonio, I would guess Teggiano or somewhere in Napoli (Nola or Palma Campania).

I am looking for Antonio and Maria's marriage record or Antonio's naturalization record. I was also not able to locate ship manifests for either.

Anyone believe Maria's maiden name is wrong?

Here's some of the documents I gathered (Ancestry links + link to an image of the document in case you don't have Ancestry). I apologize if it is information overload, but I figured I'd share everything I had because sometimes there's a hidden clue.

Antonio's SS death claim (I am going to order the cert from NYC):
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse. ... sePUB=true
https://postimg.org/image/xetxpx437/

Rose Mayo's SS death claim (lists both parents names):
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse. ... sePUB=true
https://postimg.org/image/dpnoui87x/

1892 census: https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/32 ... 27/2485871
https://postimg.org/image/mi9nl40nl/

1905 census:
https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/73 ... 99/4223982
https://postimg.org/image/65zt0bnp7/



Thanks!
Anthony

[amarino81]

I had to split the links up into 2 posts to get around the 9 link limit:

1910 census:
https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/78 ... 4/17764689
https://postimg.org/image/zegp3edw9/

1915 census:
https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/27 ... 3/10991068
https://postimg.org/image/4wnuh35d9/

1930 census:
https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/62 ... 5/39383622
https://postimg.org/image/6grkcwqwf/

1940 census:
https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/24 ... id=2272718
https://postimg.org/image/rqzmmcxd1/

[Tessa78]

I searched for marriage of Antonio and Maria in NY, but have not found it yet. Will need to try more variations on the names...

Meanwhile, here is the index listing for the marriage of Savino Mayo and Filomena Fusco from the NYC index.
Mayo Savino Oct 24 1895 #16973 Manhattan
Fusco Filomena Oct 24 1895 #16973 Manhattan

It is POSSIBLE that your gggm's surname was De Salvo, found in both Naples and Salerno Provinces.
Even found today in small numbers in the Town of Teggiano

T.

[amarino81]

I searched for marriage of Antonio and Maria in NY, but have not found it yet. Will need to try more variations on the names...

Meanwhile, here is the index listing for the marriage of Savino Mayo and Filomena Fusco from the NYC index.
Mayo Savino Oct 24 1895 #16973 Manhattan
Fusco Filomena Oct 24 1895 #16973 Manhattan

It is POSSIBLE that your gggm's surname was De Salvo, found in both Naples and Salerno Provinces.
Even found today in small numbers in the Town of Teggiano

T.

Thank you. De Salvo might be a possibility. I'm going to search the Teggiano archives.

[suanj]

Hi,
I read with attention this interesting topic... and I am searching, however I found:


Antonio Meo

mentioned in the record of Antonio Meo and Feliciana Perrone

Name Antonio Meo
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 08 Mar 1885
Event Place Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
Event Place (Original) Manhattan, New York
Gender Male
Age 19
Marital Status Single
Birth Year (Estimated) 1866
Birthplace Tigiano, Italy
Father's Name Giovanni Batista Meo
Mother's Name Francesca Carlo
Spouse's Name Feliciana Perrone
Spouse's Gender Female
Spouse's Age 17
Spouse's Marital Status Single
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1868
Spouse's Birthplace Sala, Consolina, Italy
Spouse's Father's Name Francesco Perrone
Spouse's Mother's Name Catherine Collucio

and, the same record, with some little differences:


Antonio Meo

mentioned in the record of Antonio Meo and Felician Perrone

Name Antonio Meo
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 19 Feb 1885
Event Place Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
Event Place (Original) Manhattan, New York
Gender Male
Age 21
Marital Status Single
Birth Year (Estimated) 1864
Birthplace Italy
Father's Name Jean Babtiste Meo
Mother's Name Francesca Calla
Spouse's Name Felician Perrone
Spouse's Gender Female
Spouse's Age 17
Spouse's Marital Status Single
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1868
Spouse's Birthplace Italy
Spouse's Father's Name Francesco Perrone
Spouse's Mother's Name Catarina Calluci

IAnd because I cannot find some Birth record of oldest children, mentioning Maria Desallo ( right: DI SALLO) mother, I believe that Maria could be the second wife....
I believe that the above record is abt your ancestor, so we must descover abt Maria Di Sallo, she is on 1892 census, so maybe Feliciana died after first child Birth... who know, however it is a possible idea.....
regards,
suanj

[amarino81]

Hi,
I read with attention this interesting topic... and I am searching, however I found:


Antonio Meo

mentioned in the record of Antonio Meo and Feliciana Perrone

Name Antonio Meo
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 08 Mar 1885
Event Place Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
Event Place (Original) Manhattan, New York
Gender Male
Age 19
Marital Status Single
Birth Year (Estimated) 1866
Birthplace Tigiano, Italy
Father's Name Giovanni Batista Meo
Mother's Name Francesca Carlo
Spouse's Name Feliciana Perrone
Spouse's Gender Female
Spouse's Age 17
Spouse's Marital Status Single
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1868
Spouse's Birthplace Sala, Consolina, Italy
Spouse's Father's Name Francesco Perrone
Spouse's Mother's Name Catherine Collucio

and, the same record, with some little differences:


Antonio Meo

mentioned in the record of Antonio Meo and Felician Perrone

Name Antonio Meo
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 19 Feb 1885
Event Place Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
Event Place (Original) Manhattan, New York
Gender Male
Age 21
Marital Status Single
Birth Year (Estimated) 1864
Birthplace Italy
Father's Name Jean Babtiste Meo
Mother's Name Francesca Calla
Spouse's Name Felician Perrone
Spouse's Gender Female
Spouse's Age 17
Spouse's Marital Status Single
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1868
Spouse's Birthplace Italy
Spouse's Father's Name Francesco Perrone
Spouse's Mother's Name Catarina Calluci

IAnd because I cannot find some Birth record of oldest children, mentioning Maria Desallo ( right: DI SALLO) mother, I believe that Maria could be the second wife....
I believe that the above record is abt your ancestor, so we must descover abt Maria Di Sallo, she is on 1892 census, so maybe Feliciana died after first child Birth... who know, however it is a possible idea.....
regards,
suanj

Hi suanj,

I am not sure this is the same Antonio Meo. According to Antonio's death information, his parents were Giuseppe and Maria Giusseppe Vertucci.

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2W2V-CSJ

[suanj]

Ok,
very well, the search continue!
Thanks,
suanj

[suanj]

A last thing: and Maria parent's names? you know? Maybe helpful for the search... however are several surname, very similar to DeSallo: Di Sallo, Di Salle, Di Salvo... so maybe the parent's names can give some idea...
suanj

[amarino81]

Unfortunately, I do not know Maria's parents names.
You believe Di Sallo is the correct spelling? I could not find a match on Cognomix for De Sallo or Di Sallo.
http://www.cognomix.it/mappe-dei-cognom ... i/DI_SALLO

Thank you very much for the help.

[suanj]

Di Sallo was in Salerno province, you can find it here: military levy list database..
http://www.archiviodistatosalerno.benic ... te-di-leva
suanj

[amarino81]

Thank you.

I am not sure if it helps at all, but here is the death record for the oldest child who married Salvatore Acerra.

Name: Josephine Acerra
SSN: 089-14-2416
Last Residence:
11373 Flushing, Queens, New York, USA
BORN: 30 Dec 1888
Last Benefit: 11373, Flushing, Queens, New York, United States of America
Died: May 1980
State (Year) SSN issued: New York (Before 1951)


I also have my great grandmother Rosina's death information:
Name Rose Mayo Marino
SSN 088166913
Gender Female
Race White
Birth Date 23 Oct 1899
Birth Place Brooklyn, New York
Death Date Jan 1992
Disability Status Disability denied - no record of type.
Type of Claim Original SSN.
Notes Jan 1940: Name listed as ROSE MAYO MARINO; 29 Feb 1992: Name listed as ROSE MARINO
Household Members
Name Age
Rose Mayo Marino
Marie Desallo
Anthony Mayo

[suanj]

In Salerno province (Campania region) was Di Salle, Di Salvo etc... but in othe regions of South Italy was Di Sallo surname .. ....
If we can not determine with certainty the spelling of the last name, any idea abt her Birthplace could be wrong... what is strange in this search, that no marriage record in USA and I cannot find the Birth records of children, so by the Maria maiden name written on, it could be more easy to opt for one version of her maiden name....
regards,
suanj

[Tessa78]

deleted - incorrect record

[Biff83]

Unfortunately, no groom name is mentioned on this 1885 document.

New York, New York Marriage index
Name: Maria Dessal
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 22 Sep 1885
Marriage Place: Manhattan, New York, USA
Certificate Number: 6318

Biff

[amarino81]

Unfortunately, no groom name is mentioned on this 1885 document.

New York, New York Marriage index
Name: Maria Dessal
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 22 Sep 1885
Marriage Place: Manhattan, New York, USA
Certificate Number: 6318

Biff

Thank you very much. I am going to order the certificate.