LOOKING FOR RELATIVES RUSSO/Capasso near FRAGOLA

[merusso4]

Hi everyone-

My grandfather's mother and father are originally from Fragola near Naples. I am looking for relatives. He is 89 years of age right now and his parents passed young so we are looking for any possible relatives. He is very curious and i am helping him out. His mother was named Elizabeth Capasso. Her father was Ralph Capasso who came here in the late 1800's. His father, was James Russo, who immigrated to the US alone in approx. 1918. He is also from the same town. Any information or possible relatives out there??

[suanj]

the town is AFRAGOLA in Napoli province.... by LDS Mormon's microfilms you can find all genealogic tree because it are the microfilms from 1809 to 1953(!...great!)
"Registri dello stato civile, 1809-1953 Afragola (Napoli). Ufficio dello stato civile "
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library ... umns=*,0,0

In Afragola town currently it are 41 living families by italian directory:
http://www.paginebianche.it/execute.cgi ... c=&x=0&y=0

best regards, suanj

[mjones]

merusso:

I found this on Ancestry in the 1920 Census in Amherst, Lorain, Ohio. I believe the youngest member of this household is the grandfather you say is now 89 years old. James Thomas Russo.

Name Age
Rosherl Capasso 45
Adelinda Capasso 45
Tommy Capasso 23
Joseph Capasso 20
Domina Capasso 18
Rosalind Capasso 14
Mary Capasso 12
Annie Capasso 11
Jessie Capasso 10
Josephine Capasso 8
Litezia Capasso 6
Braddmand Capasso 3 2/12
Elizabeth Russo 25
Jessie O D Russo 7
Adelina M A Russo 4 7/12
Marietta Anna Russo 3 2/12
James Thomas Russo 1 5/12

Merjones

[merusso4]

Yes!! This is my family. Does it show anyone living in Italy? Also I know my ggrandfather Vincenzo James Russo passed in 1918. Any information on him?

[mjones]

Yes, I did find James Russo in the Ohio Death records:

James Russo
Died: Nov 22, 1918
State File Volume # 2784
Certificate # 79564

You can send away for a copy of the Death Certificate.

Merjones

[merusso4]

Is there any information on any of his relatives

[mjones]

I also found your ggrandfather's WWI draft registration card and it shows that he was married to Elizabeth at that time. It also states that he was a quarryman and his birthday was October 6, 1885.

Mer

[merusso4]

Where do you find this information at???

[mjones]

Here are all of the Russo's who died in Lorain, Ohio. The first date after the name is the birthdate and the second is the death date. Check the ones closest to 1885 birthdate. Possible family.

Rose Marie Gonzales 19 Dec 1934 Lorain, Ohio 2 Dec 2002 Lorain
Marietta Ravis 17 Oct 1916 Lorain, Ohio 23 Nov 2000 Lorain
Adelina M Russo 31 May 1915 Lorain, Ohio 17 Nov 1989 Cuyahoga
Alfio F Russo 30 Nov 1924 Lorain, Ohio 12 Jul 2001 Lorain
Filippo Russo Est. 1890 Lorain, Ohio 15 May 1961 Lorain
Jeanne F Russo Est. 1928 Lorain, Ohio 1 Apr 1985 Lorain
Joseph A Russo Est. 1912 Lorain, Ohio 23 Jul 1987 Lorain
Margare H Russo Est. 1917 Lorain, Ohio 11 Jan 1982 Lorain
Maria Russo 23 Nov 1896 Lorain, Ohio 1 Nov 1989 Lorain
Nicholas Francis Russo 18 Feb 1918 Lorain, Ohio 3 Aug 1999 Lorain
Nunzia Russo Est. 1891 Lorain, Ohio 22 Jan 1972 Lorain
Ralph W Russo 23 Feb 1933 Lorain, Ohio 29 Oct 1992 Cuyahoga
Rosa Russo Est. 1900 Lorain, Ohio 3 Apr 1986 Lorain
Salvato Russo Est. 1892 Lorain, Ohio 27 Jul 1977 Lorain
Santo Russo Est. 1896 Lorain, Ohio 12 Feb 1972 Lorain
Shirley M Russo Est. 1929 Lorain, Ohio 17 Feb 1979 Lorain

Mer

[mjones]

Ancestry.com supplied all of this information.

[merusso4]

are you able to find any possible relatives in Italy?

[nuccia]

Use this link to locate possible relatives in Italy.

http://www.paginebianche.it/index.html

Insert the surname and province and see how many hits you get.

As for the images of the WW1 Registration Cards, I would be happy to link the images here if you like.

[Biff83]

Nuccia,

There's two topics on the same family. Here's the link to the other.

http://italiangenealogy.tardio.com/Foru ... =6424.html

[nuccia]

Thanks John,

I was just noticing that! I haven't read through the replies but are we answering in only one thread or are we answering both? If you've posted more info on the other thread then I will follow your lead and post there.

mjones,

Great finding of info! Are you able to link any images? If you are interested, heres a tutorial I wrote on how to us Imageshack to upload images.

http://italiangenealogy.tardio.com/Foru ... shack.html

Let me know if you find it helpful at all!

[Biff83]

Nuccia,

I've been posting on the other thread. I posted a link to the image of the 1920 census that mjones found. Valarie has posted the WWI Draft card for Jame Russo.

Biff