Hi Marty,

Thanks for that info.

On ancestry.com I see conflicting information, and it comes from Carmella's U.S. Social Security Number application form (Carmella Bissell Granteed [Granteed being shorten from Granatieri. Granteed is her married last name.]), which lists her parents as Dominic ...

I also was wondering why Italians, our ancestors, would want to leave Italy to come to the USA. This article from Mount Holyoke College gives an explanation.

https://www.mtholyoke.edu/~molna22a/cla ... story.html

Wow, interesting information. My great grandfather, Luigi DiGirolamo (born in Serracapriola), worked in the mines in (Pittston/Scranton?). He later was a railroad worker on the Lackawanna & Wyoming Valley RR Co (Laurel Line). His son, my grandfather, worked in the mines as well-died from lung cancer.

Yes, thanks.

Guiseppe
B: 1 Jan 1876,
D: 8 Dec 1951 Pittston, Luzerne, PA, USA

Carmella
B: 19 Jul 1887 Vico del Gargano, Foggia, Puglia, Italy
D: 10 MAY 1972 • Pittston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA

i live in Gargano..correct surname is Granatiero and not Granatieri...here is a surname diffused...in Monte Sant'Angelo and Mattinata..


Hello.

Yes, my father keeps telling me it is Granatiero, but I have not found anything to support that. But you live there, so I will go with that.

My ...

Well, he was married to a Bisceglio from Vico del Gargano.

Yup. I have found Granteed, Granted, and Grunted. My grandmother's maiden name was Granteed. They were from Pittston/Hughestown. I also found out that it's not spelled Granitieri, but Granatiero. Not sure where in Italy they are from, but I believe it's Vico del Gargano. I have recently made a ...

juanminbar wrote:in the scranton area the name degi(e)rolamo was changerd to giro/gero.

jt

Actually, it was changed to DeGelorm.

i live in Gargano..correct surname is Granatiero and not Granatieri...here is a surname diffused...in Monte Sant'Angelo and Mattinata..
Okay, that's good to know. My father's people came from Foggia, Serra Capriola, DeGirolamo is the last name. His mother's people are the Granatieri/o, and I'm not ...

How did you find all this information on DeGelorms and Granitieri's?

Hello Cynthia!
All of the records are from ancestry (manifests from Ellis Island)
One record lead to another starting with your information and Nicholas and Mary on the 1930 census.
Since both surnames were hard to find, I ...

De/i Girolamo/Degirolamo/DeGelorm

Naturalization documents:

Declaration
http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/936/declaration.jpg

Petition
http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/6697/petitions.jpg
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1901 Ship Manifest
http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/271/1901j.jpg

6 Nov 1901 , SS Gallia, Naples ...

Re: De Girolamo/DeGelorm

Luigi Degirdamo
292 Parsonage
Hughestown, Luzerne, PA
2 June (or Jan?) 1881
outside labor, Laurel Line RR Co
Scranton Lackawanna PA
wife Concetta, same address

This is my ggfather and ggmother. I could never find anything to confirm Concetta, though. Hopefully, I can ...

Thanks for your replies.

I started with my Father's mother and father - Nicholas DeGelorm and Mary Granteed.

Looking for both US and Italian records.

RE: Degirolamo
The town in Foggia is Serracapriola (G-grandfather Luigi DeGelorm spelled it Terrae Apriala) as far as I can tell from his WWII ...

Looking for Degirolamo and Granitieri surnames from Fogia. Any info/leads appreciated. Thanks.