Tessa,
Thank you for clarifying the manifests. The Benedetti connection is especialy interesting to me as my grandmother is related to some Benedettis/now in America Bennetts and her people come from Pettorano Sul Gizio which is close.

I had the wrong church of baptism in Fontecchio for Gabriel ...

Alright I'll add my own Italian descriptive terms I recall hearing relatives say during my childhood.

Jamoke [sp?] , I was never entirely sure what this meant. I thought fool.

Mittaganach [sp?] which may have loosely translated into "those darn Americans?"

My family was from Abruzzo

Redchief777

Tessa,

My grandfather's parents from his death record in Pennsylvania were Antonio Gasparini and Lucia Severino.

I took another look at the ship logs for Giuseppes' and Antonio and could only make out some of the names of who they were going to see on Seneca Street. It is pretty clear that young ...

Tessa,
You are awesome. Thank you for your help. This really helps me tie some things together.

Jim

I am trying to discover some information about my great grandparents, Antonio Gasparini and Lucia Severino Gasparini from Fontecchio. They are my grandfather's [Gabriel Cesare Gasparini] parents. He was born in Fontecchio in 1903 and emigrated alone to the United States in 1920.

Any assistance ...