I believe my grandfather's parents were Giovanni and Maria Vecchio.

I've hit a brick wall regarding one Vincenzo Vecchio. He is the brother of Guiseppe Vecchio who was my grandfather. My grandfather was from Postiglione, Salerno, Italy, so I presume Vincenzo was also. As I understand it, he came over to the US in the early 1900s, went back to Italy and then returned...

Va bene! Mille grazie.

Your eyes are better than mine!! I "thought" it began with a "G", but couldn't make out the rest! Thanks for clarifying!!

Thanks to help from suanj, I've cracked my father's mother's side of the family. My father's father is another story. While my grandmother's family was from Marianapoli in Sicily, my grandfather's family was from Postiglione in Salerno province outside of Naples. My grandfather Giuseppe Vecchio was ...

Wow! You ARE good!! What throws me is the departure was from Naples and not Palermo. Marianapoli is in Sicily, so I presumed they left from Palermo. Was it common for people to go from Sicily to Naples to leave for the US? Perhaps ships left at different times of the year from these ports? So I'm co...

I've hit a bit of a wall! My grandmother's name, as I knew her was Jennie Vecchio. She was married to Giuseppe Vecchio and had the following children: Lawrence, Vincent, John, Charles, Mary, Rose and Joseph (my father). My grandmother's obituary says she came from Marianapoli, Sicily. I can find NOT...