Following up on Pippo's :D find...

Here is the birth act of Pietro Rosario Stumpo in Rogliano in 1881
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Dated 30 September 1881 - birth on 28 September 1881
Father: Antonio Stumpo, son of Pietro, age 22, peasant farmer.
Mother: Serafina Scalzo, his legitimate wife, peasant farmer, residing ...

It is very usual that a female is given a double name starting with Maria (you do NOT have to think of something like first and middle name used in the USA: in Italy, all the names before a comma, if present, are considered as a first name; as to the use, it's a personal issue...for instance, my ...

Thank you, PippoM for researching this, and then posting what you found. The information you provided most likely pertains to my grandparents… however, I noted a discrepancy in the name of my grandmother. I went back and looked at my father’s birth certificate, certificate of baptism, and ...

I am trying to find out information about my paternal grandparents, Pietro Stumpo married to Gaetana Filice. Based on my dad’s birth year, 1921, I’m guessing they emigrated (from Calabria) to the US in the 1910’s. They lived in Newark NJ, and both died when my dad was a young child. I’m also hoping ...