Puma Family from Racalmuto in Agrigento, Sicily

[rp76226]

Looking for the children of Gaetano Pagliarello Puma (1820-1893) and his wife Giovanna Mantia (1822-1896). Looking for the parents, grandparents, broters, and sisters of Salvatore Puma and his wife Maria Rosa Carlino both born in the late 1700s. looking for sisters Giovanna (born 1881) and Giuseppa Puma (born 1883) to Giovanni Puma (died 1899) and his wife Maria Concetta Grillo (1855-1914) who married on November 30, 1878.

[maestra36]

Giuseppe Di Puma born on June 23, 1859; father Gaetano Di Puma and mother Giovanna Mantia; baptized on the 24th

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[maestra36]

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Registri dello stato civile di Racalmuto (Agrigento), 1821-1910
Authors Racalmuto (Agrigento). Ufficio dello stato civile

Going through microfilmed records for your town is the best way to find records for all of the family members you are searching

[rp76226]

Thank you for that information. I sometimes see the same people (based on matches on dates and related names such as spouses and children) on different documents with two surnames - Puma and Di Puma. Di in Italian means 'of'. I'm thinking that the difference comes in how the mid-wife who reports the birth to the authorities remembers the name. Not sure if that is the right reason. POssibly, also, there are differences between church and town reporting or surnames, for example church is in Latin; town is in italian) that explain this?

[johngallegos44]

Good afternoon.

I am conducting research on my wife's Puma family from Rocalmuto, Agrigento.

Leonardo Puma (b. 1863) was married to Catarina Butice.

Leonardo's son Angelo Puma was married to Maria Craparo.

Angelo Puma's son Leonardo Puma (b. 1862) was married to Giuseppa Lo Bue.

Any assistance is appreciated.

Thank you.

John H. Gallegos.
Beaumont, CA, USA

[adelfio]

I dont know if you have it but I see that the marriage records are available on ancestry.com for Agrigento > Racalmuto here is Leonardo Puma (b. 1862) was married to Giuseppa Lo Bue
In the year 1890 27 November before civil official of Racalmuto appeared Leonardo Puma age 29 son of deceased Angelo Puma and Maria Cino?? and Giuseppa Lo Bue age 20 daughter of deceased Andrea and Carmela Lo Faso?? all born and living in Racalmuto
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Marty

[johngallegos44]

ood morning Marty.

Thank you for the great piece of information on Leonardo Puma. I will share the key data with my wife's relatives.

If you are interested in more info on Leonardo Puma after he arrived in the United States, please let me know.

My e-mail address is jhgallegos@msn.com.

Regards,

John H. Gallegos
Beaumont, CA

[johngallegos44]

Marty thanks for your assistance.

I think that the Racamuto civil database is only available from the "world-wide" edition of Ancestry.com. This cost about $400.00 annually. This is more than what I want to invest at this time.

Plan B would be to order the Racalmuto civil records on microfilm from the LDS Family History library. This would be much cheaper.

Thanks again.

John H. Gallegos
Beaumont, CA

[adelfio]

Dont know if you have it but i will leave it on here U.S. Passport Applications, Record for Leonardo Puma with his picture from ancestry.com shows his father was deceased.
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Marty

[johngallegos44]

Good morning.

There is an active genealogy site on www.ancestry.com for Gaetano Pagliarello Puma. The contact person is listed as "Pumaro".

The site appears to have much of the information that you are seeking.

Regards,

John H. Gallegos
Beaumont, CA

[rp76226]

That's my second cousin. We are already in contact.

[Thepuma84]

I realize this thread is 10 years old but I just found it. Not sure if it's relevant but I am the grandson of Thomas Salvatore Puma who left Sicily/Italy at a young age around the 1920s or 30s. I'll have to find what records I can. I know he had a brother named John and they all settled in Florida. My father was Thomas Craig Puma who was born in Hialeah, Florida in 1957. I'm just trying to see what family lineage I can discover since my Puma family is practically wiped out with just my aunt, cousin, and myself remaining.

[PippoM]

Maybe @rp76226 knows something.
I add this this post, as your was approved late, and did not show in the first page.

[rp76226]

I had a first cousin Thomas Craig Puma born January 12, 1956 and died February 28, 2011. He was married to Donna Faye Jones and they had a son Nicholas Craig Puma born January 31, 1984 whom I've never met. Is that you?

Ron Puma