Info on Falesca/Delisco?

[jfalduti]

Hello everyone.

I am hoping that someone here would be able to tell me some common regions for the surname Falesca or Delesco or some variation of that. This was my great-grandmother's mother's maiden name.

Attached here is an image with two versions of the name: the first from my great-grandparents' marriage certificate and the second from my GGM's death certificate. Her mother's name was Isabella, not Maria- the name on the first record is incorrect so ignore it. Isabella was born in Italy about 1876 and I believe came to the US approximately 1889 or so. She married Salvatore LaMoglia in 1893 and they had their first child in either 1893 or 1894. My GGM, Maria LaMoglia was born in Pennsylvania in 1895.

I am having immense trouble finding Maria's birth info from Pennsylvania, so I am hoping to find out more about her parents who immigrated from Italy.

Could anyone tell me, first, which is the likely name? The first looks like Falesca and the second looks like Delesco or Delisco. Then could anyone tell me what areas in Italy this name would commonly be from? I have a feeling they are likely from the Calabria region but I have no evidence of that.

I appreciate any help!

Joey

[Italysearcher]

This is a good site to play with versions of a surname. http://italia.indettaglio.it/eng/cognomi/cognomi.html

[Tessa78]

For reference purposes... Could this be your GGM (a widow) in 1930 in New Jersey?
Age and date of arrival are close...

1930 United States Federal Census

Name: Isabelle Lamoglia
[Isabella "Isabelle" Lamoglia]
Gender: Female
Birth Year: abt 1876
Birthplace: Italy
Race: White
Home in 1930: Nutley, Essex, New Jersey
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Street Address: Milton Avenue
Marital Status: Widowed
Immigration Year: 1895
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birthplace: Italy
Mother's Birthplace: Italy
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Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Isabelle Lamoglia 54
William Lamoglia 32 (son - engraver at a textile company)
Rose Lamoglia 22 (daughter-in-law -- an artist at a textile company)
Frances Lamoglia 2 (grandchild)
[2 10/12]
Angelina Lamoglia 17 (daughter)
Joseph Lamoglia 13 (son)
Domenic Corsaro 23 (son-in-law)
Nellie Corsaro 21 (daughter)
Joseph Corsaro 2 (grandchild)
[2 8/12]


This looks like the same family in 1920 Census - also in Nutley, NJ
Bad transcription of the name
Father SALVATORE is still living at this time. Several other children listed.

1920 United States Federal Census

Name: Isabella Logombia
[Isabella Lamoglia]
[Isabele Lagamba]
[Isabella Loponolia]
Age: 44
Birth Year: abt 1876
Birthplace: Italy
Home in 1920: Nutley Ward 1, Essex, New Jersey
Race: White
Gender: Female
Immigration Year: 1889
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Salvador Logombia
Father's Birthplace: Italy
Mother's Birthplace: Italy
Able to Read: No
Able to Write: No
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Salvador Logombia 51
Isabella Logombia 44
William Logombia 21
Elizabeth Logombia 19
Minne Logombia 16
Nellie Logombia 11
Anna Logombia 8
Lillie Logombia 7
Joseph Logombia 3

T.

[jfalduti]

For reference purposes... Could this be your GGM (a widow) in 1930 in New Jersey?

Yes that is indeed them. There's also a 1910 census with them as well living in the same place, but the spelling is atrocious and you wouldn't even know it's them. I believe the spelling on that is something like Amolo.

BTW, Isabella is my GGGM. Mary/Maria LaMoglia is my GGM. I'm interested in finding more about her mother, Isabella's family. Isabella came from Italy. (So did Salvatore LaMoglia). Mary was born here so I'm trying to trace her parents.

Thanks!

[Tessa78]

This appears to be the same family in the 1910 Census in Nutley, NJ - and the name is VERY badly understood by the census taker

Mother is listed as MARY here.
There is a daughter MARY listed with age 14 (DOB about 1895-6) AND here place of birth is listed as NEW JERSEY

1910 United States Federal Census

Name: Salvatore Amolo
[Salvatore LaMoglia]
[Salvatore LaMoglia]
Age in 1910: 40
Birth Year: 1870
Birthplace: Italy
Home in 1910: Nutley Ward 1, Essex, New Jersey
Race: White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year: 1889
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Mary Amolo
Father's Birthplace: Italy
Mother's Birthplace: Italy
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Salvatore Amolo 40
Mary Amolo 34
Thomas Amolo 17
Mary Amolo 14
William Amolo 12
Lizzie Amolo 9
Millie Amolo 6
Nellie Amolo 1 6/12
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T.

[Tessa78]

oops! We were posting at the same time

I tried variations of the surname for your GGGM and found that Delesca exists (though very limited) in the Naples area of Campania Region.

http://gens.labo.net/it/cognomi/genera. ... r=640&k=FF

As for her first name...there is a good possibility that her given name was Maria Isabella, or Isabella Maria

T.

[jfalduti]

That might be a good start.

Are there LaMoglias in that region as well? It's a shot in the dark, and they did not come over together, but worth a checking out.

The first name sounds plausible, but Isabella is more consistent. But who knows what they did.

Also the family often used the last name "Moore" which complicates things.

Mary's brother, Thomas, was also born in PA. As you can see his WWI draft card says Thomas Moore, so he may have been born as either Thomas LaMoglia or Moore. Same with Mary. BTW despite what the Census says, Mary was definitely born somewhere in PA Sept 7, 1895.

[jfalduti]

I do see a lot of variations of the name on FamilySearch.org. Seems to be a lot of Falasco/Falasca/Valasca born in Italy in the later 1800s.

https://www.familysearch.org/search/rec ... 800%7E1870

[PippoM]

And if it were Telesca/Telesco?

[jfalduti]

I see your point.

I'm pretty certain that's an F though. The F appears elsewhere on the page. There's also a T to compare it to, and it doesn't have the line through it. See image: