Locating a death act?

[AmandaP]

Hello! Looking for help locating any records for Carmella Cargano. Her husband was Antonio Cozzone. Thank you!

[AmandaP]

Im sorry for the incorrect title for my question!!

[AngelaGrace56]

What else can you tell us about Carmela and Antonio? What town were they born in? If they immigrated, when and to where? etc

Are you sure of the spelling of Carmela's surname? It's possibly Gargano?

Angela

[AmandaP]

What else can you tell us about Carmela and Antonio? What town were they born in? If they immigrated, when and to where? etc

Are you sure of the spelling of Carmela's surname? It's possibly Gargano?

Angela

Hello Angela!

From the little information I have, Antonio was born in Venafro, April 1878. He immergrated to the united states between 1900-1903 I have one record with carmela's name, I will attach it on this post, maybe you can see if her maiden name is cargano or gargano. It's the marriage record for my great grandparents Giovanni Amoriello and Mary Cozzone. I don't know if this information will help but Carmela and Antonio's daughter Mary was born April 1904 in Pennsylvania, USA. I'm currently searching a few other websites for any records on her. I believe Carmela may have passed away before the mid-1920s because I have a marriage record for Antonio and his new wife and it says his last marriage ended because his wife passed away.

[AmandaP]

What else can you tell us about Carmela and Antonio? What town were they born in? If they immigrated, when and to where? etc

Are you sure of the spelling of Carmela's surname? It's possibly Gargano?

Angela

Update:
Carmela was born in 1881 in Italy and immigrated to the United States between 1900-1903.

[AngelaGrace56]

Thankyou, Amanda. Looking at the record you have posted here, I am reading Cargano, but I still believe the correct name to be Gargano. Looking at the following Name Distribution Map, Cargano is not a very common name in Italia. https://www.mappadeicognomi.it/en/index ... o&s=Search
The name Gargano is found in Venafro, and all over Italia. Carmela was possibly also from Venafro.

The Civil Records for Venafro are currently not on line. You would need to go to either a Family History Centre or Affiliated Library to view them. Instead of being listed with the Province of Isernia, they have been placed with the Province of Campobasso. (Venafro is a town in the province of Isernia so they should be with those.) Here's the full catalogue of what is available for Venafro: https://www.familysearch.org/search/cat ... %20Library

Records for the province of Isernia will eventually be placed on this site here, and hopefully Venafro will be amongst them: http://www.antenati.san.beniculturali.i ... o-e-fonti/

(While there are currently records at antenati.san.beniculturali.it e for Campobassao, Venafro hasn't been included amongst them.)

Angela

[AmandaP]

Thankyou, Amanda. Looking at the record you have posted here, I am reading Cargano, but I still believe the correct name to be Gargano. Looking at the following Name Distribution Map, Cargano is not a very common name in Italia. https://www.mappadeicognomi.it/en/index ... o&s=Search
The name Gargano is found in Venafro, and all over Italia. Carmela was possibly also from Venafro.

The Civil Records for Venafro are currently not on line. You would need to go to either a Family History Centre or Affiliated Library to view them. Instead of being listed with the Province of Isernia, they have been placed with the Province of Campobasso. (Venafro is a town in the province of Isernia so they should be with those.) Here's the full catalogue of what is available for Venafro: https://www.familysearch.org/search/cat ... %20Library

Records for the province of Isernia will eventually be placed on this site here, and hopefully Venafro will be amongst them: http://www.antenati.san.beniculturali.i ... o-e-fonti/

(While there are currently records at antenati.san.beniculturali.it e for Campobassao, Venafro hasn't been included amongst them.)

Angela

Hi Angela!! I actually found a family search center about an hour from where I live. I'm planning on making a trip there in a few weeks. They're only open one day a week for an hour and a half. I also found out I have a great uncle who is still alive and he has a a lot of information on my great grandmother. But he doesn't know much about his father, Giovanni. So I'm excited to share the info I have on him. We're meeting on Monday

[AngelaGrace56]

Hi Angela!! I actually found a family search center about an hour from where I live. I'm planning on making a trip there in a few weeks. They're only open one day a week for an hour and a half. I also found out I have a great uncle who is still alive and he has a a lot of information on my great grandmother. But he doesn't know much about his father, Giovanni. So I'm excited to share the info I have on him. We're meeting on Monday

Fantastic news! That's great. Hopefully he may have photos for you as well.

I'm going to be volunteering at an "Affiliate Library" late next week, so, if youl like, and time permiting, I'll scout those records and get back to you about what I see. Hopefully I'll at least be able to locate Antonio's birth record while there, and possibly Carmela's if she was born in the same town.

Best to you,
Angela

[AmandaP]

Hi Angela!! I actually found a family search center about an hour from where I live. I'm planning on making a trip there in a few weeks. They're only open one day a week for an hour and a half. I also found out I have a great uncle who is still alive and he has a a lot of information on my great grandmother. But he doesn't know much about his father, Giovanni. So I'm excited to share the info I have on him. We're meeting on Monday

Fantastic news! That's great. Hopefully he may have photos for you as well.

I'm going to be volunteering at an "Affiliate Library" late next week, so, if youl like, and time permiting, I'll scout those records and get back to you about what I see. Hopefully I'll at least be able to locate Antonio's birth record while there, and possibly Carmela's if she was born in the same town.

Best to you,
Angela

Angela that's very sweet of you! Thank you! My great uncle has the original married certificate for his parents so I'm excited to see that. He said he's going to go through his things and see what else he has. I had his contact info for awhile but I was worried to reach out because he's 85 and I wasn't sure if he was in good health or not.

[AngelaGrace56]

He'll probably be really interested and pleased that you are undertaking this research. Good on you.

Angela

[AmandaP]

He'll probably be really interested and pleased that you are undertaking this research. Good on you.

Angela

Hi Angela!! I met with my great uncle Ernest today! Everything went great! He, his wife and their two daughters were so thankful for all of the documents and pictures I brought. One of my cousins even drove 2 and a half hours to meet with me today. My great uncle was so happy to see a picture of his brother Frankie (my grandfather). I heard so many funny stories! I now have a picture of Mary still working on finding a picture of Giovanni!

[AngelaGrace56]

Thankyou for sharing about your day, and including the photo, Amanda. It sounds like you had a really lovely, and also very interesting day. Fantastic!!! (Hopefully I will be able to get back to you with at least Antonio's birth record, before the end of the week. I haven't forgotten.)

Angela

[AngelaGrace56]

Hi Amanda

I was able to go through two films for you and have located the following possible Birth Record of your Antonio Cozzone:

Birth Record No 50: Antonio Cuzzone
Birth Registered Town of Venafro, 17 April 1878
Actual Birth: 15 April 1878, 7.22 am, No 4 Strada Anfiteatro, Venafro

Father: Pasquale Cuzzone (here spelt Cozzone?), 40 yo, Contadino, living in Venafro.

Mother: Anna Maria d'Agostino, contadina

I looked through the 10 year Birth indices 1876-1885, and didn't see any evidence of the surname Cozzone, in Venafro, during that timeframe. The name Cuzzone, however, did exist.

I also looked for the name Cargano. There was only one entry for this surname, during that 10 year timeframe, which was on 14 July 1876, Index 83, for a Carmina Cargano, daughter of Giacomo. There were several entries for the surname Gargano during that time, but none for a Carmela Gargano.


I've just located the following:

1902 Application for Marriage Licence: Antonio Cozzone and Carmela Gargano (Philadelphia)
States that Antonio Cozzone's date of birth was Italia 20 April 1878?
States that Carmela Gargano's dob was Italia 26 June 1881.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903 ... cc=2466357

1903 Marriage: Antonio Cuzzone and Carmela Gargano: (Philadelphia - 17-1-1903) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903 ... cc=2466357


I also found the following children born to this couple. They obviously began their married journey together in Philadelphia and then later moved to Chicago.

Baptism of Rosa Cozzone No 1211, 16 October 1910, born 6 August 1910
Parents: Antonio Cozzone and Carmela Gargano
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903 ... AQ2YM-871S

Death of Rosina Cozono (Rosa Cozzone) born 6 August 1910, Chicago. She died Chicago, 27 March 1912 (I believe there are errors in the indexing but I can't view the original record.)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7JD-LHX

Baptism of Filomena Cozzone No 924, 6 November 1911, born 24 October 1911:
Parents: Antonio Cozzone and Carmela Gargano
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903 ... cc=1452409

Anyways, I'll leave you with this information. It would be really good if you could locate Carmela's Immigration Records and/or Naturalisatin Records if applicable, to help establish her actual town of birth.

Angela

[AngelaGrace56]

Hi Amanda

I was able to go through two films for you and have located the following possible Birth Record of your Antonio Cozzone:

Birth Record No 50: Antonio Cuzzone
Birth Registered Town of Venafro, 17 April 1878
Actual Birth: 15 April 1878, 7.22 am, No 4 Strada Anfiteatro, Venafro

Father: Pasquale Cuzzone (here spelt Cozzone?), 40 yo, Contadino, living in Venafro.

Mother: Anna Maria d'Agostino, contadina

I looked through the 10 year Birth indices 1876-1885, and didn't see any evidence of the surname Cozzone, in Venafro, during that timeframe. The name Cuzzone, however, did exist.

I also looked for the name Cargano. There was only one entry for this surname, during that 10 year timeframe, which was on 14 July 1876, Index 83, for a Carmina Cargano, daughter of Giacomo. There were several entries for the surname Gargano during that time, but none for a Carmela Gargano.


I've just located the following:

1902 Application for Marriage Licence: Antonio Cozzone and Carmela Gargano (Philadelphia)
States that Antonio Cozzone's date of birth was Italia 20 April 1878?
States that Carmela Gargano's dob was Italia 26 June 1881.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903 ... cc=2466357

1903 Marriage: Antonio Cuzzone and Carmela Gargano: (Philadelphia - 17-1-1903) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903 ... cc=2466357


I also found the following children born to this couple. They obviously began their married journey together in Philadelphia and then later moved to Chicago.

Baptism of Rosa Cozzone No 1211, 16 October 1910, born 6 August 1910
Parents: Antonio Cozzone and Carmela Gargano
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903 ... AQ2YM-871S

Death of Rosina Cozono (Rosa Cozzone) born 6 August 1910, Chicago. She died Chicago, 27 March 1912 (I believe there are errors in the indexing but I can't view the original record.)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7JD-LHX

Baptism of Filomena Cozzone No 924, 6 November 1911, born 24 October 1911:
Parents: Antonio Cozzone and Carmela Gargano
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903 ... cc=1452409

Anyways, I'll leave you with this information. It would be really good if you could locate Carmela's Immigration Records and/or Naturalisatin Records if applicable, to help establish her actual town of birth.

Angela

Following on from my last post:

[AmandaP]

Hi Amanda

I was able to go through two films for you and have located the following possible Birth Record of your Antonio Cozzone:

Birth Record No 50: Antonio Cuzzone
Birth Registered Town of Venafro, 17 April 1878
Actual Birth: 15 April 1878, 7.22 am, No 4 Strada Anfiteatro, Venafro

Father: Pasquale Cuzzone (here spelt Cozzone?), 40 yo, Contadino, living in Venafro.

Mother: Anna Maria d'Agostino, contadina

I looked through the 10 year Birth indices 1876-1885, and didn't see any evidence of the surname Cozzone, in Venafro, during that timeframe. The name Cuzzone, however, did exist.

I also looked for the name Cargano. There was only one entry for this surname, during that 10 year timeframe, which was on 14 July 1876, Index 83, for a Carmina Cargano, daughter of Giacomo. There were several entries for the surname Gargano during that time, but none for a Carmela Gargano.


I've just located the following:

1902 Application for Marriage Licence: Antonio Cozzone and Carmela Gargano (Philadelphia)
States that Antonio Cozzone's date of birth was Italia 20 April 1878?
States that Carmela Gargano's dob was Italia 26 June 1881.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903 ... cc=2466357

1903 Marriage: Antonio Cuzzone and Carmela Gargano: (Philadelphia - 17-1-1903) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903 ... cc=2466357


I also found the following children born to this couple. They obviously began their married journey together in Philadelphia and then later moved to Chicago.

Baptism of Rosa Cozzone No 1211, 16 October 1910, born 6 August 1910
Parents: Antonio Cozzone and Carmela Gargano
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903 ... AQ2YM-871S

Death of Rosina Cozono (Rosa Cozzone) born 6 August 1910, Chicago. She died Chicago, 27 March 1912 (I believe there are errors in the indexing but I can't view the original record.)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7JD-LHX

Baptism of Filomena Cozzone No 924, 6 November 1911, born 24 October 1911:
Parents: Antonio Cozzone and Carmela Gargano
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903 ... cc=1452409

Anyways, I'll leave you with this information. It would be really good if you could locate Carmela's Immigration Records and/or Naturalisatin Records if applicable, to help establish her actual town of birth.

Angela

Following on from my last post:

Oh Angela!!! Thank you so much for finding this information for me! I can't wait to dive into everything! I'm working on finding carmela's immigration info to see if I can find the correct spelling of her last name. My uncle Ernie sent me a photo of her grave stone and the last name is Cargano. But I have a feeling her last name was misspelled at some point. She sadly passed away before becoming a US citizen, so there won't be any naturalization papers on her.

Thanks again Angela ❤