Looking for Info about Rafaele Maida from Catanzaro

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Monica Fra
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Looking for Info about Rafaele Maida from Catanzaro

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Ciao! I have hit a brick wall. My great grandmother was Giuseppa Maida (born 1888). I have very little info on her but one document stated her father was Raffaele Maida and she was from Catanzaro (unsure if it was the commune or province). Raffaele was deceased by the time Giuseppa filled out her marriage license in Philadelphia on 2/15/1908. I do not believe he came to the U.S. and died in Italy. Giuseppa and my great great grandmother (Raffaele's wife born in 1852) Antonia Ferragina/e, came to the U.S. in July 1907. A month later, August 1907, Antonia died. Possibly this is why Raffaele did not come to the U.S. after them or maybe he passed prior to his wife and children going to the U.S.

Other children who came to the U.S.:
Vitaliano (born 1882)
Raffaele (born 1886)

Any help would be great! I do see Family Search has a Catanzaro indexing project that barely started. Can't wait to review when it's done.
Researching Narda, Belli, Nardone, Maida, Bandini, Romagnoli, Ferragina & Del Vecchia.
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