Information about family in Modica/Ragusa Sicilia

[Deebs]

Hello again and thank you for reading this. After helping my father look into his family, I am helping my mother try and find her family records in Modica and Ragusa in Sicilia.

She is looking for birth records for her mother (from Modica), Giorgia Bellamattina or her older sisters Concetta Bellamattina (born 1897) or Adelina Bellamattina.

All of them came to America on Dec. 6th on the passenger ship 'Dante Alighieri' which made port in New York. Any information you could give me would be a huge help to her.

She is also looking for records for her father. His name was Vincenzo Rosso, he was born in 1894 in Ragusa to Rosario Rosso and Carmella Occupinto.

Any help or information you could give us would be very much appreciated! Have a great day.

[darkerhorse]

Is this your Vincenzo Rosso?


View New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957

Name: Vincenzo Rosso
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/ Nationality: Italian (South) (Italian)
Marital status: Single
Age: 18
Birth Date: abt 1895
Birth Place: Italy
Other Birth Place: Raqula
Last Known Residence: Roguso, Italy
Departure Port: Naples, Italy
Arrival Date: 23 Apr 1913
Arrival Port: New York, New York, USA
Final Destination: North Congtown, New York
Person in Old Country: Domenico
Person in Old Country Relationship: Mother
Person in Old Country Residence: Ragusa
Person in US: Giuseppe Messan
Person in US Relationship: Cousin
Mother: Domenico
Ship Name: Madonna
Search Ship Database: Search for the Madonna in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database

[Tessa78]

Hello again and thank you for reading this. After helping my father look into his family, I am helping my mother try and find her family records in Modica and Ragusa in Sicilia.

She is looking for birth records for her mother (from Modica), Giorgia Bellamattina or her older sisters Concetta Bellamattina (born 1897) or Adelina Bellamattina.

All of them came to America on Dec. 6th on the passenger ship 'Dante Alighieri' which made port in New York. Any information you could give me would be a huge help to her.

She is also looking for records for her father. His name was Vincenzo Rosso, he was born in 1894 in Ragusa to Rosario Rosso and Carmella Occupinto.

Any help or information you could give us would be very much appreciated! Have a great day.

This appears to be the arrival of Concetta and Giorgia Bellamattina in 1919 December 26, on the Dante Alegheri...
They leave their father Santo in Modica.
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/co ... 4017815345

Though I have not yet found the births of Concetta and Giorgia, it appears that this may be the birth of a brother Giuseppe Guarino in Modica in 1893.
He is the son of Santo Bellamattina by a recognition in 1904, and the subsequent marriage to Giuseppe's mother, Carmela Guarino, in 1914.
http://dl.antenati.san.beniculturali.it ... ewsIndex=0

I wonder if the girls were also born as Guarino, and later recognized with the marriage of Santo Bellamattina and Carmela Guarino in 1914.

From the SSDI
Concettina Macauda in the U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007

Name: Concettina Macauda [Concettina Bellamattina]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 20 Feb 1897
Birth Place: Modica, Italy [Modica|]
Death Date: 3 Mar 1993
Claim Date: 18 May 1964
Father:
Santo Bellamattina
Mother:
Carmela Guarino
SSN: 046328102
Citizenship or Alien Status: U.S. citizen.
Type of Claim: Evidence other than birth record submitted; U.S. citizen or alien allowed to work.
Notes: 10 Jan 1985: Name listed as CONCETTINA MACAUDA

EDIT TO ADD:

From the Connecticut Marriage Database
ANGELO MACANDO CONCETTINA BELLAMATTINA 1920-04-03 BRIDGEPORT
VINQENZO RUSSO JOSEPHINE BELLAMATTINO 1920-05-20 DERBY

T.

[Deebs]

There is a LOT of confusion, so all of these may be viable options! The rumor is my grandfather- Vincenzo Rosso left Italy because his mother remarried after the death of his father. I also know that Concetta married but the name we had was phonetically pronounced 'macauda'- I know the accents from the time were very different from the standardized italian today. These are all great pieces of information, thank you all.

[Tessa78]

The surname Macauda is found in Modica

T.

[Deebs]

Is this your Vincenzo Rosso?

It may be! Thank you!

[Deebs]

Thank you Tessa78- there is a lot there that we never knew! Maybe the girls were born Guarino- and later took the name Bellamattina?

The family did settle down in Bridgeport, Ct- that is a solid connection. A lot of questions but it is a starting point and I thank you.

We alsways thought Vincenzo (my grandfather) would be the more complicated person to trace. His mother remarried after his father died and he left Italy shortly after (from what we understand).

Thanks again for all your help!

[Tessa78]

You can write to the town of Modica to request the marriage act of Santo Bellamattina and Carmela Guarino. It should show a recognition of children born to the couple before the marriage, and their dates of birth.

T.