Piazza, Di Vittorio, Cortesi, Rinella, Pusateri, and Sansone

[Quiksilvez]

Piazza, Di Vittorio, Cortesi, Rinella, Pusateri, and Sansone are in my Family for sure...
Here is my information of my family members...

Antone Walter Rinella
Born: 21 October 1917
California, United States of America
Died: 8 December 1989
San Jose, Santa Clara, California, United States of America

Married to Madeline Mathias
Born: 20 March 1917
San Jose, Santa Clara, California, United States of America
Died: 21 November 2007
San Jose, Santa Clara, California, United States of America

Antone's Father:
Michal "Mike" Rinella
Born: 23 June 1889
Trabia, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Died: 5 January 1979
San Jose, Santa Clara, California, United States of America

Anotone's Mother:
Marion "Mary" C Pusateri
Born: 3 March 1899 or 1905
Louisiana, United States of America
Died: 16 August 1984
San Jose, Santa Clara, California, United States of America

Madeline Mathias' Father
Joseph Mathias
Born: 1886
Portuqal

Madeline Mathias' Mother
Mary Sonza
Born: 1888
Portuqal

Marion "Mary" C Pusateri's Father
August Pusateri ( I am not sure if he is the right person )
Born: 1890
Italy

Marion "Mary" C Pusateri's Mother
Antonietta Piazza ( I am not sure if she is the right person )
Born: 1888
Italy

Marion "Mary" C Pusateri's Sister
Lena Pusateri
Born: 1913 in California

Maybe other siiblings of Marion:
Catherine, born 1907 in Louisiana
Vincent, born 1909 in Louisiana


Now I need information on Piazza from MARY C PUSATERI's side... How does PUSATERI connect to my PIAZZA? See below for information... When I was young, I was told that Rinella ( Pusateri ) was related to Piazza, Cousins?... I remembered when I took my 1966 Ford Mustang to Antone Rinella's auto body shop in San Jose, CA, my parents told me that Antone was the cousin... Years later, I digged up the family tree papers and fed data into my internet family tree ( Ancestry.com ) and found more surnames that I am trying to fit into my family tree...

My Piazza's side are:

Grandfather: Salvatore Piazza
b. 16 August 1878 - Trabia
d. 21 May 1956 - Santa Clara (Sunnyvale)
Need names of his siblings

Grandmother: Teresa Di Vittorio
b. 24 January 1890 - Trabia
d. 5 July 1978 - Santa Clara (San Jose)
Siblings: Mary (Born: 1884, Died: 23 January 1917) married to Philip Thomas Sansone (Born: 1880 Italy, Died: March 1945 Chicago ) His mother is Coponati (maiden name)
Any more siblings?

Great Grandfather: Antonino Piazza
b. ?
d. ?
Need names of his siblings

Great Grandmother: Catarina Cortesi
b. 1841 - Trabia
d. 30 March 1917 - San Francisco
Need names of her siblings

Great Grandfather: Frank Di Vittorio
b. ?
d. ?
Siblings: Francesca (need info on her like marriage, children, etc)
Any more siblings? And names of his parents

Great Grandmother: Lena Cortesi
b. ?
d. ?
Need names of her siblings and her parents

Please help me out...

Many thanks,
~Mark Nelson ( do not worry about my Wales surname since my mother's maiden name is Piazza )
Sacramento, CA
researching:
Termini Imerese, Sicily: Sansone
Trabia, Sicily: Di Vittorio, Piazza, Cortesi, Comella, Rinella, Pusateri

[johnlabarbera]

Welcome Mark, I have Di Vittorio but it is a fabricated name, long story. I do have Pusateri in my tree from Termini as well...

[Quiksilvez]

John,

What do you mean by telling me that Di Vittorio is a fabricated name? My grandmother's passport stated that her name was Teresa Di Vittorio and and also on her marriage certificate...

~Mark

[Quiksilvez]

John,

You also have Pusateri in your tree as well...

Can you send me your tree and see if we can be connected...

~Mark

[johnlabarbera]

Mark

In my family it is a fabricated name so no help really to you. One of my ancestors changed his named to Di Vittorio from Ugo/Accardo since he was the son of Vittorio, when I saw you name's origination I knew we had no connection. To this day we do not know why he did.

[Quiksilvez]

Hey John,

I happened to check the internet and it stated that Di Vittorio is one of the ten most common surnames in Sicily... How's about that ?

http://sicilia.indettaglio.it/eng/cogno ... rabia.html

~Mark

[johnlabarbera]

yes there are a bunch....check out the antonina accardo thread on this website i started you will see the 'long story'...enjoy your searching!

[isicilian]

I have a grandmother who's name was Onofria Piazza and her mom was Onofria Cortesi. Onofria Cortesi was married to Antonio Piazza together they had 3 children Nicola Carmela and my grandmother.
Do the names connect?
I too am creating a family line, so I'm interested in finding more details.

[Quiksilvez]

im not sure but if you are member of ancestry.com then invite me to your family tree and we can look thru...

quiksilvez@com

[sal4]

My husbands Great Grandmother is Francesca Sansone from Termini Imerse, Palermo, Sicily.Her father is Giuseppe Sansone and her mother is Josepa Rini.
There is another member in the last few days also searching for Sansone also.......Sal4

[sal4]

The member that is also searching Sansone is listed under in the forum index for Emigration, Immigration, Naturalization.......Take a look, there could be a connection......Sal4

[sv2011]

my great-great grandmother's maiden name is pusateri but any info would be great oh and my grandmothers name is manion