DeFilippo/Spano Family

[soldi]

I am looking for any information about the DeFilippo/Spano surname and any family history.
The people I would like to research are my grandmother: Addolorata DeFilippo (maiden name Spano) and my grandfather, Antonio DeFilippo. My grandmother was born in Nov 1887 and died in 1976 and my grandfather was born in 1883 and died in 1928. They lived in Boston then Everett Massachusetts. My grandmother emigrated in 1919 with my mother Sabatina and three of her sisters. I believe they were born in Bellona, Italy. I never met my grandfather and have no info on him. Any help would be very much appreciated.

[liviomoreno]

This is the manifest: Page 1, Page 2

Antonietta Spano, 32 yo, arrived to New York on Dec 23, 1919, on the ship Patria. She was traveling with three daughters, Filomena 9 yo, Maria 8 yo and Domenica 6 yo. They left Antonietta's mother, Maria Di Nuccio, in Bellona. They where all coming from Bellona and were Joining Antenietta's husband Antonio De Filippo, in Boston 178 Mott St.

Bellona is in the province of Caserta, you may write to:
Ufficio di Stato Civile
Piazza Pietro Villano
81041 Bellona CE
Italy

and ask for vital records. Form letters are available at http://www.angelfire.com/ok3/pearlsofwi ... tters.html

[soldi]

Thank you, Livio. Great help and great info!!

Soldi

[soldi]

Can anyone help with info on my grandfather, Antonio DeFilippo? I never knew the man as he died long before I was born.

Thanks,
Soldi

[vj]

Hi Soldi,
Here's a possible naturalization index card and paperwork for Antonio in case you don't already have it
Valarie

1920 Index Card
http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/9325/1920n.jpg
Name: Antonio Defilippo
Birth Date: 15 Oct 1883
Birth Location: Ciano, Salerno, Italy
Spouse: Addolorato
State: Massachusetts
Locality, Court: District of Masssachusetts, U.S. Circuit and District Courts
Title: Index to Naturalization Petitions and Records of the U.S. District Court, 1906-1966, and the U.S. Circuit Court, 1906-1911, for the District of Massachusetts
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from footnote. com

1916 Declaration of Intention
http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/2008 ... ention.jpg
Publication Number: M1368

Publication Title: Petitions and Records of Naturalizations of the U.S. District and Circuit Courts of the District of Massachusetts, 1906-1929
Publisher: NARA State: Massachusetts
Court: U.S. District Court Year: 1916
Date: 1916-11-14
Immigrant Full Name: Antonio DeFilippo
Document Type: Declaration of Intention
Home Country: Italy
Year Immigrated: 1905

1919 Petition
http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/2440 ... lizati.jpg

Publication Number: M1368
Publication Title: Petitions and Records of Naturalizations of the U.S. District and Circuit Courts of the District of Massachusetts, 1906-1929
Court: U.S. District Court Year: 1919
Date: 1919-11-06
Immigrant Full Name: Antonio Defilippo
Document Type: Petition for Naturalization
Home Country: Italy
Witness 1 Full Name: Henry J Maguire
Witness 2 Full Name: George H McKeague
Year Immigrated: 1905

[vj]

Note: on Livio's manifest find, Addolorata was in the US from 1903-1914

from NEHGS
Marriages in the City of Boston for the Year 1908
record 6701

20 Dec 1908

Antonio DiFilippa 25 (abt 1883)
1st marriage
12 Foster Street
Laborer
born in Italy
Parents:
Domenico DiFilippo
Filomena Leo

Addolorata Spana 19 (abt 1889)
1st marriage
3 Commercial Court
At Home
Born in Italy
Parents:
Francesco Spana
Maria DiNuccio

Married by:
Lodovico Toma, Pr
12 North Square

[soldi]

Valarie,
Thank you so much for the excellent information on my grandfather. Also the extra info from the manifest and the marriage record. Is there a copy of the marriage record?

Thanks again for your terrific research.
Soldi

[vj]

Valarie,
Thank you so much for the excellent information on my grandfather. Also the extra info from the manifest and the marriage record. Is there a copy of the marriage record?

Thanks again for your terrific research.
Soldi

Hi Soldi!
The record is from the Town Record book - it's a list of marriages by date
I checked the FamilySearch Pilot site - I couldn't find it there.
http://search.labs.familysearch.org/rec ... html#start
Valarie

[vj]

Soldi,
Do you need your DeFilippo US Census records & WWI Card?
Valarie

[soldi]

Valarie,

Thanks so much for checking on that marriage record. You and Livio have already provided me with more info than I ever had or knew about!!

Thanks!!
Soldi

[soldi]

Valarie,

Yes, having the census and the WWI card would be fabulous.

Thanks,
Soldi

[vj]

We'll see what we can find!
Valarie

1918 Draft Registration Card
http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/5575/1918.jpg
page 2
http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/3046/1918001.jpg
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1910 census
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/686/1910e.jpg

Home in 1910:
110 Charter Street, rents
Boston Ward 6, Suffolk, Massachusetts

head Antonio Difilippo 27, abt 1883 IT
- married 1 yr, abt 1909
- immig 1902, Al
wife Dolorada Difilippo 22, abt 1888 IT
- immig 1906

[vj]

Antonio may have been from Siano
Currently the most common spelling of his Surname in Siano is Di Filippo

If you would like to write for his birth record the address:

Ufficio di Stato Civile
Comune di Siano
Via Botta 1
84088 Siano SA
ITALY

http://www.tuttitalia.it/campania/67-siano/
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Website for finding comune addresses:
http://www.nonsolocap.it/

[vj]

Addolorata's first trip?
possible 1902 NY manifest
http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/725/1902y.jpg

22 Sep 1902, SS Lahn, Naples to NY
lines 27-28
Addolorata Spano 15, abt 1887
Eugenio Spano 13, abt 1889

[soldi]

Valarie,

You've done it again!! Terrific research.

Thanks,
Soldi