Welcome to the forum Carol!
Here's a
possible 1906 manifest
from ancestry. com
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18 Mar 1906, SS Il Piemonte, Naploui to NY
(left 27 Feb)
line 15
name transcribed as Loreto Greante, could be
Loreto Gi?ante
- 22 yrs old (abt 1884)
- married
- last residence Peschici(?),
could be Peschici, province of Foggia, Puglia region
- destination Philadelphia
- joining brother-in-law Carlo D'Amato(?)
If this doesn't look correct we can keep looking!
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Unless there was a Certificate of Arrival with his naturalization paperwork showing that they had confirmed his ship manifest, it wasn't unusual for the actual date of arrival to be off by a year or so.
Valarie
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for reference from footnote. com
1919 Declaration of Intention
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Publication Number: M1522
Publication Title: Naturalization Petitions for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1795-1930
Publisher: NARA
State: Pennsylvania
Court: US Circuit Court
Year: 1919
Date: 1919-11-12
Immigrant Full Name: Lorenzo Gigante
Document Type: Declaration of Intention
Home Country: Italy
Year Immigrated: 1905