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I am looking for info on Finocchiaro surname.

Grandfather: Sebastian Finocchiaro, Giarre, CT b 6/14 1882
Gmother: Carmela Scalia b 1880. Parents: Mariano Scalia & Josephine Penisi

Married 1905 (S. Venerina)?

Seeking info more on great grandfather Angelo dob 10/23/1855.
Marriage: 9/01/1881 to Santa Marano

Need ancestor information. Any help you can provide will be appreciated.
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hi and welcome,
These are two websites that have been very useful with my search maybe it can help find the info you need. They list many Finocchiaro members maybe one is who your looking for.


http://www.beta.familysearch.org
http://www.ellisisland.org
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princessbubbles_1 wrote:hi and welcome,
These are two websites that have been very useful with my search maybe it can help find the info you need. They list many Finocchiaro members maybe one is who your looking for.


http://www.beta.familysearch.org
http://www.ellisisland.org
Hi Princess and everyone, I am not on often but try to be.

The beta.familysearch has been tried as well as the Ellis island but they don't have listed the family records i need. it is another family

I did find my grandmother, uncle and aunt. They came over on the Virginia in 1910 and are listed as detained aliens. I believe my grandfather Sebastian came over possibly in 1907 at Ellis but I am having trouble finding the records.

My Fulton NY family has ties with Finocchiaro's in Canastota and Rochester. The families in PA, NJ and elsewhere do not seem to be related unless family records in Giarre, CT prove otherwise.

The information I am seeking may be on film in the LDS centers but I can't reach them easily.

I am looking for info on my great grandfather Angelo Finocchiaro. he was born in October 23, 1855, Giarre, CT. Married in 1881 but don't know where. My grandfather was born the following year.

I would ask anyone that has other ideas how I might obtain the info for suggestions.

I am also seeking info on the following surnames: Scalia, Sciacca, Marano, Tropea, Cali, and Maugeri.

Thank you for anything you may be able to do. Cianno
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cianno wrote:... I did find my grandmother, uncle and aunt. They came over on the Virginia in 1910 and are listed as detained aliens. I believe my grandfather Sebastian came over possibly in 1907 at Ellis but I am having trouble finding the records...
possible 1909 manifest, same ship - SS Virginia
http://www.ellisisland.org/EIFile/popup ... &line=0012
next page
http://www.ellisisland.org/EIFile/popup ... &line=0012

note: look at the 'F' in Francesco on line 10, it appears that the 'F' in Sebastiano's surname was mistranscribed as a 'G'
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cianno wrote: I did find my grandmother, uncle and aunt. They came over on the Virginia in 1910 and are listed as detained aliens.
In case it is not already clear, being on the Record of Detained Aliens is almost never an issue of any concern. Usually, it applies to women travelling with or without children but without a spouse of father. See http://www.jewishgen.org/infofiles/manifests/detained/ for useful information.
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LDS has listed our great grandfather Angelo some years ago as being descended from a Filadelfo Finocchiaro and a Giuseppa Russo.

Some time ago a family member sent for and received a record confirming that our ggf Angelo was indeed their son born in Giarre CT on 10/23, 1855. However, recent search shows that only a daughter (Catarina) was listed.

We are now questioning the information as to its accuracy. Can someone view the records for us since it may be impossible for our family members to do so?

We are also appreciative of the information concerning our grandfather's arrival in April 1909. It had long been thought that he came over much earlier in order to save up to send for the other family members.

The cousin that he went to stay with in 1909 on the manifest can't be read easily. The name and location are too fuzzy to read. Your assistance would be appreciated in reading who he stayed with.
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cianno wrote:...
The cousin that he went to stay with in 1909 on the manifest can't be read easily. The name and location are too fuzzy to read. Your assistance would be appreciated in reading who he stayed with.
He appears to be travelling with lines 9-11 and 16:
Giuseppe, Francesco and Rosario(2) Russo also from Giarre, Catania, Sicily
All headed to New York, NY to join brother/cousin Salvatore Russo at 20 Madison
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To VJ a big thank you for reading the manifest. Now we have to make a connection with the Russo that you found. The address appears not to exist anymore. We are still seeking information on this individual.

RE: Finocchiaro information

Our family is concentrated over three major cities in Central New York that we know of. We are now trying to connect those three areas and coule appreciate any help you can provide.

Marcantonio Finocchiaro, Linglossa CT: need any information that anyone can provide.

Natale Finocchiaro: Linglossa CT Same request.

Angelo Finocchiaro 10/23/1855 Giarre. All three known to be related but how? Please assist when you feel you can. Cianno and family
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In the message of Dec. 10 we sought information regarding our ancestors but needed a connection as to how they were related. It may be difficult to figure out since some were located in Giarre, Linguaglossa and now hearing about Passopisciaro.

Dates for Natale Finocchiaro of Linguaglossa are born February 3, 1886 and died in Canastota, NY May 19, 1966

Info on Mariano's father Marcantonio F is also needed. Mariano is believed to have been fro Linguaglossa as well. born September 16, 1877. Perhaps once this info is obtained someone may be willing to assist if not sooner.

Angelo of Giarre born 10/23/1855. What does anyone reading this have for this research. Can answers be obtained here or should info from the comunes be the course to follow?

A big thank you in advance for any assistance you may be able to provide. the name is so common over there that challenges are faced all the time.
The previous and this message are trying to find a common parent but it is still difficult to accomplish
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http://www.ellisisland.org
First Name: Mariano
Last Name: Finocchiaro
Ethnicity:
Last Place of Residence: Rochester, New York
Date of Arrival: Sep 27, 1923
Age at Arrival: 44y Gender: M Marital Status: M
Ship of Travel: Conte Rosso
Port of Departure: Naples
Manifest Line Number: 0024

First Name: Giuseppina
Last Name: Finocchiro
Ethnicity:
Last Place of Residence: Rochester, New York
Date of Arrival: Sep 27, 1923
Age at Arrival: 40y Gender: F Marital Status: M
Ship of Travel: Conte Rosso
Port of Departure: Naples
Manifest Line Number: 0025


First Name: Marcantonio
Last Name: Finocchiaro
Ethnicity:
Last Place of Residence: Rochester, New York
Date of Arrival: Sep 27, 1923
Age at Arrival: 9y Gender: M Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: Conte Rosso
Port of Departure: Naples
Manifest Line Number: 0026
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First Name: Carmelo
Last Name: Finocchiaro
Ethnicity: Italy, Italian So.
Last Place of Residence: Linguaglossa, Catonia
Date of Arrival: May 02, 1909
Age at Arrival: 30y Gender: M Marital Status: M
Ship of Travel: Hamburg
Port of Departure: Naples
Manifest Line Number: 0003

First Name: Francesco
Last Name: Finocchiaro
Ethnicity: Italy, Italian South
Last Place of Residence: Giarre
Date of Arrival: Oct 11, 1905
Age at Arrival: 24y Gender: M Marital Status: M
Ship of Travel: Antonio Lopez
Port of Departure: Naples
Manifest Line Number: 0010

First Name: Francesco
Last Name: Finocchiaro
Ethnicity: Italy. Italian South
Last Place of Residence: Giarre, Catanio
Date of Arrival: Jan 25, 1908
Age at Arrival: 27y Gender: M Marital Status: M
Ship of Travel: Mendoza
Port of Departure: Naples
Manifest Line Number: 0009

First Name: Francesco
Last Name: Finocchiaro
Ethnicity: Italian
Last Place of Residence: Giarre, Italy
Date of Arrival: Apr 23, 1921
Age at Arrival: 26Y Gender: M Marital Status: M
Ship of Travel: Dante Alighieri
Port of Departure: Napoli
Manifest Line Number: 0027

First Name: Francesco
Last Name: Finocchiaro
Ethnicity: Italian
Last Place of Residence: Grarre, Catama
Date of Arrival: Feb 24, 1915
Age at Arrival: 33y Gender: M Marital Status: M
Ship of Travel: Stampalia
Port of Departure: Naples
Manifest Line Number: 0015


First Name: Giuseppe
Last Name: Finocchiaro
Ethnicity: Italian South
Last Place of Residence: Linguaglotta, Catania
Date of Arrival: Sep 05, 1910
Age at Arrival: 3y 4m Gender: M Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: America (1908)
Port of Departure: Napoli
Manifest Line Number: 0024

First Name: Giuseppe
Last Name: Finocchiaro
Ethnicity: Italy, So. Italian
Last Place of Residence: Giarre
Date of Arrival: Apr 10, 1904
Age at Arrival: 29y Gender: M Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: Konig Albert
Port of Departure: Naples
Manifest Line Number: 0028

First Name: Guiseppe
Last Name: Finocchiaro
Ethnicity: Italian
Last Place of Residence: Giarro
Date of Arrival: Jun 09, 1898
Age at Arrival: 30y Gender: M Marital Status: M
Ship of Travel: Fulda
Port of Departure: Naples
Manifest Line Number: 0027


First Name: Isidoro
Last Name: Finocchiaro
Ethnicity: Italy, Italian South
Last Place of Residence: Giane, Catania
Date of Arrival: Apr 22, 1909
Age at Arrival: 22y Gender: M Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: Ancona
Port of Departure: Naples, Italy
Manifest Line Number: 0028

First Name: Isidoro
Last Name: Finocchiaro
Ethnicity: NIA
Last Place of Residence: Giarra, It.
Date of Arrival: Mar 24, 1910
Age at Arrival: 23y Gender: M Marital Status: M
Ship of Travel: Oceania (1909)
Port of Departure: Naples
Manifest Line Number: 0021

First Name: Isidoro
Last Name: Finocchiaro
Ethnicity: Italian South, Italy
Last Place of Residence: Giarro
Date of Arrival: Mar 23, 1906
Age at Arrival: 22y Gender: M Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: Florida
Port of Departure: Naples
Manifest Line Number: 0014

First Name: Isidoro
Last Name: Finocchiaro
Ethnicity: Italy, Italian South
Last Place of Residence: Italy, Gearre
Date of Arrival: Mar 24, 1913
Age at Arrival: 20y Gender: M Marital Status: M
Ship of Travel: Verona
Port of Departure: Naples
Manifest Line Number: 0013


First Name: Leonarda
Last Name: Finocchiaro
Ethnicity: Italy, Ital south
Last Place of Residence: Giarre, Sicily
Date of Arrival: Jul 02, 1920
Age at Arrival: 32y Gender: F Marital Status: M
Ship of Travel: Dante Alighieri
Port of Departure: Palermo
Manifest Line Number: 0020


First Name: Maria
Last Name: Finocchiaro
Ethnicity: Italy
Last Place of Residence: Giarre, Italy
Date of Arrival: Apr 06, 1914
Age at Arrival: 13y Gender: F Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: Ancona
Port of Departure: Naples
Manifest Line Number: 0008


First Name: Maria
Last Name: Finocchiaro
Ethnicity: Italian
Last Place of Residence: Giarre, Sicily.
Date of Arrival: Jul 10, 1909
Age at Arrival: 6y Gender: F Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: Calabria
Port of Departure: Palermo
Manifest Line Number: 0025

First Name: Mariano
Last Name: Finocchiaro
Ethnicity: Italian
Last Place of Residence: Ciarre, Sicily.
Date of Arrival: Jul 10, 1909
Age at Arrival: 58y Gender: M Marital Status: M
Ship of Travel: Calabria
Port of Departure: Palermo
Manifest Line Number: 0029


First Name: Mariano
Last Name: Finocchiaro
Ethnicity: Italy, Italian So.
Last Place of Residence: Gairre, Sicily
Date of Arrival: Mar 28, 1912
Age at Arrival: 16y Gender: M Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: Canada
Port of Departure: Palermo
Manifest Line Number: 0028

First Name: Mariano
Last Name: Finocchiaro
Ethnicity: Italian
Last Place of Residence: Giarre, Sicily.
Date of Arrival: Jul 10, 1909
Age at Arrival: 1y Gender: M Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: Calabria
Port of Departure: Palermo
Manifest Line Number: 0027
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First Name: Narale
Last Name: Finocchiaro
Ethnicity: Italy Italian South
Last Place of Residence: Vinguaglossa
Date of Arrival: Mar 05, 1907
Age at Arrival: 21y Gender: M Marital Status: M
Ship of Travel: Romanic
Port of Departure: Naples
Manifest Line Number: 0027
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First Name: Michele
Last Name: Finocchiaro
Ethnicity: Italian, South Italian
Last Place of Residence: Giarre
Date of Arrival: Jul 05, 1905
Age at Arrival: 27y 7m Gender: M Marital Status: M
Ship of Travel: Calabria
Port of Departure: blank
Manifest Line Number: 0002


First Name: Michele
Last Name: Finocchiaro
Ethnicity: Italian S
Last Place of Residence: Giarre, Sicily
Date of Arrival: Dec 27, 1921
Age at Arrival: 18y Gender: M Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: Providence
Port of Departure: Palermo
Manifest Line Number: 0016

First Name: Orazio
Last Name: Finocchiaro
Ethnicity: Italy, So. Italian
Last Place of Residence: Giarre
Date of Arrival: Apr 10, 1904
Age at Arrival: 26y Gender: M Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: Konig Albert
Port of Departure: Naples
Manifest Line Number: 0029


First Name: Orazio
Last Name: Finocchiaro
Ethnicity: Italy, South
Last Place of Residence: Giarre, Catania
Date of Arrival: Feb 05, 1909
Age at Arrival: 44y Gender: M Marital Status: M
Ship of Travel: Duca di Genova
Port of Departure: Genova
Manifest Line Number: 0024

First Name: Raffaele
Last Name: Finocchiaro
Ethnicity: So. Italian
Last Place of Residence: Giarre
Date of Arrival: Mar 15, 1905
Age at Arrival: 18y Gender: M Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: Neckar
Port of Departure: Naples
Manifest Line Number: 0014

First Name: Rosa
Last Name: Finocchiaro
Ethnicity: Italy, Ital. South
Last Place of Residence: Giarre, Sicily
Date of Arrival: Sep 04, 1920
Age at Arrival: 48y Gender: F Marital Status: M
Ship of Travel: Madonna
Port of Departure: Palermo
Manifest Line Number: 0019


First Name: Rosario
Last Name: Finocchiaro
Ethnicity: Italian, Italy South
Last Place of Residence: Giarre, Italy
Date of Arrival: May 09, 1924
Age at Arrival: 43 Gender: M Marital Status: M
Ship of Travel: Giuseppe Verdi
Port of Departure: Palermo
Manifest Line Number: 0003

First Name: Rosario
Last Name: Finocchiaro
Ethnicity: Italian South, Italy
Last Place of Residence: Giarro
Date of Arrival: Mar 23, 1906
Age at Arrival: 14y Gender: M Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: Florida
Port of Departure: Naples
Manifest Line Number: 0015


First Name: Salvatore
Last Name: Finocchiaro
Ethnicity: NIA
Last Place of Residence: Giarra, It.
Date of Arrival: Mar 24, 1910
Age at Arrival: 20y Gender: M Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: Oceania (1909)
Port of Departure: Naples
Manifest Line Number: 0026


First Name: Salvatore
Last Name: Finocchiaro
Ethnicity: Italy, South
Last Place of Residence: Giarre, Catania
Date of Arrival: Aug 30, 1909
Age at Arrival: 20y Gender: M Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: Duca di Genova
Port of Departure: Napoli
Manifest Line Number: 0027

First Name: Salvatore
Last Name: Finocchiaro
Ethnicity: Italian, South
Last Place of Residence: Linguaglossa, Catania
Date of Arrival: May 22, 1907
Age at Arrival: 21y Gender: M Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: Europa
Port of Departure: Napoli
Manifest Line Number: 0016

First Name: Salvatore
Last Name: Finocchiaro
Ethnicity: Italy, S. Italian
Last Place of Residence: Linguaglossa, Italy
Date of Arrival: May 09, 1910
Age at Arrival: 42y Gender: M Marital Status: M
Ship of Travel: Venezia
Port of Departure: Naples
Manifest Line Number: 0007


First Name: Santa
Last Name: Finocchiaro
Ethnicity: Italy
Last Place of Residence: Catania Giarre
Date of Arrival: May 23, 1911
Age at Arrival: 17 Gender: F Marital Status: M
Ship of Travel: Duca d'Aosta
Port of Departure: Naples
Manifest Line Number: 0018


First Name: Sebastiano
Last Name: Finocchiaro
Ethnicity: Italy, Italian South
Last Place of Residence: Giarre
Date of Arrival: Oct 11, 1905
Age at Arrival: 17y Gender: M Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: Antonio Lopez
Port of Departure: Naples
Manifest Line Number: 0017

First Name: Sebastiano
Last Name: Finocchiaro
Ethnicity: So. Italian, Latin
Last Place of Residence: Giarre
Date of Arrival: Sep 10, 1903
Age at Arrival: 25y Gender: M Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: Prinzess Irene
Port of Departure: Naples
Manifest Line Number: 0005


First Name: Sebastiano
Last Name: Finocchiaro
Ethnicity: So. Italian, Latin
Last Place of Residence: Linguaglosso
Date of Arrival: Mar 10, 1905
Age at Arrival: 17y Gender: M Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: Konigin Luise
Port of Departure: Naples
Manifest Line Number: 0007

First Name: Toidoro
Last Name: Finocchiaro
Ethnicity: Italy, Italian South
Last Place of Residence: Giurre
Date of Arrival: Jun 22, 1904
Age at Arrival: 18 Gender: M Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: Prinz Adalbert
Port of Departure: Naples
Manifest Line Number: 0025

First Name: Vincenza
Last Name: Finocchiaro
Ethnicity: Italy, South
Last Place of Residence: Linguaglassa, Sicily
Date of Arrival: Mar 23, 1910
Age at Arrival: 20 Gender: F Marital Status: M
Ship of Travel: Venezia
Port of Departure: Palermo
Manifest Line Number: 0018
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Did you ever find any information about the Maranos? I am just starting out and have discovered that my grandmother was Fortunata Marano and she was born in Monteforte Irpino to Domenigo Marano and Filomena Bellocci. This is the only info I have, but maybe it helps.

p.s. I am in Syracuse.
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I have returned after a time away. Research shows that there may be an philadelphus/filadelfo finocchiaro as being direct ancestor born in the 1820s and married possibly in the 1840s. The information was submitted to LDS through an individual that had sent someone to Giarre to view their records.

I do not have the proof of this however. The information is from Giarre but has to be considered hearsay.

The lineage goes from grandfather Sebastiano (wife Carmela Scalia) to ggf Angelo (wife Santa Marano)to the above mentioned gggf filadelfo and (only this year LDS mentions) a Giovanni Battista Finocchiaro b 1800. All of Giarre.

Mike 31 and others have been very helpful. I'm at a standstill since only the LDS has records of only one church that would help me -- St. Isodoro Agricola. There are others but they are not recorded and letters must be sent to Italy to have the proof. Any suggestions on how information could be obtained would be appreciated.
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Research is continuing on the family name of Finocchiaro. It appears that when various members arrived here that most went to first contact relatives here and then make attempts at settling down. Some of these relations were not known and only listed on ship manifests.

Common sense seems indicate many established members did not keep in touch with those newcomers.

This has led the family into other states seeking relatives. Also, how do I determine whether an ship manifest is correct? Many missepellings have been foud and frequently the hometowns in Sicily are not correct. Just a convenience to list some area more easily recognized than their actual home town is suspected.

This is just an update on how family research methods are improving.
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I was just poking around on a rainy night and came across these post. Someone was looking for information on Mariano and Marcantonio Finocchiaro. Mariano was my great grand father and Guiseppina was my great grandmother. Marcantonio who is actually Mark Antonio Finocchiaro was their son who was my grandfather. All lived in Rochester, NY. Mariano and Guiseppina are buried at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Rochester. Mark Antonio died in 1986 in Mexico. He was married to Alberdiena and had two children; a daughter and a son who is my dad...Mark Mariano
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