Can anyone help?

[springdal]

I have found 3 different citations with my hubby's grandfathers name on them. His passport says he came over from Italy on August 27, 1909, however the various citations say:

24 Mar 1904
15 Jun 1905
15 Oct 1909

what gives?

[johnnyonthespot]

You'll have to give us more to go on!

Where did these various dates come from?

If you would care to share your grandfather-in-law's name and year of birth, we may be able to find something more definitive, like an actual passenger manifest.

[springdal]

Sorry...didn't realize how little info I had given. Actually, all three of these dates come from the New York Passenger Lists 1820-1957, and all three say he came on a different ship; Liguria 1904, Roma 1905, and the Mendoza 1909.

His name was Agostino Gialanella; also found as Agostino Gialonella. He was born 22 July 1884 in Italy and died 18 Dec 1969 in Jackson, Michigan USA. As I said, his passport has the date of 27 Aug 1909 on it. I am stuck at this point and cannot find any info about his parents and before, either. Thanks for any help you can give me!

[EdDiDo]

my great uncle went back and forth to Italy three times. However, on his naturalization he used the third immigration date as his offical immigration referance. This is not unusual, my grandfather did the same.

[springdal]

wouldn't his passport have all three trips?

[johnnyonthespot]

I believe all of the manifests you cited are for the same Agostino. It is not common knowledge, but many of our ancestors made multiple trips across the Atlantic and that seems to be the case here.

This Agostino came from Guardia Lombardi and, on his last trip for sure (see below), he left behind his wife Antonia Caruso (?). She may have joined him at a later date, traveling under her maiden name or - somewhat less likely - under her married name. It is also possible that she never joined him and that Agostino made an entirely new life in the US without her; these things happened...


October, 1909 manifest, page 1 (first entry, top of page):



and page 2:



Click once to enlarge, then click again for maximum magnification.

You can write to Guardia Lombardi to request Agostino's birth and marriage acts:

Ufficio dello Stato Civile
Comune di Guardia Lombardi
83040 Guardia Lombardi (AV)


email: anagrafe@comune.guardialombardi.av.it (remove the spaces)
web: http://www.comune.guardialombardi.av.it ... px?page=43

There is info in this thread http://italiangenealogy.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=15162/ (and many others) on writing for these records.

[johnnyonthespot]

WWI draft registration. Note his wife's name, Antonia:



This thread http://italiangenealogy.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=15686/ contains info on how to obtain (most likely) a better copy.

[johnnyonthespot]

wouldn't his passport have all three trips?

Not necessarily. Was this a US or an Italian passport?

Actual passport, or passport application record?

[springdal]

In the 1930 United States Federal Census, she is show as "Donna" Gialanella and living in the USA. I believe that it was a misprint in some way, whether it was the census taker or whoever, because that census shows her coming over in 1909 and bringing their baby Alfonso. But am wondering why she isn't showing on the 1909 manifest...

[johnnyonthespot]

September 20, 1910, lines 25 and 26. Antonia and Alfonso:





Information on censuses is often close but not entirely accurate...

[johnnyonthespot]

In the 1930 United States Federal Census, she is show as "Donna" Gialanella and living in the USA. I believe that it was a misprint in some way, whether it was the census taker or whoever, because that census shows her coming over in 1909 and bringing their baby Alfonso. But am wondering why she isn't showing on the 1909 manifest...

I haven't looked at the census, but she may very well have chosen to use the name Donna in place of Antonia. For sure, Agostino was using August by the time of the 1918 WWI draft registration...

[johnnyonthespot]

Alfonso?

Michigan Deaths, 1971-1996 about Alfonse F Gialanella
Name: Alfonse F Gialanella
Birth Date: 18 Jul 1909
Death Date: 11 Aug 1986
Gender: Male
Residence: Jackson, Jackson, Michigan
Place of Death: Jackson, Jackson, Michigan



U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 2 about Alfonso Gialanella
Name: Alfonso Gialanella
Birth Date: 18 Jul 1909
Address: 331 Orange St
City: Jackson
State: MI
Zip Code: 49202-3653

[springdal]

yes, I spelled Alfonse wrong, but this is correct. How do you post the pictures? I want to post the passport info I have, but can't seem to get it to work even though I am using ImageShack... Where did you find the 1910 manifest? Fascinating!

[johnnyonthespot]

I use mostly Ancestry . com; that is where all of these documents came from.

For posting, I prefer http://postimage.org. Clean interface, no ads, no pop-ups, no registration required. After uploading an image, use the button to copy the "Thumbnail for Forums (1)" link to your clipboard, then just paste that link into a message here.

[springdal]

Hopefully this comes out ok, but here is the passport




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