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Hi - still new to the site and am trying my best to navigate -
I have been researching my family history and have been especially concentrating on my maternal side.
For my maternal grandfather:
I have researched my great-grandparents to Gasperina - Vincenzo Fulginiti who married Gloria Santa Fiorentino before they emigrated to Philadelphia. His father's name was Giovanni Fulginiti & his mother's name was Caterina Raspa - that is as far as I can get.
I know that Vincenzo had a brother named Giuseppe and a sister named Teresa. (brother Giuseppe may have married a woman in Italy or US by the possible name of Teresa Telia & sister Teresa may have married a man in US or Italy with the surname Raspa)
Gloria Santa Fiorentino had 5 bothers: Michael, Severino (or Saverio), Domenico, Giuseppe, and Francesco. Her parents' names were Nicola Fiorentino and Marianna Catrambone.
For my maternal grandmother:
In neighboring Petrizzi I have researched my great-grandparents - Elizabetta (or Bettina) Condo who was married to Antonio Paravati (who later changed his name to Perry while living in Philadelphia). Antonio's father's name was Pietro. Pietro was married to a woman named Caterina (maiden name unknown). Antonio had 2 brothers (Domenic & Felix) and 3 sisters (Mary, Rose and Catherine).
Bettina's parents' names were Giovanni Condo and Rose Piperata. She had 2 sisters, Maria & Filomena, and a brother named Francesco.
If any of these names and/or corresponding towns sound like people who are also related to you or you have found in your research then please respond back to me!
Hi Marianne316,
Do you have all your US records?
If not, to zero in on probable birth, marriage & immigration dates...
(adresses & children)
Thanks! vj
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Possible Census for Vincenzo & Gloria FULGINITI?
1930 US Census
Philadelphia District 46, Phila, PA
773 S. 7th Street Vincent FULGINITI, 56 yrs old (abt 1873), married age 30 (abt 1903),
immig 1900 Na, grocer - grocery store worker, owns house $6500 wife Gloria, 50 yrs old (abt 1879), immig 1906 Na
Children all born in PA
son John, 22 yrs old (abt 1907)
son Nickoles, 21 yrs old (abt 1908)
son Frank, 19 yrs old (abt 1910)
son Samuel, 18 yrs old (abt 1911)
daughter Catherine, 17 yrs old (abt 1912)
son Joseph, 15 yrs old (abt 1914)
daughter Marie, 13 yrs old (abt 1916)
and possible 1920 Census?
James = Vincenzo, Gloria = Assunta? (children's names same as 1930) 1920 US Census
Phila Ward 3 Dist 89, Phila, PA
609 Fulton Street James FULGINITI, 47 yrs old, immig 1900 Al, laborer - grocery worker, rents wife Assunta, 40 yrs old, immig 1908 Al
Children all born in PA
son John, 13 yrs old
son Nicholes 12 yrs old
son Frank, 10 yrs old
son Sam, 9 yrs old
daughter Katy, 7 yrs old
son Joseph, 5 yrs old
daughter Mary, 3 yrs old
brother-in-law Samuel FURIANTE, 38 yrs old, married, immig 1905 Al,
laborer - general worker
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Possible Census & WWI Draft Card for Antonio & Elizabetta PARAVATI?
1930 US Census
Philadelphia District 67, Phila, PA
1123 Linn Street Anthony PERRY (PARAVATI), 48 yrs old (abt 1881), married age 24 (abt 1905),
immig 1894 Na, foreman - construction, owns house $2500 wife Elizabeth, 49 yrs old, married age 25, immig 1906 Na
Children all born in PA
daughter Rose, 20 yrs old, clerk - seed store
son John, 18 yrs old, painter - house
daughter Antonetta, 16 yrs old, operator - waists?
son Anthony Jr, 14 yrs old
daughter Anna, 12 yrs old
daughter Elizabeth, 10 yrs old
at 1121 Linn Street, Mary Perry (Domenic's widow) & children
1920 US Census
Philadelphia Ward 26 District 830, Phila, PA
1123 Linn Street Antonio PARAVATI, 37 yrs old, immig 1896 Na 1919,
foreman - sewer work, owns house with mortgage wife Elizabetta, 38 yrs old, immig 1916 Na
Children all born in PA
son Peter 12 yrs old
daughter Rosina, 9 yrs old
son John, 8 yrs old
daughter Antoinette?, 6 yrs old
son Antonio, 4 yrs 8 mos old
daughter Armina?, 3 yrs 4 mos old
daughter Battine, 1 yr ?mos old
at 1121 Linn Street, Domenico PARAVATI 60, & family
WWI Draft Card 12 Sep 1918 Antonio PERRI (PARAVATI)
1123 Linn Street, Phila, PA
b 8 Aug 1882, 36 yrs old
Declarant alien citizen of Italy
Foreman at E H Oliver Const Co, Chester, PA
Nearest relative Elizabeth Conto Perri
Signed Toney PERRY
Description: tall, stout, blue eyes, mixed gray hair
1910 US Census
Philadelphia 4th Ward District 60, Phila, PA
836 Kater Street Tony PERRY (PARAVATI), 28 yrs old, married 4 yrs, immig 1885 Al,
foreman - sewer work, rents house wife Elizabeth, 26 yrs old, 2 children born 2 children living, immig 1907
son Peter, 1 yr old
daughter Rose, 1 yr 4 mos old
boarder Domenic Pepperel brother Philip PERRY, 21 yrs old, single, immig 1908 Al, sweeper - factory
cousin Joseph PERRY, 20 yrs old, single, immig 1904, bootblack - railroad
at 832 Kater St, Dominick PAROWOTTI 50, & family
at 834 Kater St, Dominic PAROWOTTI 29, & wife
Fulginiti/Raspa connection?
Possible Manifest for GG Aunt Teresa FULGINITI b 1900??
SS Roma from Naples to NY 07 Oct 1938 Maria Teresa Fukginiti RASPE, 38 yrs old, married housewife
daughter Maria RASPA, 17 yrs old
daughter Raffaela RASPA, 14 yrs old
son Michele RASPA, 7 yrs old
All born in Gasperina
All with non-quota immigrant visas
Joining Nicola RASPA
Just to let you know the Family History Center has microfilm for the town of Gasperina. The film costs about $5.75 a roll and you can obtain, birth, marriage, and death acts of your ancestors. Here is a link for the film numbers.
I also have to tell you that I am now doing research for a two people whose ancestors come from Gasperina. The surnames are Celerico and Iemmallo. I also have several rolls of microfilm for the town already. Plus the Iemmallo family also has the following surnames in its tree --- Iemmallo, Fulginiti, Catrambone, Truglione, Siciliano, Grande, Macrina, Mazzotti.
Hi Marianne, wldspirit & Trish (thanks! )
It appears the family is well-travelled.
There are a lot of possible manifests with multiple trips on both
ancestry.com & Steve Morse's site http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/EIDB ... close&LNM=
if you haven't already seen them...
Hope this helps, please let us know!
Valarie
WOW! I was so excited to see all your responses! Thanks so much! I have to click on all these links right away!
I really do appreciate all of you who took the time to help me just a little bit further along!
Vj...no thanks needed.......didn't get to post, 8O
early in the evening while decorating Easter eggs my 3 year old granddaughter made herself at home on Nonni's "puter" as she calls it......
thankfully...........I have undone the majority of the damage........
and to think I named her after the Holy Trinity.....perhaps it should have been holy terror........
wldspirit
Marianne,
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