Need Help on passenger record name for grandparents

[DebraRose]

Sorry If I am making so many request for help but your site is really helping me. I have found my great grandmothers and grandmothers manifest on ellis island site, only thing is my great grandmother name was Battista Colantuono (maiden name) she married Giovanni DiPippo she came over on the ship Hesperia on june 5, 1900 with her two daughters Santa and Carmela, Santa is my mothers mother. She said her mother last name is DiPippo, can you explain why the have all three listed with the last name of Petsteo All my family says she was only married once I have the brith certficates for Santa from Italy it says shed is the daugther of Giovanni Pippo and Battista Colantuno. Can anyone explain this to me. where the name of Petsteo on her passenger roecor

[mfjp]

For those wishing to help, we need the manifest link to view...

1903 Manifest

For those wishing to help, here are a couple of the Passenger Records (posting this info really helps save time for the forum research volunteers)

First Name: Battista
Last Name: Colantuono Petsteo
Ethnicity: Italian
Last Place of Residence: Villamora del B.
Date of Arrival: Jun 05, 1900
Age at Arrival: 30y Gender: F Marital Status: M
Ship of Travel: Hesperia
Port of Departure: Naples
Manifest Line Number: 0013


First Name: Carmela
Last Name: Petsteo
Ethnicity: Italian
Last Place of Residence: Villa Mora Del B.
Date of Arrival: Jun 05, 1900
Age at Arrival: 11y Gender: F Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: Hesperia
Port of Departure: Naples
Manifest Line Number: 0014

can you explain why the have all three listed with the last name of Petsteo

when in fact it should have been DiPippo ... it does look like G. Pippo to me... if you look hard enough 8O ... but Battista certainly does have her maiden name on the manifest...

The Ellis Island transcriptions aren't the best... as long as their other American records have DiPippo or Pippo... I wouldn't worry about it...!!

Maria

[DebraRose]

http://www.ellisisland.org/search/shipM ... 5180040165 this is the link

[mfjp]

Glad to see you using the link...

Wished more people would use it just like the way you did!!

It certainly would save us time here when helping others out...

Are you content with the answer I gave you since there was no feedback on your part

Maria

[DebraRose]

Yes but I still don't understand where the name Petsteo came from. My great grandmother did not have a first husbands. It just confusing. that my grandmother name would not say Santa Pippo or Santa DiPippo. but its says Santa Petsteo and even Battista name says Battista Colantuono Petsteo, I would just like to know who is Petsteo/ An Ideas thanks again DebraRose

[mfjp]

I see Pippo... please forget about the Petsteo name...

You can make an annotation... to the Ellis Island people..

This is what I suggest you do... lets use this manifest for an example...

http://www.ellisisland.org/search/shipM ... 5180040165

See where it says... "Create an Annotation" click that link...

It should take you to this page here...

http://www.ellisisland.org/search/ca_ed ... 5180040165&

Then fill out...

BUT PLEASE don't go asking them why this name is Petsteo.. just send in the corrections...

They came here as real Pippo... the manifest is correct... the surname is correct...

Please read here.... and let me know what you think of this article...

http://www.ellisislandimmigrants.org/el ... ealogy.htm

also

http://www.comunesofitaly.org/Links/Handwriting.htm

Please bookmark it... because if you are going to research people... you need to understand script at it's worst.

maria

[DebraRose]

I went to the website and put in the annotations of her last name I never knew that existed.thanks

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