finding ancestors

[marialuigi]

I'm looking for my grandfather Joseph Ciccia who married Rose Miceli. They came from a town near Cosenza. They had 5 children. Albert, Nick,
Victoria, Anthony & Carmella. They all settled in Chicago and the name could possibly be Ciccio.

[Biff83]

Hello Marialuigi and Welcome to IG!

1920 census
Name: Joseph Ciccia
Home in 1920: 1439 Spruce St, Chicago Ward 19, Cook (Chicago), Illinois
Age: 36 years
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1884
Birthplace: Italy
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Rosina
Father's Birth Place: Italy
Mother's Birth Place: Italy
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Sex: Male
Home owned: Rent
Year of Immigration: 1906
Household Members: Name Age
Joseph Ciccia 36
Rosina Ciccia 36, immigration 1910
Albert Ciccia 9
Victoria Ciccia 7
Nicholas Ciccia 5
Antonio Ciccia 2 8/12
All children born Illinois

1930 census
Name: Joe Ciccia
Home in 1930: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Age: 45
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1885
Birthplace: Italy
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Rose
Household Members: Name Age
Joe Ciccia 45, immigration 1910
Rose Ciccia 40, immigration 1912
Albert Ciccia 20
Victoria Ciccia 18
Nick Ciccia 16
Tome Ciccia 13
Carmela Ciccia 6

Biff

[wldspirit]

Have you checked out these free databases for records:

Cook County Genealogy

Naturalizations

Illinois State Archives

wldspirit

[marialuigi]

Thank you both so much for the info. It is so great to see something in print about our family. I dont know great-grandparents names, nor do I know the town near Cosenza where they all came from. I guess I'll start looking for info about Cosenza.
Regards,
Maria Luigi

[Biff83]

Maria Luigi,

The town of birth might be on your grandparents' ship manifest(s), your grandfather's WWI Draft Reg Card, his naturalization papers if he naturalized or on his Social Security application. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to locate information on any of those. I did locate possible 1944 and 1946 death records for a Joseph and Rose Ciccia on the Illinois State Archives link wldspirit provided. Parents' names and town of birth might be on these also.

I'll continue looking and will post any possible records.

Biff

[Biff83]

1910 ship manifest for Rosa Miceli, line 9
Having trouble with imageshack; will post links to images later
Page 1
Page 2
Name: Rosa Miceli
Arrival Date: 31 May 1910
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1883
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Port of Departure: Napoli
Ethnicity/Race­/Nationality: Italian (South) (Italian)
Ship Name: Europa
Last residence and place of birth: San Fili, province of Cosenza
Nearest relative in Italy: Father Carmine
Destination: Chicago to join husband Giuseppe Ciccia

Biff

[vj]

Here you go:

1910 manifest page 1

1910 manifest pg 2

born in S Fili?
another Miceli on line 7 also headed to Chgo

Valarie

[Biff83]

Hey, Valarie !

Molte grazie,
Biff

[Biff83]

Possible 1907 manifest for Giuseppe Ciccia, line 8
Still having trouble loading images on imageshack
Name: Guiseppe Ciccia
Arrival Date: 18 Sep 1907
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1883
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Port of Departure: Napoli
Ethnicity/Race­/Nationality: Italian (South) (Italian)
Ship Name: Europa
Nearest relative in Italy: wife Rosina in San Fili
Last residence: San Fili
Birthplace: Mammola, province of Reggio Calabria
Destination: Chicago IL to join brother in law Raffaele ?

Possible brother Francesco Ciccia on line 10

[vj]

Hey Biff !
Here you go
Valarie

1907 page 1
page 2

[Biff83]

Thanks again, Valarie.

Un abbraccio,
Biff

[Biff83]

Mammola


San Fili

[marialuigi]

Hi Biff & Valerie, Just got on & saw this info. I have never heard of these places, Mammola & San Fili. Also, possible, Giuseppe had a brother named
Francesco, because Rosina had a baby named the same that died when he was a child (influenza). So now I know at least one sibling of grandpa.
mil grazie
ML

[marialuigi]

Hi B & V....I just cant believe I now know the name of my great grandpa,
& my grandma's brother. This rocks!!!!!!
Maria

[marialuigi]

Hi Biff, any more news for the Ciccia's? How about Rosa Miceli, mom? Her name or anyone else from San Fili?? Date that Giuseppe & Rosa were married. Any more siblings either have.
Til later,
Maria