Clemente - Montevago, Agrigento, Sicily

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Clemente - Montevago, Agrigento, Sicily

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Looking for the Vincenzo Clemente family in Sicily. Daughter Caterina immigrated in September of 1912. Her d.o.b. 1894. She married Domenico Addamo in America. Her mother's name was Vita Amodeo. Any help regarding the Clemente or Amodeo family in Sicily will be greatly appreciated.
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Welcome to ItalianGenealogy!

We have a great team here at IG, so that members can better direct your search, can you tell us what you have collected so far in way of US records?
(Two post listing parents for both husband and wife)

Do you have birth dates? State of residence? Can you provide the name of their children and year of births for all? Immigration year? Naturalization?
By answering these questions members can then perform a detailed search.
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Re: Clemente - Montevago, Agrigento, Sicily

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Thank you for your warm welcome!
My husband's line is hard because they all say they don't know anything.
The only thing I have sourced is info on Caterina, but I will give what I have.

Parents as I mentioned are Vincenzo Clemente and Vita Amodeo

Children:
Caterina Clemente b. 14 Jan 1994 in Montevago, Sicily; d. 12 Jul 1965 in North Hampstead, Nassau, NY

Immigrated: 23 Sep 1912 through New York. Came on the SS Stampalia
Married: Domineco Addamo 22 Jul 1915 in Brooklyn, NY
Children: Margherita b. 1918; Francesco b. 1919; Eva b. 1921; Maria b. 1933; Vincenzo b. 1934.

All were born in Brooklyn, Kings, NY and the two that are alive say they don't know anything.

The names of the following children of Vincenzo and Vita come from my husband's Aunt Maria Addamo, Caterina's daughter. I don't know if all of them immigrated. I've found SS Death Indexes on some of these names, but it's no guarantee it's them.

Maria: don't have her married name, but her children's names are: Giovanna, Vincenzo and Calogero

Peppe: children are Pietro, Caterina, Vincenzo, Vita, Leonarda

Vincenza: don't have her married name, but her children's names are: Calogero, Vincenzo and Giovanna

Vito: Vita (Barrile), Giovanni, Giuseppe, Salvatore and Vincenzo

Vita: there's a notation that reads "tutti Venzuela?" I don't know what this means.

On the notes I see the name Gioacchino Barrile who is living now and gave all of what he knew to Maria Addamo. I believe he's in Italy because there is a foreign phone number after his name. He must be related to Vita (Clemente) Barrile.

This is what I have and I hope it helps me get more info.

Thanks!
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You can obtain all birth, marriage and death infos from the following:

Comune di MONTEVAGO

Provincia di AGRIGENTO

Indirizzo (address) : PIAZZA DELLA REPUBBLICA

C.A.P. : 92010

Telefono : 0925 - 39611

Fax : 0925 - 38689

E-mail : anagrafe@comune.montevago.ag.it

Sito Web : http://www.comune.montevago.ag.it

Using a standard letter:

Interactive form letter

This letter is sent or faxed to the Stato Civile office.

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You may also be interested in the following:

Potential Relative Letter

Italian white pages

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dove = town
cerca = search

This will bring up all those listed with your surnames of interest, which you can then send out a standard letter.

One member who did this had some amazing results!!
http://italiangenealogy.tardio.com/Foru ... 12357.html

The Lds has also microfilmed civil records for the town of origin. Quite extensive to!

Microfilm

Italian Genealogical Word List

Latin Genealogical Word List

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Guide to using this resource

Meanwhile, perhaps our members can pull some interesting US records for you!!

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Re: Clemente - Montevago, Agrigento, Sicily

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Hello!
I was looking at a family site for Domenic Addamo on ancestry. com with some wonderful pictures.
Is it your site?
I noticed that the census records weren't linked.
So just in case
Valarie
Addamo wrote:The names of the following children of Vincenzo and Vita come from my husband's Aunt Maria Addamo, Caterina's daughter. I don't know if all of them immigrated. I've found SS Death Indexes on some of these names, but it's no guarantee it's them
Addamo/Clemente

possible 1920 census

Home in 1920:
108 Wilson
Brooklyn Assembly District 19, Kings, New York

head Dominick Adams 33, abt 1887 IT
- immig 1909, Pa?
wife Katie Adams 25, abt 1895 IT
- immig 1913, Al
daughter Margaret Adams 1 7/12
son Frank Adams 2/12
sister-in-law Fireda Rlyment (Clemente) 28, abt 1892 IT
- immig 1912, Al
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Re: Clemente - Montevago, Agrigento, Sicily

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Hello Valerie,

Yes, that's my site. I knew about the 1920 and 1930 census records, I'm surprised I haven't linked them yet. Thanks so much for your help, I'll get that done!
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Wldspirit,


Thanks for the leads. I will follow your advice.

I just found this web site and I am so impressed and grateful at how friendly and helpful this experience has been.
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ItalianGenealogy is a great site.... :wink:

If you need any assistance with the microfilm, just post. We have members here who have vast experience with it's use as well as translation help.

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Re: Clemente - Montevago, Agrigento, Sicily

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@ Addamo,
Salve! We (my family and I) have been researching our tree as far to the roots as we can get. What we found was a Sicilian origin (which we already assumed), more exactly a town called Montevago in Agrigento. I can't help but make a connection to your Vita. My great grandfather, Santo, immigrated (on his own) to Brooklyn from Sicily. His father's name was Giuseppe. Reading this thread I saw something about a Giuseppe; if you've found anything out about your ancestry that relates to Giuseppe or any of his kin, any input would be appreciated.
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Re: Clemente - Montevago, Agrigento, Sicily

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I wish I had good news for you. I have not been able to learn anything new. Vincenzo and Vita were my husband's great grandparents. Any research at this point would have to be done in Italy and I don't speak nor read the language. It was Vincenzo and Vita's daughter that immigrated to NY in 1912. She did marry and live in Brooklyln. She married Francesco Addamo. I'm sorry I can't be of more help.
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