Pepe family in Town of San Bartolomeo in Galdo

[dapape]

I'm new to this forum and am looking for help finding ancestors in Italy of Raffaele and Antonio Pepe, born in Town of San Bartolomeo in Galdo in the Province of Benevento around 1860-1870. Both came to the US in the 1890's

Any information or sources that I could look into would be much appreciated.

thanks
David Pape

[wldspirit]

Do you know the names of the parents?
Were they married here in the US or Italy?
Do you have their spouses first and maiden names?
Have you made any request to the town of origin for records pertaining to birth or marriage?
wldspirit

[dapape]

This is what I know:
Raffaele Pepe, born abt 1874
and
Filomena Gallo, born abt 1880
married in abt 1898
Had son Peter, 1899
Antonio Pepe, brother of Raffaele, born abt 1862, never married
all of these events in San Bartolomeo in Galdo
Brothers came to US in the 1890's at different times on diff ships (I have these records). Filomena and Peter came to US in 1901.

I do not know their parents names.

I have not yet written to the town, as I'm trying to figure out exactly what office or person to send the request to.

Thanks for any advice!

[wldspirit]

You can send request for records to the following, also included fax #
and email addy, this would include birth, marriage and death records:

Comune di SAN BARTOLOMEO IN GALDO

Provincia di BENEVENTO

Indirizzo (address) : CORSO ROMA N.30

C.A.P.( zip code) : 82028

Telefono : 0824 - 8244111

Fax : 0824 - 0824-8244252

E-mail : protocollo.sanbartolomeoingaldo@asmepec.it

Sito Web : www.comune.sanbartolomeoingaldo.bn.it

You can choose from the following form letters for the request:

interactive form letter

David Zerga's form letters

Italian letter writing guide

wldspirit

[wldspirit]

Is this the correct family on the US census?
If so, perhaps it is possible to locate the exact dates of birth for Raffaele
and Filomena, also, there is a ships manifest of 1908 listing the entire family coming back to the US, which shows Vincenzo/Vincent as being US born:


1920 United States Federal Census

Name: Raphael Pepe
Home in 1920: Sherburne, Chenango, New York
Age: 44 years
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1876
Birthplace: Italy
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Fannie
Father's Birth Place: Italy
Mother's Birth Place: Italy
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Sex: Male
Home owned: Own
Year of Immigration: 1900
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Image: 465

Household Members:
Name Age
Raphael Pepe 44
Fannie Pepe 38
Peter V Pepe 22
Vincent P Pepe 15
Mary A Pepe 14
Rose Pepe 12
Tony Pepe 9
Lena E Pepe 6
Mollie C Pepe 5
Grace M Pepe 2 6/12

wldspirit

[dapape]

Thanks for that contact information - which method (email, fax, or letter) do you think would be most effective? I will work on a letter as soon as I get a chance.

I do have a copy of that census info. By the way, on that list Tony Pepe was my Grandfather.

I was not aware of the 1908 ships manifest! Did you find that that on the Ellis Island website? (that's where I found the others).

Thanks for this information,
Dave

[wldspirit]

You should be able to pull the manifest from this site Search, has a better search engine than Ellis Island, use either the white form or gold form.

Here is the possible manifest information:


New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957

Name: Pietro Pepe
Arrival Date: 4 Apr 1908
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1899
Age: 9
Gender: Male
Port of Departure: Naples, Italy
Ethnicity/Race-
/Nationality: Italian (South) (Italian)
Ship Name: Re D Italia
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
NATIVITY: Bemoento
Line: 23
Microfilm Serial: T715
Microfilm Roll: T715_1089
Birth Location: Bemoento
Birth Location Other: s baetolom
Page Number: 22

You can choose to email or fax your request, posters have had success using both methods, depends on the comune.
wldspirit