Puzzling names

[Esperanza]

Hello Simone,

Speranza, can you tell me where you found the manifest showing Girolamo and Stefano traveling together? Thanks.

Gerolamo and Stefano's manifest

First Name: Girolamo (b1856 + -)
Last Name: Tessitore
Ethnicity: Italian
Last Place of Residence: Caiazzo
Date of Arrival: Apr 06, 1902
Age at Arrival: 46y Gender: M Marital Status: M
Ship of Travel: Neustria
Port of Departure: Naples
Manifest Line Number: 0005

First Name: Stefano (b1858 + -)
Last Name: Tessitore
Ethnicity: Italian
Last Place of Residence: Caiazzo
Date of Arrival: Apr 06, 1902
Age at Arrival: 44y Gender: M Marital Status: M
Ship of Travel: Neustria
Port of Departure: Naples
Manifest Line Number: 0006

Please note that Gerolamo's name has an underline... usually names are crossed off (from one end of the manifest to the other....) if they did not travel or was redirected from this ship to another...

I think he did travel on this ship... and may have been questioned about the money that he had with him (since amount is crossed off) not sure...

Gerolamo would be travelling to his brother in law's home on 107 Fox Street. Same for Stefano.

As mentioned before, the relationship of Stefano and Gerolamo on this record is not stated... they could be brothers... since they both have a common B-i-L.

Speranza: Would it be normal for two brothers (Girolamo and Stefano) to both name their sons Raffaele? Would that mean that their father was probably named Raffaele?

I think it is normal for 2 brothers to name their sons the same.

I would assume the same thing... a Raffaele could be Gerolamo and Stefano's father...

I wouldn't be surprised if a third or fourth Raffaele came about too... especially if Gerolamo and Stefano had more brothers.

[SimoneTessitore]

Ralph names his son, my father, Gilormo Raffaele.

[Esperanza]

Ralph names his son, my father, Gilormo Raffaele.

The naming traditions are nice!

Your father's been blessed twice!