I came across this while searching the Internet. By now you may already have this information. But here goes.
Your Grandfathers birth name was Riccardo Fantasia. At times he went by Carlo and also by the nick name "Lefty". He was first generation Italian born here in Chicago Heights Il.
Your ...

It very well could be possible that this is him. To be honest, nobody's ever mentioned that he ventured out west, but then again they might not know either. I can, however, show this to my family and see if they can give me any extra info. Thanks again for finding all of this for me. I really ...

Is this your grandmother?

Name: Mary Trusgnich
Birth Date: 28 Apr 1923
Birth Location: Cook County, IL
File Number: 6062507
Archive collection name: Cook County Genealogy Records (Births)
Archive repository location: Chicago, IL
Archive repository name: Cook County Clerk

yep that's her ...

wow thank you so much, yeah Riccardo Fantasia & Mary Trusgnich are my grandparents. this is very cool!

Hi, my name is Riccardo Fantasia. I'm new to the site. I was wondering if there were any other Fantasias on the site. Some other names in my family tree are D'Andrea, Guzzino and Galderio. As far as I know my whole family is from Chicago and all around the Chicagoland area. From what I understand ...

Hi, I know this thread is a bit old but my name is Riccardo Fantasia. My family's from Chicago. I believe my grandfather, also Riccardo Fantasia, was born on the boat coming over here in 1927 or 1929, not sure of the year exactly but it was in the 20's.