Hey I was born and raised in New Rochelle and I never knew of these facts.

Glad you said that, I was starting to feel a bit awkward, telling natives about a city I've never been to, by translating a book written by an Italian from documents obtained from immigrants to New Rochelle :? But, these ...

Here's the 3rd and last part of my translation, "Little Bonefro":

Numerous were the merits of the Club both in the social camp and in those patriotic: contributions to the erection of the monument to the fallen [war dead] in Bonefro and to the repair of the chapel of S. Nicola, aid to the war ...

Judy, glad you enjoyed it... I'm scanning thru all my books to see if there is any mention by name, specifically, of your grandfather. There are Colombo's in my tree, too, but quite a long way back. Too soon to try to connect the dots. Anyway, here is part 2 of (probably) 3 from "Piccolo Bonefro ...

Hi Judy,
I decided to post in case others were interested in Colabella's work on New Rochelle. I hope it's OK with the forum, it is my meager translation of a out-of-print book, so I don't think there's any copyright problems (?)

Here are the first pages of the chapter on Bonefro immigrants in New ...

Judy,
Try Abe Books, Internetbookshop.it or other international, internet booksellers. I noticed several of the same book "Gente Foretana" available at their sites, running about 12 Euro. (Note both the book and one of these websies are in Italian).

http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi ...

Judy,
I forgot to mention:
According to Colabella, article 4 of the Societa di Mutuo Soccorso Bonefro states the society was not only for Bonefrani or descendents, but also open to those whose wives were, or were descendent from, Bonefrani. Since you know Domenico's wife was not Bonefrana, this ...

Colabella wrote a series of books on Bonefro and its people (all written in Italian). Unfortunately, many are now out of print, so you'll have to check international used books stores.

The book I was referring to is called Bonefro "Gente Foretana , Quaderni sul'emigrazione," Editor=Cosmo Iannone ...

...I think my grandfather, Donato Iarocci, was the oldest of the children by the second wife. I'm trying to find out what her name was. My grandfather came to the United States (New York) in 1905 at age 11.

I'm trying to find information on my great-grandmother, whom I think my grandfather brought ...

In a book written by Michele Colabella, he describes New Rochelle as "Little Bonefro" and talks to some length on the Societa di Mutuo Soccorso Bonefro, begun of 11 November 1911. Nicola Colombo was the finance secretary and hosted meetings at his home. In 1925, some members created a recreational ...