- Raffaele Pompeo and Felicia d'Angelo : Between the years 1866-1928, there were only two children listed in the death records in Torre de Passeri for Raffaele Pompeo and Felicia d'Angelo. The oldest son of Amedio's 2nd great grandparents is Domenico Antonio Pompeo(Amedio's great grandfather), the younger son would be Amedio's second great uncle, Carminantonio. Both sons were born, and died, in Torre de Passeri. Their father, Raffaele, also was born in Torre de Passeri, and died there at the age of 81 in 1880. I was unable to locate their mother Felicia d'Angelo's death record, which must have occurred before 1866. (before this year records are not available online at this time)
- Pasquale Caldarelli and Giovanna di Bartolomeo : Another set of Amedio's second great grandparents, Pasquale Caldarelli and Giovanna di Bartolomeo, also lived their lives in Torre de Passeri. They had four children, all daughters, that I could find in the Italian death records online. Both Pasquale and Giovanna lived a long life, Pasquale died in 1867 at the age of 70, and Giovanna died four years later in 1871 at the age of 80.
- Giambattista Cappola and Fedele di Constantino : Amedio's third set of second great grandparents on the Pompeo line, Giambattista Cappola and Fedele di Constantino, had two sons that I found in the Italian death records online. Their oldest son, Paolo, lived until he was 93 years old. Theses sons lived their lives in Torre de Passeri, just like most of Amedio's ancestors. I am guessing that Giambattista and Fedele also lived and died in Torre de Passeri, but they must have died before 1866 as I could not find either of them in the death records after that date.
- Ferdinando di Bartolomeo and Francesca di Domenico : The last set of second great grandparents on Amedio's paternal Pompeo side are Ferdinando di Bartolomeo and Francesca di Domenico. They had at least four children, three girls and one boy, all born and died in Torre de Passeri. The oldest was Amedio's great grandmother Donata Gaetana di Bartolomeo. There is a large gap of about 11 years between the second and third daughters, so it is likely Ferdinando and Francesca had more children that may have died at a young age. Francesca died in 1869 at the age of 77. Her death record states she is a widow, so her husband Ferdinando died before 1869. His death record is not online, so Ferdinando probably died before 1866.
- Lorenzo Gagliardi and Benedetta d'Innacenzo : Amedio's first set of second great grandparents on his maternal Gagliardi line is Lorenzo Gagliardi and Benedetta D'Innacenzo. The Italian death records online show that Lorenzo and Benedetta had only one child, Amedio's great grandfather Domencio Antonio Gagliardi. The may have had more children that died before 1866, as these records are not available online at this time. The deaths of Lorenzo and Benedetta also must have occurred before 1866, probably in Torre de Passeri.
- Cristofaro de Novellis and Marianna Ciavarro : Another set of Amedio's second great granparents on his maternal Gagliardi line are Cristofaro De Novellis and Mariann Ciavarro. They had at least three children that showed up in the Italian death records online, a son and two daughetrs. All of their children lived in Torre de Passeri. Cristofaro and Marianna probably died before 1866, as their deaths are not in the online records after this date.
- unkown and unknown (parents of Angelo Sante di Lorenzo)
- Guiseppe di Rico and Guiseppa Delgenzo : The last set of second great grandparents on Amedio's maternal line are Guiseppe di Rico and Guiseppa Delgenzo. The death records in Torre de Passeri show they had at least three daughters, all born in the neighboring town of San Valentino. These daughters eventually moved to Torre de Passeri, possibly after their parents died. One daughter, Francesca, never married, but probably lived with her sister Maria Giacinta, as Francesca's death record states she died at Maria's house. According to their daughters' death records, Guiseppe and Guiseppa lived their lives in San Valentino. They both died before 1868, when their daughter Francesca's death record states they are deceased.
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Thursday, March 19, 2015
pompeo updates part 6 (amedio's second great grandparents)
My last posts went through Amedio Pompeo's great grandparents, now it is time to look at his second great grandparents; which are:
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
pompeo updates part 4 (amedio's great grandparents)
Amedio Pompeo's third set of great grandparents, this time on his maternal side (Angelina Gagliardi), were Domenico Antonio Gagliardi and Chiarra de Novellis. They were also both born, and died, in Torre de Passeri, Italy.
Since the records only begin in 1866 online at familysearch.org, I had to look through the death indexes for Torre de Passeri to find Domenico and Chiarra's children. I could only find three children in the marriage and death records, the oldest was Ruggiero (Amedio's grandfather), and then two daughters. There are some gaps between births, about 8 years between Ruggiero and Metilde, and about 9 years between Metilde and Amerina, which probably means they had more children in between. I would have to order the microfilm of the civil records from 1809 - 1910 from FamilySearch to find other children they may have had.
Domenico Antonio Gagliardi and Chiarra de Novellis family chart
All three of Domenico and Chiarra's children that I did find married in Torre de Passeri, and none of them left Italy. Their middle daughter, Amedio's Great Aunt Metilde, had at least three children which probably also remained in Italy as there are no records for them in the US. Domenico and Chiarra's youngest daughter, Amedio's Great Aunt Amerina, may have had children, but there are no records of any in Torre de Passeri; however, she and her husband may have been living in another town, as Amerina died in Masseria, Italy. Amerina died at the age of 32, only two years after her father Domenico died, and six years before her mother Chiarra died. Domenico and Chiarra's oldest son was Amedio's grandfather Ruggiero. I have written a bit about this family and Angelina's siblings here. They had 8 children, four of which settled in Quincy, MA, Cristofaro, Angelina, Secondina and Geocinta, Amedio's aunts and uncles.
Domenico and Chiarra lived long lives in Italy. Domenico died at the age of 75 in 1896, about 7 years before his wife Chiarra died at the age of 80 in 1904.
Since the records only begin in 1866 online at familysearch.org, I had to look through the death indexes for Torre de Passeri to find Domenico and Chiarra's children. I could only find three children in the marriage and death records, the oldest was Ruggiero (Amedio's grandfather), and then two daughters. There are some gaps between births, about 8 years between Ruggiero and Metilde, and about 9 years between Metilde and Amerina, which probably means they had more children in between. I would have to order the microfilm of the civil records from 1809 - 1910 from FamilySearch to find other children they may have had.
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All three of Domenico and Chiarra's children that I did find married in Torre de Passeri, and none of them left Italy. Their middle daughter, Amedio's Great Aunt Metilde, had at least three children which probably also remained in Italy as there are no records for them in the US. Domenico and Chiarra's youngest daughter, Amedio's Great Aunt Amerina, may have had children, but there are no records of any in Torre de Passeri; however, she and her husband may have been living in another town, as Amerina died in Masseria, Italy. Amerina died at the age of 32, only two years after her father Domenico died, and six years before her mother Chiarra died. Domenico and Chiarra's oldest son was Amedio's grandfather Ruggiero. I have written a bit about this family and Angelina's siblings here. They had 8 children, four of which settled in Quincy, MA, Cristofaro, Angelina, Secondina and Geocinta, Amedio's aunts and uncles.
Domenico and Chiarra lived long lives in Italy. Domenico died at the age of 75 in 1896, about 7 years before his wife Chiarra died at the age of 80 in 1904.
Sunday, March 15, 2015
pompeo updates part 2 (amedio's cousins)
Amedio Pompeo's other set of grandparents, Ruggiero Gagliardi and Lucia di Lorenzo, also did not leave Italy. Ruggiero and Donata Lucia had 8 children, 4 boys and 4 girls. At least four of their children emigrated from Italy, settling in Quincy, MA. Two sons, both named Gaetano, died in Torre de Passeri when they were only 1 and 2 years old.
One of Ruggiero and Donata Lucia's son, Carlantonio, remained in Italy, marrying and having a family. This family is Amedio's Uncle Carlantonio and Aunt Ersilia, and their children would be Amedio's cousins, listed below.
Carlantonio was not the only child of Ruggiero and Donata Lucia's that may have stayed in Italy, Marianna also seems to have spent most of her years in Italy, although she did travel to Boston in 1903 with her husband Venturo Cicchetti. They are back in Italy by the time Marianna's mother Donata Lucia dies in 1914, as Venturo was one of the witnesses who reported her death. Marianna and Venturo do not seem to have children, leaving Amedio without cousins in Italy from this aunt.
Two of Ruggiero and Donata Lucia Gagliardi's children, including Armedio's mother, left Italy before their parents died; Cristofaro in 1901, and Angelina in 1911. The last two children to leave Italy were Secondina in 1914 and Geocinda in 1916, soon after their mother Donata Lucia died. Their father Ruggiero was still living when they left for America.
Amedio had many cousins from the Gagliardi side living near him in Quincy, MA, with the last names of Gizzarelli and Pompeo from these Aunts and Uncles. His Aunt Geocinta had one child I could find from the census, Giovanni (John) Lawrence Gizzarelli, born in Torre de Passeri. His Aunt Secondina had many children (surname Pompeo), Evalina, Louis, James, Jenny, Camilla, Eunice, Dominic, Adelina, Rodolph, and John, all born in Quincy, MA, all Amedio's cousins.
Summary:
Possible cousins of Amedio Pompeo in Italy
| Amedio Pompeo's Grandparent's family chart (Ruggiero Gagliardi and Donata Lucia di Lorenzo) | |
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| Amedio Pompeo's Uncle's family chart (Carlantonio Gagliardi and Ersilia D'Nario) | |
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Amedio probably never met these relatives, except for possibly his cousin Licinio who traveled to America in 1922. Licinio's passenger record states his destination was to his Uncle Cristofaro's in Quincy, MA. Amedio was 5 years old when his cousin came to America. Licinio also stated on his passenger record that he intended to stay in the US permanently, but he returned to Italy at some point. His death is recorded in Torre de Passeri in 1927; he was only 20 years old. Unfortunately; most of Carlantonio's children died before they were adults. The only death record I did not find was Antoinetta's. I may have also missed some children in the records as it seems this family traveled throughout Italy a bit, with two of their children born in different communes, Gattico and Taggliacozzo. Gattico is actually very far away, in the northern part of Italy, as you can see from the map below. I am not sure why the family would have been in this part of Italy when their second child was born. Carlantonio was a cobbler according to his children's birth records, which does not seem like a traveling profession.
Carlantonio was not the only child of Ruggiero and Donata Lucia's that may have stayed in Italy, Marianna also seems to have spent most of her years in Italy, although she did travel to Boston in 1903 with her husband Venturo Cicchetti. They are back in Italy by the time Marianna's mother Donata Lucia dies in 1914, as Venturo was one of the witnesses who reported her death. Marianna and Venturo do not seem to have children, leaving Amedio without cousins in Italy from this aunt.
Two of Ruggiero and Donata Lucia Gagliardi's children, including Armedio's mother, left Italy before their parents died; Cristofaro in 1901, and Angelina in 1911. The last two children to leave Italy were Secondina in 1914 and Geocinda in 1916, soon after their mother Donata Lucia died. Their father Ruggiero was still living when they left for America.
Amedio had many cousins from the Gagliardi side living near him in Quincy, MA, with the last names of Gizzarelli and Pompeo from these Aunts and Uncles. His Aunt Geocinta had one child I could find from the census, Giovanni (John) Lawrence Gizzarelli, born in Torre de Passeri. His Aunt Secondina had many children (surname Pompeo), Evalina, Louis, James, Jenny, Camilla, Eunice, Dominic, Adelina, Rodolph, and John, all born in Quincy, MA, all Amedio's cousins.
Summary:
Possible cousins of Amedio Pompeo in Italy
- Marianna Gagliardi and Venturo Cicchetti's children - none
- Gaetano Gagliardi - none
- Gaetano Gagliradi - none
- Carlantonio Gagliardi and Ersilia's children - Americo, Antoinetta, Alba, Liana, Licinio, Luigi. Most of these children, except maybe Antonietta, died as children or young adults.
- Cristofaro Gagliardi and Adelina Pompeo's children - none
- Giacinta Gagliardi and Dominic Gizzarelli's children - Giovanni Lorenzo (John Lawrence)
- Secondina Gagliardi and Dominic Pompeo's children - Evalina, Louis, James, Jenny, Camilla, Eunice, Dominic, Adelina, Rodolph, and John
Monday, September 15, 2014
angelina gagliardi pompeo (part 2 of 2)
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As I mentioned in my last post, the Italian records that the area of my great grandparents are from, Torre de Passeri, are now available online through familysearch. Since I have more information on Angelina Gagliardi's family, it is time to look for her family's vital records. Below is the information I was able to obtain through these records.
I was curious to find out if Angelina left Italy (1911) while her parents were still living. I know her parents died after 1906, as they are listed in their daughter Giacinda's marriage record as living at this time. I looked through the death records up until 1910 for Torre de Passeri, and did not find a death for either Angelina's father, Ruggiero Gagliardi, or her mother, Donata Lucia di Lorenzo; so I do not know at this point if Angelina's parents saw her off to America.
I also thought it would be interesting to see if any of Angelina's siblings remained in Italy. In my last post on Angelina, I wrote a little about some of her siblings, and how they emigrated to America and were all living close to each other in Quincy, MA. This includes her brother Cristoforo, and her sisters, Secondina and Giacinta. From the Torre de Passeri records, I found four other siblings; one sister and three brothers. Below are Ruggiero and Donata Lucia's children.
I found from the records that two of Angelina's brothers, both named Gaetano, died as children when Angelina was still living in Italy. That leaves two more siblings unaccounted for in their later lives. These two siblings are her oldest sister, Marianna and a brother, Carlantonio. The other three siblings settled in Massachusetts with Angelina. I did some further research to see if I could find out if Angelina left any family behind in Italy.
Marianna, the eldest child, married in Torre de Passeri in 1893, to Venturo Cicchetti. I looked through the birth records for Torre de Passeri from the years 1893-1903 and did not find any children born to this couple. They may have not been living in Torre de Passeri though, as their marriage record states that Marianna's husband, Venturo, is from the commune of Sulmona. The Sulmona records are not available online at this time, so I cannot look in these records. I did a search on ancestry.com passenger databases and found that the couple did leave Italy in 1903 to Boston, MA. They were traveling with one of her brother, Cristoforo's, wife, Adelina Pompeo. The passenger record states that Marianna and Venturo were living in Sulmona, Italy before leaving. They are not traveling with any children though, which leads me to believe if they had any, they died at a young age. The record also states their destination is to see their brother-in-law, Giovanni Ferrara, at the same address as their traveling companion's, Adelina, husband and Marianna's brother, Cristoforo Gagliardi. Unfortunately; that is the last bit of information I have found for Marianna and Venturo Cicchetti. I was unable to locate them in any Quincy directories, MA censuses, or death index for MA. They could have moved out of state or returned to Italy?
Carlantonio Gagliardi, Angelina's other sibling that may have stayed in Italy, was also a little difficult to trace. I was able to find some of his children's birth records, beginning in 1901. I suspect these are his children, as the age of Carlantonio matches, and also some of the witnesses listed are his father Ruggiero Gagliardi, and his brother-in-law, Venturo Cicchetti. The complication arises when some of his children are listed in the supplements of the Torre de Passeri registers, as they were born in other parts of Italy. One commune listed is at the northernmost part of Italy (Gattico, Novara), far from Torre de Passeri. So it seems this family traveled back and forth from Torre de Passeri throughout their years. Also, I have been unable to find the marriage record of Carlantonio, but his wife is listed on the children's birth records as Ersilia D'Nario. They must have married outside of Torre de Passeri. The couple had five children that I could find. They had two sons, and three daughters; although one son and one daughter died as young children. The records online end in 1910; so they may have had more children that I have not found. Since they also moved around a bit, they could also have had children in other communes that I have not found. I have been unable to find any passenger records that show Carlantonio and Ersilia traveling to America. I did; however, find a passenger record for one of their children, Licinio at age 16, in 1922. The record states that his father, Carlo, is living in Torre de Passeri. It seems likely that Carlantonio and his wife stayed in Italy for the remainder of their lives. (I could not find any other information on Licinio Gagliardi in the US).
It seems that it must have been a difficult time to stay in Italy in the early 1900's. Most of Angelina's generation emigrated to America and settled in Quincy, MA. Even a nephew of hers left Italy at the age of 16, Licinio, heading to Quincy, MA. It is also likely though that at least one of Angelina's brothers, Carlantonio, remained in Italy with most of his children. Perhaps I have cousins from this line still in Torre de Passeri. I would have to find out the names of Carlantonio's daughters' husbands to go further with this line and find living cousins.
As I mentioned in my last post, the Italian records that the area of my great grandparents are from, Torre de Passeri, are now available online through familysearch. Since I have more information on Angelina Gagliardi's family, it is time to look for her family's vital records. Below is the information I was able to obtain through these records.
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pedigree chart for angelina gagliardi pompeo
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I was curious to find out if Angelina left Italy (1911) while her parents were still living. I know her parents died after 1906, as they are listed in their daughter Giacinda's marriage record as living at this time. I looked through the death records up until 1910 for Torre de Passeri, and did not find a death for either Angelina's father, Ruggiero Gagliardi, or her mother, Donata Lucia di Lorenzo; so I do not know at this point if Angelina's parents saw her off to America.
I also thought it would be interesting to see if any of Angelina's siblings remained in Italy. In my last post on Angelina, I wrote a little about some of her siblings, and how they emigrated to America and were all living close to each other in Quincy, MA. This includes her brother Cristoforo, and her sisters, Secondina and Giacinta. From the Torre de Passeri records, I found four other siblings; one sister and three brothers. Below are Ruggiero and Donata Lucia's children.
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family group sheet for Ruggerio Gagialrdi and Donata Lucia di Lorenzo
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Marianna, the eldest child, married in Torre de Passeri in 1893, to Venturo Cicchetti. I looked through the birth records for Torre de Passeri from the years 1893-1903 and did not find any children born to this couple. They may have not been living in Torre de Passeri though, as their marriage record states that Marianna's husband, Venturo, is from the commune of Sulmona. The Sulmona records are not available online at this time, so I cannot look in these records. I did a search on ancestry.com passenger databases and found that the couple did leave Italy in 1903 to Boston, MA. They were traveling with one of her brother, Cristoforo's, wife, Adelina Pompeo. The passenger record states that Marianna and Venturo were living in Sulmona, Italy before leaving. They are not traveling with any children though, which leads me to believe if they had any, they died at a young age. The record also states their destination is to see their brother-in-law, Giovanni Ferrara, at the same address as their traveling companion's, Adelina, husband and Marianna's brother, Cristoforo Gagliardi. Unfortunately; that is the last bit of information I have found for Marianna and Venturo Cicchetti. I was unable to locate them in any Quincy directories, MA censuses, or death index for MA. They could have moved out of state or returned to Italy?
Carlantonio Gagliardi, Angelina's other sibling that may have stayed in Italy, was also a little difficult to trace. I was able to find some of his children's birth records, beginning in 1901. I suspect these are his children, as the age of Carlantonio matches, and also some of the witnesses listed are his father Ruggiero Gagliardi, and his brother-in-law, Venturo Cicchetti. The complication arises when some of his children are listed in the supplements of the Torre de Passeri registers, as they were born in other parts of Italy. One commune listed is at the northernmost part of Italy (Gattico, Novara), far from Torre de Passeri. So it seems this family traveled back and forth from Torre de Passeri throughout their years. Also, I have been unable to find the marriage record of Carlantonio, but his wife is listed on the children's birth records as Ersilia D'Nario. They must have married outside of Torre de Passeri. The couple had five children that I could find. They had two sons, and three daughters; although one son and one daughter died as young children. The records online end in 1910; so they may have had more children that I have not found. Since they also moved around a bit, they could also have had children in other communes that I have not found. I have been unable to find any passenger records that show Carlantonio and Ersilia traveling to America. I did; however, find a passenger record for one of their children, Licinio at age 16, in 1922. The record states that his father, Carlo, is living in Torre de Passeri. It seems likely that Carlantonio and his wife stayed in Italy for the remainder of their lives. (I could not find any other information on Licinio Gagliardi in the US).
It seems that it must have been a difficult time to stay in Italy in the early 1900's. Most of Angelina's generation emigrated to America and settled in Quincy, MA. Even a nephew of hers left Italy at the age of 16, Licinio, heading to Quincy, MA. It is also likely though that at least one of Angelina's brothers, Carlantonio, remained in Italy with most of his children. Perhaps I have cousins from this line still in Torre de Passeri. I would have to find out the names of Carlantonio's daughters' husbands to go further with this line and find living cousins.
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
angelina gagliardi pompeo (part 1 of 2)
I have written a bit about my maternal Italian ancestors, including my great grandparents Arnaldo DeNicola and Louisa Terragnoli; and their mothers, my second great grandmothers, Eugenia Farnetti and Francesca Lucente. I have hardly any information to write about my second great grandfathers, Adolph DeNicola and Guisseppe Terragnoli, as they both seemed to have died fairly young in Italy.
Another set of my paternal great grandparents were also from Italy, Antonio Pompeo and Angelina Gagliardi. I have written some posts about them, but the last one was in 2010. I was able to find records from their area of Italy (Torre de Passeri) online, and was able to take their lines back a couple of more generations; so I believe they are in need of a new post with updated information. I will focus first on Angelina Gagliardi.
The last time I wrote about Angelina I only had two of her records; her marriage record and her passenger record from Italy to Boston, MA. From these records I was able to get an estimated birth year of 1886 and her parents names, Ruggiero Gagliardi and Lucia Di Lorenzo. Now that I have access to the Italian records from familysearch for Torre de Passeri, her birth record should be easy to find with this information.
The passenger record also gave me some additional familial information for Angelina; such as her brother's name, Cristoforo Gagliard, who was already living in Massachusetts. She was also traveling with Pasquale Pompeo, son of Felice Pompeo and brother to Dominic in US, age 23 in 1911, and Cleonice Gagliardi, daughter of Guisseppe Gagliardi and sister to Palestino in US, age 22 in 1911. Since I have the Italian records, I will also search to see how Angelina, or her husband Antonio Pompeo, relates to her traveling companions.
First I searched for Angelina's birth record from the familysearch database, "Italia, Pescara, Pescara, Stato Civile (Tribunale), 1865-1910"; under the province of Pescara, and the comune of Torre de' Passeri. (Torre de Passeri was actually in the province of Teramo until Pescara was formed in 1927; but it is still listed under Pescara in the familysearch database.) I did find what I believe to be her birth record; Angela Gagliardi, born April 28, 1885 in Torre de Passeri, Italy to the parents of Ruggiero Gagliardi and Donata Di Lorenzo. A couple of items are a little different from her marriage record, such as Angelina's name as Angela and her mother's name as Donata, not Lucia. I think this is a pretty good match though, with her father's name the same, and estimated birth year very close. Torre de Passeri does not have a large population, so it seems very likely to me this is Angelina. I also searched for her brother, Cristoforo's, birth record, hoping it would also state his mother was Donata Di Lorenzo. Unfortunately, the record lists Lucia Di Lorenzo as his mother, the same as Angelina's marriage record, but different from her birth record. I am thinking that maybe their mother's name is Donata Lucia, and perhaps she goes by one or the other. Generally, I have seen multiple names listed on birth records for Italian children, and have found they usually only use one name in their adult records. I still wanted to provide more evidence that Lucia is Donata; so I searched for Donata Lucia's birth or marriage record in the Italian database. Her marriage record to Ruggiero Gagliardi again only states Lucia, not Donata. (see update under note 1) I was unable to find Donata Lucia's birth record as she was born around 1850 in the province of San Valentino in the province of Chiete. These records are not available online at this time. (see note 2)
Now onto looking in the Italian records for more information about who Angelina was travelling to Boston, MA with. The birth record of Pasquale Pompeo shows that his parents are Felice Pompeo and Carmela Montopoli. Felice's birth record shows he has the same parents as Antonio Pompeo's father, Croce. So Antonio, Angelina's soon to be husband, is first cousins with Pasquale Pompeo, who Angelina travels to Boston with. Angelina's other companion on her trip to Boston from Italy is Cleonice Gagliardi, who lists her father as Guisseppe Gagliardi and her brother in the US as Palestino Gagliardi. According to the passenger records, Cleonice would have been born around 1889. I have not found any connection between these two Gagliardi families after looking at their family records. I am sure they were probably distant cousins, with the same last name living in the same small comune in Italy. (see note 3)
Since my last post in 2010 on Angelina and Antonio, I also did not have Angelina's date of death, or where she was buried. I have since found these. Angelina is listed in ancestry.com's database, Massachusetts, Death Index, with a death year of 1956. With this year, I emailed the librarian at the Quincy Public library to do an obituary look up for me. As always, they got right back to me and sent me a pdf of Angelina's obituary which was published in the Patriot Ledger on July 6, 1956. Angelina died July 5, 1956 "at a Boston hospital, from a long illness." The obituary lists many family members, including three sons, a daughter, and her two living sisters.
I knew that Angelina and her husband Antonio Pompeo were buried at Mt. Wollaston Cemetery in Quincy, so I decided to go find their gravestone. I was hoping it would have Angelina's birth date on the stone so I could match it with her birth record and have more evidence to support her mother's name was Donata Lucia. Indeed her stone did have her birth date on it, April 29, 1885. One day off from the birth record of April 28, 1885; close enough for me! It also seems that most of the records I found in the US have her name as Angelina, even though her birth record states Angela as her name. I am certain she went by the name Angelina, not Angela.
Notes:
1. While I was searching for more birth records for Ruggiero and Donata Gagliardi, I found another record that was listed in the supplements of the 1900 birth register for Torre de Passeri. Since the record is in Italian, I am not sure what it states, but it seems to be discussing the name of Donata or Lucia di Lorenzo. It lists the names of 4 of her children, carlantonio, giacinta, angela, and secondina. This record definitely ties Angelina to her siblings and the same mother, Donata Lucia di Lorenzo.
2. The comune of San Valentino was in the province of Chieti until the province of Pescara was formed in 1927. Since the Torre de Passeri records are under Pescara, and it was in the province of Teramo until 1927 also, I would also assume San Valentino records would also be filed under Pescara. There is no Chieti Province to check under anyway. Familysearch does have the San Valentino records on microfilm.
Another set of my paternal great grandparents were also from Italy, Antonio Pompeo and Angelina Gagliardi. I have written some posts about them, but the last one was in 2010. I was able to find records from their area of Italy (Torre de Passeri) online, and was able to take their lines back a couple of more generations; so I believe they are in need of a new post with updated information. I will focus first on Angelina Gagliardi.
The last time I wrote about Angelina I only had two of her records; her marriage record and her passenger record from Italy to Boston, MA. From these records I was able to get an estimated birth year of 1886 and her parents names, Ruggiero Gagliardi and Lucia Di Lorenzo. Now that I have access to the Italian records from familysearch for Torre de Passeri, her birth record should be easy to find with this information.
The passenger record also gave me some additional familial information for Angelina; such as her brother's name, Cristoforo Gagliard, who was already living in Massachusetts. She was also traveling with Pasquale Pompeo, son of Felice Pompeo and brother to Dominic in US, age 23 in 1911, and Cleonice Gagliardi, daughter of Guisseppe Gagliardi and sister to Palestino in US, age 22 in 1911. Since I have the Italian records, I will also search to see how Angelina, or her husband Antonio Pompeo, relates to her traveling companions.
First I searched for Angelina's birth record from the familysearch database, "Italia, Pescara, Pescara, Stato Civile (Tribunale), 1865-1910"; under the province of Pescara, and the comune of Torre de' Passeri. (Torre de Passeri was actually in the province of Teramo until Pescara was formed in 1927; but it is still listed under Pescara in the familysearch database.) I did find what I believe to be her birth record; Angela Gagliardi, born April 28, 1885 in Torre de Passeri, Italy to the parents of Ruggiero Gagliardi and Donata Di Lorenzo. A couple of items are a little different from her marriage record, such as Angelina's name as Angela and her mother's name as Donata, not Lucia. I think this is a pretty good match though, with her father's name the same, and estimated birth year very close. Torre de Passeri does not have a large population, so it seems very likely to me this is Angelina. I also searched for her brother, Cristoforo's, birth record, hoping it would also state his mother was Donata Di Lorenzo. Unfortunately, the record lists Lucia Di Lorenzo as his mother, the same as Angelina's marriage record, but different from her birth record. I am thinking that maybe their mother's name is Donata Lucia, and perhaps she goes by one or the other. Generally, I have seen multiple names listed on birth records for Italian children, and have found they usually only use one name in their adult records. I still wanted to provide more evidence that Lucia is Donata; so I searched for Donata Lucia's birth or marriage record in the Italian database. Her marriage record to Ruggiero Gagliardi again only states Lucia, not Donata. (see update under note 1) I was unable to find Donata Lucia's birth record as she was born around 1850 in the province of San Valentino in the province of Chiete. These records are not available online at this time. (see note 2)
Now onto looking in the Italian records for more information about who Angelina was travelling to Boston, MA with. The birth record of Pasquale Pompeo shows that his parents are Felice Pompeo and Carmela Montopoli. Felice's birth record shows he has the same parents as Antonio Pompeo's father, Croce. So Antonio, Angelina's soon to be husband, is first cousins with Pasquale Pompeo, who Angelina travels to Boston with. Angelina's other companion on her trip to Boston from Italy is Cleonice Gagliardi, who lists her father as Guisseppe Gagliardi and her brother in the US as Palestino Gagliardi. According to the passenger records, Cleonice would have been born around 1889. I have not found any connection between these two Gagliardi families after looking at their family records. I am sure they were probably distant cousins, with the same last name living in the same small comune in Italy. (see note 3)
Since my last post in 2010 on Angelina and Antonio, I also did not have Angelina's date of death, or where she was buried. I have since found these. Angelina is listed in ancestry.com's database, Massachusetts, Death Index, with a death year of 1956. With this year, I emailed the librarian at the Quincy Public library to do an obituary look up for me. As always, they got right back to me and sent me a pdf of Angelina's obituary which was published in the Patriot Ledger on July 6, 1956. Angelina died July 5, 1956 "at a Boston hospital, from a long illness." The obituary lists many family members, including three sons, a daughter, and her two living sisters.
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| Patriot Ledger, July 6 1956 |
I knew that Angelina and her husband Antonio Pompeo were buried at Mt. Wollaston Cemetery in Quincy, so I decided to go find their gravestone. I was hoping it would have Angelina's birth date on the stone so I could match it with her birth record and have more evidence to support her mother's name was Donata Lucia. Indeed her stone did have her birth date on it, April 29, 1885. One day off from the birth record of April 28, 1885; close enough for me! It also seems that most of the records I found in the US have her name as Angelina, even though her birth record states Angela as her name. I am certain she went by the name Angelina, not Angela.
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headstone of Antonio Pompeo and Angelina Gagliardi
Mt. Wollaston Cemetery, Quincy, MA
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Notes:
1. While I was searching for more birth records for Ruggiero and Donata Gagliardi, I found another record that was listed in the supplements of the 1900 birth register for Torre de Passeri. Since the record is in Italian, I am not sure what it states, but it seems to be discussing the name of Donata or Lucia di Lorenzo. It lists the names of 4 of her children, carlantonio, giacinta, angela, and secondina. This record definitely ties Angelina to her siblings and the same mother, Donata Lucia di Lorenzo.
2. The comune of San Valentino was in the province of Chieti until the province of Pescara was formed in 1927. Since the Torre de Passeri records are under Pescara, and it was in the province of Teramo until 1927 also, I would also assume San Valentino records would also be filed under Pescara. There is no Chieti Province to check under anyway. Familysearch does have the San Valentino records on microfilm.
3. Cleonice Gagliardi's parents are Guisseppe Gagliardi and Giulia Tobia, obtained from her brother Palestino's birth record. Guisseppe and Giulia's marriage record states Guisseppe's parents are Giovanni Gagliardi and Anna Fedele di Bartolomeo - not the same as Angelina's grandparents, who are Domenico Gagliardi and Chiarra de Novellis. So Angelina and Cleonice are not first cousins as Ruggiero and Guisseppe are not brothers. If Giovanni's parents are Lorenzo Gagliardi and Benedetta d'Innacenzo then they would be second cousins, I believe. I would have to find the death record for Giovanni, but it does not seem to be in these records that are available up until 1902. I can search online at family history center for later dates.
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