Paula,
My wife's grandfather, DONATO FRANCESCO CAGGIANO, born 18 May 1869 or 1870, in Picerno, Basilicata, Italy. His father was ANTONIO CAGGIANO born about 1844, and his father was FELICE CAGGIANO. DONATO's mother, name unknown, was born about 1843. Her mother was ANTONIA TARULLO, daughter of CARLO TARULLO. DONATO arrived in NYC on 24 Jun 1891. He was not traveling with anyone else named CAGGIANO. He lived his entire life in the area of 116th to 119th in upper Manhattan.
I have not seen your grandmother's name in any of our documents but they must be some kind of cousin. I located the ship that he came over by checking an index of 6 or 7 volumes called "Italians to America" by FILBY I think. That gave me the date and the ship's name. I went to the National Archives in Washinton and found his name on the passenger list and made a copy.
If you would like to contact me directly please send email to
lhbagley@yahoo.com.
Larry Bagley