I am married to George Crea, son of George Crea, Sr. who came from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. My husband's grandfather was John Crea, married to Santa Moscella. John Crea's parents, it is told, came from Calabria, Italy. John and Santa had a large family which consisted of the following:
George, Anthony, James, Benny, Salvatore,Joseph, John, Fraank, Mary and Pauline. They lived on the outskirts of Pittsburgh.
My father-in-law George, now deceased, came from Pittsburgh when he was 15 years of age and he was born in either 1913 or 1914 on September 11. He married Josephine Flagiello and was married to her for 55 years when he died on July 20, 1998.
It is my understanding that the mother of this family, Santa Crea, died at a very young age and the children went into the orphanage with the exception of George and Joseph. Joseph joined the army and was a career soldier of 35 years. He was in the death march of Bataan. George left Pittsburgh and came to Philadelphia where he met his wife Josephine and became an italian bread baker. Joseph Crea lived in Panama City Florida and just died in 2000. Joseph Crea had adopted twin boys, John and Joseph. Joseph Crea, the son, died last month in August, 2001.
Anthony Crea died at the age of 26 from tuberculosis.
This is really as much as I know. I do not know if their ancestry was from Ireland. I was always told they were of Italian extraction, from the province of Calabria.
I hope I have been of some help to you.
Hope to hear from you, Loretta Crea