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Re: Peter Gizzi

Posted: 11 Mar 2008 1:21AM GMT
Classification: Query
i came across this posting and hope the email address is still a good one. my great grandmother, maria apollonia gizzi, came from gioia sannitica. she was born in 1873, died in 1958, married antonio pacelli, having lived in new castle pa for most of her life here. her father was raffaele giizi, his father vincenzo gizzi. she had a brother, giacchino vincenzo gizzi, who lived in new york through the 1930's. my grandfather claimed that there were gizzi relatives in the ct. area.

i have not been able to find their whereabouts in italy prior to 1865. if any of these names sound realted or you know of a town whose records i could check i would be appreciative.

tom priscilla

Re: Peter Gizzi

Posted: 11 Mar 2008 2:49AM GMT
Classification: Query
I don't think this is the same line. My greatgrandfather, Raffaele Gizzi, was born approx. 1850, arrived in the US in the early 1880's. He resided in the Hazleton, PA area all of his life. His wife's name was Felicia, and they had 8 children, but none named Maria.To my knowledge, we had no relatives in the CT. area.

Re: Peter Gizzi

Posted: 9 Nov 2008 3:11PM GMT
Classification: Query
I have a question about your previous post. Please contact me.

Re: Peter Gizzi

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 1:37AM GMT
Classification: Query
hello. i too am always trying to find my gizzi cousins who supposedly lived in the ct. area. my greatgrandmother was maria apollonia gizzi who emigrated here in 1901. my gizzi line , which i have traced to the late 1600's, also came from civitella licinio. please contact me to see if we have connections somewhere in our trees. tompriscilla@verizon.net

tom

Re: Peter Gizzi

Posted: 26 Jan 2010 1:10PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi. My line resided in Hazleton, PA. Raffaele Gizzi was my great grandfather. My problem is that the name may not have been Gizzi in Italy, possibly Gizzo or Guzzi. I just keep reaching dead ends in all my research because I can't confirm the original name. Cemetary records seem to have disappeared. Raffaele was born approx. 1848 and died prior to 1912 in PA.

Re: Peter Gizzi

Posted: 1 Feb 2010 2:40PM GMT
Classification: Query
i have researched my gizzi line in italian records and church records. i too have come across the same issue, frequently gizzi and izzo are used interchangeably in the church records especially. not a big deal, look for both spellings. they mean the same - from or out of egypt.

my great-great grandfather was also named raffaele gizzi, born in 1837 in gioia sannitica, family originally from civitella. the oldest relative i have found so far was born in 1693. unfortunately for me the church records for the period prior to 1780 have been lost or destroyed from their parish. notary records have helped some. i wish you better luck.
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