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Looking for information about the Rocco Iaccino (Jaccino) family of NY

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Re: Looking for information about the Rocco Iaccino (Jaccino) family of NY

Posted: 23 Jun 2013 9:06PM GMT
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Nice to meet you, Melissa. You can view my family tree (Vandewater) and follow my ex-husband's line for more information, but this is what else I know. Rocco and Margherite's youngest son was Guido, my ex's father. When Guido was about 18 months old, his mother fell down the stairs and died. I have communicated with Van Val who is the granddaughter of R & M's oldest daughter. She told me her mother kept Rocco in her home before he died and he was pretty obnoxious to be around. He was grumpy and demanding. I believe, as does Van, that they had an argument and he pushed her, but did not mean for her to fall down the stairs and die. Afterall, can you imagine any man wanting to raise 7+ kids by himself?!!! Van confirmed that Iaccino was Rocco's birth name, and when he was naturalized in about 1919, he took the Jaccino spelling. Guido's birth certificate shows Iaccino. I assume all the kid's names were changed at that time. The 1900 (or possibly 1890) Census lists them as Iaccino along with Alfreda (the first child, female) who was hit by a milk truck and killed at age 2 or 3. The 1920 Census shows him to be a widower with 5 of the kids at home with him. 2 or 3 others were in a Catholic orphanage until they were old enough to not need supervision. Guido remembers being there most of his life until he joined the Army at about 18 yrs. I have a lot of work to do to add more data and lots of pictures. Van has been asking me to post the pics I have of Rocco and M, for a long time. Keep in touch! Gretchen Vandewater (previously Jaccino).
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Gretchen Vand... 5 Jul 2007 10:32PM GMT 
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Gretchen Vand... 27 Jul 2013 11:12PM GMT 
Gretchen Vand... 27 Jul 2013 11:25PM GMT 
mayaccino 24 Jun 2013 12:46AM GMT 
Gretchen Vand... 24 Jun 2013 3:06AM GMT 
mayaccino 24 Jun 2013 5:41AM GMT 
cjaccino 18 Jul 2013 5:44AM GMT 
mayaccino 18 Jul 2013 11:23AM GMT 
Gretchen Vand... 19 Jul 2013 4:03AM GMT 
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