Teresa Italiano,Castelgrande,Potenza,Italy,1880
I am looking for any information about my g-g-grandmother Teresa Italiano. She was married to Vito Cristiano and they lived in Castelgrande, Italy in the 1880s. Their children were Pasquale and Maria Guiseppi. I need help in identifying her parents or siblings.
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I am a granddaughter of Peter Italiano. Surprisingly, the family came from Basilicata in 1911. That is the province where Potenza is located. I want to find out the origin of the name. Are there others from this region in Italy?
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I am also interested in the Italiano surname. One of my dau. is married to an Italiano here in FL. His dad and his dad's brother were put in an orphan's home somewhere near to Hormel, N,Y. (Or is it Hornel?) "Papa Joe" was born 29 Jan 1925 and his brother was probably about 3 years younger or older. I do know his brother is deceased.
I don't know where to start to get information on Joe's family. Any help would be appreciated. Sincerely, MK
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looking for information regarding italiano. Possibly come to the US through New Orleans.
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Hi. Regarding the Italiano's in New Orleans - My great-great grandparents came to N.O. from Palazzo Adriano, Palermo, Sicily. They were Francesco (Frank) and Elisabetta (Elisabeth) Macaluso. (Italian women usually kept their surnames after marriage). He arrived here in 1890, she came later with two of their children in 1894 (on the Kronprinz Friedrich Wilhelm.) He was a shoemaker and they settled into New Orleans and we've apparently been here ever since. I'm trying to research their roots in Sicily. Maybe we're related??????
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Hi!!!!!! Those are MY great grandparents. We are definately related. My mother, Mary Elaine Italiano, was born in New Orleans in 1927 to Mary Maria Dagro, who was married to Vincent Francis Italiano, son of Francesco and Elisabetta Macaluso. I heard that our family was from Palazzo Adriano, Sicily and I went there in the summer of 2007. It was high in the hills of central Sicily and mafia country. Although I don't know the language, I met a Macaluso in the bar!!!!! And from what I could figure out, there was one Italiano who lived there, Giusseppi (Joseph) but he had died. Have you found out anything else. I would like to know more about you. My personal email is terry.nelson@live.com
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Dear Terry:
You may be more helpful to me than I would be to you.
Here what I know of my husband's side, "Italiano".
His grandfather came to the US through New Orleans. I understood that there were three brothers, one being my husband's grandfather, named Colgerio.Italiano. I was trying to find the ship that came in NO from Italy. Their family originates from Polermo, Italy.
According to the New York Census Bureau of 1930, Colgerio Italiano was married to Mararet, Their children were: Louise, Catherine, Jessie, Rosa, Matilda, Matthew and Agustus. They lived in City Island, New York City. I don't know how or when Colgerio moved into New York. He immigrated to the US in 1888
Margaret (Colgerio's wife) or Margretta's maiden name was Lagatutta.
If you have any information that maybe helpful, let me know. Particularly the ship that they may have sailed.
Best regards,
Donna
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Re: Teresa Italiano,Castelgrande,Potenza,Italy,1880
My great grandfather was from Castelgrande Italy . His name was Nicholas Christiano born 1850
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Re: Teresa Italiano,Castelgrande,Potenza,Italy,1880
hi my g-g-grandmothers name is agnesa victoria cristiano she was born 1888 in castelgrande and i dont know if she had any siblings or not
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Re: Teresa Italiano,Castelgrande,Potenza,Italy,1880
I don't know if it's any relation, but my maternal grandmother was Maria Cristiano, born in 1857 (100 years before me!) and my father's given name was Vito. There may be some connection as some of the names are the same. (I'm sure you know that it is an Italian tradition for the first born male to be named after the paternal grandfather, second born male to be named after the maternal grandfather, first born female to be named after the paternal grandmother and the second born female to be named after the maternal grandmother.) For whatever it's worth, my paterna grandmother, Maria Cristiano's parents were Maria Antonia and Pietro Cristiano (born 1827. Pietro Cristiano's father was Francesco Cristiano. I have no other information besides that. However, my family and I are planning a trip to Europe this summer, including a trip to Castelgrande to do some family research. If you'd like, I could send you the information I find. Let me know. --Theresa Nardo
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