GROSSO - DICIANNI

EVELYN CONSETTA GROSSO

This is a picture of my Mother Evelyn Consetta, daughter of Vincenzo Grosso and Eufemia Di Cianni, and my Father. She was born in Tacoma, Washington USA .. Dec. 2, 1921. My Father's name was Clarence Warren Faith. He was born in Nebraska, USA... May 6,1920. He was in the Army at Fort Lewis, Washington, when they met. They were married Oct.5,1941. My father died at age 57 of a heart attack.

      Janet Marie (Faith) Roslie

 

Rudy Cipolla, famous american mandolinist and composer, was born in San Marco Argentano on September 25th, 1900.
In the photo he is with his sister Giulia, also born in San Marco. Their parents were Vincenzo Cipolla and Amalia Guaglianone. Vincenzo, born in Mongrassano, opened a barber shop in San Marco Argentano, at Giudeca street. Vincenzo, Amalia and their two sons left Italy in 1908.

 

Emilia Volpe and Michele Petrasso

Michele Petrasso and Emilia Volpe, born and married in San Marco Argentano. They arrived in Salem, Oregon, after travelling from Naples to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, then by train to Portland, Oregon, where they travelled south to Salem.
Salem is where Michele had settled when he came to America the last time.
They lived in a house in the West Salem area. Emilia did work after a few years at a local vegetable and fruit cannery (processed foods like potatoes, beans, corn, etc). She died in 1979 here in Salem.
Michele Petrasso worked in the lumber processing business and also worked in the Hop fields (hops are used in making beer). He died in Independence, Oregon, around 1947.
Emilia and Michele had three children; Ersilia, Remigio, and Elisa. Ersilia married Angelo Grosso in San Marco Argentano and they moved to Salem, Oregon, prior to Emilia Petrasso moving. Ersilia worked in the fruit and vegetable industry and she died in 1958. Remigio (we called him Ray) married in Portland, worked for the Post Office and died in 1979 in Portland, Oregon.
Elisa Petrasso married Frank Aiello in Portland, Oregon, and they had one daughter, Karen. I married Karen in 1977. Karen passed away in 1992 in Salem. Elisa passed away in Salem, Oregon in 2000.
I was in San Marco three times, but my daughter Margaret had never seen her great-grandparents town, so I took her to San Marco on september 2005.

Margaret and Dennis McMahon

Raphael Lancellotti (family tree)

Raphael Lancellotti lived in San Marco Argentano up to 1924 and then came to America in 1924 with his oldest son Giovanni Battista who was born in 1904. Raphael Lancellotti lived in America with his two sons Orazio Aldo Lancellotti and Giovanni Battista Lancellotti till 1948 when he return to San Marco to live with his wife Virginia. He died in 1975. Orazio Aldo Lancellotti came to America in 1928. And lived with his father and brother till he was married in 1939 to Marianna Franzese and and they all lived in Brooklyn NY. Orazio Aldo Lancellotti had two daughters: Virginia the oldest was born in 1943 and Anne was born in 1944.
From left:
in the first photo Raphael Lancellotti, in the second Raphael with his sons Giovanni Battista and Orazio Aldo, in the third, on the right, Orazio Aldo and his wife Marianna Franzese, Raphael, Giovanni Battista and his wife Carmela Martucci. In the fourth photo the wife of Raphael, Virginia Dardis Lancellotti, their sons Peppino, Orazio Aldo, Sergio, Gigino, Settimio, and Rafael's mother, Rosina Fragale Lancellotti. In the last photo Orazio Aldo.

Joseph A. Martucci

(From The Post-Star, Glens Fals, N.Y. October 10, 2005)

Joseph Martucci, 92, returned to the arms of the Lord on Staurday, Oct. 8, 2005, at St. Clare's Hospital in Schenectady surrounded by his family.
Born on Dec. 12, 1912, in San Marco, Italy, he was the son of Frank and Algelina (Lombardo) Martucci. At he age of 7, he and his family immigrated from Italy, making Whitehall their home.
He was a communicant and usher of our Lady of Angels Roman Catholic Church of Whitehall. He recently attended Our Lady of Seven Dolors Roman Catholic Church in Fair Haven, Vt.
Mr Martucci enlisted in the United Staes Army on Jan. 26 1944, servig as medic. He was honorably discharged on Oct. 11, 1945, at Camp San Luis Obispo, Calif.
He was a member of Whitehall Council No. 276, Knights of Columbus of Whitehall, and a 4th degree Knight of Ticonderoga. He was also a member of the Anerical Legion Post No. 83 of Whitehall, and a member of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Society of Whiethall and a member of Elks Lodge No 1491 B.P.O.E. of Whitehall. Nr. Martucci was an avid gardener with his tomatoes and vegetables, and avid bowler at the Whitehall Elks Lodge, and honorary member of the Skene Valley Country Club in Whitehall.
Mr. Martucci and his wife, Marguerite (scacchetti) Martucci, were united in marriage on June 18, 1939, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Granville, and had celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary at the time of her death on Sept. 18, 1999.
Mr. Martucci owned and operated Jo's Barber Shop on Broadway in Whitehall, retiring in April of 2005, due to his health. He was proud that he operated his business in the same location for over 67 years. He came from a family of barbers: his father, uncle, brother and cousin. He was formerly employed at Champlain Spinners Silk Mill in Whitehall, and for the D. & H. Railroad, while they were building the train tunnel on Saunders Street in Whitehall.
He was predeceased by two brothers, Oswald and Gene martucci, and one sister Sabina Martucci.

Informations about the family Martucci by

Mr. Ed and Mrs. Vicky Affinito

Families Perri–Pirri–Marino

(Karen Perri and her son Christian at S.Marco Argentano)

Carmela Pirri was born in March 1880 on the piantata of San Marco Argentano.
Her family was poor and I am sure her life was not an easy one. She was the only child in her family who survived beyond 20 years. Most of her brothers and sisters died as infants except another girl called Gaetanuzza who died at the age of 20 years.
In 1903 Carmela married Antonio Perri from Firmo in Spezzano Albanase. They had 4 children by 1913 when Antonio went off to America. Carmela and the 4 children left Italy in October, 1915 when she was 35 years old. They settled in Pennyslvania and had three more children. Antonio worked in a plant nursery in Pennsylvania but died at a young age ? around 39 years - after an accident, where his youngest son, now 85, thinks he sustained a head injury.
It took almost one hundred years to find Carmela's origins. For some reason she told her children that she had no parents and was raised by the nuns of San Marco. She even had a half sister, Angelina Marino, who lived in Cosenza till her death in 1979, but Carmela cut all ties with Italy when she left.
The family of some of her descendants has now found the beautiful town of San Marco Argentano and Firmo and the great grandsons have seen the mountain regions of his ancestors.