Surname LaBarber

[FDooks]

Hello again,

I am helping my girlfriend check into her family history. I found out (on her grandmother's side) information dating back to the mid 1700's! Absolutely shocking and excellent.

However on her grandfathers side, he must have been in hiding because we cannot locate anything.

We have her grandfather's info as:

Samuel Lawrence LaBarber (possibly Labarbera)
Born Apr 12, 1898 in Villafrate, Italy
Past away in September of 1971
Married to Annina (Lena) Bongiovanni

Parents are Lawrence LaBarber
Born around 1852
Immigrated in 1900
Married to Rosalia ??? (possible Calaty or Calati) who was born around 1865

Any further info would be great. I have access to ancersty.com so if you need any info that I can lookup, I'd be happy to help.

Thank you,

Frank

[PeterTimber]

First of all the town is, (I suspect) Villafrate and the proprer spelling is La Barbera since there are 21 persons with that spelling in Villafrati (PA) Sicily. Go to www.paginebianche,.it and take a look yourself. =Peter=

[vj]

Hi Frank
Not sure if you’ve seen these possible records?
Do you have their ship manifest?


16 Mar 1900 SS Marco Minghetti, Palermo to NY
Lines 22-23

1900 manifest

Lorenzo La Barbera 49 (abt 1850)
- married
- last residence Vicari (Palermo, Sicily)
- destination Buffalo
- joining brother-in-law Pietro Calato, Niagara Falls, Buffalo, NY

Nicolo La Barbera 16 (abt 1883)

LaBarber/ La Barbera

1930 census

Home in 1930:
332 14th Street
Niagara Falls, Niagara, New York

Head Rosaline La Barber 62, abt 1868 IT
- widow
- married age 17
- immig 1901, Al
Son Sam La Barber 31, abt 1899 IT
- immig 1901, Al
- eletrician, independent
Daughter Lillian La Barber 24, abt 1906 NY
---

1910 census

Home in 1910:
125 12th Street
Niagara Falls Ward 5, Niagara, New York

Head Lawrence La Barbier 58, abt 1852 IT
- married 30 yrs, abt 1880
- immig 1900, Pa
Wife Rose La Barbier 45, abt 1865 IT
- 11 children born, 7 children living
- immig 1900
Son Sam La Barbier 12, abt 1898 IT
- immig 1900
Daughter Frances La Barbier 10, abt 1900 IT
- immig 1900
Daughter Rose La Barbier 7, abt 1903 NY
Daughter Rosalia La Barbier 4, abt 1906 NY

[FDooks]

Hello.

These are great finds. These are all related as well.

Nicolo was the brother of Samuel (one of the 11 children).
--Valarie - did you happen to see where it stated 11 children / 7 living? (at the time). I checked on the census but it's hard for me to read.

Calato (Rosalia) was married to Samuel LaBarber - therefore making Lorenzo join Rosalia's brother - Pietro

Thanks and I hope to find more from there!

[vj]

Nicolo was the brother of Samuel (one of the 11 children).
--Valarie - did you happen to see where it stated 11 children / 7 living? (at the time). I checked on the census but it's hard for me to read.

Sure, look just to the right of Rose's name: married 30 years, 11 children born, 7 children living
OK?
Valarie

These may help in case you don't already have them.
Ancestry has a complete set of census blanks, they really help in deciphering blurry census images
http://www.ancestry.com/charts/census.aspx
(you may need to copy & paste the link onto your address bar)