Durante and Gerace (Geraci) and Cirillo

[vj]

DURANTE/GERACI

found another obituary for Dominick (Domenico?) Durante 65
died 10 Jan 1945

http://www.fultonhistory.com/Process%20 ... ehtml&.pdf

born in Bagheria (Palermo, Sicily) 11 Nov 1879
son of Pietro and Leonarda Oddo Durante
came to America 45 years ago (abt 1900)
married Josephine Geraci in 1910
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here's a possible manifest
Domenico Durante is joining an uncle 'Oddo'

1904 manifest

14 Mar 1904, SS Manuel Calvo, Naples to NY
line 29

Domenico Durante 25, abt 1878-9
- notation V/L 311/404 (verification of landing)
- blacksmith
- married
- last residence Bagheria
- destination NY
- joining uncle(?) Francesco Oddo at 267 Elizabeth Street & 2nd Avenue NY

may be traveling with line 28 to the same destination
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Domenico's 1st wife and daughter (Leonarda Durante Pandolfo)

1905 manifest

8 May 1905, SS Citta Di Napoli, Palermo to NY
lines 29-30

Caterina Spingola(?) 25, abt 1880
- last residence Bagheria
- destination NY
- joining husband Domenico Durante at 267 Elizabeth St
daughter Leonarda Winante (Durante) 4, abt 1901
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In case you haven't seen it, this article may help explain some of your family's given names:

Italian Naming Traditions and their Ramifications
http://italiangenealogy.tardio.com/News ... id=22.html

There has been a strong custom in Italy that determines how children are named:

The first male is named after his paternal grandfather.
The second male is named after his maternal grandfather.
The first female is named after her paternal grandmother.
The second female is named after her maternal grandmother.

[lilkkiesa]

Harry is Lena and Joseph Pape Jr's son. So Corinne would be their daughter.

[lilkkiesa]

Valarie where have you been finding all of the ship manifests and other information. I feel bad letting you do all of this research.

[vj]

The census records and some of the manifests are from ancestry. com - many of us on the forum have a subscription.
Ancestry. com is also available on site at many libraries.

Some manifests are from Ellis Island
http://stevemorse.org/ellis2/ellisgold.html

A great free site for some census records and NY ship manifests:
http://search.labs.familysearch.org/rec ... 7819#start

Finding census records and ship manifests is usually only the first step.
Using the information on them to find and order original birth marriage and death records is generally the more involved next step .

Valarie
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DURANTE

Possibly Dominick living with his uncle Francesco Oddo in 1910?
(Francesco Oddo was who Domenico was joining in NY on his 1904 manifest)
Dominick's daughter (Leonarda) Lena is not listed...

1910 census

Home in 1910 (April 15th):
235 Jay Street
Utica Ward 8, Oneida, New York

head Francesco Oddo 46, abt 1866 IT
- married 20 yrs, abt 1890
- immig 1897
- moulder, stoves
wife Maria Oddo 40
son Mario Oddo 17
son Joseph Oddo 8
daughter Agata Oddo 6

boarder Domenico Durante 30, abt 1880 IT
- widower
- immig 1904, Al
- laborer, construction

boarders (relatives*):
Francesco Provenzano 27
Francesco Provenzano 22
Joseph Provenzano 3
Nellie Provenzano 1

*Note:
from daughter Agnes Oddo's obituary index on the Oneida County website:
http://oneida.nygenweb.net/

DECEASED DOD FATHER MOTHER SPOUSE SP. DOD SURV.

Fiorini Agnes, Jun 3'81, Oddo Francesco, Provenzano Maria, Fiorini Peter, 1965, 5

It appears that the Provenzano family on the 1910 census is related to Francesco's wife Maria Provenzano Oddo
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If you haven't already bought a genealogy program to organize your family & sources, there's a terrific free one here (PAF)

Free PAF Family History Software
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp

[lilkkiesa]

I already have that program but thank you for pointing it out to me. I have been putting all of this information in as I've been gaining it. I dont know much of anything about the Provenzano family, as I've never heard of them.

I was wondering if you knew how I could find information about my German relatives as well.

[vj]

...I was wondering if you knew how I could find information about my German relatives as well.

Sure, this forum:
http://german.genealogyforum.eu/

Or start a new topic wth your question here on this forum under
'Off Topic - We don't only do Italian Genealogy'
http://italiangenealogy.tardio.com/Foru ... m/f=8.html

Valarie

[lilkkiesa]

also i need a Polish Genealogy forum if possible.

[vj]

also i need a Polish Genealogy forum if possible.

for anyone that wants to help, the post is here:
http://polish.genealogyforum.eu/index.p ... =2296#2296

[wldspirit]

start a new topic wth your question here on this forum under
'Off Topic - We don't only do Italian Genealogy'

There is already an open thread for research...

http://italiangenealogy.tardio.com/Foru ... 14038.html

wldspirit