Antonette Massanelli Mystery Grows

[maestra36]

Chris
Sorry for the typo in my above post. I meant to say that Donata Maria's estimated year of birth was 1815 and therefore could not be the daughter of your Rosa.

As to other record, Rosa Palumbo would not be your Rosa. Rocco was 80 in 1868 when he died. I'll let you do the math this time so that I don't make another typo.

Peg

[suanj]

Donata Maria Missanelli was 58 old .... so she cannot be a daughter of your Rosa Missanelli..

[chrisdamato]

Thank you very much. I will continue my search, but at least I've answered a few questions.

[chrisdamato]

I previously reported that Antonette's marriage certificate had her maiden name as Aragusa. Father's name Francesco. In searching for more information on her sister Giovannina, I came across a ship manifest from 9/19/1907 where a Giovanna Masinelli arrived. What's funny about this is this particular woman is from Campobasso and the name of the town looks a lot like Agusa.

I checked all the town names in Campobasso, but was unable to find anything similar. Would somebody please be able to check on this for me?

Thank you

[maestra36]

Chris
Can't find the passenger list to which you are referring. Can you upload the image for us to look at?

[maestra36]

Agnone is a town in the same province as Campobasso and I've seen that town listed on passenger lists.

[suanj]

Maybe you already have a trip of Maria Missanelli( Maria Carmela) -with children Giuseppe and Rocco-joining at Giovanni Marcogiuseppe in NYC; all are US citizens
http://www.ellisisland.org/EIFile/popup ... &line=0004

suanj

[chrisdamato]

I don't know if this will work, but I've tried to link to the passenger manifest. She is traveling with husband Felice (that's something to figure out another time). You'll notice the name of the town is Agusa.[img]http://www.ellisisland.org/EIFile/popup ... &line=0021[/img]

[chrisdamato]

They transcribed her maiden name as Manuelli instead of Masinelli. That's probably why you couldn't locate it.

[maestra36]

Chris
That is Agnone on the passenger list, the town I mentioned above.

[maestra36]

i see why you think what you do. On the first page of the manifest, it looks like the spelling you saw, but only for her and not the person above her on the manifest. On page 2 of the manifest, the name is clearly Agnone.

[suanj]

Maestra is correct....
on the ship's manifest:
Cerimele Felice and Maria Giovanna Marinelli; the town is Agnone also if wrote Agusa( wrong)...
no doubts: Agnone...

[chrisdamato]

Thank you. I wonder if I should check birth records in Agnone???

[chrisdamato]

As if things in the Massinelli family are not crazy enough, I just received Maria Massanelli's death certificate. Her birth records listed unknown father, just like her other sisters. However, the death record says the father is Julio Massinelli.

So, to summarize things:

1)Maria born to unknown father, died with father Julio Massinelli
2)Giovannina birth record missing, marriage record says father Alfonso
3)Antonietta born to unknown father, marriage says Francesco Aragusa, death record says father Frank Petro

This makes absolutely no sense to me. I am frustrated beyond belief!!!

[PeterTimber]

Illegitmacy is always the obvious retort in allying your frustrations. =Peter=