GF never natuarlized - letter of no record?

[lisahickey]

I am helping a friend with this process and her grandfather, who is still alive and does not ever remember being naturalized, immigrated with his parents (he was born in Italy) as a child. His father was naturalized, but he does not remember having been so. His father was naturalized in the 20s and our understanding is that the GF was sort of automatically given citizenship, but has never renounced his Italian citizenship formally. Does this make his descendents elligible for citizenship through descent? Thanks for your help with this. Also, oddly, no one in the family is showing up in any census records or marriage or death records - the name is Angelo Mascaro (son Eugene) in Warren, PA from Feroleto. Any thoughts about why that might be or where to look?

[Tessa78]

Is this your grandfather, Eugenio?
Arrival in 1912 at age 17...


New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 about Eugenio Mascara
Name: Eugenio Mascara
Arrival Date: 9 Apr 1912
Birth Date: abt 1895
Birth Location: Italy
Birth Location Other: ferolett
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/ Nationality: Italian (South) (Italian)
Port of Departure: Napoli
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Oceania

On the manifest, there appears to be a naturalization notation (March 1949?)
Line 27


T.

[lisahickey]

no, i thought that was the right person initially because he came on the same ship as angelo, but the person i'm looking for was born in 1916 and is still alive. but thank you for the quick work!

[Tessa78]

no, i thought that was the right person initially because he came on the same ship as angelo, but the person i'm looking for was born in 1916 and is still alive. but thank you for the quick work!

So then this must be the family in the 1940 US Census in Warren ?



Eugene Muscaro, "United States Census, 1940"
Name: Eugene Muscaro
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Ward 8, Warren, Warren Borough, Warren, Pennsylvania, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Marital Status: Married
Race (Original): White
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birthplace: Italy
Birth Year (Estimated): 1917
Last Place of Residence: Same Place
District: 62-43
Family Number: 470
Sheet Number and Letter: 19A
Line Number: 25
Affiliate Publication Number: T627
Affiliate Film Number: 3619
Digital Folder Number: 005456735
Image Number: 00467
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Eugene Muscaro M 23 Italy
Wife Helen Muscaro F 23 New York
Daughter Joan Louise Muscaro F 2 Pennsylvania


If you provide some additional details, maybe we can locate US Censuses and/or Angelo's naturalization record

What is the approx. year of Angelo's birth?
What was his wife's name (Eugenio's mother)?
Did Eugenio have any brothers/sisters?
Do you know if they lived anywhere else in USA before settling in Warren, PA?
Angelo's occupation?

T.

[lisahickey]

Thank you! Yes, that is he. How did you find this? I use ancestry and he didn't show up in the 1940 census in their records.
best,
Lisa

[lisahickey]

Thanks Teresa - we found Angelo's naturalization record in the Warren courthouse, and I am waiting to see those, but the situation is complicated - I just posted about it. It seems they always lived in Warren, although Angelo may have been in NY many years before.

[gcaria]

Dear Lisa Hickey,

I think that Angelo Mascaro was my great grandfather, born in Polverini (village of Feroleto Antico's municipality) in Calabria (South Italy).
Angelo Mascaro became an american citizen in 1929. He lived in Warren, county of Warren, Pennsylvania.
"Eugene" Mascaro arrived in Ellis Island in 1931 with Antonio Mascaro, his half brother, who was the brother of my grandmother.
"Eugene", Antonio and Angelo Mascaro went to Warren at 308 Morrison street which was the house of Angelo Anthony Lucia. Angelo said that Angelo A. Lucia was his cousin, but I don't understand this cousinship.
I know that Antonio died in 1993 and "Eugene" in july 2014.
Angelo Mascaro returned to live in Polverini (Feroleto Antico) where he died.
I never meet my great grandfather and my uncles of America.
I just spoke on the phone one time with Antonio in the 1980's when he had his restaurant in Warren.

Best regards.
Giovanni