Coco / LoCoco - Piedimonte Etneo, Sicily

[LaPecorella]

I am in search of cousins that live somewhere in New York State. My mother & I are in Putnam County & as far as we know, our cousins should be fairly close by. My great grandparents were Giuseppe Coco & Maria DiMauro from Piedimonte Etneo Sicily. Giuseppe had 2 brothers (pictured below...Giuseppe on the far right) Alfio & M.. (not sure of the name of 1). Their parents were Salvatore Coco & Venera (Macarone?). Alfio moved to NY & we were told that at Ellis Island the name changed from Coco to LoCoco. He came on Mar 16, 1911 from the port of Naples If anyone has any information please let me know, we would love to get in touch with our cousins!

Thanks,

Valentina

[PeterTimber]

Have yhou tried reviewing the telephone directory for NY State at www.numberway.com? Just type inthe familyname and NY state and nothing else. First names in families tend to stay active from generation to generation and may be worthwhile contacting one or more and simply ask if they are your cousins. =Peter=

[LaPecorella]

Thanks Peter... When I have time I'll try it out.

[suanj]

I am in search of cousins that live somewhere in New York State. My mother & I are in Putnam County & as far as we know, our cousins should be fairly close by. My great grandparents were Giuseppe Coco & Maria DiMauro from Piedimonte Etneo Sicily. Giuseppe had 2 brothers (pictured below...Giuseppe on the far right) Alfio & M.. (not sure of the name of 1). Their parents were Salvatore Coco & Venera (Macarone?). Alfio moved to NY & we were told that at Ellis Island the name changed from Coco to LoCoco. He came on Mar 16, 1911 from the port of Naples If anyone has any information please let me know, we would love to get in touch with our cousins!

Thanks,

Valentina

Hi,
Hi Alfio LoCoco married at Maria( b. 2 dec 1890) had 2 children: Venera( 13 nov 1915) and Salvatore ( 10 nov 1916); by petitiopn of naturalization you can read:
http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/1483/a ... zation.jpg

the WWII enlistment:
U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
about Alfio Lococo
Name: Alfio Lococo
Birth Date: 12 Jan 1888
Birth Place: Gatania
Residence: New York, New York
Race: White
Roll: WW2_2368212
maybe by Salvatore children can be possible make a family's reunion... I no found other helpful data... however in some way it could be possible to search more infos...
regards,
suanj

[LaPecorella]

Wow! Thank you so much! This info seems to be correct especially the names of the children, they would match the names of their grandparents. I'm going to run all this by my mother tonight & my nonna this weekend to see. I really appreciate it! Where did you search for all these documents?

[suanj]

The records are on Ancestry.com website!
Best regards,
suanj

[mhgva@aol.com]

Domenico LoCoco 1826– BIRTH 1826 • Sicily, Italy DEATH Sicily, Italy
Wife Maria LoSaio abt 1832–

daughter Constanza Lo CoCo 1856 - 1896 married Vincenzo Martorana or Martarana
Their daughter Theresa was my great grandmother, Canicatti, Agrigento, Sicilia, Italy born 1881 and died 3 JAN 1963 • New York, New York, USA

she married Salvatore Lana from canicatti.

If anyone has any knowledge about these ancestors please let me know. Thank you

[mmogno]

Marriage of Vincenzo Marturana to Castenza Coco, Jan 23, 1875 in Canicattì
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903 ... cat=618801

Birth of Teresa Marturana, Sep 16, 1881. Recorded on Sep 17, 1881
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903 ... cat=618801

[mmogno]

Pubblicazioni
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903 ... cat=618801

Birth of Castenzia lo Coco, May 18, 1855 in Canicattì.
#247

http://dl.antenati.san.beniculturali.it ... ewsIndex=0

http://dl.antenati.san.beniculturali.it ... ewsIndex=0

[mmogno]

Domenico lo Coco 1826– BIRTH 1826 • Sicily, Italy DEATH Sicily, Italy
Wife Maria lo Faso abt 1832–
.....

[mhgva@aol.com]

mmogno - Thank you for all of the information.

[parkergambino]

Here are some documents of interest:

Manifest of Italia 20 May 1905
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903 ... ction=view
Salvatore and Teresa are part of a larger family group

Manifest of Perugia 22 November 1913
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903 ... ction=view
Salvatore and Teresa arrive with their four children, Gaspare, Vincenzo, Maria, Costantina. Salvatore's father's name is Gaspare. For the last 3 children, it is written in pencil that it is claimed that they were born in the USA.

This claim is made earlier for Maria and Vincenzo on the 1910 census
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903 ... ction=view

Salvatore Lana Naturalization 1921
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903 ... ction=view

Parker

[parkergambino]

Here is a slew of documents, mostly marriages. Only some are directly related to [Salvatore Lana & Teresa Martorana]. The ones that are not show an origin of Canicatti, and there is no doubt in my mind that they are in some way more distantly related. For some people, filling in that space on the marriage doc they just say "Italy". When they instead provide a specific location, that is a treasure that makes it easier to trace back and laterally; perhaps reflecting pride in their origins. That's what you've got here, your family tree is about to get much more densely complex.

(ItalGen limits the number of attachments, so a second message will follow)

I don't have time to follow through on this right now, and it will be a while before I do. Good luck!


1907 birth of "Vinceryo" Lana
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2W8K-1R9

1911 [Vincenzo Lana & Francesca Carlino]
https://a860-historicalvitalrecords.nyc ... ew/8737789

1912 [Salvatore Lana & Dorotea Malluzzo]
https://a860-historicalvitalrecords.nyc ... ew/8746411

1915 [Angelo Lana & Carmela Parla]
https://a860-historicalvitalrecords.nyc ... ew/8739856

1915 [Antonio Lana & Carmela Sciablarrasi]
https://a860-historicalvitalrecords.nyc ... ew/8739867

[parkergambino]

1927 [Charles Vaselych & Mary Lana]
https://a860-historicalvitalrecords.nyc ... ew/9500686

1923 [Angelo Lana & Carmela Parla]
https://a860-historicalvitalrecords.nyc ... ew/9340408

1932 [Salvatore Lana & Sadie Gustafson]
https://a860-historicalvitalrecords.nyc ... ew/9837837

1933 [Jasper Lana & Claire Parisi]
https://a860-historicalvitalrecords.nyc ... ew/9896918

1949 [Nick Conti & Mary Vaselych]
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q297-KT5G