Ellis Island records Raffaele Santoliquido, duplicates?

[vj]

Lombardi family

Having trouble finding Michele’s 1st manifest,
but I think your family just got a little larger

edit: correction
It appears that they may have been joining “daughters Fedela & Erminia
at 3 Thatcher(?) Street Boston

From ancestry. com

possible 1905 manifest

SS Canopic, July 1905, Naples to Boston
Lines 5-8
Michele Lombardo 49, born abt 1856
- shoemaker
- last residence Montemiletto
- destination Boston
- in Boston 1898-1904
- joining daughter Fedela
Wife Assunta 54, born abt 1851
Daughter Emilia 14, born abt 1891
Daughter Clelia 12, born abt 1893

Note: neat site on Italian 1st names:
http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/ita.php

[vj]

Santoliquido family

Another marriage record from NEHGS

Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841 - 1910
Marriages Registered in the City of Somerville for the Year 1906
Record 659
Sept 30
Boston

Arcangelo Raffaele Santoliquido 24
1st marriage
Residence 254 Beacon Street, Somerville
Occupation: Barber
Born in Forenza Italy
Parents:
Emanuele Santoliquido
Rachela Coscia

Fedele Guilia Lombardi 22
1st marriage
Residence 286A Beacon Street, Somerville
Occupaton: At Home
Born in Montemiletto Italy
Parents:
Michele Lombardi
Assunta Guarente

Married by
Alessandro Scapigliati Catholic Priest
14 N Bennet Street, Boston

Recorded 12 Oct 1906

[vj]

Santoliquido family

Another sibling of Raffaeale’s and a new lead on the town

Note: since there is no San Pietro in or near Forenza, it may mean Via San Pietro in Forenza
- there is a street by that name, it can be seen by googling ‘Via San Pietro Forenza Italy’.
Don't forget to switch to satellite view for a real look!

From ancestry. com

1907 manifest page 1
page 2

SS Romanic, July 1907, Naples to Boston
Line 4
Gelsomina Santoliquido
- (age 28 crossed out) age 32, born abt 1875
- single
- dressmaker
- last residence Forenza Potenza
- in San Pietro Forenza, father Emanuel Santoliquido
- destination Somerville
- joining brother Raffaele Santoliquido at 254 Beacon Street
- born in Potenza Forenza

[vj]

Santoliquido family

Census records from ancestry. com
Note: names and dates were only as accurate as the person’s knowledge that was giving the information and the diligence of the enumerator in writing it down

1930 census image
1920 census image
1910 census image

Link to free blank census forms:
http://www.ancestry.com/charts/census.aspx
(you may have to copy and paste the link onto your address bar)

This free site has the census before 1910 & other neat records
http://search.labs.familysearch.org/rec ... 7819#start

[vj]

Lombardi family

Fedele’s sister Erminia (from the 1905 Lombardi family manifest?)
from NEHGS

Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841 - 1910
Marriages Registered in the City of Somerville for the Year 1908
Record 92
February 23
Somerville

Giovanni Dello Iacono 21
1st marriage
Residence 286 Beacon Street, Somerville
Occupation: Laborer
Born in Montemiletto Italy
Parents:
Ciriaco Iacono
Gaetana Colella

Erminia Lombardi 22
1st marriage
Residence 286A Beacon Street, Somerville
Occupaton: At Home
Born in Montemiletto Italy
Parents:
Michele Lombardi
Assunta Guarente

Married by
Ambrose A Dore, Catholic Priest
179 Summer Street, Somerville

Recorded 24 Feb 1908
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About Giovanni Dello Iacono & Erminia Lombardi

From footnote. com

(click here) 1917 Petition for Naturalization

Publication Number: M1368
Publication Title: Petitions and Records of Naturalizations of the U.S. District and
Circuit Courts of the District of Massachusetts, 1906-1929
Publisher: NARA
State: Massachusetts
Court: U.S. District Court
Year: 1917
Date: 04 Jun 1917
Immigrant Full Name: Giovanni Dello Iacono
Document Type: Petition for Naturalization
Home Country: Italy
Witness 1 Full Name: Raffaele D. Guarente
Witness 2 Full Name: Vincenzo Musto
Year Immigrated: 1901
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Census records for Giovanni/John and Erminia/Amie Dello Iacono & family
(Assunta/Susan, Giulia/Julia, Alma, John)

1930 census image
1920 census image
1910 census image

[GeoffreySantoliquido]

VJ, you are an angel! I hadn't been back here since the weekend (I've been working on a bathroom remodeling project) and was pleasantly surprised when I dropped in today to see a 2nd page of information!

This is all fantastic information and yes, it is all correctly related to my family. The 1910 census record is amusing in the way they shortened the surname.

I knew there were two marriage records for my grandparents but didn't have the details you provided which were most valuable (the names of all four of my great grandparents; that is priceless information as you can imagine). Massachusetts archive staff told me that there are two records due to them being married in Boston but living in Somerville so both towns generated records.

You found some valuable information about Fedele Lombardi's siblings that my family didn't know at all! I've got to go back and fully study what you've posted but wanted to stop and tell you now that I am extremely grateful for all of this expert assistance! Grazie di esistere!

Geoff Santoliquido
Cary, NC

[vj]

Hello Geoff !
I'm so glad that we could find some more records for you.
(and that you got to take a break from your remodeling )
You're right, there's a lot to sift thru.
Please let us know if there's anything else we can do to help.
Thank you!
Valarie

[GeoffreySantoliquido]

VJ,
I've had some more time between sanding walls to come back to this and digest the documents. I continue to be amazed and appreciative of the wealth and depth of accurate information you have found for me. My dad, Guido Santoliquido, and the rest of the family are quite gratified as well.

I shared this great thread with my dad's cousin Ugo . His mother was Concetta Santoliquido Masi, sister of my grandfather Arcangelo Raphael Santoliquido. You were successful in locating Concetta's sister, Gelsomina in the ship manifest SS Romanic, July 1907, Naples to Boston. Do you think you could find Concetta's manifest for us? I guess she didn't sail with her sister on the Romanic unless she is on a different page.

Concetta shows up on the 1920 census sheet you found for the Santoliquido's, which makes sense since the Masi family lived in the same multi-family house. Concetta was 27 and married to Rocco Masi at that time. It is fabulous to see that census sheet along with all the others. It might be of interest to my cousin Ugo and the rest of us to see her marriage record, too, if I still haven't worn you out! It appears their oldest child Ralph in the 1920 census was just 3 1/2 at the time so maybe they were married around 1915 or so.

Again, I thank you for all of your time and willingness to assist me and my family!

[vj]

Hello!
I hope we made your dad smile

Of course we'd be happy to see what we can find.
We should have some members logging in now that dinner's about over (on the east coast)
I'll look for the marriage record in NEHGS.
Valarie
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edit: added
No marriage records yet on NEHGS, they should be available from the town or county clerk

from NEHGS

Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911-1915
Massachusetts Vital Records for the period 1911-1915 were transferred to the Massachusetts State Archives in 2005, making them generally available to the public. In 2007, NEHGS began a project to digitize these records. This database will eventually contain the index and records for births, marriages and deaths recorded during that period.

As of November 19, 2008, the database contains an index to the births recorded in 1911 through 1915.

[vj]

Masi Family

... my dad's cousin Ugo

His mother was Concetta Santoliquido Masi, sister of my grandfather Arcangelo Raphael Santoliquido.
You were successful in locating Concetta's sister, Gelsomina in the ship manifest SS Romanic, July 1907, Naples to Boston.
Do you think you could find Concetta's manifest for us?
I guess she didn't sail with her sister on the Romanic unless she is on a different page.

Concetta shows up on the 1920 census sheet you found for the Santoliquido's, which makes sense since the Masi family lived in the same multi-family house.
Concetta was 27 and married to Rocco Masi at that time.
It is fabulous to see that census sheet along with all the others.
It might be of interest to my cousin Ugo and the rest of us to see her marriage record, too, if I still haven't worn you out!
It appears their oldest child Ralph in the 1920 census was just 3 1/2 at the time so maybe they were married around 1915 or so.

Is this the correct Rocco & Concetta (Santoliquido) MASI?

(click here) 1914 Declaration of Intention

Publication Number: M1368
Publication Title: Petitions and Records of Naturalizations of the U.S. District and
Circuit Courts of the District of Massachusetts, 1906-1929
Publisher: NARA
State: Massachusetts
Court: U.S. District Court
Year: 1914
Date: 02 Nov 1914
Immigrant Full Name: Rocco Jeffre Masi
Document Type: Declaration of Intention
Home Country: Italy
Witness 1 Full Name: [Blank]
Witness 2 Full Name: [Blank]
Year Immigrated: 1911
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1917 Petition for Naturalization

Publication Number: M1368
Publication Title: Petitions and Records of Naturalizations of the U.S. District and
Circuit Courts of the District of Massachusetts, 1906-1929
Publisher: NARA
State: Massachusetts
Court: U.S. District Court
Year: 1917
Date: 11 Jun 1917
Immigrant Full Name: Rocco Jeffre Masi
Document Type: Petition for Naturalization
Home Country: Italy
Witness 1 Full Name: Domenico Abbruzzese
Witness 2 Full Name: Antonio Abbruzzese
Year Immigrated: 1911
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1917 Oath of Allegiance

Publication Number: M1368
Publication Title: Petitions and Records of Naturalizations of the U.S. District and
Circuit Courts of the District of Massachusetts, 1906-1929
Publisher: NARA
State: Massachusetts
Court: U.S. District Court
Year: 1917
Date: 28 Sep 1917
Immigrant Full Name: Rocco Jeffre Masi
Document Type: Oath of Allegiance
Home Country: Italy
Witness 1 Full Name: [Blank]
Witness 2 Full Name: [Blank]
Year Immigrated: 1911

[vj]

Masi Family

Rocco Masi
WWI and WWII Draft Registration Cards

(click here)1917 WWI Card

1942 WWII Card
1942 page two
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Rocco & Concetta

1930 census

Home in 1930:
51 Lowell Street, owns $8000
Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Head Rocco Concetta (Masi) 36 IT
- married age 22, abt 1916
- immig 1911, Na
- carpenter, own business
Wife Santoquido Concetta 36 IT
- immig 1915

Son Ralph A 13
Son Anthony 10
Son Mario L 6
Son Guido D 5
Son Ugo Gino 3

Brother Angelo (Masi) 42, born abt 1888 IT
- immig 1905, Al
- shoemaker, shoe repair shop
Brother Michael (Masi) 25, born abt 1905 IT
- immig 1921, Na
- barber, own shop

[vj]

Masi Family

Concetta’s manifest

(click here) 1915 manifest
page 2

Ship Name: Cretic
Arrival Date: 27 May 1915
Port of Departure: Naples, Italy
Port of Arrival: Boston, Massachusetts
Line 14

Name: Concetta Santoliquido
- age: 22 years
- estimated birth year: abt 1893
- single
- dressmaker
- last residence Potenza
- in Potenza father Emmanuele and mother Rachela
- destiation Somerville, MA
- joining brother Raffaele Santoliquido at 286 Beacn St
- birthplace: Potenza, Italy

Note: Concetta may be traveling with lines 15-16 (17 did not sail)
They are also joining Raffaele Santoliquido
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Rocco’s Manifest

Traveling under his ’middle’ name Giuffrida/Giuffreda?/Jeffre

(click here) 1911 manifest
page 2

Sep 1911, SS Canopic, Naples to Boston
Line 14
Giuffrida Masi
- 17 years old, abt 1894
- single
- carpenter
- last residence Forenza
- in Forneza mother Antonia
- destination Stamford, CT
- joining father Raffaele at 253 Pacific St, Stamford
- born in Forenza

edit: corrected Rocco's name

[Biff83]

Rocco's father Raffaele's Masi manifest, line 26
1904 manifest

Name: Raffaele Masi
Arrival Date: 30 Apr 1904
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1868
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Port of Departure: Napoli
Ethnicity/Race­/Nationality: Italian (South) (Italian)
Ship Name: Citta di Genova
Occupation: Carpenter
Last residence: Forenza
Destination: NYC to join cousin Giovanni Briola at 211 Mott St edited to correct surname to Briola

Biff

[vj]

Hello Biff!
Welcome to the hunt .
I missed you.
This is for cousin Ugo.
Massi/Santoliquido Family
Valarie

[GeoffreySantoliquido]

Yes, indeed, all of these records are correctly related to Concetta. I noticed how her husband, Rocco, has the middle name of "Jeffre" which is very interesting to me. The letter J seems quite unusual in the Italian language, although I went to the web site on first names that you thoughtfully shared and did see two names, neither of which was this name, that begin with J. So it is unusual. But on further review, and seeing the manifest for his voyage, it looks like he americanized his middle name from Giuffrida.

It is fantastic to see her ship manifest. It ties together her parents, who were left behind in Italy, with her brother, my grandfather, whom she came to join in Boston. And yes, it is possible that she was traveling with the two on the lines following hers. The last name Coscia is the same as my great grandmother's maiden name and a fellow named Mike Coscia took over the family barber shop.

You've given me so much to enjoy and process, VJ. I'll continue to study all of this as I attempt to document our family's ancestry in a useful way. There's so much there that you gave us that it will be weeks before I fully assemble and appreciate it all. And you've provided incredibly important leads taking my family back to Forenza and Montemiletto that I didn't know where to find on my own. And yes, that google satellite view of my grandfather's family's street in Forenza was a great thing, too! I know I've already thanked you, probably twenty times, but I really am grateful for this!

PS: Biff, that is the most beautifully transcribed manifest of any of them! Thanks for hunting that up for us.