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"A
Tale of Two Families"
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The following is a
chronological timeline starting with my
great-grandparents and culminating with my
parent's marriage. This
document consists of information
told to me by my grandfathers,
Raymond DePaola Sr. and Antonio
Cianciarulo Sr. as a child growing up and into my
adulthood. It wasn't until my
father's passing that I decided to document the
families history for my nieces and nephew as well as my cousins
and their families. With this
body of information, I ventured into the
past seeking references and sources to
verify my stories. In
addition, I have been in contact and talking to
'living' relatives from both sides of the family, whose names I will not divulge
for privacy reasons, but they know who they are
and I thank them dearly. As anyone
knows who has started on such a journey, the search is
never ending, sometimes confusing and perplexing but in the end each step is very rewarding.
This is becoming far more extensive as my research
progresses and in some
cases reaches back to the 18th century.
For more insight into the
Immigrant experience checkout my other Links under
"TRACING
THE FAMILY'S FOOTSTEPS"
after you enjoy "A Tale of Two
Families"
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DePaola - Cefaratti
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Cianciarulo - Logiovine
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Michele
Cefaratti was born in a small village Jelsi,Abruzzo, Italy in 1858.
In
1889, Michele Cefaratti , decides
to leave his home, and with his brother, embarks from Naples on a journey to
America. He arrived on May 2, 1889 on the ship, Alesia.
His known occupation was a laborer, which
was listed on a ship's passenger list. His
mode of travel was steerage and his traveling companions included his brother Giuseppe, age 21,
and other relatives, Giovanni age 35, occupation ploughman and
Martino age 43. Michele, I was told by my grandfather, verified
in the census of 1920 he was listed as a quarryman, and was blinded. His
younger brother
Giovanni came over later.
Michele and Giuseppe (brothers) married
twin sisters. Michele married Maria Tamburri and had eleven children, the fifth being
my grandmother, Mary Anthony. Giuseppe fathered nine children, his
wife's name was Concetta Tamburri.
The brothers sent for their wives and
families in 1897. They crossed the
Atlantic on the Victoria and with them
they brought their parents, Francesco and
Carmina Tamburri. The two families settled in
Philadelphia, PA to raise their
families.
GuiseppeAntonio DePaola and his wife Raffaella Manganiello were born, raised
and married in Ariano
Puglia, Avellino, Campania, Italy around 1808.
They had two known children. Maria Nicolletta and son
Marcello. Marcello married Raffaella Cardinale, Feb 13, 1831
in parish of San Stefano and had eight children. There fifth child was Raimondo who was
born May 31, 1841, traveled to Montecalvo Irpino to marry
MariaAgnese DeCosmo circa 1867. Two children were born, Carmine
DePaola in 1868 and MariaRaffaella in 1869.
MariaAgnese died and Raimondo moved south to Flumeri to raise
his children, he remarried around 1876 and later died on June 14, 1889.
Carmine met and married Maria Corlito, November 05, 1888 in Flumeri. They
had three children, Filomena (Minnie) 1889, MariaAgnese (Annie)
1891, and Raimondo (Raymond) 1893, my grandfather. My grandfather never knew his
mother, Maria as she passed away when he was 6 months old. Carmine
was not present for Raimondo's birth or Maria's death. My
grandfather's earliest memories, he told me, were of
being raised by his grandparents, Francesco and MariaCristina Giacobbe
Corlito in Flumeri ,Italy
until the age of seven. I was told the family lived on a farm and
owned olive vineyards. This was verified as it was
stated on the birth and death records I reviewed.
In 1892,at the age of 24, Carmine DePaola makes his first
trip to America. He arrived in New
York on April 4, 1892 on the ship,
Massilia. The captain's name was
Verries. His mode of travel was
steerage. He made his way to Philadelphia,
Pa. After establishing himself, Carmine sent for his three
children, they were brought to the United States on the ship
the Neustria , they
arrived on January 9,1901.
Carmine decided to remarry in 1899 to Rose
Elizabeth Fredericks , they had nine children.
The families lived together on a farm in
what is now known as the Roxborough
section of Philadelphia, in the vicinity of Parker & Cinnaminson
Sts. Carmine
became a citizen of the United States in
1903. In the census of 1910, it is
noted for the first time that he Americanized his first
name
by changing it to Charles.
Carmine started a tailoring business
and owned a factory in Philadelphia,
Pa. in which he
employed his children as well as
other's. My grandfather,
Raymond worked for him as a young man and
became a foreman. It was there , he
met my grandmother Mary Anthony, a young
girl of 14, whose specialty was 'hand
buttonhole making'. Because Raymond's father did not approve of the
relationship, Raymond and Mary
decided to elope to Elkton,
Maryland around 1916-17. The marriage
caused problems for Raymond
with his father, and from then on, my
grandfather found work elsewhere.
Carmine died about 1922. I do not know
if the relationship was ever mended.
Raymond was called for the service during
World War I but was not taken.
Raymond and Mary had
five children, Carmen, who died in infancy,
a second son,
Michael, a third, my father Raymond
Jr. , a fourth, Edward, and
a daughter Mary Jane who died as a toddler.
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Francesco
Cianciarulo was born in 1853,
the fourth of five children of Berardino
Cianciarulo and Anna
Panella, in the
small village of Marsicovetere,
Italy.
Near the time of his birth
Marsicovetere had suffered an earthquake
which devastated the village (see
family origins) and killed
nearly half the population. Because
of this, many villagers decided to
leave the area for a better life
Francesco was a farmer and a musician, he
played the harp while his brothers,
Giuseppe and Antonio played the
flute, and violin. Together, they
traveled throughout North & South
America, New Zealand & Australia. Giuseppe and Antonio eventually left Italy to live
elsewhere.
Francesco married Cristina
Curcio and together they had five
children, the fourth child, Giacomoantonio. Giacomoantonio (after coming to the US
changed his name to Antonio, aka Tony), my grandfather told
me he was a farmer much like his mother's
family. On occasion, he would travel down the mountains
to the neighboring village of MarsicoNuovo
and that is where he met his future wife, Assunta
Logiovine.
Her parents were: Achilles
Luigi Logiovine and Maria
Serafina Lospinoso. She was the second
of six children. Assunta was from a
family of tailor's, she herself was a
skilled seamstress. Many of
Assunta's brothers and sisters left Italy
and went to Argentina, South
America.
With the advent of World War I, Tony was
soon drafted in the Italian army in 1917, after basic training, sent to the battlefield, and shortly thereafter he was captured and
sat out the war as a POW. After the war ended, he returned to Marsicovetere, Italy, courted and
married Assunta (Susie) on July 6, 1922.
In August of 1922, Tony and Susie made the
decision to go to the United States,
their ship, the America took them to Ellis
Island. From their they traveled on
to Philadelphia, Pa. to join
Tony's older sisters, Anna, her husband
Nicola Masino, and Antoinetta and her
husband Giuseppe (Joseph)
Leone.
Together, Tony and Susie had three
children, my mother, Christina, Serafina (Nina), and Anthony Jr. On
January 16, 1930, Tony became a citizen of
the United States.
Susie suffered an acute appendicitis
and passed away in 1936 leaving Tony to
raise his three children with the help of
his sister Anna, her husband Nicola
Masino and their family.
Around the mid 1930's, Tony managed to
save enough money to send
for his parents, Francesco and Cristina to
come to the US. I was told
Francesco at one time was a strolling
musician. Tony's
parents lived with him and his
family until
their deaths, Cristina in 1938 and
Francesco, 1945.
In the mid 1940's Tony met Anna Mandia at his
place of work, the National Biscuit
Company (aka Nabisco). Anna came to
the United States as a baby with her
parents, Domenico Mandia and
Concetta Barattolo in the summer of
1905 , onboard the Konign Luise.
They settled in the northern section of
Philadelphia.
Tony's children
encouraged him to court Anna, and he
did. They were married on
November 25, 1943.
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Shortly after the end of World
War II, Ray DePaola Jr., still in uniform, went to a dance after his
brother persisted. After a few hours of boredom, he spotted a young
lady on the dance floor, her name Christine Cianciarulo. He walked
over to her, asked her for a dance and a little over a year later they were
married.
~~ DePaola - Cianciarulo families joined in marriage, February, 1947 ~~
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