Ely, Nevada
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My grandmother's brother, Felice
Carlini,
settled in Ely,
Nevada. Here is various bits and pieces of information
that I have about Ely and people who lived there.
Here
is a 1907/8 Business Directory.
In May of 2005,
we visited Ely. See below for the report
of our
visit to Dorothy
diIullo Carrick and the East Ely Railroad Museum. For a report of our
visit to the Ely Cemetery, look
at this page.
In Aug of 2007, I visited
the East
Ely Railroad Depot Museum. Look at its page for more.
Graphical
Family Tree
(Ely, NV)
(900+Kb JPG File)
| Throughout
this page, you will see the name Lorry Labate. Lorry was one of the
first "lost" cousins that I found after beginning my genealogy
research. He helped me identify many photos and connected me with many
more cousins from Ely. Lorry died on 4 Apr 2008 of a heart attack at
his home in Carson City, NV. Everyone from SPA will miss him. |
Lorry Labate, sent me this email describing Ely:
Date
sent:
Mon, 26 Apr 2004 00:21:16 -0400 (EDT)
From:
Lorry Labate
Subject:
Ely, Nevada
Hi Mark..
I have a stack
of E-Mails from you to respond to, but I'll start with
the Ely Geography. It is located in East central Nevada about
70
miles from the Utah border.
Ely was the
Copper Mining center of Nevada from about 1906 to
1962. It is the county seat of White Pine County.
At it's
height, the entire county only had about 10,000 residents,
Ely
about 7,000. The copper was mined at Ruth , 7 miles west of
Ely where at one time it was the largest open pit mine in the
world. The ore was transported by train thru Ely to the
refinery
in McGill, 12 miles east of Ely. The low grade ore was milled
and
smelted into copper ingots by Kennecott Copper Corporation.
East Ely was
location of the Nevada
Northern
Railway which
brought
freight and passengers to Ely from Cobre a couple hundred miles north
of Ely where the Nevada Northern intersected the Southern Pacific
Railroad between Elko and Wendover. My father was an Engineer
with the Nevada Northern. Most of the sampietrese worked for
the
railroad. I cannot recall any who worked in the mines at Ruth
or
the refinery at McGill. There were many Calabrese and Barese
in
Ruth and Kimberly and Reiptown. The area was quite a
cosmopolitan
mining camp. McGill had a Greek Town, and there were
Serbians,
Croats, Austrians, Germans. Ely had Chinese, Japanese,
Italians,
Greeks, Mexicans, native Americans, and a large population of
Mormons. Ely and East Ely blend into one another.
The
sampietrese immigrants lived exclusively in East Ely and central Ely
which is a part of Ely.
I do not know
the wards, but don't bother with anything other than Ely
and East Ely. If I were to guess, I would start with East Ely
and
3rd ward, then 2nd ward, and 1st ward. All of the other
places
you mentioned are outlying areas. A couple of names in East Ely to get
you on track would be Ricci, Mariani, DiCianno. Central Ely,
Labate, Acquafondata, Diullo, Settefrati, Lombardi, Disanza, Rossolo.
Ely is on
highway 50 (The Loneliest Road in the World). Elko
is
about 190 miles north of Ely on Interstate 80. To my
knowledge,
it had no sampietrese. It was a cattle town. The
Italians
you would find in Elko County would be located in Cobre which I
mentioned above was the terminus of the Nevada Northern.
There are a
number of web sites for Ely. Try http://webpanda.com.
Hope this helps.
Lorry
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Filiberto and Rosina DiIullo
I have found that my grandfather Emiliano and grandmother Lucrezia had
two very good friends in Ely. They were Filiberto diIullo and Rosina
Rossi. The following describes how I went from two photos of people my
mother did not remember to contacts with a large family from Ely and
several new photos that our family did not have.
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"Ricordo della tua
comare ed compare.
Filiberto
Rosina"
"Remember your godfather and godmother
Filiberto and Rosina"
Filiberto and Rosina Diullo
(Ely, NV, originally from San Pietro)
My mother did not remember who these people were. I put the photos on
this web page and they were identified by Lorry Labate. See emails
below.
My mother says that in Italy, the title godmother and
godfather would be
passed down. If they were your parents' godfather and godmother, you
also would call
them godfather and godmother (comare and compare). Filiberto and
Rosina's
parents may have been my grandmother's godparents. According to my
mother
they were
not anybody elses godparents.
Lorry sent me a link which helped me find what is probably Filiberto's
WWI Draft registration in White Pine County, NV (location of Ely)
"Di Tullo, Filiberto 16 Mar
1888 White S.
Pietro a Vellona Italy" |
Dorothy and Rosina Diullo
Taken when Dorothy was in Junior High School.
East Ely, NV
Aug 27, 1937
Identified by Lorry Labate. See emails below. |
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|
1925 Filiberto
diIullo and Family
I received this photo from Dorothy diIullo Carrick who still lives in
Ely. We visited her in May 2005.
Rosina Rossi, wife
Filiberto diIullo, husband
Guido, oldest son, born 1912 in SPA
Dorothy, middle daughter, born 1920 in Ely
Marion, youngest son, born 1923 in Ely
Date is a guess by Dorothy who let me scan the photo.
Taken in Ely, NV. Dorothy was born in 1920 and appears to be about 5
years old in this photo. |
You can see Filiberto's (Albert) and Rosina's tombstone on the
Ely Cemetery
web page.
The folks on the two
photos above were identified by Lorry Labate. I got this series of
emails from Lorry:
Hello..
I stumbled on your website and was pleased to see some photos of Ely,
Nevada with familiar names. I hope you can help me as I am
trying
to
trace my maternal roots.
My mother was Francesca Carlini, b. 2/16/1895 in Ateleta, she and my
father, Loreto Labate (from San Pietro Avellano) were childhood
sweethearts. But she was shipped to America to be married to Carmine
Acquafondatat and had 6 children. To make a long story short,
Carmine
was
killed in a railroad accident in Ely, and my father helped Mom care for
the kids during the depression and later married her in 1935 and I came
along in 1938. I grew up in Ely. I knew all of the
sampietrese. But I
do not recall any Carlini.
I believe my Mom's father, was Carmine Carlini.
Thank you.
Loreto Labate, Jr. |
Mark,
In your E-mail,
awhile back, you mentioned that you were
going to
contact Clara Carlini. I wonder if you had heard from
her?
I am
trying to verify if her grandfather Giuseppe and my grandfather Carmine
were brothers.
You web site is
fantastic. I have learned a lot and it has
helped
me
in my quest. In your "unknown" photo section there is one of
Filberto
and Rosina. I believe they are Diullo's (sampietrese) who lived a few
house away from my parents in Ely, Nevada. I am trying to
verify. The
writing translates to say "Remember your godfather and
godmother". The
photo on the right, the person on the left, appears to be
their
daughter, Dorothy, who was my godmother.
Also, I have
placed a phone call to Norma Carlini, daughter of Felice
who learned lives in Elko, Nevada. I left a message on her
recorder.
If I am successful, I will let you know.
Lorry Labate
|
Mark, yes, Carmine would be in the same time frame
because my
mother
Francesca was born 2/16/1895. Mom had a sister Assunta b.
10/8/86, d.
6/1983, who married my dad's uncle Dominic Labate, 2nd marriage.
I did call and speak with Norma in Elko, a very sweet lady, but she
could not help. She remembers the DiVecchios
though. She
told me
Toddino passed away 6/1/2002, Joseph in 1997, and Dora
6/3/1999.
Mark, let me verify the photos before you put the data on the
website.
I will contact my Godmother in Ely. Maybe I can get some other
photos
from her.
By the way, Norma told me that Clara lives here in Carson
City,
Nevada, where I live. She gave me her address and phone
number,
so I
will be contacting her. I tried today, but no one answered.
Ciao...Lorry |
Hi Mark...
I did speak with my God mother, Dorothy Diullo Carrick. She
viewed the
photos and verified they were her parents, Filiberto and
Rosina.
The
1937 picture is of Dorothy and Rosina when Dorothy was a junior in high
school. The photo on the left is a much later photo of Rosina
and
Filiberto.
Dorothy did not know who the godchild was. It is possible
they
were
godparents in Italy, as you will note their first child, Eugene (Guido)
was born there. I am attaching a file on the Diullo line.
Marion
Diullo is my Godfather.
Have you heard from Clara Carlini Barredo? She has not
returned
my
phone call. I did speak with Norma Carlini on the phone,
but she was
unable to remember.
Lorry Labate |
I have since found that Rosina Vincenza Rossi is my
grandmother's
2nd
cousin. Lorry sent
me a family tree that Dennis Diullo made up. Dennis is Dorothy's
nephew. Our common ancestors are Giuseppe Frazzini and Felicia
Colajanni. See the Family Tree
for
details.
I've emailed
Dennis and he sent me several photos. Also here are a
few emails that Dennis sent me.
To open our email
conversation, Dennis sent me scans of photos of my grandfather,
grandmother and mother who were in the Diullo family photo album
started by
his grandparents..
Attached
is a picture of Felix
Carlini and my Grandfather, Filiberto Diullo.
Dennis Diullo |
In
this picture
there is Dora,
Norma, can't remember the name of the boy to the right
and Todd in the front.
Dennis Diullo |
Dennis,
It is so good to hear from you and I received the two photos that you
sent. I am going to send them to my mother. Felix was her uncle.
I originally received some information about you from Lorry Labate. He
sent me a copy of a family tree which showed your grandmother and
grandfather.
That all started when Lorry saw two photos that I had posted on my web
site. They were photos that my mother had (from her mother). My mother
did not remember who the people were but Lorry recognized Filiberto,
Rosina and their daughter Dorothy (who was his godmother). This was
later confirmed by Dorothy herself.
Did you see those photos? On my web
page .
With that information, I was able to see that you and I are 4th
cousins. Related through our 3G grandparents Giuseppe Giulio Frazzini
and Felicia Colajanni (great grandparents of your grandmother Rosina).
I don't know how close were my grandmother and Rosina. I don't remember
my grandmother speaking of her. But whatever it was, my grandmother had
those two photos.
Do you have any idea when those two photos were taken?
On the photo of the Carlini
children, they had two boys (Joseph and Todd) and three girls
(Dora, Norma and Clara). Clara is the only one from the family that I
ever met but she is not in that photo - probably not born yet.
I've copied Lorry on this email.
Mark
|
Mark:
Attached is a picture of who I believe is Lucrezia Frazzini and her son
Paul. On the bottom of the picture is written "comare 1937" on the back
of the photo is written "Alla comare Rosina di Iullo" There is a
stamped date of July 12, 1937.
(Mark's note: the photo he sent was taken at the same time as this
photo.)
Hope these pictures are a help to you.
Dennis Diullo |
Mark:
Bet you are sick of me now. On your web site you had a picture of
Emiliano. You said that was the youngest picture you had of him. Well I
think I can top that with this
one. Found it in the family album. It is
a postcard picture, which was popular of the times. As you can see the
postmark is Youngstown, Ohio August 29, 1917 and he signed
it.
Apparently my grandparents and yours were very close in Italy. I
am
still looking through your family tree and there may be some
mistakes
in the tree I provided Lorry.
Dennis Diullo |
Dennis,
I can't thank you enough for sending these photos.
Ever since I started my genealogy research, I've been hoping that I
would come across someone who could give me some hints about what my
grandfather Emiliano did in his years in the USA before he brought my
grandmother and mother over in 1926.
You have been the first person who had this kind of information.
The last photo you sent of Emiliano
was fantastic. NO ONE in my family had a photo of him that early. And I
never knew that he was in Youngstown, OH. This photo definitely
pre-dates the photo that I have on my web site.
I am going to forward your email to my mother - she will be thrilled to
see this.
I would would love to see any other photos or letters that your family
might have of him or any of my relatives.
The previous photo of my grandmother Lucrezia and my uncle Paul was
probably taken at his first communion. I have a similar photo, taken at
the same time, with the two of them and my mother, Benilda. Your photo,
though, has a year on it, something I didn't know before. The other
photo is on my Aunts
and Uncles page:
My mom, by the way, is also going to be 93 years old this year. My dad
is going to be 88 years old.
Maybe someday in the future, I could visit you and your father to see
these photos in person.
Our grandparents must have been close but I wonder what the
relationship was. From my family tree data, I can see that Rosina
Vincenza Rossi and Lucrezia Carlini are 2nd cousins and I don't know
any relationship of Filiberto and Emiliano. So maybe it was some kind
of baptism godmother/godfather relationship.
Regarding your comment that your father was Lorry's godfather, not his
brother Marion - the comment in my file is directly from Lorry. I'll
have to ask him about that.
If you do see anything wrong in my tree data, let me know and I'll
correct it right away. As I mentioned, most of it is from a file I
received via Lorry which he said he got from you.
If there is anything I can do for you, let me know.
Mark |
Mark,
You have really helped me out too. This is the first time I
have
really been able to unlock the family history in this album. I have
found more pictures of your mother and grandmother in the album. One I
identified from a picture on your web site of three girls, one being
your mother. Looks like it
was taken in a
photo booth. I have a single
picture of your mom from the same booth at the same time. I was able to
identify the hat she was wearing. The pictures of your mother are
small portraits taken when she was very young and definitely
in
Italy.
Apparently our grandparents were close friends in Italy. I know that
Emiliano's picture was next to a portrait of my grandfathers in the
album. My Dad has no recollection of your Mom or Grandmother. They
were pictures in the album that no one could identify. I
think I
will ask Dorothy what she knows since she was involved with
the
original construction of the album.
Hopefully you will be able to visit. I live in a beautiful setting,
Lake Tahoe and would love to visit with you and your wife. Let me know
if you ever get an urge to come here. I have a guest room
waiting
for you.
Take care.
Dennis |
Mark,
Sorry I have not gotten back to you sooner but I have been down with
the flu and trying to keep up with work at the same time.
I noticed that I have the same first communion picture of your mother
as you have on your web site. I talked to my Aunt about your
family and she remembers the Frazzini name but related it to Colorado.
The one small picture
of your mother
has her name as I spelled it on the title on the back of the photo.
I have to spend some time titling my personal photo album in
case
someone cares later on.
I may get some more pictures from my Aunt, that were taken in Italy.
They may provide more clues as to the relationship of your grandparents
and mine.
Dennis Diullo |
Dennis,
The photos were great. I emailed them to my mother and talked to her
today. She was very pleased to see them. She is trying to remember the
details of when/where/why they were taken. Bits and pieces were coming
back to her. I also let all of her other close relatives know about
them.
Marco |
Mark
Here is a
good
picture to
fill in that space on Paul's Page.
Dennis Diullo |
Mark
You might want to contact my Aunt Dorothy in Ely. She is the one that
was in the picture with Rosie. She also has lots of pictures
from
Italy in the basement. I am trying to plan a trip to Ely to look over
the
pictures but you will beat me there. I have not been to Ely in
probably 25 years. I heard that the place has really changed
since I was there last. It was always a fun time staying with
my
Grandmother. She spoiled me rotten. She would make a fried
bread
with anise and raisins, which I enjoyed very much. She usually
made them for Christmas only but when I visited there was always
some for breakfast with coffee milk. Have fun and report back on
your trip.
Dennis Diullo |
Dennis'
grandfather Filiberto
Diullo and my grand uncle Felix Carlini.
May 2005 Trip
to Ely, NV
In
May of 2005,
Sally and I took a trip to Ely to visit with Dorothy
Diullo Carrick, to visit the cemetery and to see the East
Ely
Railroad Depot Museum. My mother's uncles Felice
Carlini and Armando
Carlini
lived and died in Ely and are buried in the Ely Cemetery.
Ely Cemetery
For a full report of the visit to the Ely Cemetery, look at this page.
East Ely
Railroad Depot Museum
We spent just a few hours at the East
Ely
Railroad Depot Museum. We met Sean Pitts, the curator, and he
told
us
about the museum and its purpose. He let us look through several old
pay ledgers from the 1920's and 1930's. He also said he had many old
photos. I know that I need to spend a week here but I was able to
quickly look through a few of the ledgers. Here is part of
what I
saw. Remember that this is just a few of the men whose names I
recognized. All of these men were born in San Pietro Avellana, Italy,
my mother's hometown. Here is a good link to a site about the Nevada Northern
Railway and here is another Nevada
Northern Railway.
| 1923 : Motive
Power and Car Department |
| Name |
Position |
Pay
Rate |
| F. Carlini |
Car Repairman |
$5.28/day |
| Fred Ricci |
Repairman 2nd Class |
$4.64/day |
| F. DiIullo |
Repairman 2nd Class |
$4.64/day |
| John
Mariani |
CR Helper |
$4.00/day |
| C. Acquafondata |
Laborer |
$3.04/day |
| L. Labate |
Boilermaker Helper |
$4.08/day |
| 1923 :
Maintenance of Way Department
- Section Gang 14 East Ely |
| Frank
Rossolo |
Foreman |
$115/mo |
| Ed Disanza |
Labor |
$3.04/day |
| A. Carlini |
Labor |
$3.04/day |
F. (Felice) Carlini and A. (Armando, later Herman) Carlini, are my
granduncles. There
is quite a story about C. (Carmine) Acquafondata - click here for his page.
| 1936 : Motive
Power and Car Department |
| Name |
Position |
Pay
Rate |
| Felix Carlini |
Car Inspector
|
$5.76/day |
Caesar Colaizzi
|
AB Repairman
|
$5.76/day |
| A. Iannacchione |
Car Repairman |
$5.76/day |
| Fred Ricci |
Car Repairman |
$5.76/day |
| John
Mariani |
Car Repairman 2nd
Class
|
$5.12/day |
| F. DiIullo |
Car Repairman 2nd
Class |
$5.12/day |
| Herman Carlini |
Boiler washer |
$4.24/day |
| Amedeo diCianno |
Laborer |
$3.20/day |
| L. Labate |
Car
Inspector Cobre |
$165/mo |
| 1936 :
Maintenance of Way Department
- Section Gang 10 East Ely |
| E. Disanza |
Foreman |
$4.80/day |
| D. Disanza |
Labor |
$0.38/hr |
| M Colaizzi |
Labor |
$0.38/hr |
| M.K. Disanza |
Labor |
$0.38/hr |
| H. Rossolo |
Labor |
$0.38/hr |
| 1936 :
Transportation Department |
| L. Labate |
Fireman |
$6.08/day |
| R. Ricci |
Janitor |
$0.50/hr |
| 1936: Accounting |
| Mike Fondi |
Abstract Clerk |
$145/mo |
By 1936, Armando Carlini was known as Herman. John
Mariani worked for
the railroad his whole life. Mike Fondi is the son of Carmine
Acquafondata. L. (Loreto) Labate is Lorry
Labate's father. There is a photo of Caesar Colaizzi on the Carlini web page.
| 1939 : Motive
Power and Car Department |
| Name |
Position |
Pay
Rate |
| Herman Carlini |
Machinist Helper |
$4.75/day |
| Felix Carlini |
Car Repairman Helper |
$4.75/day |
| Charles Basso |
Staty Fire (Stationary
Fireman)
|
$3.60/day |
| O. Dilorenzo |
Car Repairman Helper |
$4.75/day |
| Amedeo diCianno |
Boiler washer |
$4.64/day |
| John
Mariani |
AB Repairman |
$6.16/day |
| 1939 :
Maintenance of Way Department
- Section Gang iiibMM0 East Ely |
| Ed Disanza |
Foreman |
$5.20\day |
| 1939 :
B&B Department |
| John diFlorio |
Carpenter |
$5.76/day |
In 1939, my granduncles are still working there, as is
John Mariani. My
granduncle Herman (Armando) died in 1940 and Felix died in 1944.
For more details from these payroll records from an Aug 2007 visit to
the museum, look at my East Ely
Railroad Depot Museum page.
Felice and Armando Carlini
F. (Felice) Carlini and A. (Armando) Carlini, are my granduncles. On this page, are
several photos of
Armando Carlini at work.
Edmondo diSanza
Ed diSanza is Edmondo, the brother of Letizia diSanza who married
Felice Carlini. More on the
Carlini page.Edmondo
married Elvira Rossolo (name changed from Iannachione).
1920 Edmondo diSanza and Elvira Rossolo
Filiberto diIullo (Diullo)
F.
(Filiberto) DiIullo is the
grandfather of Dennis Diullo. Near the top of this page is a photo of
Filiberto diIullo and Felice Carlini at work.
Giovanni "John"
Mariani
John Mariani is a legend in Ely.
Everyone we spoke with, said I should go and talk with him. John wrote
up his memoirs
and they are
now in the East Ely Railroad Depot Museum.
John passed away
in 2008.
Published August 05,
2008. Las Vegas (NV) Review-Journal
John Mariani, 103, a retired railroader, of Las Vegas, died Aug. 3,
2008. He is survived by his son, Florindo of Las Vegas; and daughters,
Vincenzina Solferino of Reno, and Anna Curtin of Las Vegas. Rosary will
be at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 7. Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m.
Friday, Aug. 8, both at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 980 11th St. E,
Ely. Burial to follow at Ely City Cemetery.
Here is John on the left. (Photo from the album of
Filiberto Diullo, sent to me by his grandson, Dennis).
John Mariani on the left. Silvana Ricci thinks the man on the right is
Amico "Mike" Iannacchione.
John
Athayde reports that his mother remember that man in the lower center
is
a "Francone" and the man in the back is Jim Colaizzi.
His parents agree that the person on the right is Mike Iannacchione.
| In 1987, John Mariani appeared in a train video, "Ghost
Train". He was interviewed along with several other former employees of
the Nevada Northern Railway. |
Published on Friday, October 15, 2004
Ely Times- October is 'Giovanni Mariani' month in White Pine County
October is "Giovanni Mariani" month in White Pine County. Chairman of
the County Commission Paul Johnson, read the proclamation, Wednesday
Oct. 13.
The proclamation
was to honor Mariani's 100 birthday, long time
residence in White Pine County and the many contributions that he and
his family have made to the area. A bell made near Mariani's home town
in San Pietro Avellana, Italy was presented to the city by the Mayor
Antonio Di Ludovico, in a ceremony last week in honor of the connection
between the two cities. The bell was then displayed for the public to
see. A display case is planed to be made for the bell so it can be
displayed in various places around White Pine County. |
Published on Friday, June 23, 2006
John Mariani and George Muscato named July 4 Parade co-marshals
Two people share this year's July 4 Parade Grand Marshall Honor.
Giovanni “John” Mariani and George Muscato have
been selected by the Great Basin Service Club.
Mariani was born in San Pietro Avellana, Italy, in 1904. He landed in
New York in 1921, having come over by ship. At that time he could not
speak a word of English. It took him 4 days and 5 nights to arrive in
Ogden, Utah. In May 1922 he took the train to Ely where he worked for
the Nevada Northern Railway.
He was called back to Italy and served in the Italian Army in 1924. On
June 21, 1925, he married Rosina DiFlorio. In 1926 he returned to Ely
and later made several trips to Italy to visit his family, before his
wife and two children joined him in Ely in 1935. Two children later
were born to the couple in the U.S.
Mariani obtained his United States citizenship on Sept. 19, 1931.
He worked for the Nevada Northern Railway for 47 years, retiring in
1969. After he retired he worked as a hobby for his son, who managed
the Central Theatre. He even worked occasionally when the new owners
took over, leaving this hobby to become the permanent caregiver for his
ailing wife (Mark's note: Rosina diFlorio Mariani died in 1998).
Mariani has many grandchildren and great-grandchildren,
but only one great grandson lives in Ely, Roman Mariani.
Muscato was born in Dunkirk, N.Y., in 1913. He came to the Ely area in
1937 with the Civil Conservation Corp and worked in the Steptoe Valley
area. In 1939 he married Louise Kogan and they made their home in Ely.
Their union produced five children: two girls and 3 boys. All their
children were raised and educated in Ely. Muscato worked for the
Grazing Service for a short time and then went to work for the
transportation department, now known as the Nevada Department of
Transportation. He retired in 1996 after working for the NDOT for 37
years. His hobbies include gardening, fishing and his grandchildren. He
has nine grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Only one grandchild
lives in Ely, Thomas Ashworth.
Join the Great Basin Service Club in honoring these two long-term
residents of the community.
|
To read John's life story, look at my East
Ely Railroad Depot Museum web page.
Loreto Labate
L. (Loreto) Labate is Lorry Labate's
father. He eventually became an Engineer on the NNRY. Photos from Lorry
Labate, his son.
About 1939 Loreto Labate, wife Francesca Carlini
and son Lorry
Engineer Loreto Labate on the No. 40 of the Nevada Northern
Railway.
This photo (undated) is probably from a railfan trip. See the book "
Images of Rail - Nevada Northern
Railway" by Mark and Joan Bassett (page 113) for more
photos.
The No. 40 is still at the
Nevada Northern
Railroad Museum in Ely
and operating after a boiler rebuild completed in Feb 2005.
"Locomotive No. 40 is called the "Ghost Train" and was used for
passenger service.
It was called the "Ghost Train" because it was hidden by railroad
workers to keep it from being sold for scrap."
Source:
White Pine
Public Museum Historic Marker
According to the book, "
Images
of Rail - Nevada Northern Railway" by Mark and Joan
Bassett (page 112),
Loreto was the engineer for #40 at the 29 Sep 1956 celebration of the
50th anniversary of the railroad. He was known as Jumbo Labate.
According to the book, "
Images
of Rail - Nevada Northern Railway" by Mark and Joan
Bassett (page 109),
Loreto was the fireman on the last passenger train on the NNRY on 31
Jul 1941.
Visit with Dorothy DiIullo Carrick
In the afternoon, we visited with Dorothy Carrick. Dorothy is the
daughter of Filiberto diIullo and Rosina Rossi (photos at the top of
this page). She is the aunt of Dennis Diullo and the godmother of Lorry
Labate (both names should be familiar). She was wonderful to us. She
told us about her family and let us look at the old photos she had. As
it turned out, the very first photo on the top of the stack, was of my
grandmother Lucrezia Carlini, the sister of Felix and Armando. Dorothy
did not know who the photo was of. The note on the back references the
"comare" relationship again. That was the only photo of a relative of
mine that she had. She had many more photos of Diullo's in Italy. I
could not help her in identifying those.
I scanned the photo of my grandmother,
a DiIullo family photo from about 1925, and two old postcards from SPA.
Jolene Gardner visited for about an hour. Jolene is the granddaughter
of Carmine Acquafondata. I showed her my computer family tree and we
talked about how the Francesca Carlini branch did not seem to be
related to the Felix Carlini branch of Carlini's.
Dorothy also showed us the house that Felix and Letizia lived in. It
was on Fay Ave. We met the woman who lived there (Dorothy knew her) and
she remembered buying the house from Felix and Letizia's granddaughter
Marva Slight.
Dorothy was very helpful. I was very happy that Dorothy agreed to meet
with Sally and me.
 |
| Looking south from
route 93 just
north of Ely. |
|
May 2005
Mark DiVecchio and Dorothy diIullo Carrick
Taken in front of Dorothy's home in Ely, NV |
 |
Ancestral home of
Felice Carlini
and Letizia diSanza.
260 Fay Ave
We met the woman who bought and still lives in this house.
She bought
it in 1947 from Marva Slight, the granddaughter of Felice and Letizia. |
Later that day, we went to the Cemetery one more time to search for a
couple more grave sites.
It was a short visit - but not bad for a start.
June 2005
Trip
to Reno and Carson City, NV
In June of 2005,
Sally and I took a trip to Reno and Carson City, NV
Reno, NV
Sally was in a CPA seminar and I went to visit Dennis Diullo. Dennis
lives in Incline Village, NV and is the grandson of Filiberto and
Rosina Diullo. Dennis had the photo album that had the fantastic photos
of my mother and grandparents. Dennis and I looked though the album and
I was able to scan many of the photos in it. The two of us then drove
down to Reno to visit with his parents, Gene and Lena Diullo. Gene
(originally Guido) was the son of Filiberto and Rosina. He is 92 years
old (the same as my mother). We talked about Ely and about the people
in the photo album. They were very welcoming and Gene told us a lot
about growing up in Ely. The very best part was that he gave me the
original photos of my grandparents and mother that he had in the album.
I appreciated this so much since my family did not have copies of those
photos any more. Here is a photo of Lena and Gene Diullo and
son
Dennis. Sadly, Gene passed away in Feb 2007.
Carson City, NV
The next morning, Sally and I visited Clara Carlini Barredo and her
husband Albert. Clara is a first cousin of my mother, the daughter of
Felice and Letizia Carlini. I met Clara once when I was, maybe, 5 years
old. I remember her so clearly. She had taken the train from Ely to
Beaver Falls, PA to visit her aunt, my grandmother, Lucrezia Carlini
Frazzini. Back in those days, I used to spend a week every summer at my
grandmother's house. It was the same time that Clara was there. I
remember that I called her Clarabell the Clown from the "The Howdy
Doody Show." Don't ask me to explain, I was just 5 years old! Here is a
photo from that visit. Taken about 1954 - Lucrezia Carlini Frazzini and
Clara Carlini (before she was married).
I scanned a bunch of photos from the photo album and we
talked
with her and her husband for a couple of hours. Here is a photo of
Albert and Clara and me.
Later that day, Sally and I visited with Lorry and Laverne Labate. I'm
mentioned Lorry many times on these pages. Lorry was the first to
identify Filiberto Diullo which led me on this quest to meet cousins in
Ely. Lorry let me scan several photos of his family (quite a few of
his father, Loreto) and he had two photos of Carmine
Acquafondata. You saw them earlier on this page. We went out to a great
restaurant that evening - Italian of course. Here is a photo
of
me with Lorry.
Lorry passed away
on 4 Apr 2008 of a heart attack.
Loreto ”Lorry” Labate, 70, of
Carson City, NV passed away
Friday, April 4, 2008. Lorry was born January 2, 1938 in Ely, NV to
Loreto and Francesca (Carlini Acquafondata) Labate. He worked for the
State of Nevada until his retirement in 1994. He was an avid hunter and
fisherman. In 1990, Lorry married Laverne Hembree and they enjoyed many
years of gardening, golfing, travel and precious time with their family
and friends.
Lorry is preceded in death by his son, Mark
Labate. He is survived by his daughter Laurie (Lee) Van Epps; son, John
(Kim) Labate; daughter-in-law, Laura Labate; step-son Gary (Charlene)
Hembree; step- daughter, Gayle (Bill) Rankin; eleven grandchildren, 1
great grandson and many other relatives and friends whom will miss him
dearly.
Services are scheduled for Friday, April 11, 2008 at
10:30 a.m. at St. Teresa of Avila Catholic Church, 3000 North Lompa
Ln., Carson, City, NV 89706.
From Reno
Gazette Journal 9 Apr 2008 |
Maurizio Domenico Carlino
Maurizio traveled with my grandfather on their 11 Nov 1905 entry into
the US via Ellis Island. He was 21y and his final destination was the
home of Prospero Frazzini
in
Denver, CO. He is the son of Raffaele Carlini and Elisabetta
Settefrati and the brother of Amico and Carmine and sister of Maria
Antonia who all settled in Dawson,
New Mexico.
I beleive that I
have a photo of Maruizio, as Mike Carlini, on the Fraini web page.
From Film 1448676, I found this birth record:
Nati 14 Dec 1884
Maurizio Domenico Carlino
f: Raffaele 33y
m: Elisabetta Settefrati
He is listed in the WWI Draft Registration below.
Information from Daryl Dorcy:
Maurizio died in 1939
Married Teresina Vacciano who died in
1962
Three children : Maria who died in 1963,
Elodia who
was born in Roma, and Giovanni.
All the WWI Draft Registrations for men from San Pietro
Avellana in
White Pine County, NV
Calaizzi, Cesare 7 Nov 1895 W S. Pietro Avellana Italy White Pine NV
Calaizzi, Oreste 31 Dec 1893 W S. Pietro Avellana Italy White Pine NV
Calaronni, Periggio 10 Oct 1878 W rel. lives S. Pietro Avell. Italy White Pine NV
Carlini, Domenico Maurizio 13 Dec 1884 W rel. lives S. Pietro Avellana Italy White Pine NV
Carlini, Felice 26 Feb 1895 W S. Pietro Avellana Italy White Pine NV
Colaianni, Amico 28 Jan 1881 W wife lives S.Pietro Avellana Italy White Pine NV
Colaizzi, Cesare 7 Nov 1895 W S. Pietro Avellana Italy White Pine NV
Colaizzi, Vincenzo 27 Aug 1888 W S. Pietro Avellana Italy White Pine NV
Della Croce, Libario 26 Jul 1874 W rel. lives S. Pietro Arellona Italy White Pine NV
Di Florio, Michele 8 May 1880 W bro.lives S. Pietro Avellana Italy White Pine NV
Record shows brother Erensto diFlorio in SPA
Di Sanza, Edmondo 21 Oct 1898 W rel. lives S.Pietro Avellana Italy White Pine NV
Sanza, Edmondo di 21 Oct 1898 W rel.lives S. Pietro Avellana Italy White Pine NV
Di Sanza, Ortenzio 15 Aug 1875 W wife lives S.Pietro Avellana Italy White Pine NV
Di Tullo, Filiberto 16 Mar 1888 W S. Pietro a Vellona Italy White Pine NV
Dicianno, Romoaldo 10 Aug 1877 W rel.lives S.Pietro D Vellano Italy White Pine NV
Ditanza, Ortenzio 15 Aug 1875 W wife lives S.Pietro Avellana Italy White Pine NV
Mariani, Incoronato 21 Apr 1875 W rel. in S. Pietro Avellana Italy White Pine NV
Settefrati, Ersenio 15 Apr 1892 W S. Pietro Avellana Italy White Pine NV
The spelling of the names is as I found them. Several are spelled
wrong. Edmondo diSanza is listed twice.
Eliodoro Frazzini
Eliodoro "E.D." Frazzini owned a furniture store in Reno. From Wilberta:
> Looked thru Ellis Island for a Frazzini starting with an E the
other evening. Found an Eliodoro Frazzini and wondered if
E.D.
could be an americanization of Eliodoro. Went to
newspaperarchive.com and searched under the word Eliodoro.
> Reno Evening Gazette of July 6, 1909 (don't know the exact
page)
lists the intended marriage of Eliodoro Frazzini from Blair, NV and
Vienna Ferretti who arrived direct from Monte Porzio, Italy to marry
him! Still doesn't say WHERE he was born in Italy though --
he
must have become a citizen by then.
From Ellis Island:
The SS Manilla arrived in NY on April 6, 1900. On it were
Errico
Frazzini, age 55 and LUCA Frazzini, age 23. Both
stated
they were married and from San Pietro Avellana. Errico stated
he
was going to see his son, Aliadoro Frazzini in Ogden, Utah and Luca
stated he was going to see his brother, Aliadoro Frazzini in Ogden,
Utah.
From SPA birth records: Luca Frazzini born 1877, father Errico.
Ellis Island Notes
Other references to people on this page or people going to Ely or Elko
that I've come across
while
searching the Ellis Island records for my relatives:
Name
|
Date Arrived in US
|
Age
|
Town in Italy
|
Notes
|
Romualdo diCianno
|
16 May 1913
|
35y
|
SPA
|
brother-in-law Deo Carlini, 41
East, Ely, NV,
wife in SPA - Concetta Carlini
|
Filiberto diTullo
|
3 May 1912
|
23y
|
SPA
|
going to New Jersey, can't read the
town name.
Traveled with Amico della Croce, previously in US 1904-8, Ogden, Utah,
wife in SPA - Rosina Rossi (both his line and Amico's line in the
manifest were lined through).
|
Filiberto diTullo
|
25 May 1904
|
16y
|
SPA
|
going to cousin Mariano diTullo,
Stubenville (?)
OH.
|
Boston Notes
Other references to Ely or Elk from the Boston Arrivals:
Name
|
Date Arrived in US
|
Age
|
Town in Italy
|
Notes
|
| Tomasso diTella |
15 Feb 1921 |
35 |
SPA |
wife in SPA: Ernestina diFlorio.
Previous in Ely from 1905 to 1911. Going to
brother-in-law Ersenio
Settefrati in Ely, NV. Could not find him in 1886, may have been born
in 1885, a year which the records are missing. I do not know if he is
related to me since I don't know his parents.
(Ersenio Settefrati is listed in the WWI Draft Registration listing
above) |
SSDI Notes
| DOMENICK DISANZA |
24 Jan 1898 |
Jun 1974 |
89301 (Ely, White
Pine, NV) |
(none specified) |
700-05-5383 |
Long-time or retired railroad workers |
| EDWARD DISANZA |
27 May 1921 |
26 Jan 2000 (P) |
(72) |
(none specified) |
712-01-3941 |
Long-time or retired railroad
workers |
Other Ely Trivia
Ely was the "Town or Burg of the Week" on the 6 Aug 2005 Micheal Feldman's What'd Ya
Know?
show.
Ghost Train, town's greatest attraction
Established in the 1870's
Copper Mining restarted in early 1990's but closed in 1997
Unrelated people born in Ely
Thelma Catherine Ryan, AKA Pat Nixon, US first lady
(1969–74).
From BYU
Idaho, Western
States Historical Marriage Record Index
Complete
Marital
Information for
Federico RICCI and Mafalta IANNACCHIONI:
| ID Number |
308573
|
| Grooms
First Name |
Federico |
| Grooms
Last Name |
RICCI |
| Brides
First Name |
Mafalta |
| Brides
Last Name |
IANNACCHIONI |
| County
of Record |
White Pine Co.,
Nevada |
| Place of
Marriage |
Ely |
| Date of
Marriage |
10 Jan
1928 |
| Volume |
80 |
| Page |
357 |
Complete
Marital
Information for
Dominick PICCININ and Tanita LABATE:
| ID Number |
307644
|
| Grooms
First Name |
Dominick |
| Grooms
Last Name |
PICCININ |
| Brides
First Name |
Tanita
|
| Brides
Last Name |
LABATE
|
| County
of Record |
White
Pine Co., Nevada |
| Place of
Marriage |
Ely |
| Date of
Marriage |
11 Jun
1923 |
| Volume |
80 |
| Page |
155 |
Photo sent to me by great-granddaughter Michele Kastanes, July 2020
1923 Antonetta 'Tonita' Labate and Dominick Piccinini, wedding phtoto, Ely, White Pine, NY
Michele Kastanas <michelekastanes
gmail.com> wrote orginally in June of 2020:
I
have found your website extremely helpful. I am trying to find pictures
of some of my ancestors. Here is a quick list of them:
Antonetta "Tonita" La Bate of Ely, NV is my great grandmother.
My grandmother is Violet Marie Piccinini (daughter of Tonita and Dominic Piccinini).
I am looking for pictures of
Domenico LaBate, Biagio LaBate, Annantonia Frazzini, Pietroangelo
Frazzini, Assunta Maria Carlino, Carmine Carlino,etc.
Thank you for any assistance you can give me.
I got these emails
from Rayna Valentine:
Date:
Tue, 02 Aug 2005 17:07:12 -0600
From:
Valentine, Rayna
Subject:
San Pietro connection
Hello from a
shirt-tail relative! I was checking the internet
for
some information about the current state of the "ancestral village" of
San Pietro and saw a link to the Ely Cemetery website you
created. It was great to take a walk down memory lane to see
your
pictures of the headstones. My family traveled to Ely several
times when I was younger and I spent many hours at Aunt Rosie's (Uncle
Al was dead) eating huge meals and visiting with Dorothy's 2 kids and
with Marion Diullo and his wife Zelda. Domenic LaBate's
sister is
still alive--her last name is Kusmeric--and she has moved from Nevada
after a hideous accident which cost her both legs.
My grandmother
Dorantina Rossi Colaianni was the sister of Rosina Rossi
Diullo, wife of Albert. Grandma and her fiancé,
Adelmo
Colaianni left San Pietro, traveled to Denver to visit a cousin, (Cinea
family), went to Pike's Peak where grandpa worked in the mines, then
finally came to Pocatello,
Idaho, to
work in the Star Grocery owned by
his father and his brother Antonio Colaianni. Antonio and
Adelmo's sister Josephine stayed in Youngstown and married a LaBate. My
mother's oldest sister, Mary, has done some genealogical research and
has a "minimalist" family tree for Grandma (Rossi) Colaianni's
side. I'll try to get a decent digital photo of it and email
it
to you if you're interested. She also has photo albums with
some
fun old pix of the older Italian relatives--and one of the ones from
Shirley that you show looks familiar to me.
Must get a
couple of things finished before I leave work.
Send me
a reply if you'd like to have the photo of the family tree (doesn't
show kids, just husbands and wives).
Rayna Valentine |
From: Mark DiVecchio
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 11:10 AM
To: Valentine, Rayna
Subject: Re: San Pietro connection
Dear Rayna,
Thanks for your email.
As you may have read, Filiberto (Albert) and Rosina were somehow very
good friends with my grandfather, Emiliano Frazzini. I had a chance to
look at Filiberto's photo album (in the possession right now of their
grandson Dennis Diullo). In that album were photos of my family from
1917 to 1945. Photos that members of my family either never saw or
don't remember. I have many of those photos of my family on the web
site. Rosina is related to me.
And here, you are related to Rosina. Do you know Dennis? He would be a
cousin of some sort. When my wife and I were in Reno a month ago, we
met Marion and Dorothy's brother, Gene and in Ely a couple of months
ago, we met Dorothy. I believe that Marion now lives in Las Vegas.
I am always interested in any information about the countrymen from San
Pietro Avellana.
For the web site, I'd be interested in any photos that you think might
be of interest to others.
A quick look at the 1920 census shows Antonio Colaianni, Dorantina, 5
children, brother Tini(?) and father Emidio. I can email you this
census sheet if you haven't seen it.
If you have time, I'd love to hear more about your family.
Ciao.
Mark |
Date:
Wed, 03 Aug 2005 12:15:30 -0600
From:
"Valentine, Rayna"
Subject:
RE: San Pietro connection
Dear Mark,
I do know
Dennis, his 2 brothers, and his father Gene and mother
Lena. They visited my folks and we visited them many years
ago,
also. I haven't talked to Lena for about a year. The woman I
call
"Aunt Rosie" was my mother's aunt because she was the sister of Mom's
mother Dorantina, so she's a direct relative of mine, while Uncle
Albert was an "in-law." Rosie's younger son, Mom's cousin
Marion,
lives in Overton, Nevada, just a bit outside of Las Vegas.
Uncle
Dean, another of my grandmother Dorantina's children, lived in Las
Vegas until April when he died. He actually lived with Uncle
Albert and Aunt Rosie in Ely for his high school years so was very
closely connected to Gene and Marion and Dorothy.
I forgot to
tell you that there's one piece of info on the children of
Daniele and Maria Rossi that needs to be altered: the name of
the
one child is a male, Domenico, not Domenica, and he was the father of
Rina, Licia, and Mimo Rossi, all of whom, except great-uncle Dom, are
still alive and living in Rome or Campobasso. I can provide
you
with some birth dates of Dorantina and Adelmo's children, too, to round
out your info.
Another
brother, Italo Rossi died in 1973, but his 2 daughters Daniela
and Luciana are still alive and living in Rome. We just
reconnected with them. I email them fairly often and am
planning
a trip to visit them in San Pietro where they spend every August)next
August if all goes well--which is why I was on the internet looking up
SPA and found your Ely Cemetery site. They still have an
apartment in SPA, but it's tiny and we'll have to stay
elsewhere.
Did you find a hotel nearby? Did you know that the town
fountain
was built by some Colaianni relatives of mine (and therefore your
shirtail relatives through Rosina, too?)
The Mary Lacy
referred to in your charts is the oldest child of
Dorantina Rossi and Adelmo Colaianni, and is my mother's
sister.
Mary is still alive at 92, but is in early stages of senile dementia so
her memory is very unreliable but I have her photograph
albums.
Aren't those old photos awesome!
My grandmother
Dorantina and her husband Adelmo lived in Pocatello,
Idaho, on North 12th with Adelmo's brother, Antonio (who was always
called Tony and is probably mis-listed as "Tini") and Adelmo's father,
my great-grandfather Emidio Colaianni, and their children. In 1920, the
kids would have been Gene, Mary, Dean, Viola (my mother) and
Albert. Ray and Virginia, the last 2 children were born after
1920. All but Mary and Ray are deceased. I'd love
to see
the census sheet! I know next to nothing about tracing family
history, how to interpret family trees, etc., but I've become really
interested in family history lately--a bit late since my aunts and
uncles have died or have failing memories, and was very excited to see
what you've done.
One thing that
has me puzzled is that there seems to be a record of
"Colaianni" being spelled with a "j"--there's no "j" in the Italian
alphabet, so it's likely that the "j" is a misreading of someone's
handwriting, don't you think? My mother, for instance, was
actually named ElsaIola but the Americans couldn't read Grandma's
continental letters so was called Elsie Viola, much to her chagrin
because Borden's milk used to have advertisements featuring Elsie the
contented cow!
I'd love to
hear how you got to SPA, etc. and share some more info with
you. Also, I discovered last night that I can take the family
tree paperwork that Aunt Mary did out of its frame fairly easily, so
can scan it and send it to you. It will be interesting to see
if
spellings match up, etc.
Thanks for
replying so quickly.
Rayna |
Rayna,
Great information.
I entered your data into my family tree program and according to the
program: "Rayna Valentine and Mark Camillo DiVecchio are 4th cousins.
Their common ancestors are Giuseppe Giulio Frazzino and Felicia
Colajanni"
Not that shirt-tail after all. Take a look at the simplified ancestor
chart, attached.
Interesting to hear about Mary Lacy. Do you know Ellie Ferrero? I don't
remember right off how they are related.
Attached is the census sheet. I understand that "A. Colaianni" is
really Adelmo, not Antonio as I mentioned in my last email. I'm sure
the 'Tini' is Tony.
Your mother's name is written in the census pretty much like a short
version of her Italian name.
As for the 'j', it was really a 'j'. In the records from SPA, the 'j'
was the common spelling through the late 1800's. Then over a period of
time, it changed to 'i'. Even today, both are used. I have a cousin in
Roma and his last name uses the 'j' yet his brother uses the 'i'. He
told me that when their births were registered, one person wrote down
'j' and another person wrote down 'i'.
Spelling is something that does not exist in Italian. My father told me
that they didn't teach spelling when he went to school. In Italian, you
pronounce every letter (almost always) exactly as its spelled. This led
to some odd variations of names and other words. If the person hearing
your name, mis-heard it slightly, it got written down wrong.
So I've learned to ignore spelling of names. 'i' and 'j' are
interchangeable. Vowels on the ends of names changed all the time, in
my case Frazzino became Frazzini and Carlino became Carlini.
But for sure, the hand writing is VERY VERY hard to read. On the links
page on my web site, there is a link to a page that someone did showing
examples of each letter of the alphabet written by an Italian hand.
In SPA, there is one hotel. http://hotel-san-pietro-avellana.7mates.com/
You could also stay in Castel di Sangro which is a larger town about 4
miles away.
We rented a car and drove from Roma to SPA. About a 3 hour drive.
Driving in Italy is not as bad as they say. Driving in Roma IS pretty
bad. We rented a car and picked it up at the Roma train station a 9AM
on Sunday morning and then drove to the hotel, got our bags and drove
directly OUT of town. On the autostrata and country roads around SPA,
driving is a pleasure.
Coming back to Roma, we planned on arriving about 2PM in the middle of
the 'resting' time so the streets were pretty empty.
There is train service to SPA but I don't know anything about it.
Did you see my trip report from our trip last summer: http://www.silogic.com/Italy2004/Italy2004.html
Please do send the scan of the tree if you can. If possible scan it at
300dpi and save it as a GIF or TIF file. That would be best
for for written text.
If you have any photos of SPA or even people from SPA, I would really
like those as well. If its ok with you, I might use them on the web
site. If you can scan those at 300dpi and save them as JPG files. (Boy,
I am really a pain, aren't I?).
On my web page there is a "hints"
page about what to do if you want to do more research.
Ciao.
Mark |
Date:
Tue, 16 Aug 2005 22:44:47 -0600
From:
papabearnicoh.com
Subject:
1914 photo taken in San Pietro
Buona sera,
Mark & Shirley,
Here's a
wedding photo I found with, wonder of wonders, a listing of
the people on the back as well as the date of the photo. From
left, Advenza Mariani, her daughter Marietta and her groom, John
DiSanza, and my great aunt by marriage, Lucietta Rossi (I think she was
John's sister) who was the wife of Ostillio Rossi, who was the brother
of Rosina, one of Mark's direct ancestors.
The photo was
given to my Aunt Mary [Mark's note: Mary Lacy, daughter
of Adelmo Colaianni and Dorantina Rossi and Rayna's mother's
sister] by her cousin Elsie LaBate, the
daughter of Ercole LaBate, who, if I'm not mistaken, was married
to Josephine, my grandfather Adelmo Colaiani's sister. The
photo
was dated May 27, 1914 and taken in San Pietro.
Harold (my
husband) and I are going to San P in August (2006) to meet
Ostillio's granddaughters. His family stayed in Italy and he
went
to work in America. I think he died in Pennsylvania.
Rayna
"Advenza
Mariani, daughter Marietta, John DiSanza, and his
sister Lucia"
"Ricordi e
saluti dal tuo cugino, John" followed by an
undecipherable
initial, followed by "S.Pietro Avellana 27-5-1914.
A printed note
regarding the photographer:
"Promiato
studio fotografico
Vencenzo Gentile
Castel di
Sangro (acquila)"
Mark's note: between Dave, Rayna and I, we are coming to the conclusion
that this
is not Advenza Mariani. The photo may have been annotated wrong. From
Ellis Island
records and SPA microfilms, we believe that the parents of Marietta
(born Maria
Beatrice Carlini in 1894) are Cosmo Damiano Carlini and Maria Domenica
Labate.
|
| Mark's Note: in Dec of 2006, I got an email from Dave
DiSanzo. Dave ( railoneadelphia.net
) told me that this John diSanza is the brother of his
grandfather, Luigi diSanza, and they are the sons of Giuseppe diSanza
and Santa Labate. For more on this diSanza family, click here. |
Email from John
Athayde, Jun 2008:
From: John Athayde
<athaydegmail.com>
Subject: Ely, NV
Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 17:04:41 -0700
Mark -
My grandparents
(Gabriel
Perry and Ida Lombardi) were married in Ely and my grandfather
was
a brakeman on the Northern Nevada Railway (he started in 1942 before
going into the service). His father-in-law (great-grandfather for me)
was an Engineer (Henry Lombardi) and married to Giovanna diIullo. I was
doing research on San Pietro Avellana (where my grandmother's
ancestors are from - Musco and Lombardi) and your site hit
pretty
high up on google.
When I showed
them they were
quite excited and started pointing out people. She knows that
the surname of the guy in the lower center
was "Francone"
(phonetic guess on my part). The man in the back is
Jim Colaizzi.
But they remember a lot of the people in the
photographs you've
posted. They also agree that the person on the right is
Mike Iannacchione.
I'm starting to
put stuff
together from them and was looking to travel to SPA and try to
do
some research there. I travelled for 7 weeks
in Italy during
Architecture school but it was only major cities. Any recommendations
from your recent travels over there?
Cheers!
John |
John,
Thanks for your emails.
I've seen Henry Lombardi's
name a lot in the Ely
records from the railroad. He, along with Loreto
Labate, were the two locomotive
engineers from SPA. I'd be interested in any other details that your
parents might remember.
May I use your emails on the web page?
My
notes show that the Lombardi family originally came from Forli del
Sannio (about 7 miles from SPA) but I haven't been able to trace Henry
directly back to that original family.
Can you tell me more about your ancestors. I'd like to see if maybe we
are related somewhere.
Do you know if Henry's name in Italy was Enrico? When was he born and
who were his parents?
I've
done some research also on the Musco family. Did you see my web page
about Sant'Amico, the patron saint of SPA? There is a story about the
Musco family who ended up in Lousiana.
Its difficult to do
research in Italy. Do you speak Italian? There are records in
the SPA
Church going back to 1612. Have you seen the microfilmed records
available from the Morman church (familysearch.org)?
I'll be looking forward to hearing from you.
ciao.
Mark |
From:
John Athayde
Subject:
Re: Ely, NV
Date:
Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:42:25 -0700
Mark -
You may use the
emails on the web page.
Thanks on that
info about
Forli del Sannio. I've just started to dig back on my mom's
side
(my great aunt on my dad's side has 2500 names in her records,
but
no italians). I have a bunch of stuff back home that I will be
able to dig out from last year.
I know the
Perry side is
from Colosumi. I also know my grandfather's uncle Gasper
Gigliotti
served in the US Army in WWI, also on the railroad in France.
He
was born in Ogden, Utah and my extended cousins still live
around
there (all Perrys).
On the Lombardi
side, I know
we have a bunch of stuff sketched out, but it's back home. I
need
to start putting it all into the computer. I'll do some digging and
send it over when I have more.
I don't speak
Italian well
(I can get myself into trouble and order food), but it looks
like
I need to get back into it. And I'll check the microfilm
records
out. I have not done much but am hoping to do a lot more in
the
next few years while all my grandparents are alive (they are
all
in their mid 80s).
I did interview
my
grandparents last year and have that at home and that has a
lot of
extended information. I'm here with them for the next few days
and
will be trying to get more information written down.
Also, I just found my great grandfather's ellis island manifest
entry. Line 15 in the attached pages. It says he was going to
visit his brother-in-law, which looks like Cesare Frazzini in
Ogden, Utah. I know your site has a lot of Frazzinis. My
Greatgrandfather's wife's last name was Gigliotti. When they
were
in Ogden, they changed the spelling from Perri to Perry.
Thanks!
John Athayde
|
John,
I enjoyed the photos and info you sent about Bruno Perri.
The Ellis Island manifest is really interesting. Its the first time
that I've seen the surname Perri connected in any way to someone from
SPA. My mother's surname was Frazzini and almost all the Frazzini's
that I've ever found were from SPA.
Cesare Frazzini was the Vice Italian Counsel in Ogden around 1910. The
address, 200 25th Street, was a tavern owned by the Frazzini Brothers.
There is a photo of it on my Ogden web page. http://www.silogic.com/genealogy/Ogden,%20UT.html I've
found dozens of Italians who used that address on their arrival
manifest. The Frazzini Brothers also owned a big store and bank in
Denver.
I don't know how they could be brothers-in-law. I think that I have
Cesare's family pretty well worked out - but you never know.
I notice that the manifest also says that Bruno was previously in the
US from 1896 to 1908 - in Colorado. I've found that manifest on Ellis
Island as well. If you like, I can email it to you.
Is the town in Italy, Colosimi? I've found a town with that name in the
province of Cosenza. The town is pretty far away from SPA. I couldn't
imagine that the Perri's knew the Frazzini's from Italy. Any connection
must be from the US.
Its been fun doing some digging along your family line. Its producing
more connections for me in SPA.
ciao.
Mark |
From:
John Athayde
Subject:
Re: Ely, NV
Date:
Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:35:00 -0700
In line with
the Cesare
reference on Bruno Perri's Ellis Island entry, I noticed his
entry
on your site. Gabriella DiIullo was my great Grandmother's
sister
(Giovanna Crucifixa DiIullo, wife of Henry Lombardi, child of
Daniel DiIullo and Fortunato Mosca).
John |
From:
John Athayde
Subject:
Re: Ely, NV
Date:
Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:46:36 -0700
Mark,
That's correct.
The Perri
side is from Colosimi, and he (Bruno) married a Gigliotti. It's not
until his youngest son that the Di Iullo/Mosca marriage line comes in
(my grandparents). My grandfather doesn't think they were
actually
brothers-in-law, but It was an interesting
connection for
sure to see that name pop up.
From
the Di Iullos
(Daniel DiIullo and Fortunato Mosca - Great Great Grandparents on
Mothers' Mother's side) they had eight children. Three boys
and
Five daughters. Giovanna was my great grandmother.
Gabriella was
her sister (who parried Paul Anthony Mastroianni). The
Marjorie Perry in that article is my mother. The photos were
all
of Gabriel and Ida (my grandparents) and my mom and down to us
over the years. The walls here have a lot of older photos I'm
going to start scanning.
Cheers
John |
| John
and I have worked out a lot of his Lombardi, diIullo and Mosca
ancestors. The info can be found in my Family
Tree data base. |
Fallon, NV
Nothing to do with Ely but I wanted to put this info somewhere for
future reference.
In this article
from the Lahontan Valley News, Fallon, NV, there was a Frazzini
reference:
| Hazel's Fashionz, anchoring the historic Frazzini
Building at 270 S. Maine St., recently celebrated its second
anniversary and is weathering the difficult economic conditions. Owner
Hazel Halbert, 25, said her sales have been up and down but overall are
steady thanks to her loyal customers. |
I need to find out about the "Frazzini Building".
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