Appears to be signed: Emma & Anselmo. My mother remembers them as her Confirmation Godparents. They had a store in San Pietro Avellana. She still has part of the bracelet that they gave her for her Confirmation. She remembers that Emma did not come from SPA.<unreadable> Frazzini Benilda and Family
1316 2nd Ave
Beaver Falls, PA
North America
Anselmo Carlini was the first cousin of my grandmother, Lucrezia Carlini. In the Ellis Island records: Anselmo Carlini entered the US in 1903, age 17 years, going to cousin Felicito Frazzini in Denver, Colorado. His occupation was stonemason. He travelled with Desiderio Colaianni, Oreste Gatti and Carmine Carlini. He did not stay in the US. He died in 1941 and is buried in the SPA cimitero. You can find him in my GED file.
I got this email from William Colaianni:
Caro Mark,
After re-perusing trough your Web Site, I noticed the attached paragraph. Zio Anselmo Carlini and my Grandfather Desiderio Colianni I believe they were cousins. I was told to call them aunt and uncle. Desiderio Colaianni was his second trip to the U.S. The first one, if I remember my mother saying, it was in 1897.
Zio Anselmo's wife was zia Emma, she was born in Pescolanciano. His sister zia Loreta was married to zio Igino Silvesti he was from Roccaraso. They were the parents of Claudio Silvestri the co-author of "Il mio paese racconta".
Is this type of information annoying or useful?
Con Affetto, Bill C.
Of course, I told him the the information was VERY useful.
1937 Picnic at Youngstown, Ohio
See emails below - we may have identified all of the people in this photo.
From: "Glorine Carozza" <gcarozza
access995.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:49:57 -0500
Dear Mark, In one part of one of your web you call a picture unknown. One of the pictures had a little boy and two little girls and several woman in it. If nobody has identified them for you, the little boy is my cousin Joey DiMuzio and next to him is Daya and then Mary. I showed the picture to Daya and she said the bigger boy is your Uncle Pauly. I don't know who the two women on each end are. Daya said that was a picture taken at a picnic in Youngstown, Ohio, so they may be from there. The woman holding the little boy is Rosie D'Achille and that's her son Larry. Next to her is my Aunt Lena DiMuzio. Hope I have helped. Glorine
access995.com>Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:49:57 -0500
Dear Mark, In one part of one of your web you call a picture unknown. One of the pictures had a little boy and two little girls and several woman in it. If nobody has identified them for you, the little boy is my cousin Joey DiMuzio and next to him is Daya and then Mary. I showed the picture to Daya and she said the bigger boy is your Uncle Pauly. I don't know who the two women on each end are. Daya said that was a picture taken at a picnic in Youngstown, Ohio, so they may be from there. The woman holding the little boy is Rosie D'Achille and that's her son Larry. Next to her is my Aunt Lena DiMuzio. Hope I have helped. Glorine
Glorine's father is Ferdinando "Ferd" diMuzio, the brother of Jim DiMuzio who was a close friend of my grandparents. Lena was Jim diMuzio's wife. The D'Achille's lived next door to my grandparents in Beaver Falls, PA.
Since this email was written, both Daya and Mary have died.Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 22:49:47 -0400Subject: SPA picnic picture
From: denisezangara <dzangara
msn.com>Hi Mark.
I talked to you on line in 2009. My name is Denise Colian Zangara from Salem Ohio. Just browsing internet tonight and came across this picture from Youngstown Ohio dated 1937. I was surprised to see the ladies in the picture. The one on left is Lena Colian Ricci. She was the daughter of Anthony and Assunta Colian of Salem Ohio. The lady on right is my aunt, my father's sister. She is Elisa Colian Waggoner daughter of John and Mary Colian of Salem. The two are first cousins. They were both born in 1922. So I guess they were only 15. I question the date. Lena married Howard Ricci of Youngstown but not till later. Howard is my mother's brother. I don't know if they had a connection to Youngstown before that since it was a picnic.My aunt Elisa is still living in Palm Beach. I will have to call and ask her.
Denise Zangara Simpsonville SC
1936 Aurora Lodge Picnic
Wise's Grove
Wise's Grove
My mother, Benilda Frazzini is on the right. I believe this is the Beaver Falls lodge of the Sons of Italy. I need help identifying the other people in this photo. My mother lived in Beaver Falls at the time so many of these people may be from there. Wise's Grove is a picnic area off Wise Grove Road in New Brighton, PA (which is near Beaver Falls).
Dec 2004: I just returned from PA after a visit with my parents. My mother and I worked on the photo we had discussed. Here is what she remembered.
She said it was definitely the Beaver Falls lodge of the SOI. And it was the Aurora Lodge. Maybe the Aurora Lodge moved to Butler some time after the photo was take in 1936. Wise's Grove was a picnic area off Wise Grove Road in New Brighton, PA. That town is right next to Beaver Falls.
My mother could only identify a few of the people in the photo. Here is what she remembered; from left to right:
1. male - ?
2. female - Amelia (Millie) Romano
3. female - (just head visible) Florence Lonnet
4. male - ?
5. female - Mary diMaria
6. male - ?
7. female - ?
8. female - ?
9. female - ?
10. female - my mother Benilda Frazzini
2. female - Amelia (Millie) Romano
3. female - (just head visible) Florence Lonnet
4. male - ?
5. female - Mary diMaria
6. male - ?
7. female - ?
8. female - ?
9. female - ?
10. female - my mother Benilda Frazzini
These three woman lived near my mother in Beaver Falls.
I was able to date this photo to 1936 from a note written on another photo where my mother is wearing the same dress.
For more photos of some of these people, look at my mother's web page.
Pietro diGiovine
This we know is Pete
diGiovine in a photo
taken in 1949 on the porch of 111½ Main Street in West
Aliquippa, PA. He lived in West Aliquippa and was a friend of the
DiVecchio family. I believe this is the Pietro diGiovine who
came
over to the US with my grandfather Camillo in 1910 when he was 17 years
old (from Ellis Island manifest). He would have been born in 1893.
There is another record of him in 1924 at 31 yrs old, being in the US
previouly from 1919-23, father: Giovanni diGiovine, wife Eufemia
deAngelis diGiovine, 26 yrs old.
My father remembers him as a friend of the family not as a relative.
(Pietro diGiovine and Camillo diVecchio were 2nd cousins)
His tombstone from the Mt Olivet Catholic Cemetery in Aliquippa, PA. confirms the year of birth and name of wife.
I spoke with Nancy DiVecchia, daughter of Antonio DiVecchia. Nancy is a cousin to me (our connection is via a common great-great-grandfather Giustino DiVecchia). The brother of her grandmother, Mariannina diGiovine, was Pietro (along with Matteo and Raffaele). This is most likely him. I am sending Nancy a copy of this page to see if she can confirm that.
Nancy DiVecchia Sapariti tells me that this is her uncle (brother of her grandmother Mariannina diGiovine). They lived at 111½ Main Street in Aliquippa, next door to my grandfather and grandmother. Also on the porch are his wife, Eufemia diAngelis and their daughter whose name I don't know.
(Her name is Dora, one of three children, the others were Americo and Daniel).
My father remembers him as a friend of the family not as a relative.
(Pietro diGiovine and Camillo diVecchio were 2nd cousins)
His tombstone from the Mt Olivet Catholic Cemetery in Aliquippa, PA. confirms the year of birth and name of wife.
I spoke with Nancy DiVecchia, daughter of Antonio DiVecchia. Nancy is a cousin to me (our connection is via a common great-great-grandfather Giustino DiVecchia). The brother of her grandmother, Mariannina diGiovine, was Pietro (along with Matteo and Raffaele). This is most likely him. I am sending Nancy a copy of this page to see if she can confirm that.
Nancy DiVecchia Sapariti tells me that this is her uncle (brother of her grandmother Mariannina diGiovine). They lived at 111½ Main Street in Aliquippa, next door to my grandfather and grandmother. Also on the porch are his wife, Eufemia diAngelis and their daughter whose name I don't know.
(Her name is Dora, one of three children, the others were Americo and Daniel).
SPA Militia
This photo was sent to me by Franklin Smith, is of an Army or Militia unit in San Pietro Avellana. The photo is ©Franklin Smith. You can click on the image for a larger version. During my trip to SPA in 2004, I got an index to the "gang" or SPA Militia photo that identifies most of the men in the photo. Look on this page.
Photos from the album of Dorothy diIullo Carrick who lives in Ely, NV.
