Individuals marked with a red dot are direct ancestors of Mark Camillo DiVecchio

D'Jovin, Angelo {I1691} (b. 29 Nov 1914, d. 11 May 2001)

Note: info from Jack DeJovin, his nephew: worked from age 18 until his retirement as a supervisor on the Aliquippa & Southern Railroad.
1920 22 May EI arrival, 4y, USC, travelled with father and step-mother, Nunzia.
1924 21 Jul - Ellis Island Arrival, 9y, give DOB as 4 Mar 1915, with father Amabile and sister Anna
Oct 2006 Obituary of step-brother Jack.
1930 census, Aliquippa, PA, 15y.

Social Security Death Index
Name: Angelo D'Jovin
SSN: 715-12-1763
Born: 29 Nov 1914
Died: 11 May 2001
State (Year) SSN issued: Railroad Board (Issued Through) (Before 1951 )

Photo of tombstone.

Given Name: Angelo

Immigration: Date: 22 May 1920
Place: Ellis Island, NY

Change: Date: 10 Nov 2010
Time: 10:05:37

Note: 1920 22 May EI arrival, 3y, USC, travelled with father and step-mother, Nunzia.
1924 21 Jul - Ellis Island Arrival, 8y, give DOB as 2 Jun 1916, with father Amabile and brother Angelo
1930 census, Aliquippa, PA, 13y
Oct 2006 Obituary of step-brother Jack. Married name Zarnick.

Given Name: Annie

Immigration: Date: 22 May 1920
Place: Ellis Island, NY

Change: Date: 15 Feb 2010
Time: 15:35:05

Note: 1920 22 May EI arrival, 38y. Travelled with husband, Amabile and step-children Angelo and Anna.
Died during birth of son Jack in 1922.
email from granddaughter, Nancy DeJovin, Mar 2010.

Given Name: Nunziata

Immigration: Date: 22 May 1920
Place: Ellis Island, NY

Change: Date: 4 Mar 2010
Time: 08:54:58

Note: Info from Jack DeJovin, Jack's son.: "Lives in Austintown, OH. Jack spent most of his childhood being raised by close family friends Giacomo and Marie d'Amico DiVecchio in Youngstown, OH. It was the period from birth to 27 months and from age of 10 on."
1930 census, Aliquippa, PA, 7y.

Info from Jack DeJovin, Oct 2008: "Maria D'Amico, born March 21, 1894 or 6. She was married to Giacomo DiVecchio and together they raised my father in Youngstown, Ohio."

Info from Jack DeJovin, Oct 2008: "My fathers middle name of Carl was taken at confirmation ... a choice he made because it was Giacomo's Father's name."

Social Security Death Index
Name: Jack C. Dejovin
SSN: 291-14-4070
Last Residence: 44515 Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio
Born: 5 Nov 1922
Died: 9 Oct 2006
State (Year) SSN issued: Ohio (Before 1951 )

The Youngstown Vindicator
Wednesday October 11, 2006
Jack C. DeJovin, 83

AUSTINTOWN : There will be services Friday at 10 a.m. at Rossi Bros. Funeral Home in Boardman and at 11 a.m. at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Austintown for Jack C. DeJovin, 83, who passed away Monday morning after a long illness. He will always be remembered and loved by his family and friends.
Jack was born Nov. 5, 1922 in Aliquippa, Pa., the son of Ambrose and Nunziata (Timperio) DeJovin. He was raised in Youngstown Ohio by beloved Uncle and Aunt, Giacomo and Marie (D'Amico) DiVecchio
Retiring in 1984 after a long career as an independent businessman of the Youngstown area, he worked at Sheet & Tube Steel Company as a cost accountant. He was founder and owner of the Austintown Roller Arena and held various positions within the steel industries of Youngstown.
Prior to WWII, Jack answered Roosevelt's call for the Civil Conservation Corps, where he served at Alkali Lake Oregon.
Jack was a member of the U.S. Army Signal Corps and landed on Normandy on D-Day, where he participated in the first day of the D-Day invasion. Jack received the World War II Victory Ribbon, American Theater Ribbon, EAME Theater Ribbon and two Bronze Stars.
He was a graduate of Chaney High School and became a charter member of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, where he was an usher.
He leaves, to hold on to his memory, his wife of more than 55 years, the former Violet Sferra, whom he married Oct. 6, 1951; a son, Jack A. (Jean) DeJovin of New Jersey; two daughters, Elaine (Garry Gordan) DeJovin of Missouri and Nancy DeJovin of Nevada; two grandsons, Michael (Susan) Edwards and Brian (Stacey) Edwards; and six great-grandchildren, Sean, Ryan, Laurie, Jake, Colin and Sarina.
He was preceded in death by a sister, Annie Zarnick, and three brothers Angelo, William and Nick DeJovin.
Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Rossi Bros. Funeral Home, 4442 South Avenue, Youngstown, OH 44512. Jack will be laid to rest at Calvary Cemetery.

Info from Jack DeJovin, Dec 2007: "I have already shared some of my Dad's life story. You may find it interesting that at the time of the 1924 passport, my Dad was in Youngstown where he was being raised by Giacomo and Marie (D'Amico) DiVecchio. They had done so since his birth in 1922 when Annunziatta died. The 1924 trip was combined purpose of Amabile to visit his parents and to find a new wife. Domenica was a childhood friend of Nunziata and Marie D'Amico. When Amabile returned with Domenica, they reclaimed Dad to be rejoined to the family and with half brother and sister Angelo, Annie, and eventually Nicky and Willy. In May 1933, upon the death of Amabile, the family was engineered by Nick Mancini. Dad was taken back to Youngstown. Angelo at 18 was given a job on the railroad where Amabile had been employed and married Elvira DiPietrantonio also from Sant'Eufemia, and Domenica was left with Annie, Nicky and Willy to raise. In many ways he was helping, but the effects of Amabile's early death and the family structure that resulted are still felt by many of us today."

Given Name: Jack Carl

Pedigree: foster

Change: Date: 15 Feb 2010
Time: 15:34:44

Note: 1930 census, Aliquippa, PA, 39y, first married at 33y. Immigrated 1924. Listed as Mary.

Given Name: Maria Domenica

Change: Date: 10 Nov 2010
Time: 10:10:05

Note: Info from Jack DeJovin, his nephew, Jun 2004: "Nick and Willy used DiJovine. They died in their 50's and their children use various spellings."
1930 census, Aliquippa, PA, 3y 3m.

U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Nicholas Djovin
Birth Year: 1927
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Pennsylvania
State: Pennsylvania
County or City: Beaver
Enlistment Date: 8 May 1945
Enlistment State: Pennsylvania
Enlistment City: Pittsburgh
Branch: No branch assignment
Branch Code: No branch assignment
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 1 year of high school
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 00
Weight: 003

Oct 2006 Obituary of step-brother Jack.
2008 obituary of son, Gary N D'Jovin

Social Security Death Index
Name: Nicholas Djovin
SSN: 196-16-5290
Last Residence: 15001 Aliquippa, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Born: 18 Feb 1927
Died: Apr 1982
State (Year) SSN issued: Pennsylvania (Before 1951 )

Given Name: Nicholas

Nickname: Nick

Change: Date: 15 Feb 2010
Time: 15:34:13

Note: 1930 census, Aliquippa, PA, 1y 8m.
Oct 2006 Obituary of step-brother Jack.
Info from Jack DeJovin, his nephew, Jun 2004: Nick and Willy used DiJovine. They died in their 50's and their children use various spellings

Given Name: William

Nickname: Willy

Change: Date: 15 Feb 2010
Time: 15:33:52

Note: Info from himself, Jack DeJovin, Oct 2008.
2010 obituary of mother, Violet.

Given Name: Jack A.

Occupation: Place: NJ

Change: Date: 30 Dec 2010
Time: 08:56:26

Note: 1845 SPA transcribed marriage record #1
Film 1338775 Nati 1821 #15
1864 SPA transcribed birth record #14 of daughter Giuseppa Dorinda.
1869 SPA Status Animarum
Film 1448676 Matri 1876 #1 of daughter Maria Dominica.
Film 1447676 Matri 1879 #19 of daughter Santa.
Film 1448676 Morti 1898 #22, 77y, wife Gemma diCianno

Given Name: Carmine Antonio "Carmelo"

Change: Date: 7 Mar 2012
Time: 16:14:00

Note: Info from Mary Lacy, Pocatello, ID via Ellie Ferrero
1879 SPA transcribed birth record #6 of daughter Maria Grazia.
1888 Apr 4 arrivial on the Comorin, possible, 35y, Isernia.
1900 Census, Paterson, NJ, 48y, born May 1852, husband Domenico Colaianni and 3 children, immigrated 1888, married 25y. 7 children - 3 living.
1910 census, Paterson, NJ, 54y, widow, 3 children
1920 census, Paterson, NJ, mother, 68y, immigrated 1888, naturalized 1897.

Info from Rayna Valentine after finding letters saved by Mary Colaianni Lacy, Jul 2007: "Then I found a letter from my Grandmother's aunt Liberata Gatti Colaianni who lived in Patterson, N. J. with a photo enclosed taken when Bicetta was visiting and, wonder of wonders, a list of the people in the photo, as well as school photos of 2 of Liberata's grandkids inscribed on the back by Liberata as being the 4th child of Liberata's son Luigi, and one of Bernard, the 3rd child of Luigi who according to Mary's note had 6 kids . . My Aunt Mary was quite a collector, as we've discovered. Had we only known what she was doing, we could have asked questions and taken part ourselves. She wrote an English translation of the letter and added her own little notes (like the fact that the pictured wife of Amico Gatti was Luigina di Acapito (possibly Accapito; can't quite read it) and that Amico was the" son of our Uncle Sabatino" Gatti-presumably a brother of GGM Maria and therefore her great-uncle. From the photo and letter it appear that Liberata had a son Luigi and a son Joe who never married, and a daughter Maria who had no children. Don't know if Liberata had any other children and I'm still looking to see who her husband was. I also need to figure out who "Bettuccia, daughter of Emidio our cousin" is supposed to be."

Posting on SPA group by Rayna Valentine, Apr 2012: "But, neither Libbie nor I know what to call the relationship between my grandmother Dorantina, as Maria Gatti's daughter, to Liberata, my great-uncle's daughter, let alone the term for my relationship to Libbie and her brother
Louis. No wonder my family in Italy just refers to people as cugini, nipoti(e) and zia(o)!"

Posting on SPA group by Wilberta diVencenzo, Apr 2012: "Libbie is your second cousin - technically, 'second cousin, once removed' - because she is second cousin to your Mother and you were born one generation later.ŁY Louis was your 'first cousin, twice removed' because he was a first cousin to your Grandmother and you were born two generations later.
It is confusing, but is easier if you look at it this way:
-- Liberata Gatti-----sisters-----Maria Gatti
-- Louis Colianni-----1st cousins-----Dorantina RossiŁY
-- Libbie Colaianni-----2nd cousins-----Viola ColaianniŁY"

Given Name: Domenica LIBERATA

Immigration: Date: 4 Apr 1888
Place: New York, NY

Change: Date: 25 Apr 2012
Time: 10:58:57