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Pietro De Luca, age 29, male, married, farmer lab., not able to read or write, Italian, South (race), last permanent residence was Atina (city/town), Caserta (country), nearest relative in native country was Fat[her] Luigi of Cautrada Capedielucas, Atina, final destination is St. Louis, Mo., not in possession of ticket to final destination, passage paid by self, visited St. Louis, Mo. in 1902 and 1906, going to join brother Marco of 929 N. 7th St., St. Louis, Mo., 5'5", brown hair, black eyes, scar, born in Atina, CasertaFrom this passenger record, we can speculate that Pietro (aka Peter) was born about 1877 or 1878, considering he was 29 years old. His last permanent residence and his birthplace are given as Atina. This is the only source I have found which gives a specific city/town for his birthplace. Steve Zulpo, who created the Rosati website, gives Peter's birthplace as Belmonte Castello, though he does not give his sources. He was a farm laborer who was not able to read or write. His nearest relative in Italy was his father, Luigi, of Atina. His final destination was St. Louis, Missouri, where he had visited in 1902 and 1906. He was going to join his brother, Marco, who lived at 929 N. 7th Street in St. Louis.
Clementina De Luca, wife, age 21, female, married, not able to read or write, Italian, South (race), last permanent residence was Atina (city/town), Caserta (country), final destination is St. Louis, Mo., not in possession of ticket to final destination, passage paid by self, never in US before, 5'3", brown eyes, brown hair, born in Atina, Caserta
Maria Puenta De Luca, daughter, age 3, female, Italian, South (race), last permanent residence was Atina (city/town), Caserta (country), final destination is St. Louis, Mo., not in possession of ticket to final destination, born in Atina, Caserta
Domenicantino Trossi [may be Rossi], age 23, male, married, farmer lab., not able to read or write, Italian, South (race), last permanent residence was Atina (city/town), Caserta (country), nearest relative in native country was wife Domenica of Cautrada Sperretz, Atina, final destination is St. Louis, Mo., not in possession of ticket to final destination, passage paid by self, going to join cousin Marco De Luca of 929 N. 7th St., St. Louis, Mo., 5'6", dark hair, brown eyes, born in Atina, Caserta
We can speculate that Clementina was born about 1885 or 1886, considering she was 21 years old. Her birthplace is also given as Atina, but Steve Zulpo says she was born in Arpino, though he does not give sources for this either. Clementina was also unable to read and write and had never been to the U.S. before.
We can speculate that Maria Puenta (aka Mary) was born in 1903 or 1904, considering she was 3 years old. Her birthplace was also given as Atina.
Domenicantino appears to be a cousin because it says he is going to join his cousin Marco De Luca in St. Louis. Since he is calling Marco his cousin, it is likely that he is Peter's cousin and not Clementina's cousin, though we can't be certain of this. Three likely scenarios: Domenicantino's mother and Peter's mother are sisters, Peter's mother and Domenicantino's father are siblings, or Domenicantino's mother and Peter's father are siblings. Or, Domenicantino could possibly be a second or even more distant cousin, or even a stepcousin.
Since they were all going to join Marco, I decided to see what I could fnd on Marco. I found that Marco sailed from Naples aboard the Neckar on 24 Jan 1905 and arrived at Ellis Island on 6 Feb 1905.
Marco was age 21, which suggests he was born about 1883 or 1884, so he must have been a younger brother of Peter. His last residence was in Atina. He was going to join his brother, Pietro (aka Peter) at 932 N. 7th Street in St. Louis. Hmmm...so Peter must have been in the US already in 1905. Perhaps he came just before or just after the birth of Mary, and then went back to retrieve his wife and young daughter. It did say on the first passenger list that Peter was in St. Louis in 1902 and 1906 (perhaps he meant 1905).
This is all that I have in regards to passenger lists. Stay tuned to find the De Luca family in St. Louis for the 1910 U.S. census.
Links to other posts in this series:
De Luca Family: Intro
De Luca Family: 1910 US Census
De Luca Family: WWI Draft Registration
De Luca Family: 1920 US Census
De Luca Family: 1930 US Census
De Luca Family: Death Records
From my brother-in-law's aunt, who is the granddaughter of Peter and Clementina:
ReplyDeletePietro was born in either Atina or Belmonte Castello on 10/10/1878. Marco was born in Atina on 4/28/1883.
I thought both Nonna and Grandpa were literate when they came over here.
Mary's name was Maria Asunta as she was born on Aug. 15 [Feast of the Assumption of Mary].
Grandpa was a stonemason and worked on the St. Louis world's fair buildings on one of his earlier trips to [the] USA. He may have only been here once.
Hi Jennifer!
ReplyDeleteI am overwhelmed with your story of immigration and the way of tracking back the roots, family and culture. I am architecture major (grad student) doing a design-research(a thesis) on the topic of immigration. Thank you for sharing the personal history, would like to hear more from you.