JOSEP, I MARRIED INTO THE CROCE LINE. I AM 65 YRS OLD AND HAVE 5 CHILDREN. I KNOW THAT MY IN-LAWS CAME FROM A SMALL TOWN OUTSIDE OF PALERMO, SICILY. THEY IMMIGRATED TO DETROIT,
MI. FRANCESCO CROCE, MY FATHER IN LAW CAME IN ABOUT 1915 OR SO AND MY MOTHER IN LAW ANNA PACE CAME IN 1923 AND MARRIED HIM. THEY HAD ORSOLA AND MARIO. FRANCESCO WAS KNOWN AS FRANK AND HAD ONLY SISTERS WHO STAYED IN SICILY AND ONE DID GO TO ARGENTINA. HE ALSO HAD A HALF-BROTHER ANTONIO CASTIGLIONE. SO THE NAME OF CROCE DIED OUT IN OUR LINE EXCEPT FOR MY SON MARIO, AND WE DO HAVE A GRANDSON, THAT MY DAUGHTER GAVE THE NAME OF ANDREW J. CROCE, SHE WASN'T MARRIED AT THE TIME. THERE ARE VERY FEW CROCES THAT I KNOW OF. THE FAMOUS ONE IS JIM CROCE THE SINGER AND HE DIED IN AN AIRPLANE CRASH, BUT HIS SON IS AN A. J. CROCE TOO. HE IS A JAZZ SINGER IN SAN DIEGO, CA. WHERE HIS MOTHER AND HE RUN A RESTAURANT THAT HAS HIS FAMOUS FATHER'S PICTURES ON THE WALLS. THIS IS ALL THAT I CAN HELP YOU WITH AS THERE WASN'T ANY OTHER CROCE'S FROM OUR LINE IN DETROIT. KEEP IN TOUCH, IF I CAN FIND ANYTHING ELSE OUT I'LL LET YOU KNOW. YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT WHERE THE RELATIVES WERE FROM? NO TOWN OR ANYTHING? KEEP ON TRYING IT IS FUN, TRYING TO FILL IN THE BLANKS. CAROL