Researching Scamporlino families from the town of Sortino. Have some information

Hello. Your post indicates you have information about the Scamporlino family from Sortino. Grandfather was Vincenzo Scamporlino who arrived in U.S. in 1922 and died in New York in 1925 or 1926. Married Vincenza Campagna. Anything you have would be greatly appreciated.

The following is death information for your Vincenzo.

Scamporlino Vincenzo 29 y Jan 26 1926 Certificate #764 Bronx

to request a copy of the death certificate:

http://www.nyc.gov/html/records/html/vitalrecords/death.shtm...


The following is marriage information for him and Vincenza

Campagna Vincenza Apr 8 1922 Bronx certificate #1466
Scamporlino Vincenzo Apr 8 1922 Bronx certificate #1466

to request a copy of the marriage record:

http://www.nyc.gov/html/records/html/vitalrecords/marriage.s...


Both records should give you the names of Vincenzo's parents. If you can retrieve that information, then I may possibly have other information which ties to your ancestry.

One other piece of information we have is that Vincenzo's mother's name was Rosa.

I don't have a Vincenzo Scamporlino in my database with a mother whose name was Rosa. If you could send for the records about which I told you, I may have information which connects to an earlier generation.

Hello. I have now received the marriage certificate. Vincenzo's father was Giuseppe Scamporlino and his mother was Rosa Camaratta. Does this ring any bells? Thank you.

I have in my database a daughter born to this couple. Giuseppe Scamporlino and Rosa Cammarata had a daughter named Concetta Scamporlino born in Sortino about January 1894. She died in the house located in the town at 35 Via San Francesco on September 4, 1895 (death record #260). She was 1 year and 8 months old at the time of her death.

additional information for you-I can now confirm the following is the ancestry of your Vincenzo-

Giuseppe Scamporlino married to Vita Bazzano had a son by the name of Vincenzo Scamporlino. Vincenzo Scamporlino was married to a Concetta Russo and died in Sortino on Jan 30, 1896 in the house at 49 via Ruoti Proietti. I never recorded his age at death, sorry.

Vincenzo Scamporlino and Concetta Russo had two sons of which I know.

The one son was named Orazio Scamporlino and he was born about 1860. He was married to a Concetta Cesaria Salemi. The marriage took place in Sortino on June 25, 1902. The bride, Concetta Cesaria Salemi, was the daughter of Sebastiano Salemi and his wife, Cesaria Sbona.

The other son of Vincenzo Scamporlino and Concetta Russo was Giuseppe Scamporlino (this is your Giuseppe who was married to Rosa Cammarata (this is the correct spelling of her surname in the Sortino records). Giuseppe Scamporlino died in Sortino on Oct 2, 1918 in the house at 37 via San Francesco. He was 53 years old at the time of his death and both of his parents had predeceased him. His wife, Rosa Cammarata, was still alive when he died, which is why her name appears on your Vincenzo's passenger list as being his closest relative in the country from where he came. You already have your Vincenzo's U.S. marriage and death information, which I previously posted.

Something else which may be of interest, but which I can't currently prove, is that I have in my database a female by the name of Carmela Cammarata who was married to a Cesario Scamporlino. She had three children that I know about. One was a Rosa Scamporlino born about 1890, another was a daughter Giuseppa Scamporlino born about 1892, and another was a son named Luigi Scamporlino born March 6, 1900. Luigi died on Nov 11, 1974 in Melborne, Victoria, Australia. The daughter Giuseppa arrived in the U.S. on the SS Venezia on Dec 22, 1910. She was 18 years old at the time. Her mother Carmela Cammarata was in Sortino at the time, living on via San Francesco, the same street on which your Rosa Cammarata lived. So I suspect that Carmela Cammarata could possibly be a sister of your Rosa Cammarata and also that possibly her husband, Cesario Scamporlino, was a brother of your Giuseppe Scamporlino. I don't, however, currently have proof about my suspicions and hope I am not overwhelming you with this additional information.

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! This is brand new information for us - both posts. We are very excited about this. My husband's father was only 2 or 3 when Vincenzo Scamporlino died so he had no memory plus he is deceased. However, Vincenzo's widow, Vincenza Campagna, remarried to Vincenzo Salemi also came from Sortino and these are the grandparents that my husband knew. It is interesting how the same surnames keep popping up. Do you have any information in your database about Vincenza Campagna? We know her father was Francesco Campagna and her mother was Santa Mezzio. Vincenza arrived in the U.S on 4/7/1921. Again, we so sincerely appreciate all of your information.

I forgot to ask you, but what is your connection to the Scamporlino family?

I'm happy I had some Scamporlino info to connect to your husband's ancestry. I don't, however, have any info about the Campagna family from Sortino. There are some records for the town of Sortino on ancestry.com, if you have a paid World subscription. I don't currently have a subscription.

Siracusa, Sicily, Italy, Civil Registration Records, 1900-1929

Years ago I went through some microfilmed records for the town available for rental from a local family history center run by the Mormon church. Anyone can use their libraries. I have limited info on the Scamporlino surname because my husband only has a 3rd great grandmother with that surname born about 1816. Her name was Lucia Giuseppa Scamporlino and she married a Gaetano Mauro Cannamela. Her father, my husband's 4th great grandfather, was Sebastiano Vincenzo Scamporlino (born about 1775). He was married to a Cesarea DeLuca. They had two other children that I know about-an Angelo Scamporlino who was born about 1814 who was married to a Giuseppa Cammarata. He died in 1840, but I have no other information about him and his wife. There was also a daughter named Cesaria Scamporlino, born about 1817, who was married to a Giuseppe Failla. She died in Sortino in 1898. I have no other information about her.

I do have some other currently unrelated Scamporlino families in my database because I extracted some info on the surname, when I had the time to do so. Scamporlino, however, wasn't one of the main surnames I was researching because it is so far back in my husband's ancestry. There are no state civil records for the town prior to 1820.

By the way, I found on Ellis Island another daughter of that Carmela Cammarata and Cesario Scamporlino. Her name was Luigia Scamporlino, born about 1894.

I have a few people in my database with the Mezzio surname but nothing about a Santa Mezzio.

From the 1928 death index-

there is a Franceso Campagna, the son of deceased Salvatore-record #165. No other info in the index, so I don't know if this is yours.

Again, thank you so much for all of your information. My husband's Godmother who was a Campagna is still living. She and her brother have both been to Sortino and met some of the family there. We are going to run all of these names by them to see if anything sounds familiar. I don't yet have a World subscription to Ancestry.com but I'm thinking about getting one. My husband's mother is a war bride from France so all of the other side of his family is there. She is still living so we do have some of that information.

Again, we sincerely appreciate all of this information. We live in the Tacoma, Washington area. If there is something that I could look for locally for you, I would be happy to give it a try!

If you discover any new info about this family, let me know. I have so many odds and ends in my database from the town of Sortino that something else may connect in the future.

All of my and my husband's ancestors were in NYC. I don't need anything from the west coast, but appreciate your offer.

I have new info about Francesco Campagna. I suspected that the reason why this surname was not in my database from Sortino was that it was from another town. It seems that he was born in the town of Ferla, also in Siracusa Province. When he died in Sortino, he was 60 years old. He died on Nov 19, 1928 at 7 a.m. and was the son of deceased Salvatore Campagna and also of Santa Rossitto (who was still alive). She was a housewife living in Ferla at the time of her son's death in Sortino. Francesco had been a peasant/farmer. His wife, Santa Mezzio, was still alive at the time of his death.

Hope this helps you tracing back this surname.

Thank you so much for the information. We will send this on to my husband's Godmother also. Salvatore Campagna and Santa Rossitto were her great grandparents and I don't believe she has ever known their names or that they came from Ferla. She told us she never met her Grandparents Francesco Campagna and Santa Mezzio. By the time she went to Italy, they had died. Your information is invaluable to our family.

During this process, I have learned that when the immigrants from Italy arrived, many of their names were pretty much butchered - most likely due to the language barrier. A great example is my husband's father, Joseph. His father was the Vincenzo Scamporlino that I have been researching. But when Joseph was born, his birth certificate spelled his surname Scamporlina (which is now our last name). His brother Frank, born a year or so later, has the last name Scampolino - also due to the birth certificate. They were full brothers. I found my husband's father Joseph in the 1930 census. By that tims his mother Vincenza had remarried to Salemi but on the census document, the name was spelled Salanno and Joseph's last name was spelled Sambolino. I just stumbled across it and felt fortunate that I did!

Again, all of the information you have provided is very sincerely appreciated.

I'm happy I was able to track down the additional information for you I tried to post some links to websites about name changes, but the individual links are posting as one continuous link. So I will post each one separately. If you ever need to email me, you can do so at plp36@yahoo.com

http://www.genealogy.com/88_donna_print.html

name changes

name changes

http://genealogy.about.com/od/ellis_island/a/name_change.htm

http://www.ditoto.com/ancestor_name_change.html

name changes

Thank you for the links. It made for interesting reading. I find that I am fascinated with my husband's Italian ancestry. My own background is English and German with family in the U.S.from pretty much the start. I have been able to follow many "branches" back to England through other individuals' genealogy work. I don't always trust what I find though. There are discrepancies. I will be visiting the Morman's family history center here in town and seeing what research I can do on my own to verify what is already there.

I want to thank you again for all of the information. I will let you know if I dig up anything interesting in Sicily.

Diana

Two additional pieces of related info-

Giuseppe Scamporlino and Vita Bazzano had a daughter named Concetta Scamporlino who died in Sortino at the age of 86, on Aug 13, 1913, in the house at 17 via Cava. She had been a housewife. Both of her parents predeceased her, but her husband, Croce (Marino, I believe was his last name) was still alive. He may have died in 1915, but I can't confirm this at this time.

Orazio Scamporlino-brother of your Vincenzo-died at the age of 60 on April 29, 1920 in the house at 34 via Pietro Micca. Both of his parents (Vincenzo Scamporlino and Concetta Russo) were already deceased. His wife Concetta Salemi was still alive. He had been a shepherd.

I still can't connect any of this to my husband's Scamporlino ancestry.

Hi,

My grandmother, Lucia Scamporlino (born 1909), immigrated from Sortino in 1926. Her father Vincenzo Scamporlino (born 1873) immigrated in 1910 and her mother Maria Failla Scamporlino (born 1884; Failla is her maiden name) arrived in America in 1913. Any information you could provide would be helpful. I can provide you with additional information if you need it, including the names of my great-great grandparents.

Do you know what the surname means? No one in my family seems to know and it's been driving me crazy.

Thank you,
Kristin Romano

Hi
I don't know the meaning of the surname.

Here's some info I believe connects based on info I had extracted from the microfilmed records years ago-

Sebastiano Scamporlino married to Carmela Sanguinaro had a son named Cesario Scamporlino born abt 1790. He died in Sortino on Dec 29, 1833 (record #254) and was the husband of an Anna Maria Scamporlino (I don't have her parents' names or her Scamporlino ancestry)

They had a son named Biagio Scamporlino born on Dec 4, 1831 (record #323). He died on Feb 9, 1899 (record #34). He was married to Lucia Briganti. I don't have their marriage information. He had been a shepherd and was age 78 at death. Both of his parents were already deceased. His wife was still alive.

They had a son named Vincenzo Scamporlino born about 1873 who was married to Maria Failla born about 1884. They married on Oct 15, 1903 (record #70). She was the daughter of Vincenzo Failla and Giuseppa Magnano. He was 30 when he married 19 year old Maria Failla.

If you have a subscription to ancestry.com, there are some Sortino records starting in 1900 and you should be able to retrieve the 1903 marriage record, as well as the 1909 birth record. I don't have a subscription and can't see these records.

I may have some other info which ties in with this family, but will have to get back to you.

you can reach me via email at plp36@yahoo.com

here's some additional information I have in my database-

Cesario Scamporlino(1790) had a sister named Lucia Scamporlino born about 1811. She married a Cesario di Pietro in Sortino on Dec 26, 1821. They had a son Vincenzo di Pietro born Sept 6, 1831 (record #221), another son named Vincenzo Luigi di Pietro born on Aug 23, 1833 (record #169) and a son named Luigi di Pietro born on Oct 12, 1836 (record #248). Luigi was married to a Giuseppa Maria Briganti. I know they had children named Sofia di Pietro born on Dec 5, 1874 (record #353) and Sebastiano di Pietro born on March 7, 1875 (record #94).

Thank you so much! This was so helpful. My uncle didn't know this information. Now I can surprise him!

Vincenza Campagna was my great grandmother and Vincenzo Scamporlino is my great grandfather. Just curious who got all this great info?

djscamp1

You need to contact the above person on this message board. She provided the original query concerning Vincenzo Scamporlino and Vincenza Campagna, her husband's ancestors. I filled in the blanks with dates and names from info I had years ago extracted from microfilmed Sortino state civil records. I have no additional info on this Scamporlino family, other than the info I provided in the various posts on this thread.
PL

my grandfather luigi scamporlino born march 4 1900 died 1974 was the brother of 2 sisters giuseppa and luigia who emigrated to USA from Sortino

I have in my database a sister named Rosa Scamporlino-parents were Cesario Scamporlino and Carmela Cammarata. She was born in Sortino about 1890 and married there on Dec 8, 1907 (record #97). The groom was Carmelo Raiti, the son of Gaetano Raiti and Grazia Barbagallo. This is the only additional info I have on this Scamporlino family. If you know the names of Cesario Scamporlino's parents, I may have additional info to share with you.

Hello .my is Orazio Scamporlino, also my family is from Siracusa Sicily, i was looking at the photo of Vicenzo Scamporlino remarkably has very similar resemblance of my late father Paolo Scamporlino , but along the lines we are not related at all ,who now we live in Melbourne Australia, i was in NY in April for a week for the first time , nice , this is the first time on this website ,still have in Sortino.

Hello .my is Orazio Scamporlino, also my family is from Siracusa Sicily, i was looking at the photo of Vicenzo Scamporlino remarkably has very similar resemblance of my late father Paolo Scamporlino , but along the lines we are not related at all ,who now we live in Melbourne Australia, i was in NY in April for a week for the first time , nice , this is the first time on this website ,still family have in Sortino.

I have in my database another Orazio Scamporlino born about 1866 who was married to a Vincenza Magnano. Their son, Vincenzo Scamporlino, born about 1889 in Sortino died in the Bronx, NY on May 19, 1925. I also know that this Orazio and Vincenza had a daughter named Concetta born in Sortino abt 1891. She married a Nunzio Magnano in Sortino on Jan 11, 1910. There was also a daughter named Maria Scamporlino born to this Orazio and Vincenza abt 1893. She died in Sortino on Aug 24, 1894. I don't have the ancestry of this Orazio Scamporlino and Vincenza Magnano though. If this is your ancestry and you know the name of Orazio's ancestry, I would appreciate you sharing that info with me.
Thanks
Peg

Hi Peg , my late grand father was named Orazio Scamporlino married to Sofia i can,t remember the surname they had four boy,s paolo, pippo, mario, carmelo, and two girl,s antoinette , and pina both grandparents are deceased for a while now , my cousin who lives in Sortino son of antoinette who,s name is Orazio Mezzio , would have more information but i will find out that i am curious my self . Orazio Mezzio was the town mayor for ten year,s who would have lot more information than i would , if you go to their web site Sortino you will see his name come up ,he is into that kind of stuff, by for now.

Orazio,
It would be great if you could contact your cousin in Sortino and get more info about your Scamporlino ancestry. I would love to be able to connect it to other information I have in my database from the microfilmed state civil records for the town.
Peg

Hello Orazio. Nice to hear from you even though you and my husband may not be from the same family. When you were in New York earlier this year, did you also go to Connecticut? My husband's Godmother was visited by family from Australia earlier this year. My husband can't remember the name of the visitor. Maybe just coincidence?

Hello , no we didn't go to connecticut , we were on a time frame , but we did go to little Italy to see if there was any italians, or paesano's and for the family ,it wasn't us sorry ,by for now.

Hi Peg i will do my best, give me bit of time and get back to you, by.

No rush, Orazio. In about two weeks, may be offline for a few weeks anyway and won't able to reply to you for a while.
Peg

Hi Peg, my grandfather was married to Sofia Briganti-Orazio Scamporlino , Sofia parents were ,Madre Peppina Sequenzia e Padre Peppe Briganti, who had six kids, Ciccia ,Lucia, Paolo, Luigi,Nzulu, Sofio, i don't know how many but two brothers emigrated to America. Orazio Scamporlino parents were , Antonia De Luca e Luigi Scamporlino the wife died when Orazio was 13 months old . Luigi remarried , Orazio had four other brothers , Vicenzo, Biaggio ,Cesario , Sebastiano,. this is all the information i have , i hope you under stand it all , because i am not that clear sometimes , just a question what's your surname Peg . by for now.

Hi Orazio
I have in my database only one child for Luigi Scamporlino and Antonia de Luca. I am not sure if the child was a Carmelo (male) or Carmela (female). I just know that the child died at the age of 25 days. So this child was born about Feb 9, 1889 and died in Sortino on March 5, 1889 (record #3). This would have been a sibling of your grandfather, Orazio Scamporlino, from Luigi's first marriage.

You say that Luigi remarried. I wish you had the name of his second wife. Is there any way you can get that info from your relative in Sortino? The reason I ask is that I have a death record for a Luigi Scamporlino who died in Sortino on Oct 17, 1913 (record # 10) at the age of 56 (born abt 1857). He died in the house at 17 via Cimitero. Only the name of his second wife appears on his death record and her name was Maria Grasso. I know that this Luigi had married Maria Grasso in Sortino on Aug 26, 1909 and was a 51 year old widower and shepherd at the time of that marriage. This Luigi's parents were Biagio Scamporlino and Carmala Giampapa, but I don't know if this Luigi is your Orazio's father. I was hoping that your relative in Sortino could get you the names of Luigi's parents. I also know the names of three siblings of the Luigi who died in 1913 and was married to Maria Grasso. First names were Cesario (born about 1855) who was married to a Concetta Maria Failla. He died in Sortino on Aug 17, 1899 (record # 181). There was another sibling by the name of Vincenzo born in Sortino abt 1865 who died there on Sept 25, 1906 (record #273) He was married to a Sofia Zappulla and had a daughter named Carmela Scamporlino who was born abt Feb 1905 and died in Sortino on Sept 29, 1906 (record #283). The other sibling I have in my database was a Giuseppe Scamporlino born about 1874. He was married to a Lucia Briganti. They married in Sortino on Aug 28, 1900 (record # 39). Her parents were Vincenzo Briganti and Vincenza Mezzio.

I do find it interesting that this Luigi had three brothers whose first names were the same as two of your Orazio's brothers.

I'm sorry, Orazio, but I do not wish to post my surname online. I am not a Scamporlino, and neither is my husband, but his paternal ancestry is from the town of Sortino. His Scamporlino ancestry ancestry is dated around 1775 and 1816. The 1816 ancestor was female and she married a Cannamela. So my husband only has these two generations of Scamporlino in his ancestry. I am trying to tie the other Scamporlinos in my database to his ancestry way back.

Peg

Dear Peg ,you have so much information it absolutely blew me away , i will do my best because i have to translate all this stuff in italian to my cousin , give me some time i will get back to you ,your's truly Orazio.

Hi Kristin, my name is Orazio you ask the question what does Scamporlino mean as far as i know there is know meaning to it , as for most Italians have their surname with a character of their nature or their past occupation to it ,but when i was in Sortino ,SICILY , i was in one of their small muesem's and i did see a photo of someone or a picture of some description (as they didn,t have cameras in those day's) he was some kind of philospher and his surname was Scamporlino kind of Merlin looking , it didn't mean much but all my life as a Scamporlino i never heard any say this is, what it means or give me their story , i hope i didnt, bore you with this story , by for now.

I don't really know the origin of the surname, but here are some things to consider.

First of all, there is the Italian verb scampare, which means "to escape" or "seek refuge." So the surname Scamporlino,in some way, may have derived from this verb.

Another possibility is that the surname derived from the noun scampo (singular) or scampi (plural). A scampo was a type of lobster. And, yes, as Orazio has pointed out, some surnames do derive from occupations. However, in going through the town of Sortino records, I have not found any Scamporlino who had an occupation related to the sea. I have only found them to be pastori (shepherds), and I found one who was a farmer. Even in the death records from 1820 on, most were shepherds.

I am a Scamporlino from Melbourne Australia and have recently found this thread. I have some family tree information on "Carmela Cammarata who was married to a Cesario Scamporlino" (thead posted 5 march 2011 by plapilla). I have not prepared this information and I can't verify all the details as being 100% accurate. The information I have, was researched by the great grandaughter of Cesario Scamporlino and Carmella Cammarata who lives in America.

I will start with Cesario's parents who are Luigi Scamporlino (1826-1880) who married Cesaria Ganzi (1828-?). This is as far back as this family tree information extends.

Luigi and Cesaria had two sons Cesario (1854-1907) and Vincenzo (1864-?). I will list some of the details below for each of the two brothers:

Cesario Scamporlino and Carmela Cammarata had 6 children:
1. Giuseppa Scamporlino (1893-1962) married Cesario Di Mauro(1882-1936). They had 7 children Anthony, Cesario, Vincenza, Lucia, Vincenzo, Carmela and James. I think they all live in America. One of Giuseppa’s grand-daughters put together the family tree for this side of the Scamporlino family.
2. Lugia Scamporlino (1894-1983) married a Pulverenti and they had 3 children (Connie, Leana, Carmine).
3. Rosa Scamporlino (1889-1959) married Carmelo Raiti (1980-1917)and they had 4 children (Cesario, Giuseppe, Carmelo and Gaetano).
4. Luigi Scamporlino (1900-1974) married Sebastiana Fazzino (1909-?) they had 3 daughters (Carmela, Vincenza and Rose)who live in Melbourne.
5. Sebastiano Scamporlino (1904-?) married Santa Gigliuto 1914-?); and
6. Vincenzo Scamporino (1907-?).

Vincenzo Scamporlino married Nunzia Zappulla (1871-1943). They had seven sons of which my grandfather is one.
1. Luigi Scamporlino(1892-1965) married Sebastiana Tuccitto (1899-1976). These are my grandparents. They had 5 children: Nunzia, Sofia, Vincenzo, Giuseppe, and Maria. The 5 siblings all migrated to Australia (Melbourne) in the late 1940's and early 1950's.
2. Sebastiano Scamporlino (1894-?) married Nunzia Failla (1901-?). They had Vincenzo, Nunzia, Luigi and Santa.
3. Cesario Scamporlino (1897-?) married Giuseppa Alderuccio (1897-?) They had 5 children (Nunzia, Vincenzo, Vincenza, Giuseppe and Paola). I think one of the sisters lives in America.
4. Giuseppe Scamporlino (1900-1973) married Maria Salemi (1910-1995). They had 4 children (Nunzia, Cesarea, Vincenzo and Antonio).
5. Luciano Scamporlino (1907-1985) married Cesarea Gigliuto (1913-?). They had 3 children (Carmelo, Giuseppa and Vincenzo). They migrated to Melbourne.
6. Francesco Scamporlino (1910-?) married Lucia Magnano (1912-?). They had one son, Eugenio. They migrated to Melbourne.
7. Antonio Scamporlino (1904-1979).

Thank you for posting all of the info that you did. I was just going through it seeing if there was anything I could add which you didn't have.

Please be patient and I will get back to you.

Peg

You need to correct the spelling of the surname for Cesaria who was married to Luigi Scamporlino. Her surname was Ganci-not Ganzi. In some of the records, the c may have been written as a g, so the surname may have appeared as Gangi and not Ganci, but Ganci is correct.

She died in Sortino on Feb 11, 1896 and was born about 1828 (her death record is #49) and can be found on ancestry.com, if you or a relative has a subscription to the world records that are there. She died at the age of 68 in the house at 37 via Palazarelli. Both of her parents and her husband had predecesed her. Her parents were Antonio Ganci and Biagia Campisi.

I know she had a sister Sebastiano Maria Ganci who died in Sortino on Jan 21, 1896 (record # 21). Sebastiana died at the age of 52 in the house at 41 via Passafiore. She was the widow of Vincenzo Bellomo at the time. Her father also predeceased her.

Luigi Scamporlino and Cesarea Ganci's son, Vincenzo, died in Sortino on July 16, 1927 (record # 129)-also available on ancestry.com.

He died in the house at 66 via Silva Cappuccini. He was age 73 and a shepherd. Both of his parents predeceased him. He was the husband of Nunzia Zappulla. I have his estimated year of birth at 1854 based on his age in death record.

My typing error. GANCI not GANZI appears on the family tree. As mentioned in my earlier thread, I cannot verify the accuracy of all the information that I have. Also, it is very basic information and not as detailed as you have researched.

Just for your info-the Rosa Scamporlino who married the Carmelo Raiti in Sortino on Dec 8, 1907 (record #97)-connects to my husband's ancestry through the Raiti line. Her mother Grazia Sebastiana Barbagallo was the older sister of my husband's great grandmother, Cesarea Barbagallo. The Barbagallo family was originally from the town of Zafferana Etnea in Catania Province Sicily. The Raiti family was originally from Linguaglossa, also in Catania Province.