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Gaetano pictured on left was born of Carmelo Parlegreco and Paolo Giamporcaro. They also had a son Angelo born 3/5/1877, died 1951 who traveled here with Gaetano born 1875, died 1941 and two daughters. One of the sisters, Rosalie married Phillip Romano and lived in Auburn, N.Y.. The dates of their arrival here in the United States is unknown at this time. They came from a little town know as Enna in Sicily. Enna was once called Castrogiovanni, and thousands of years ago was a Greek colony. Which explains the name "Parlegreco" that when translated means "Greek Speaker". Story has it that Gaetano and Angelo first lived in Pennsylvania and worked the coalmines. They later moved to Virginia and worked in the sulphur mines. From there they relocated to Auburn, N.Y. where my father was born. Gaetano was married to Angelina Blando. She died at a very young age. From that union my Father Joseph Parlegreco was born. They had the following children: Paolo, Carmen, Rose, Minni, Joseph, James, Peter and Angelo. Now it is said that there were two sons and a daughter not mentioned below that were born to Gaetano and Angelina. One was killed by a train at age six. Another son died at age three and the daughter never came to America with them due to a problem with her eye. Back then the U.S. was concerned about diseases and she was restricted from coming here and later died in Italy. |
Joseph Parlegreco was a Corporal in the U.S. army and was serving in Italy during World War 2 where he was killed in action on December 2 1944. Ninfa Ragusa married Joseph Parlegreco and had one son Tommy Parlegreco. After becoming a widow she later married Tom Barone and had two daughters Barbara and Linda. |
Pauline whose real name was Paola was married to Charles Patti whose real name was Colegia. Their children are Vi, Angie, Pat, Josephine, Tommy and Rosalie. Pat married Zina, they have two children Charlie and Patricia. Tommy married Jean, their children are Pauline, Evelyn, Robert and Maureen. Vi married Jerry Lanzerotti and had three sons, Anthony, Charles, and Jerry. Angela married Carmine (Chippy) LaNeve, they had John and Charles. Josephine married and divorced Jack Atanas, they had John and LouAnn. Rosalie married Robert Orsillo and they had Lori and Patricia. |
Carmelo also known as Casey was married to Josephine. Their children are Angela(Jeannie), Rita, and Tommy who passed away when he was in his fifties. Angela married Pat Darnell and they have a daughter Karen and a son Michael. Rita married John, they have a son and daughter. John passed away.Tommy never married. |
Rose was married to a man whose name was Phil Rich and they had one daughter. |
Domenica (Minni or Aunt Jean) was married to Lebrow Vitale whose real name was William. Their children are Angela, Rosalie and Salvatore. Angela married Joe, they have a son Michael and a daughter Dana. Rosilie married Jack, they have two daughters Leah and Kimberly. Salvatore married Mary, they have a daughter Dawn. |
James also known as Tappy whose real name was Vincent was married to Rose. Their children are Evelyn, Angela and Tommy. Angela married Ron Hanke and they have three sons Ron Jr., Gary, and Michael. Gary has two children Gary and Liana Hanke. Gary has divorced and is now married to Lori Gordon. Tommy has two children Jamie and Tara. Jamie is married to Richard Strait and has two children Ariel and Dillon. Tara is married to Steve Sciuto and they have a son Christopher. |
Angelo was married to Josephine. He passed away at a very young age. Their children are Angelo, Maryann, Debbie and Robert. Angelo died before his son Robert was born. Angelo divorced Ruth, they have two daughters, Gina married Artie Herrman, they have two daughters Marissa and Stephanie, Paula married Sal Galvano, they have three kids Son Christian and twin girls Cara and Mia. Mary Ann Married Zeke Villacampa, They have a son Robbie who married Alice, They have a daughter Perl. Debbie Married Gary Slota, They have two daughters Nicole and Alexis. Robert divorced Dawn, they have two daughters Samantha and Jenna. |
Pietro or Peter who I don’t have a picture of was married to Alice Mary Smith and we knew her as Aunt Smitty. They had two children, Peter and Angela. Uncle Pete was born Dec.15,1919 and Died Nov.27,1998. Aunt Smitty was born Oct.27,1925 and died May 15,2002. Angela was born Jan.6,1948 and Peter on Nov.8,1950. Angela married Frank Mario Mazzo on May 2,1970 and have two daughters Tracie born Oct.7,1972 and Tina born Mar.10,1976. Peter married Jane Grausso June 24,1976. They have three sons Peter Robert born Sep.14,1976, Stephen born Mar.31, and David born Oct.21. |