[TI] Evansville, IN / Early Immigration

Sun Mar 23 20:20:33 CST 2008

Dear David,

How very interesting regarding the Sicilian family in
Evansville, IN in 1874 who came through New Orleans. 
It seems that many of the very early immigrations were
connected to New Orleans. I think this is where I had
heard that some Termini fisherman showed up very early
as described in someone's posting on this list a few
years ago. And regarding Evansville, IN, my mother's
family (non-Italian) has roots directly across the
river from Evansville on the Kentucky side (Uniontown
and Morganfield) and some of her family's weddings
were even in Evansville, IN so perhaps if I get a
chance some day I can also inquire about the city's
Sicilian immigrant history. In fact, I stopped in
Evansville, IN on the way back from the Chicago
Termini reunion a few years ago to look into my mom's
family but I had no idea that their had been Sicilian
immigration there. I was also there just two weeks ago
driving the truck but didn't do much except stop and
buy a cup of coffee!

Ken Geraci
--- David Heathcott <heathde at krlynk.com> wrote:

> There was an Urso family from Sicily in Evansville
> in 1874. The wife's 
> obituary (don't know her maiden name) said she was
> born in Sicily in 1831 
> and immigrated via New Orleans to the USA in 1858.
> 
> The obituary said she lived in Louisville, Ky 1858
> -1974.
> 
> The odd thing is that the son Vincent , born c.1850
> in Sicily, was a sewing 
> maching operator and repairman in Evansville. I
> didn't know there were such 
> things in 1874. Apparently it wasn't a success
> because he soon opened up a 
> place called The Oyster Saloon (including imported
> fruit, tobacco, and other 
> confections). He ended up in Denver, Colorado.
> 
> The daughter Giovanna (born 1851) married a Gennaro
> Marsicano (born Sicily 
> 19 Jan 1844) - he immigrated in 1876.
> 
> How they ever found a town like Evansville, buried
> in the farthest reaches 
> of southern Indiana (on the Ohio river), I have no
> idea.
> 
> Dave
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ken Geraci" <ken_geraci at yahoo.com>
> To: <terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org>
> Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2008 2:32 PM
> Subject: Re: [TI] Toledo/Manifest Mysteries/ Early
> Immigration
> 
> 
> > Cousin Mark,
> >
> > Wow, I read your email and I have to say that 1882
> is
> > one of the earlier dates I have seen for
> immigration
> > to the United States, especially for bringing over
> > wives and children. On this list we have often
> > wondered who were the first Termitani who
> "discovered
> > America" in the sense of realizing that it was a
> place
> > that offered so many opportunities and then
> brought
> > their families over and also spread the word back
> in
> > Termini.
> >
> > Do you know what profession your relatives
> performed
> > back in Termini before coming to Toledo, OH? Did
> they
> > do the same profession in Ohio? Most of the other
> > extremely early settlers from Termini were in the
> > fishing business. My own great-grandfather,
> Francesco
> > Geraci, came over in the early to mid 1880's
> himself
> > and worked with his brothers in the
> > Baltimore/Washington, DC areas in shoemaking,
> > tailoring and possibly doing some work in jewelry.
> But
> > he didn't bring over his wife, Rosina Marcellino,
> > (your own cousin, daughter of Rosalia Navarra) and
> > their children until the mid to late 1880's.
> >
> > Also, I noticed that you have an additional San
> Pietro
> > family connection besides the one that ties into
> our
> > Navarra family. Have you ever tied the two San
> > Pietro's in your tree to the same family?
> >
> > Buona Pascua!
> >
> > Your 4th cousin,
> >
> > Ken Geraci
> >
> > --- GSAUNC at aol.com wrote:
> >
> >> My grandfather, John Bisese (Bisesi), was a 
> great
> >> guy.  Sometimes, when we
> >> visited, he would take all 24 of
> >> his  grandchildren to Sunday "breakfast" after
> >> church!  When I started
> >> researching my family history in 2003 I wondered
> why
> >> he was named John, since he
> >> was born in 1894, had 4 older brothers and his
> >> mother's father was named
> >> Giovanni (John).  I had a feeling that a younger
> >> sibling named Giovanni had  died
> >> and my grandfather had been named for him, but it
> >> was clouded in  mystery.  For
> >> years, I had searched for the ship that brought
> my
> >> great-grandparents to
> >> America.  A few days ago a friend found the
> manifest
> >>  for the ship, the Elysia,
> >> that came to New York November 8, 1882.  The
> >> manifest showed my
> >> great-grandmother, Maria Mercurio (born 1849 and
> >> daughter of  Giovanni DiMercurio and Maria
> >> Carmela SanPietro), and four of her children
> >> including.... Giovanni.  The
> >> birth document on the Database noted he was  born
> in
> >> 1878.  Giovanni died some
> >> time prior to my grandfather's  birth.  However,
> I
> >> can not determine the
> >> location.  We have hunted for  the manifest with
> my
> >> great-grandfather, Pasquale
> >> Bisesi (born 1846 and son of  Salvadore Bisesi
> and
> >> Liboia DiCola).  He probably
> >> came over by himself  earlier than November,
> 1882.
> >> There are a few Pasquale's on
> >> 1882 manifests with  mangled last names-but no
> sure
> >> thing yet.
> >> I  have Pasquale and Maria first documented
> living
> >> in Toledo, Ohio in 1886.
> >> The city directory notes they lived at 76
> Michigan
> >> and later 241 Summit.  I
> >> would appreciate any information on the Italian
> >> community in Toledo from
> >> 1882-1890.  My family may have gone there first
> in
> >> 1882.
> >> Many  thanks,
> >> Mark
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > 
> >
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