[TI] Cleveland Catalanos

Rosalie mygirl at ctc.net
Wed Mar 26 14:51:41 CST 2008 

Wow Ann that's real cool.  As the kids say today that's hot.  lol  Going 
back to read the text.  Just skimmed over it and didn't see the g 
grandfather.  Was anxious to see what and who was in there.  Now going to 
read it.
Rosalie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ann Catalano" <anncat1029 at roadrunner.com>
To: <terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 4:36 PM
Subject: Re: [TI] Cleveland Catalanos


> Rosalie,
> You got me thinking and so I googled Macaroni Factories - Cleveland Ohio 
> and
> found this link:
> http://library.case.edu/digitalcase/datastreamListing.aspx?PID=ksl:ech-i7#0
>
> My great grandfather, Frank Catalano, is identified in the middle of this
> text as a "pioneer settler".  How cool is that?  Thought others might be
> interested in this piece as well.
>
> Ann Catalano
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: terminiimerese-bounces at comunesofitaly.org
> [mailto:terminiimerese-bounces at comunesofitaly.org] On Behalf Of Rosalie
> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 2:41 PM
> To: terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org
> Subject: Re: [TI] Cleveland Catalanos
>
> Ann my Russo's had a macaroni factory at 1415 Orange Ave. that was in 
> about
> the same area.
>
> Some years ago I happen to hook up with someone on the list that gave me
> booklets and messages of Macaroni factories from way back when.  Do you 
> know
>
> the name of the macaroni factory?  I could look it up and see if it is
> listed there.  If it is I could send you copies of what I have.
> Rosalie Amison
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ann Catalano" <anncat1029 at roadrunner.com>
> To: <terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 11:04 AM
> Subject: [TI] Cleveland Catalanos
>
>
>> At last I see my family name in a post.  Phil Bova mentioned the
>> Catalano's
>> of Cleveland.  That would be my line.  My grandmother, Josephine 
>> Catalano,
>> was born in Termini in 1882.  I believe she came to Cleveland around 
>> 1886.
>> Her Father was Fabiano Catalano and her Mother was Rosa Trentanelli.  The
>> Catalano's were fisherman in Termini but got into the produce business in
>> Cleveland.  I was always told that the Catalano Stop and Shop grocery
>> stores
>> were started by my ancestors.
>>
>> The 1899 Directory and the 1900 phone book for Cleveland list my
>> grandfather
>> as Frank Catalano, dealer in Foreign and Domestic Fruits at 104 Woodland
>> Avenue. Jerome Anthony Catalano (my grandmother's older brother) is 
>> listed
>> with the notation "fruits" at Woodland and Central.
>>
>> There is also an M.C. Catalano (I believe this is Cosimo - another of my
>> grandmother's brothers) who had a Macaroni Factory at 17 Scovill Avenue.
>>
>> C. Catalano (Cosimo?) is listed as early as 1885 while Fabiano (Frank) is
>> listed as early as 1886 in the city directories as being in the Fruit
>> business.
>>
>> My Grandfather, William Salvatore Catalano (b. 1877), immigrated to Ohio
>> around 1893.  He married my grandmother in 1901 in Cleveland.  They
>> eventually settled in Lorain, Ohio where he started his own produce
>> business.  His father (Fabiano Agostino Catalano) never came to the U.S.
>> but
>> his mother (Liboria D'Angelo) did. She died in Lorain in 1915.
>>
>> My grandfather is listed in the 1905 Lorain City Directory as having a
>> fruit
>> business with his brother-in-law, Angelo Corrao (married to Maria
>> Catalano)
>> at 702 Broadway.
>>
>> Another branch of the Catalano's (Another William Salvatore Catalano, my
>> grandmother's brother) settled in Buffalo, New York.  This family also 
>> was
>> in the produce business.  He was married to Maria Sateriana.
>>
>> When I first moved to the Buffalo area back in the 1970s, I met my
>> Catalano
>> cousins for the first time.  When we had the reunion last Fall, I had my
>> cousins over for dinner so they could meet my sister and another Ohio
>> cousin
>> (Fritz Zeller).    Fritz, Fabian, and Salvatore remembered one another
>> from
>> when they were kids.  They told some great stories about my grandparents,
>> who I never knew.
>>
>> My ancestors followed the same path that many of our ancestors did.  I
>> love
>> reading all of these family stories online.
>>
>> Ann Catalano
>> North Tonawanda, NY
>>
>> Researching: Catalano, Trentanelli, D'Angelo, Gentile, Palmisano,
>> Mercurio,
>> Rocca (LaRocca)
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: terminiimerese-bounces at comunesofitaly.org
>> [mailto:terminiimerese-bounces at comunesofitaly.org] On Behalf Of Pwb Bova
>> Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2008 9:28 PM
>> To: terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org
>> Subject: Re: [TI] Toledo/Manifest Mysteries
>>
>> Interesting how our ancestors followed similar paths and professions.  My
>> cousin, Salvatore Oddo of Bakersfield, CA,  who is now in his eighties 
>> and
>> originally from Providence RI tells me that there was a man named Joe
>> Mercurio who was in the produce business in the late 1800's in 
>> Providence.
>> He warehoused produce and was very well known.  He brought my
>> grandmother's
>> uncles and father and their families to RI.  Their last name was Martino.
>> There was Mike, Tony and Salvatore Martino.  Mike  and Tony ended up in
>> Toledo.  One of the sons of Mike Martino went to California to avoid
>> confrontation with the mafia and started one of the largest cherry
>> orchards
>> in California.  My grandfather, Filippo Bova married one of the daughters
>> of
>> Salvatore Martino and came to Providence  by way of Joe Mercurio in 1912
>> and then to Toledo circa 1922 where he was in the produce business until
>> 1969. I have seen Mercurio on headstones in the Calvary cemetery in 
>> Toledo
>> by my
>> grandparents and heard the names of Lamantia and Pusateri.  From what my
>> grandparents told me, there was not a large population of Italians in
>> Toledo
>> and there was a lot of prejudice against Italians as there was throughout
>> the USA.  There was a large population of Polish and Jewish immigrants in
>> Toledo whith who my grandfather did business.  There were a number of
>> immigrants from TI who also came to Cleveland and started into the 
>> produce
>> business.  One name that I know is Lombardo and another is Catalano.  I
>> think that Joe Mercurio is one of the first men from TI who was in the
>> produce business and others followed this route.  All my ancestors were
>> fisherman. pig farmers or barrel makers back in TI.  No produce people
>> there.
>>
>> Phil Bova
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: nell lamantia <nellie at woh.rr.com>
>> To: terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org
>> Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2008 1:38:56 PM
>> Subject: Re: [TI] Toledo/Manifest Mysteries
>>
>> I would like to see any info on the Italians in Toledo myself.  By 1910
>> Both
>>
>> Josie Mercurio and Anthony (Warren) Lamantia were living
>> at 910 Oakwood
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: <GSAUNC at aol.com>
>> To: <terminiImerese at comunesofitaly.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2008 9:49 AM
>> Subject: [TI] Toledo/Manifest Mysteries
>>
>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> **************Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on 
>>> AOL
>>> Home.
>>>
>>
> (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15?ncid=aolhom0
>> 0030000000001)
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> TerminiImerese mailing list
>>> TerminiImerese at comunesofitaly.org
>>>
>>
> http://comunesofitaly.org/mailman/listinfo/terminiimerese_comunesofitaly.org
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> TerminiImerese mailing list
>> TerminiImerese at comunesofitaly.org
>>
> http://comunesofitaly.org/mailman/listinfo/terminiimerese_comunesofitaly.org
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> TerminiImerese mailing list
>> TerminiImerese at comunesofitaly.org
>>
> http://comunesofitaly.org/mailman/listinfo/terminiimerese_comunesofitaly.org
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> TerminiImerese mailing list
>> TerminiImerese at comunesofitaly.org
>>
> http://comunesofitaly.org/mailman/listinfo/terminiimerese_comunesofitaly.org
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> No virus found in this incoming message.
>> Checked by AVG.
>> Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.0/1344 - Release Date: 
>> 3/26/2008
>
>> 8:52 AM
>>
>>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> TerminiImerese mailing list
> TerminiImerese at comunesofitaly.org
> http://comunesofitaly.org/mailman/listinfo/terminiimerese_comunesofitaly.org
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> TerminiImerese mailing list
> TerminiImerese at comunesofitaly.org
> http://comunesofitaly.org/mailman/listinfo/terminiimerese_comunesofitaly.org
>
>
> -- 
> No virus found in this incoming message.
> Checked by AVG.
> Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.0/1344 - Release Date: 3/26/2008 
> 8:52 AM
>
>

More information about the TerminiImerese mailing list