[TI] Cleveland Catalanos
Rosalie
mygirl at ctc.net
Wed Mar 26 14:58:47 CST 2008
See him now. lol How cool is that. Neat Ann. That's exciting.
Rosalie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rosalie" <mygirl at ctc.net>
To: <terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 4:54 PM
Subject: Re: [TI] Cleveland Catalanos
> Didn't explain it right. Columbus Macaroni is on one of the lists. Do
> not
> see it on the other list. Matter of fact it lists my grandfather's
> brothers
> places also. One in New York that my grand father helped set up and then
> another in Chicago. I think the Russo in Chicago was an uncle to my
> grandfather. Not sure what the connection is yet.
> Rosalie
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rosalie" <mygirl at ctc.net>
> To: <terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 4:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [TI] Cleveland Catalanos
>
>
>> These two lists do not give addresses where the macaroni factories were.
>> Just names of the companies. Columbus Macaroni Co. Do not see it on the
>> other list. What it is, is machinery purchased for the factories. Send
>> me
>> your address and will send you copies.
>> Rosalie
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ann Catalano" <anncat1029 at roadrunner.com>
>> To: <terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 4:27 PM
>> Subject: Re: [TI] Cleveland Catalanos
>>
>>
>>> Rosalie -
>>>
>>> The information I have I copied out of phone books and city directories
>>> years ago. The listing in the 1900 phone book just says: Catalano, M.C.
>>> Macaroni Factory Main 2747 17 Scovill Avenue
>>> In 1907 it says Columbia or Columbiana (I can't read my own handwriting)
>>> Macaroni Factory 1005-21 Scovill Avenue S.E.
>>>
>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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