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Descendants of Padre Colloraffi


40. GAETANO10 COLLORAFFI (MAESTRO BIAGIO9, GAETENO8, BIAGIO7, PADRE6, ANTONINO5, DOMENICO4 CULLURAFI, PLACIDO3, DON2, COLOROFE1) was born Abt. 1836 in Sant' Agata di Militello, Sicilia. He married GIUSEPPA AMATO. She was born in Sant' Agata di Militello, Sicilia, and died Bef. March 1898.

Notes for GAETANO COLLORAFFI:
The children given with X as part of their middle name may or may not be this Gaetano Colloraffi's children. From family oral tradition we know that these children had a father whose name was Gaetano.

Notes for GIUSEPPA AMATO:
When Maria Teresa is married in 1898, her mother's name is given as Giuseppa Amato and she has died. Maria's age is given and she is listed as a seamstress.
     
Children of GAETANO COLLORAFFI and GIUSEPPA AMATO are:
  i.   NINI X11 COLLORAFI, b. Salina, Sicily, Italy; d. Melbourne, Australia.
61. ii.   WOMAN X COLLORAFI, b. Salina, Sicily, Italy.
  iii.   MARIA TERESA COLLORAFI, b. 1882, Sant' Agata di Militello, Sicilia; m. PAELO PISCEIO; b. 1878, Sant' Agata di Militello, Sicilia.
  Notes for MARIA TERESA COLLORAFI:
Teresa may be the same person as "woman x" Collorafi, who is remembered by a distant relative.

62. iv.   VINCENZO X COLLORAFFI, b. 1810, Sant' Agata di Militello, Sicilia; d. July 1880, Sant' Agata di Militello, Sicilia.


41. DOMENICO10 COLLORAFFI (MAESTRO BIAGIO9, GAETENO8, BIAGIO7, PADRE6, ANTONINO5, DOMENICO4 CULLURAFI, PLACIDO3, DON2, COLOROFE1) was born Abt. 1837 in Sant Agata di Militello, Sicilia, and died in Bronx, New York. He married GIUSEPPA ZINGALES BOTTA in Sant' Agata Di Militello, Sicilia, daughter of VINCENZO BOTTA and TERESA. She was born Abt. 1846 in Sant Agata di Militello, Sicilia, and died Abt. 1917 in Bronx, New York.

Notes for DOMENICO COLLORAFFI:
Domenico's profession is stated as a shoemaker on the birth record of his daughter, Maria Teressa.

Domenico and Giuseppa brought their family to 1882 Barnes Ave. Bronx, New York around 1900. My father, Domenico, his grandson, stated that his grandfather first came to the United States in the early 1880's, went back to Sant' Agata di Militello and then, two years latter, returned to the house that they had bought. We know that his daughter, Concetta was married in Sant' Agata Di Militello in 1896 and that she remained in Sicily.

Domenico is remembered as always having a cigar. He was a tall and handsome man and when asked what he did, he would reply that he "took care of his family" and that they took care of him. It is believed that his daughter, Giuseppa and her family lived with him in the Bronx, and owned the home when he died. Perhaps he bought it along with his daughter and her husband.

We find Domenico and his wife, Giuseppa, on the ship manifest for the Nord America that left Palermo and arrived in New York, on October 28, 1901. Domenico and Giuseppa brought their 3 year old grand daughter, child of Concetta, to the USA with them.

Notes for GIUSEPPA ZINGALES BOTTA:
Giuseppa's last name, Zingales Botta, is sometimes spelled without the "s" in Zingales. This family has married into the Colloraffi family for several generations.

We see Giuseppa's name on the ship manifest for the Nord America, leaving Palermo and arriving in New York on October 28, 1901. Her and her husband brought their 3 year old grand daughter, Rosa, with them.

More About DOMENICO COLLORAFFI and GIUSEPPA BOTTA:
Marriage: Sant' Agata Di Militello, Sicilia
     
Children of DOMENICO COLLORAFFI and GIUSEPPA BOTTA are:
  i.   MARIA TERESA11 COLLORAFFI, b. August 02, 1872.
  Notes for MARIA TERESA COLLORAFFI:
We know of Maria Teresa from her birth record in the legal records of Sant' Agata Di Militello. We also see her name on the ship manifest for the Sempione, departing from Palermo and arriving in New York on May 11, 1900. She was single, 28 years old, and came with her brother, Vincenzo and sisters, Guiseppa and Maria. Her parents arrived a year latter.

63. ii.   CONCETTA COLLORAFFI, b. 1873, Sant' Agata di Militello, Sicilia; d. March 15, 1967, Sant' Agata di Militello, Sicilia.
64. iii.   BIAGIO COLLORAFFI, b. October 01, 1875, Sant' Agata di Militello, Sicilia; d. Bef. 1947, New York, USA.
  iv.   MARIA COLLORAFFI, b. June 19, 1877, Sant' Agata di Militello, Sicilia.
  Notes for MARIA COLLORAFFI:
We know of Maria from her birth record in the legal records of Sant' Agata Di Militello. We also see her name in the ship manifest for the ship Sempione, departing from Palermo and arriving in New York on May 11, 1900. She was 23 years old and came with her sisters, Guiseppa and Maria Teresa and her brother, Vincenzo. Her parents came to New York about a year latter.

65. v.   GIUSEPPA COLLORAFFI, b. March 23, 1879.
66. vi.   VINCENZO COLLORAFFI, b. January 26, 1881, Sant' Agata di Militello, Sicilia; d. Abt. 1947, New York, New York.
  vii.   ROSALIA COLLORAFFI, b. July 27, 1885, Sant' Agata di Militello, Sicilia; d. June 03, 1886, Sant' Agata di Militello, Sicilia.


42. ANTONINO10 COLLORAFFI (MAESTRO BIAGIO9, GAETENO8, BIAGIO7, PADRE6, ANTONINO5, DOMENICO4 CULLURAFI, PLACIDO3, DON2, COLOROFE1) was born September 20, 1838 in Sant' Agata di Militello, Sicilia. He married MARIA IGNAZI November 09, 1874 in Patti, Sicily, Italy, daughter of GIOCHIANO IGNAZI and TERESA AMATO. She was born 1844 in Patti, Sicily.

Notes for ANTONINO COLLORAFFI:
The marriage record of Antonino Colloraffi, son of Biagio and Maria Ignazi is an important link from the Colloraffis of Sant' Agata Di Militello to the Collorafis in Patti. Giuseppe Collorafi also married into the Amato family. His mother in law is Teresa Amato. So, perhaps, there was communication between these two branches of the family in the 1870's and beyond. We see the age of Antonino and his father, Biagio, on his marriage certificate. He also signs his name. We have Antonino's brith certificate from the civil records of Sant' Agata Di Militello.

Notes for MARIA IGNAZI:
On her marriage record in Patti, we find Maria's age and the names of her parents.

More About ANTONINO COLLORAFFI and MARIA IGNAZI:
Marriage: November 09, 1874, Patti, Sicily, Italy
     
Child of ANTONINO COLLORAFFI and MARIA IGNAZI is:
67. i.   GIOCHINO11 COLLORAFI, b. Patti,Sicily, Italy.


43. GIUSEPPE10 COLLORAFFI (MAESTRO BIAGIO9, GAETENO8, BIAGIO7, PADRE6, ANTONINO5, DOMENICO4 CULLURAFI, PLACIDO3, DON2, COLOROFE1) was born May 24, 1847 in Sant' Agata di Militello, Sicilia. He married MARIA IGNACIA SCAFIDI, daughter of ANTONINO SCAFIDI. She was born 1856 in Sant" Agata di Militello, Sicilia.

Notes for GIUSEPPE COLLORAFFI:
The information for this family comes from the civil records of Sant' Agata di Militello.

Notes for MARIA IGNACIA SCAFIDI:
Maria Ignacia Scafidi's age is stated in her daughter's birth certificate from Sant' Agata Di Militello. Her father is also mentioned is a birth certificate of one of her children. In the birth certificate of her son, Nunzio, we learn that her husband, Giuseppe, is a barber.
     
Children of GIUSEPPE COLLORAFFI and MARIA SCAFIDI are:
  i.   MARIA11 COLLORAFFI, b. May 04, 1877.
  Notes for MARIA COLLORAFFI:
Information on Ellis Island shows that Maria came to the USA by way of Ellis Island in 1905, when she was 28 years old. She may have been married at the time since Italian women were recorded in ships' manifests, at the time, by their legal name - which is their surname. Her brothers Giuseppe and Carlo came through Ellis Island in 1906, the next year.

  ii.   TERESA COLLORAFFI, b. April 18, 1879; m. TRISUFO SUDOVICO, August 1903.
  Notes for TERESA COLLORAFFI:
The handwriting on the marriage record for Teresa is nearly unreadable. I am guessing at the name of her husband and it looks as if she were married outside of Sant' Agata because the "Annotiazione per Matrimonio" is on a seperate piece of paper in the clerk's records, but I cannot read where it was sent from.

  More About TRISUFO SUDOVICO and TERESA COLLORAFFI:
Marriage: August 1903

  iii.   BIAGIO COLLORAFFI, b. May 30, 1882, Sant Agata di Militello, Sicilia; d. August 30, 1883, Sant Agata di Militello, Sicilia.
  iv.   CARLO COLLORAFFI, b. December 04, 1886.
  Notes for CARLO COLLORAFFI:
From information in Ellis Island files, it seems that Carlo and his brother Giuseppe went to the USA by way of Ellis Island in 1906. He was 19 years old.

  v.   GIUSEPPE COLLORAFFI, b. August 05, 1890.
  Notes for GIUSEPPE COLLORAFFI:
Information from Ellis Island shows us that Giuseppe went to the United States, stopping at Ellis Island in 1906 at the age of 17. It looks as if Carol came with him.

  vi.   ANTONINO COLLORAFFI, b. June 1892, Sant Agata di Militello, Sicilia; d. May 22, 1910, Sant Agata di Militello, Sicilia.
  vii.   NUNZIATO COLLORAFFI, b. December 08, 1896.
  viii.   CARMELA COLLORAFFI, b. March 08, 1901.
  Notes for CARMELA COLLORAFFI:
On her birth record, a Gogliano comes forth as a wittness. He is 33 years old. My father thought that his Uncle Vincenzo was married to a Gogliano.



44. VINCENZO10 COLLORAFFI (MAESTRO BIAGIO9, GAETENO8, BIAGIO7, PADRE6, ANTONINO5, DOMENICO4 CULLURAFI, PLACIDO3, DON2, COLOROFE1) was born January 30, 1861 in Sant' Agata di Militello, Sicilia, and died in USA. He married ROSA CERRITO. She was born 1863 in Sant Agata di Militello, Sicilia.

Notes for VINCENZO COLLORAFFI:
Vincenzo's oldest child is named Antonino Biagio. Because of this, I assume that Vincenzo is the son of Biagio and Maria Teressa. Biagio would be from the father, and Antonino from a brother who died as a child. Out of respect, the oldest son is often named for a family member who died, and this would be in keeping with that tradition. The birth record in Sant' Agata identifies this Vincenzo as the son of Biagio and Maria Teresa. However, my father thought that Vincenzo's wife's maiden name as Gogliano. He could have been wrong, or Rose may have died. We do know, that in the birth record of his brother, Giuseppe's youngest child, Carmela, a Gogliano comes forth as a wittness. This Gogliano is 33 years old. Vincenzo is listed as a tailor on his children's birth records. My father said that his Uncle Vincenzo lived in Erie, Penn., USA. I have great doubts that this is true, and suspect that he returned to Sant' Agata di Militello and may have been the Vincenzo Colloraffi, who served as mayor at the turn of the century. I have no evidence that any other part of this family, other than Domenico, son of Biagio, stayed in the USA.


Notes for ROSA CERRITO:
Rose's age is listed on the birth records of several children. It is interesting that a Biagio Cerrito is the mayor of Sant' Agata Di Militello around 1898 and that Rose's husband, seems to be the next mayor of the city. This family also marries into the Regalbutto family - related to the Colloraffi family through the Modica family.
     
Children of VINCENZO COLLORAFFI and ROSA CERRITO are:
  i.   BIAGIO ANTONINO11 COLLORAFFI, b. April 16, 1885, Sant' Agata di Militello, Sicilia; d. July 25, 1898, Sant' Agata di Militello, Sicilia.
  ii.   CICCIUA COLLORAFFI, b. June 15, 1889, Sant' Agata di Militello, Sicilia.
  iii.   ELVIRA COLLORAFFI, b. October 21, 1890, Sant' Agata di Militello, Sicilia.
  iv.   BENEDETTA IRENE COLLORAFFI, b. October 15, 1892, Sant' Agata di Militello, Sicilia.
  v.   ERMINISA COLLORAFFI, b. December 30, 1896, Sant' Agata di Militello, Sicilia.
  vi.   MARIA COLLORAFFI, b. March 18, 1901, Sant' Agata di Militello, Sicilia.
  vii.   ROSA MARIA ELENA COLLORAFFI, b. February 11, 1905, Sant' Agata di Militello, Sicilia; d. June 23, 1905, Sant' Agata di Militello, Sicilia.
  viii.   VINCENZA MARIO UMBERTO COLLORAFFI, b. October 24, 1907, Sant' Agata di Militello, Sicilia.


45. PIETRO10 COLLORAFI (ROSARIO9, GIUSEPPE8, BIAGIO7 COLLORAFFI, PADRE6, ANTONINO5, DOMENICO4 CULLURAFI, PLACIDO3, DON2, COLOROFE1) was born 1826 in Patti, Sicily, and died July 18, 1898 in Patti, Sicily. He married FEBRONIA MAGGARI. She was born in Patti, Sicily.

Notes for PIETRO COLLORAFI:
I believe that this is the family that Pietro belongs to, even though, on his death certificate, his mother's last name is given as Gambino. On his son, Antonino's death record, in the civil records of Patti, his profession is given as a spinner.

Notes for FEBRONIA MAGGARI:
I am guessing at the spelling of the name of the wife of Pietro. The handwriting on the death certificate is very difficult to read. The names of his parents are listed. His name and that of his wife, are on the marriage certificate of his son, Rosario. On the death record of her son, Antonino, her profession is given as a spinner.
     
Children of PIETRO COLLORAFI and FEBRONIA MAGGARI are:
68. i.   ROSARIO11 COLLORAFI, b. 1853, Patti, Sicily.
  ii.   GIUSEPPE COLLORAFI, b. Patti, Sicily; m. ANNA MARIA ELISABETTA ROSARIO.
  iii.   CATERINA COLLORAFI, b. 1863, Patti, Sicily; m. ANTONIO PIZZO, November 11, 1883, Patti Sicily; b. 1852, Montagnoreale, Italy.
  Notes for CATERINA COLLORAFI:
Caterina's profession is listed as a spinner on her marriage certificate which also lists her parents' names and her age.

  More About ANTONIO PIZZO and CATERINA COLLORAFI:
Marriage: November 11, 1883, Patti Sicily

  iv.   ANTONINA COLLORAFI, b. 1867, Patti, Sicily; m. ROSARIO SERAFINO, December 08, 1883, Patti Sicily; b. 1857, Giorosa Marea, Italy.
  Notes for ANTONINA COLLORAFI:
On her wedding certificate, Antonina's profession is given as a spinner. Her age and her parent's names are also given.

  More About ROSARIO SERAFINO and ANTONINA COLLORAFI:
Marriage: December 08, 1883, Patti Sicily

  v.   ANTONINO COLLORAFI, b. 1866, Patti, Sicilia; d. January 04, 1870, Patti, Sicilia.
  Notes for ANTONINO COLLORAFI:
We find Antonino's death record in the civil records of Patti.



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