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Descendants of Padre Colloraffi


65. GIUSEPPA11 COLLORAFFI (DOMENICO10, MAESTRO BIAGIO9, GAETENO8, BIAGIO7, PADRE6, ANTONINO5, DOMENICO4 CULLURAFI, PLACIDO3, DON2, COLOROFE1) was born March 23, 1879. She married PETER GALLUCHIO.

Notes for GIUSEPPA COLLORAFFI:
We know of Giuseppa through her birth record in the civil records of Sant' Agata Di Militello, Sicilia, Italia. We also see her name on the ship manifest of the Sempione, which sailed from Palermo and arrived in New York on May 11, 1900. Giuseppa's name is spelled wrong there are GUiseppa. She is 21 years old and single and comes with her brother, Vincenzo and two sisters, Maria Teresa and Maria.
     
Child of GIUSEPPA COLLORAFFI and PETER GALLUCHIO is:
  i.   HAD 1012 CHILDREN.


66. VINCENZO11 COLLORAFFI (DOMENICO10, MAESTRO BIAGIO9, GAETENO8, BIAGIO7, PADRE6, ANTONINO5, DOMENICO4 CULLURAFI, PLACIDO3, DON2, COLOROFE1) was born January 26, 1881 in Sant' Agata di Militello, Sicilia, and died Abt. 1947 in New York, New York. He married MARIA MODICA September 06, 1908 in Bronx, New York, daughter of IGNAZIO MODICA and LUCIA REGALBUTO. She was born November 29, 1890 in Sant' Agata di Militello, Sicilia, and died August 1978 in Garden City, MI.

Notes for VINCENZO COLLORAFFI:
      Vincenzo Colloraffi came to New York on a ship named Sempione, sailing from Palermo, Sicily, Italy to New York, arriving on May 11, 1900, when he was 19 years old. This information is from the Ellis Island research project. His parents came to New York in October, 1901 and his brother, Biagio, came at the age of 30, in 1905. Vincenzo worked as a tailor in New York. His sisters, Maria Teresa, Maria and Guiseppa all came to New York with him on the Sempione.

Notes for MARIA MODICA:
The birth date and parents names for Maria Modica are verified from her social security application #060-09-2065. Maria Modica came to the USA with her family when she was about 12 years old. She had gone to school in Sant'Agata Di Militello and was proud of being a good student. She told her grandchildren that when she came to New York, her parents dressed her in her best clothes and off she went to school. She was put in a kindergarten class with 5 year olds because she could not speak English. She never went back to school! Instead, she started working as a seamstress in New York. She worked all of her life until she retired at age 65. On her application for social security, which she filled out on November 26, 1936, she was working for Al Samuels, Inc. at 1375 Broadway in New York. Her address was 1126 Fteley Avenue, Bronx. She signed the form by writing her name "Mary Modica Colloraffi" and signing the form "Meri Modica Colloraffi".

She was a very tidy housekeeper and always had a very cheerful apartment with holy water in the bedroom and holy pictures on the walls. She wore fresly washed and starched and ironed housedresses. While in the Bronx, she lived in an Italian neighborhood and even married a man from her hometown of Sant' Agata. She worked and lived with other Italians, listened to music in Italian, read italian papers and cooked traditional foods. The address listed on her application for social security in 1936 is 1126 Fteley Ave., Bronx, NY. She loved to talk about her mischevious twin brothers, Sam and Louie, who continued to plan jokes on each other and other people until their death, when they werein their 80's.

She liked to feed her grandchildren Italian cookies and orange juice and ice cream. You could never finish anything without having another cookie in your hand or your glass refilled. She was a very independent woman and moved to Detroit to be near her 3 children when she retired. She had a stocked pantry so that when the weather was bad, and she could not go out, she would have food. While on a shopping trip with her friend Inez, 2 thugs tried to grab her pocket book. Maria fought back and ended up in the hospital with hip surgery. While recovering, she decided to spend the rest of her days in a nursing home where she grew to love the staff and they loved her. When some of them moved to a newer facility, Maria made the arrangements to move there too. She was remembered for tightly pinching both cheeks of a grandchild at one time - pulling the cheeks out - and saying "Youra soa cutea". Her biggest heartbreak was that she lived to experience the deaths of two of her three children, her daughters Lucy and Josie, as well as a beloved grand daughter, Eleanor.

Ellis Island records have Maria coming the the port of New York with her mother, Lucia, and younger brother, Antonio on August 18, 1902 from the port of Naples on the ship Roma. However, the records have her surname and that of her brother wrong, and well as her age. She was 12 years old. Her last name is listed as Regalbuto, the same as her mother's legal name. Antonio's name is also listed as a Regalbuto. In Italy, at the time, a woman maintained her birth name as her legal name, even though married.

Marriage Notes for VINCENZO COLLORAFFI and MARIA MODICA:
The marriage liscense of Maria was found in records of the Bronx #1070.

More About VINCENZO COLLORAFFI and MARIA MODICA:
Marriage: September 06, 1908, Bronx, New York
     
Children of VINCENZO COLLORAFFI and MARIA MODICA are:
93. i.   DOMENICO12 COLLORAFFI, b. May 29, 1910, Bronx, , New York; d. October 28, 1996, Harper Woods, Michigan.
94. ii.   JOSEPHINE COLLORAFFI, b. February 18, 1912, New York City, New York; d. Detroit, Michigan.
95. iii.   LUCILLE COLLORAFFI, b. December 18, 1914, Bronx, , New York; d. March 1956, Detroit, Michigan.


67. GIOCHINO11 COLLORAFI (ANTONINO10 COLLORAFFI, MAESTRO BIAGIO9, GAETENO8, BIAGIO7, PADRE6, ANTONINO5, DOMENICO4 CULLURAFI, PLACIDO3, DON2, COLOROFE1) was born in Patti,Sicily, Italy. He married ANNA MARIA PIEROI.
     
Child of GIOCHINO COLLORAFI and ANNA PIEROI is:
  i.   MARIA ANTONINA12 COLLORAFI, b. 1886, Patti, Sicily, Italy; m. SIIUIGI RUSSO, September 01, 1911, Patti, Sicily, Italy; b. 1881, Patti,Sicily, Italy.
  Notes for MARIA ANTONINA COLLORAFI:
Through the marriage record of Giochino Collorafi;s daughter, Maria Antonina Collorafi, we are able to trace the son of Antonino Colloraffi (son of Biagio Colloraffi...)and his wife Anna Maria Pieroi. Here is an example of a man named Colloraffi (Antonino) changing the name of Collorafi - to conform to the spelling of the name in Patti.

  More About SIIUIGI RUSSO and MARIA COLLORAFI:
Marriage: September 01, 1911, Patti, Sicily, Italy



68. ROSARIO11 COLLORAFI (PIETRO10, ROSARIO9, GIUSEPPE8, BIAGIO7 COLLORAFFI, PADRE6, ANTONINO5, DOMENICO4 CULLURAFI, PLACIDO3, DON2, COLOROFE1) was born 1853 in Patti, Sicily. He married ROSALIA BUZZANTA June 20, 1889 in Patti Sicily, daughter of FILLIPPIO BUZZANTA and GIUSEPPA DINATALE. She was born 1851 in Patti, Sicily.

Notes for ROSARIO COLLORAFI:
Rosario's profession is listed as a fruit dealer on his marriage certificate. The names of his parents are given, as is his age.

Notes for ROSALIA BUZZANTA:
Rosalia's age,birthplace and the name of her parents are given on her wedding certificate. Her profession, at the time, was a spinner.

More About ROSARIO COLLORAFI and ROSALIA BUZZANTA:
Marriage: June 20, 1889, Patti Sicily
     
Children of ROSARIO COLLORAFI and ROSALIA BUZZANTA are:
  i.   MARIA FEBRONIA12 COLLORAFI, b. December 06, 1891, Patti, Sicily.
  ii.   PIETRO TINDERO COLLORAFI, b. October 02, 1897, Patti, Sicily; m. ANTONINA PILLERI.
  iii.   FEBRONIA COLLORAFI, b. January 08, 1898, Patti, Sicily; d. January 16, 1898, Patti, Sicily.


69. ROSARIO11 COLLORAFI (VINCENZO10, ROSARIO9, GIUSEPPE8, BIAGIO7 COLLORAFFI, PADRE6, ANTONINO5, DOMENICO4 CULLURAFI, PLACIDO3, DON2, COLOROFE1) was born 1857 in Patti, Sicily, and died June 18, 1905 in Patti, Sicily. He married ANTONINA SEGRETO July 15, 1883 in Patti Sicily, daughter of CARMELO SEGRETO and CONCETTA ZANGLA. She was born 1862 in Patti, Sicilia.

More About ROSARIO COLLORAFI and ANTONINA SEGRETO:
Marriage: July 15, 1883, Patti Sicily
     
Children of ROSARIO COLLORAFI and ANTONINA SEGRETO are:
  i.   CONCETTA SARINA12 COLLORAFI, b. August 28, 1898, Patti, Sicily; m. GIOVANNI LURACI, 1898; b. 1896, Patti, Sicily.
  Notes for CONCETTA SARINA COLLORAFI:
Concetta Sarina's name is spelled Cullorafi on her birth certificate. We find, in Patti, that this name is often spelled Cullorafi, especially in early records.

  Notes for GIOVANNI LURACI:
I am not sure of the spelling of this surname. The marriage record is in the civil records of Patti, with his parents names and his age.

  Marriage Notes for CONCETTA COLLORAFI and GIOVANNI LURACI:
This marriage record is found in the civil records of Patti, as if mailed them from another area. It is not recorded until February 10, 1927.

  More About GIOVANNI LURACI and CONCETTA COLLORAFI:
Marriage: 1898

  ii.   CARMELO VINCENZO COLLORAFI, b. August 20, 1887, Patti, Sicily; d. January 25, 1904, Patti, Sicily.
  iii.   VINCENZO COLLORAFI, b. January 28, 1888, Patti, Sicily.
  Notes for VINCENZO COLLORAFI:
Grandfather Vincenzo is present to bring the bambino named after him to the mayor.

  iv.   MARIA TINDARA COLLORAFI, b. September 18, 1890, Patti, Sicily; m. GIRALAMO RUSSO.
  v.   CARMELO COLLORAFI, b. August 22, 1901, Patti, Sicily.
  vi.   CARMELO COLLORAFI, b. December 18, 1904, Patti, Sicily.


70. MARIA CATERINA11 COLLORAFI (GIUSEPPE10, ROSARIO9, GIUSEPPE8, BIAGIO7 COLLORAFFI, PADRE6, ANTONINO5, DOMENICO4 CULLURAFI, PLACIDO3, DON2, COLOROFE1) was born 1849 in Patti, Sicilia. She married LUIGI MARINO September 04, 1881 in Patti Sicily, son of VINCENZO MANINO and FEBRONIA CAVOLLORRE. He was born 1849.

Notes for MARIA CATERINA COLLORAFI:
Maria Caterina seems to be the same "Caterina" Collorafi from Patti, whose records in Ellis Island, show that she came to the USA at the age of 50 in 1899. The records say that she came on the ship, The Archimede, sailng from Genova, and arriving in New York on October 9, 1899. Her name is listed as "Caterine" and she seems to be traveling with a relative of her husband, perhaps a niece, Vincenza Marino, age 17 and single - also from Patti. However, this could also be a daughter. This Vincenza eventially married Giuseppe Collorafi, son of Caterine's brother, Pietro. We have a record of Giuseppe coming to New York from Patti in the year 1900. Listed below Caterine and Vincenza are several other from Patti - Antonino Arico, age 9; Maria Arico, age 7; Giovanni Arico, age 5. There may or may not be any relationship.

Notes for LUIGI MARINO:
We have the marriage record of Luigi and Maria Caterina in the civil records of Patti.

More About LUIGI MARINO and MARIA COLLORAFI:
Marriage: September 04, 1881, Patti Sicily
     
Child of MARIA COLLORAFI and LUIGI MARINO is:
96. i.   VINCENZA12 MARINO, b. 1882, Patti, Sicilia.


71. ROSARIO (CULLORAFI)11 COLLORAFI (GIUSEPPE10, ROSARIO9, GIUSEPPE8, BIAGIO7 COLLORAFFI, PADRE6, ANTONINO5, DOMENICO4 CULLURAFI, PLACIDO3, DON2, COLOROFE1) was born Abt. 1852 in Patti, Sicily, and died in Susse, Tunisia. He married MARIA PANTA February 07, 1877 in Patti, Sicily, Italy, daughter of VINCENZO PANTA and ANGELA AIELLO. She was born 1857 in Patti, Sicily, and died Bef. 1901 in Patti, Sicily.

Notes for ROSARIO (CULLORAFI) COLLORAFI:
Information about Rosario is from the civil records of Patti. His father is named as Giuseppe. His wife is Maria Pasita, age 16 and her father is listed as Vincenzo. , Rosario's age is given as 36 in June, 1884 when his daughter, Giovanna is born.
On his marriage certificate, his profession is listed as marina, or in the navy. His name is spelled Cullorafi on the marriage record, from the civil records of Patti. The names of his parents and their professions are listed on this record.

Notes for MARIA PANTA:
On the birth certificate of her son, Giuseppe, we find Maria's name, that of her father, Vincenzo, and her age of 16. Both of her parents have died when she is married in 1877. For the most part, when a Sicilian girl is married before she is 20 years of age, either one or both of her parents have died. On the death record of her daughter, Giovannina in 1903, we know that Maria has died. On her wedding certificate, her profession is listed as filatrice or weaver.

More About ROSARIO COLLORAFI and MARIA PANTA:
Marriage: February 07, 1877, Patti, Sicily, Italy
     
Children of ROSARIO COLLORAFI and MARIA PANTA are:
  i.   GIOVANNINA12 COLLORAFI, b. June 29, 1884, Patti, Sicily, Italy; d. September 11, 1903, Patti, Sicily.
97. ii.   VINCENZO COLLORAFI, b. October 23, 1873, Patti, Sicily.
98. iii.   FEBRONIA COLLORAFI, b. October 14, 1882, Patti, Sicily, Italy.
  iv.   EUGINIO COLLORAFI, b. September 01, 1891, Patti, Sicily; d. Abt. 1917, WW I.
  v.   ANTONIA COLLORAFI, b. 1881, Patti,Sicily, Italy; m. GIUSEPPE ACCORDINO, December 14, 1901, Patti Sicily; b. 1859.
  Notes for GIUSEPPE ACCORDINO:
This information about Giuseppe, his parents and wife are from the civil records of Patti, where his marriage record is on file.

  More About GIUSEPPE ACCORDINO and ANTONIA COLLORAFI:
Marriage: December 14, 1901, Patti Sicily

  vi.   SALVATORE COLLORAFI, b. 1888, Patti, Sicily; d. June 08, 1990, Patti, Sicily.
  Notes for SALVATORE COLLORAFI:
Rosario and Maria had two sons named Salvatore. The first died as a two year old. We found the death certificate in the civil records of Patti, Sicily.

  vii.   GIUSEPPE COLLORAFI, b. 1873, Patti, Sicily; m. FRANCESCA LEITRICO, November 29, 1899, Patti Sicily; b. 1871, Patti, Sicily.
  Notes for GIUSEPPE COLLORAFI:
On his marriage certificate, it lists Giuseppe as being a sailor, or working on ships.

  More About GIUSEPPE COLLORAFI and FRANCESCA LEITRICO:
Marriage: November 29, 1899, Patti Sicily

99. viii.   CALOGERO COLLORAFI, b. December 03, 1889, Patti, Sicily.


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