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1874 Sant'Eufemia a Maiella

My grandfather was born on 28 Apr 1874 in Sant'Eufemia a Maiella (SEaM), Pescara, Italy to Michelangelo and Agnese Mancini.

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1902/3 Arrival

Camillo's first arrival was either 1902 or 1903. The 1902 year is from his 1905 arrival and the 1903 year was from his 1910 arrival. I've not been able to find this manifest.

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1904 Marriage

On 28 Jan 1904, my grandparents married in Sant'Eufemia a Maiella

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1905 Arrival

From the ancestry.com data base, his second arrival:

Philadelphia Passenger Lists, 1800-1945
 

Name:	Camillo Di vecchia
Arrival Date:	28 May 1905
Age:	31 Years
Estimated birth year:	abt 1874
Gender:	Male
	Married
Ethnic Background:	Italian
Port of Departure:	Liverpool, England
Ship Name:	Merion
Port of Arrival:	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Friend's Name:	cousin Guiseppe Vecchia at 810 Webster, Ave, Pittsburgh, PA
Last Residence:	S Enfenna
Microfilm Roll Number:	T840_49

He was previously in the US at Pittsburgh. Possibly says 1902 for 2 years.

From ancestry.com, the birth date on this record works out correctly for him. He and my grandmother, Lucia diGiovine, were married on 28 Jan 1904 in Italy. This may be his return trip to the US.

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1910 Arrival

From the Ellis Island Data Base, I was able to find information on what I think is the third time that Camillo came over.

Date	Feburary 26, 1910, arriving Port of New York, March 14, 1910
Ship of Travel	S.S.Floride sailing from Havre, France.
Age on Arrival	36
Marital Status	M
Occupation	Labourer
Nationality	Italy
Race or People	Southern Italy
Last Permanent Residence	Sant'Eufemia, Italy
Name of nearest relative in country whence alien came:	Wife Lucia diGiovine, S. Eufemia, Italy
Final destination	Boston, Mass
Ever before in US	1903-1908 Pittsburgh, Pa.
If  going to a relative or friend, the name of the relative or friend	Brother-in-Law, Nicola diGiovine, Boston, Mass
Place of birth	S. Eufemia, Italy

Based on adjacent entries on the Manifest, others from Sant'Eufemia a Maiella that he was travelling with include:

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World War I Years

As far as I can tell, my grandfather returned to Italy about 1914. He had 3 more children, all sons, in 1915,1917, and 1920. I do not know if he served in the Italy Army. I have begun an effort to locate his Italian Army papers.

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1920 Arrival

From the Ellis Island Data Base, I was able to find information on what I think is the fourth and last time that Camillo came over. Here is his passport:

1920 Passport My uncle Tony had saved this and I was able to get it in July of 2004.

It was hard to find because the spelling in the index was DiVechio. Probably means Camillo had changed his last name by then.

Date	November 2, 1920, arriving Port of New York, November 15, 1920
Ship of Travel	S.S. New Rochelle sailing from Havre, France
Age on Arrival	46
Marital Status	M
Occupation	Labourer
Nationality	Italy
Race or People	Southern Italy
Last Permanent Residence	Sant'Eufemia, Italy
Name of nearest relative in country whence alien came:	Wife A. DiVecchio, S. Eufemia
Final destination	Boston, Mass
Ever before in US	4 years: 1910-1914 Pittsburgh, Pa.
If  going to a relative or friend, the name of the relative or friend	Father, N. diGiovine, Box 90, Revere, Boston, Mass
Place of birth	S. Eufemia, Italy

 

Note that wife, Lucia diGiovine,  is listed as "A. DiVecchio", and his brother-in-law "N. diGiovine" is listed as his father. This arrival was referenced in his naturalization papers shown below.

Based on adjacent entries on the Manifest, others from Sant'Eufemia that he was travelling with include:

Nicola Mancini, 27 yrs, wife A. Mancini in Aliquippa, PA. Also references going to "Father G. Pietro" (often a shortened version of diPietrantonio), Aliquippa PA. In US 1910-1913
Maria D'Amico, 22 yrs, mother M. DeAmico, going to Youngstown, OH, Father G. DiVecchio

There was another entry I found that did not include my father but included some of the people he came over with previously. Per Ellis Island, arrived 30 March 1924:
    Nicola Mancini, farmer, 30 yrs, 1920-23
    Arcangela DiVecchia Mancini,  29 yrs
    Carolina Mancini,  3 yrs, their daughter
    Pietro diGiovine, farmer, 31 yrs, 1919-23, father: Giovanni diGiovine
    Eufemia deAngelis diGiovine, 26 yrs

    All were going to 519 Beaver Ave, Aliquippa, PA.

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1928 Citizenship

My grandfather was naturalized on January 9, 1928 by the United States District Court at Pittsburgh, PA.

Camillo became a US Citizen in 1928 at the Federal Court in Pittsburgh, PA. My uncle Tony had saved this and I was able to get it in July of 2004.

The Naturalization papers document the arrival at Ellis Island on the SS New Rochelle, 15 Nov 1920. I believe that he had to be in the US for 7 years to be eligible for citizenship. It was soon after that  his wife, Lucia, and their two sons Pasquale (my father) and Antonio (Uncle Tony) arrived in the US in 1930. The two daughters came over later, Agnese about 1935 and Eufemia in 1960. (Note: by 1928, the wife did not automatically become a citizen on her husband's papers but the children still did. my grandmother, Lucia, never became a US citizen which I've confirmed as I have now a copy of her WWII Alien Registration Form.)

Certificate of Arrival for Naturalization Purposes and Declaration of Intention The Certificate of Arrival, dated 22 Mar 1927, attests that he last entered the US on 15 Nov 1920 on the New Rochelle. The Declaration of Intention, dated 1 Apr 1925, states he was 50 years old. DOB 20 Apr 1874 in S. Eufemia A. Maiella, Italy. They he is married and his wife Lucia lives in Italy. You had to be in the US for 5 years before you could file a Declaration of Intention. The name on the form is Camillo DiVecchia.	Petition for Naturalization. 5 Aug 1927. Camillo DiVecchia. Repeats a lot of information already shown on the Declaration of Intention. Lists four children and their DOB (see below). Witnessed by Nicola diPietrantonio and Nicola Mancini both from Aliquippa.
Oath of Allegiance, 9 Jan 1928. Camillo DiVecchia. Taken at the District Court of the United States, State of Pennsylvania, Western District of Pennsylvania.

 The Petition for Naturalization listed four children:
    Agnese    June 13th, 1905    Italy (Note: correct date in June 21)
    Eufemia    Jan 23rd, 1909    Italy  (Note: correct date is Jan 22)
    Pasquale    Sept 16th, 1917    Italy (Note: correct date is Sept 6)
    Antonio    April 15th, 1920    Italy (Note: correct date is Apr 8)

A fifth child, Michelangelo, born in 1915, died in Italy in 1921.

Camillo's Signature:

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1930 Arrival of wife and two sons

My grandmother, father and uncle arrived in the US on 23 Jun 1930 at the port of New York. The manifest stated that they were going to husband/father, Camillo DiVecchia, 341 Beaver Ave. West Aliquippa, PA. They left her daughter, Agnese in Sant'Eufemia.

They travelled to Aliquippa with Anna Lucia d'Addario and her son, Lucio, and daughter, Elvira. They were going to husband/father Felice diPietrantonio at 103 Thompson St. West Aliquippa, PA.

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1931 West Aliquippa, PA

The DiVecchio Family in 1931. Most likely taken in West Aliquippa, PA. From left to right: Anthony DiVecchio - Nicola diGiovine - Lucia (diGiovine) DiVecchio - Camillo DiVecchio - Patsy DiVecchio Uncle Nick (Everyone called him Uncle Nick) lived in Boston, MA. He was Lucia's brother.

As far as my father can rememder, Camillo worked for the Aliquippa and Southern Railroad. The A&S supported the steel mills of the Jones & Laughlin Steel Company (J&L) in Aliquippa. Camillo retired about 1940.

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1942 Portrait

1942 My grandfather Camillo and my grandmother Lucia.  They had five children, including my father.

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1946 West Aliquippa, PA

About 1945 Camillo and Lucia DiVecchio. Probably taken in the backyard of their home in West Aliquippa, PA. Picture taken by their son Tony and sent to my father who was stationed in Germany at the time.

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1949 Helping my father build the house that I grew up in.

1949 my grandfather, Camillo DiVecchio, his son, Patsy, and his grandson, me, Mark DiVecchio. This was taken (probably by my mother) on the lot on Sheffield Terrace in Aliquippa where my father was building the house that I was to grow up in.

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1950

My grandfather died on 19 Jul 1950 and is buried in the Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Aliquippa, PA. I was two years old when he died so he knew me but I have no memory of him.

DiVECCHIO--Camillo, 76, died in his home, 109 1/2 Main street, West Aliquippa, this morning, July 19, 1950 at 9:40 o'clock, following a one-month illness. He was a retired employee of the A. & S. Railroad. Surviving are the wife, Mrs. Lucia DiVecchio; two sons, Patsy and Tony, Aliquippa; and two daughters, Mrs. Agnes Politano, Aliquippa and Mrs. Eufemia Pantalone, Sant'Eufemia, Italy. Friends will be received in the family home, 109 1/2, Main street, West Aliquippa, after 12 noon, Thursday, July 20. The James A. Darroch & Sons Funeral Home, Aliquippa, is in charge of funeral arrangements, which are incomplete.

Camillo and Lucia DiVecchio, Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Aliquippa, PA