Fraini Family from Dawson
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Florindo Fraini immigrated to Dawson,
NM.
He and his wife Rosa Iannacchione had eight children. A brother,
Innocente, immigrated to Boston, MA. Two other brothers, Michele and
Fedele, were in the US for a time.
At the 2006 Dawson
Reunion, I met two granddaughters of Florindo.
This web page traces Florindo's family from Rivisondoli to SPA
to Dawson.
ca 1730, 1790, 1820
Nicola Fraino and Augenzia Barilli marry in Rivisondoli,
L'Aquila,
Italy. In 1736, a son, Paolo, is born. In 1790, a grandson, Michele, is
born. In 1820, a great-grandson, Francesco SAVERIO is born.
18??
Saverio marries Raffaela Ferrara in Rivisondoli.
1856
Raffaela dies in early 1856. Saverio remarries to Emilia diGiacomo in
San Pietro Avellana. The family lived in SPA. They had 6 children.
1857-1866
1857 The first child of Saverio and Emilia, Florinda Grazia, is born in
SPA.
1860 The
second child of Saverio and Emila, Enrico, is born in SPA. He died in
1862
1862 The third child of Saverio and Emila, Nicola Giuseppe Donato, is
born in SPA. He died in 1883.
1864 The fourth child of Saverio and Emila, Assunta FILOMENA, is born
in
SPA. She married Domenico Urbano diPierro. She died in 1908. Her
daughter, Elizabeth married Michele Ricci - that family lived in Ogden, UT.
1866 The fifth child of Saverio and Emila, Rachele Pia, is born in SPA.
She
married Amico Antonio Mariani. I don't know any more about her.
Lists Saverio and Emila along with four children, Florinda, Nicola,
Filomena and Rachele Pia. Click
here for details.
1873
The sixth child of Saverio and Emila, Enrico Sabatino, is born in SPA.
Enrico married Susanna Donatelli who was from Ateleta. Enrico and his
son, Nicola, came to the US (Enrico in 1902 and Nicola in 1914) and
settled in the Glastonbury, CT area.
1878-1885
1878 Florinda Grazia Fraino had her first child, Florindo Augostino.
The
father was not listed on the birth record - "uomo celibe" - "unmarried
man". Florindo
came to the US in 1902. He and his family lived in Dawson, NM.
1881 Florinda Grazia Fraino had her second child, Amico
Antonio. Birth
records are missing for 1881. Amico died at 1 month on 13
Apr 1881.
1882 Florinda Grazia Fraino had her third child, Loreta
Luisa. The father
was not listed on the birth record. She married
Nicola Monaco.
1884 Florinda Grazia Fraino had her fourth child, Maria
Grazia. The father
was not listed on the birth record - "uomo celibe". Maria Grazia died
at the age of 24 days on 1 Aug 1884.
1885 Florinda Grazia Fraino had her fifth child, Luisa.
Birth records are missing for 1885. Luisa died in 1888.
1888
Florinda Grazia Fraino had her sixth child, Fiorangelo INNOCENTE (he
was known as Innocente). The
father
was not listed on the birth record - "uomo celibe". Innocente came to
the US in 1903. He and his family lived in the Boston, MA
area. Innocente Fraini, 16y (Fiorangelo Innocente, born
4 Jan 1888), arrived in 1903 going to
brother Florindo Fraini in Segundo, CO. (Segundo is one mile south of
Primero, CO). The 1930 census, places Innocente in Newton, Middlesex,
MA. Per the SSDI, he died on 28 May 1986 in Boston, MA. His wife was
Giovanna "Jennie" diFlorio". Read
more about Innocente Fraini.
1890
Florinda Grazia Fraino had her seventh child, Fulviano Michele. The
father
was not listed on the birth record - "uomo celibe". Michele "Mike" came
to the US in 1909. He lived in Morli, CO and Dawson, NM. I don't know
if he stayed in the US or returned to Italy. His wife was Maria Pavone.
1892
Florinda Grazia Fraino had her eight child, Maria Luisa. Brith records
are missing for 1892. Maria Luisa died on 1 Dec 1893.
1894
Florinda Grazia Fraino had her ninth child, Fedele Francesco. The
father
was not listed on the birth record - "uomo celibe". Fedele came to the
US in 1912. He lived in Dawson,
NM for a time. He was killed during WWI fighting (Italian
Army) and is listed on the Monument to the Dead in the Piazza in SPA.
So by 1894, Florinda Fraino had nine children. The father's name is not
known. There is no doubt in my mind that the children all had the same
father and that he was a part of the family. There was just some reason
that he and Florinda could not marry.
1901
Florindo Fraini and Rosa Iannacchione married in SPA.
1907
Florindo and Rosa's first child, Elizabeth, is born in Colorado.
1909-1916
1909 Florindo and Rosa's second child, Eduardo, is born in Dawson, NM.
1910 Florindo and Rosa's third child, Leonardo ALBERTO, is born in
Dawson.
1911
Fraini Family in Dawson with cousins.
Photo
sent to me by Lisa Hinojosa and her mother, Lita Muñoz
Hinojosa,
grand-daughter and daughter of Stella C. Fraini.
(Lisa sent me high resolution scans of her photos. If you would like a
copy, let me know.) |
From:
Lisa Hinojosa <lisahinojosa  comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2010 16:20:24 -0700
Hi Mark -
You were
right. I
asked my mom about the two photos being part of one original
photo
and she says "Oh yeah... I think I have that!"
Here's the
front, I will also send a scan of the back.
This photo was taken
in 1911. My mom received it from LeDora
Frazzini Smaller. She is the baby in the photo (4
mos old).
(for photos of Ledora and her husband, look
at this web page). |
 |
From:
Lisa Hinojosa <lisahinojosacomcast.net>
Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2010 16:22:28 -0700
This is the
back of the photo... thought you would want to see it also.
This is LeDora's handwriting. |
This
is an interesting
photo on many levels. Since the handwriting is by Ledora Frazzini, the
relationships mentioned are with respect to her. (for photos of
Ledora and her husband, look
at this web page).
Identified people:
"My Brother Angelo"
- This is Angelo Frazzini
(1903-1927). He was shot and killed by his wife Pearl Mae Dupont.
"Stella's Mom - Rosa
(Anabelle) Fraini - Lizzie's Mom"
- This is Rosa Iannacchione Fraini (1885-1924). Stella is Stella Fraini
(1914-1986) and Lizzie must be Elizabeth Fraini (1907-1994)
"Uncle Mike Carlini"
- This
is probably Ledora's uncle - Maurizio Domenico Carlini (1884-1939). He
later lived in Ely, NV. Married Teresina Vacciano and had three
children. In 1904, my grandfather, Emiliano
Frazzini, travelled with Maurizio during his 1905 trip from
Italy. Maurizio was going to his brother, Amico, in Dawson.
"Stella's Dad -
Florindo Fraini - Lizzie's Dad" - Florindo Frazzini
(1878-1948)
"Mom - Maria Cinea"
- This
is Ledora'a mother, Maria Antonia Carlini (1879-1960). After first
husband Carmine Frazzini's death in 1912, she married Gennaro
"Jim" Cinea (1891-1967).
"Me (LeDora)"
- Ledora Frazzini Smaller
"My Dad - Pa Frazzini
Carmine" - Carmine Frazzini (1881-1912). Killed in a mine
accident.
"Neighbors"
- Two men and a woman are not identified.
Carmine Frazzini and Maria Carlini were godparents to several Fraini
children. I had found they were godparents to: 1) Eduardo Fraini,
baptised 2 May 1909 (Springer, NM), 2) Leonardo Alberto Fraino,
baptised 3 Oct 1910 (Springer, NM), 3) Stella Fraino, baptised 28 Feb
1914 (Maria only was godmother, as Carmine was dead, godfather was
Augustino Frazzini (Agustino Girolamo "James" Frazzini husband of
Esterina Quaranta "Forty").) (Springer, NM) |
1912 Florindo and Rosa's fourth child, Joseph, is born in Dawson.
1914 Florindo and Rosa's fifth child, Stella, is born in Dawson.
Carmine
Frazzini and Maria Carlini were godparents to several Fraini
children. I had found they were godparents
to:
Eduardo Fraini, baptised
2 May 1909 (Springer,NM)
Leonardo Alberto Fraino, baptised 3 Oct 1910 (Springer,NM)
Stella Fraino, baptised 28 Feb 1914 (Maria only was godmother, as
Carmine was dead, godfather was Augustino Frazzini.)
(Springer,NM)
1916 Florindo and Rosa's sixth child, Violet, is born in Dawson. In
2005, I received an email from the wife of the son of Violet
Fraini (Nick Gonzales). She
was telling me of Violet's passing.
1917 Draft Registrations
| Innocente
Fiorangelo Fraini |
Netwon,
Middlesex, MA |
WWII |
born 4 Jan 1888 - wife Mrs. Jennie Fraini (Giovanna
diFlorio) |
| Nicola
Fraini |
East
Gastonbury, Hartford, CT |
WWI |
born
6 Nov 1897 - father Enrico in East Glastonbury, CT. Lists wife,
Sussanna Fraina in Italy. |
| Michele
Fraini |
Dawson,
Colfax, NM |
WWI |
born
May 8, 1890 - supports wife and 1 child |
1918-1919
1918 Florindo and Rosa's seventh child, Alfredo "Fred", is born in
Dawson.
1919 Florindo and Rosa's eight child, Elvira, is born in Dawson.
1920 Census - Dawson
I found
these interesting entries (my notes in Italics are
from other
sources as noted):
Sheet 165-2
Florindo Fraini, 42y, US citizen (This census entry shows the last
name as Frazzini
- but the name is Fraini everywhere
else.)
Rosa Fraini, wife, 32y, US citizen (Maiden
name
Iannacchione from LDS microfilm #16763, buried in Dawson Cemetery)
Elizabeth, 13y, born in CO
Eduardo, 10y, born in NM
Alberto, 9y, born in NM
Joseph, 7y, born in NM
Stella, 6y, born in NM
Violet, 3y 2m, born in NM (29 Sep 2005 -
I received an email from the wife of the son of Violet, Nick
Gonzales.
Violet passed away on 28 Sep 2005)
Alfredo, 2y, 2m, born in NM (known as Fred - Mar 2008 - I
received an email from Genia Fraini, the daughter of Fred.)
Vira, 1m, born in NM (Elvira,
from film #16763;
b: 8 Dec 1919, Baptism 15 Aug 1920, godmother - Maria Ricci Carlini)
1924
Buried at Dawson
Cemetery: from the cemetery records:
Iannachione, Rosa, June 11, 1885-July 4, 1924 b. Saint Peter
Avellana
Italy
1924 Jul 10 Dawson News - Mrs. Fraino Dies
I now have Rosa's death certificate. It was
filed under the name "Farino". She died of a multitude of diseases on 4
Jul 1924 at the age of 38y. The DC lists her parents, Giuseppe and
Cristina Colavecchia (that is wrong - parents were Gaetano Berardino
Iannacchione and Maria Carmina Colavecchio - from SPA birth records).
At the time of her death, she lived in house
#1576 in Dawson.
1926
1926
From L to R : Stella Fraini Munoz, Florence
Mangino, Erna Frazzini.
Photo
sent to me by Lisa Hinojosa and her mother, Lita Muñoz
Hinojosa,
grand-daughter and daughter of Stella C. Fraini. |
From:
Lisa Hinojosa <lisahinojosacomcast.net>
Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2010 16:34:20 -0700
Hi Mark -
This is a photo
of my grandma Stella Fraini taken in 1926 in Dawson, NM.
From L to R
: Stella Fraini Munoz, Florence Mangino, Erna
Frazzini.
Mark's Note: I believe that Erna is Honestena Bina Vittoria "Ernestina"
Frazzini (born 1911), sister of Ledora. |
1926
From top to bottom : Erna Frazzini, Stella Fraini Munoz,
Florence Mangino
Photo
sent to me by Lisa Hinojosa and her mother, Lita Muñoz
Hinojosa,
grand-daughter and daughter of Stella C. Fraini. |
From:
Lisa Hinojosa <lisahinojosacomcast.net>
Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2010 16:39:31 -0700
Hi Mark -
Here's another
photo of my Grandma Stella. Taken 1926, Dawson NM.
From top to
bottom : Erna Frazzini, Stella Fraini Munoz,
Florence Mangino
Writing on the
back says
"They were called the 3 Muskateers, on a ladder up on Captan
HIll
in Dawson NM. This is a water storage tank."
Mark's Note: I believe that Erna is Honestena Bina
Vittoria "Ernestina" Frazzini (born 1911), sister of Ledora. |
1927-1930 Mike Fraini
1927 Dawson News "Miguel Farini left Sunday for New York City, where is
expect to sail for San Pietro Avellana, Italy. After visiting several
months, Mr. Farini expects to return to Dawson accompanied by his wife
and son."
1928 Ellis Island (or New York) arrival, 38y, shown as a US Citizen was
living at 578 Strigh St, Patterson, NJ., passport # 469205 issued at
Washington, DC on 28 Oct 1927.
1930 census, Bingham Canyon, UT, 40y, lodger at the home of Mary
Bianco. Coal Miner, first married at 21y. Naturalized citizen.
immigrated 1909, wife not shown in the census so she must not be in the
US.
1930 Census - Dawson
(NOTE: on ancestry.com, the 1930 census does not contain records for
Dawson, for some reason, they are indexed under "Precinct 13, Colfax")
Sheet 150
Fraini, Florando, 47y (his wife Rosa Iannacchione died in 1924)
Eduardo, son, 20y (from daughter, Thalia Parker, he
died
in the 1940's and is buried in Carlsbad, NM)
Joe, son, 17y
Violet, daughter, 12y (from son, Nick Gonzales, Violet
passed away on September 28, 2005)
Alfredo, son 11y (from daughter, Genia, Fred died
in 1988 and is buried in Seneca Falls, NY)
Elvira, daughter, 9y
(1930
census has daughter Elizabeth -
married to
Santo Martino living
in van Houten, NM
- living with them are Elizabeth's siblings Albert
(SSDI 1988, Spring
Valley, San Diego, CA)
& Stella (CA Death Index 1986, Los Angeles, CA). 1930 was
after Rosa died in 1924).
1937
Scan
of postcard sent to me by Lisa Hinojosa and her mother, Lita
Muñoz Hinojosa, grand-daughter and daughter of
Stella
C. Fraini |
From:
Lisa Hinojosa <lisahinojosacomcast.net>
Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2010 16:52:44 -0700
Hi Mark -
One more...
this is a postcard that Mom received from LeDora. I will send the front
and back.
The small
writing on front says "S.Pietro Avellana (Campobasso) - Corso
S. Rocco" |
1937
Scan
of back of postcard sent to me by Lisa Hinojosa and her mother, Lita
Muñoz Hinojosa, grand-daughter and daughter of
Stella
C. Fraini. |
From:
Lisa Hinojosa <lisahinojosacomcast.net>
Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2010 16:54:24 -0700
This is the
back of the
postcard. We don't know who wrote the Italian portion but the English
is written by Ledora Frazzini Smaller.
Mark's note: Ledora Frazzini was the daughter of Carmine Frazzini and
Maria Antonia Carlini. I think that the Cinea family referred to in
this postcard are relatives of Gennaro "Jim"
Cinea who
remained in Italy. Gennaro was the second husband of Maria Antonia
Carlini (after Carmine Frazzini died in 1912). So Gennaro would be
Ledora's step-father and the "Signora Maria Cinea" referred to in the
postcard address would most likely be Ledora's mother - Maria Antonia
Carlini. |
ca 1942
Frederick "Freddie" Fraini
Photo
sent to me by Lisa Hinojosa and her mother, Lita Muñoz
Hinojosa,
grand-daughter and daughter of Stella C. Fraini.
Father of Genia Marie Fraini Stump |
From:
Lisa Hinojosa <lisahinojosa comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2010 16:31:30 -0700
Cc: Genia <geniastump att.com>
Hi Mark
& Genia -
My mom found
this photo and
wanted to pass it on to both of you. This is Frederick (Freddie)
Fraini, son of Florindo & Rosa. Taken in the 1940's.
My mom
received this photo from my Grandma Stella (Freddie's sister).
Lisa Hinojosa |
1942 Geraldine Ann Fraini, daughter of Fred Fraini and Lucile
Janssen
Salt Lake City Cemetery
No grave marker at L 43 56 4 E
born 27 Feb 1942 Salt Lake City
died 4 Apr 1942 Salt Lake City
buried 7 Apr 1942 Salt Lake City Cemetery
died of Bacillary Dysentary, at 1m 7d
see Death Certificate for more details
1948 Death of Florindo Fraini
1948 Death Certificate, 71y 6m 6d, widowed, parents unknown, wife Rose,
died in Miner's Hospital in Raton,, Usual residence given as 700
Western Ave, Trinidad, CO. Buried in Raton (cemetery name not listed).
DOB given as 1 Dec 1877. Reported by Joe Fraini of Dawson.
From:
Lisa Hinojosa-Smith <lisahinojosacomcast.net>
Subject:
Re: Hello
Date:
Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:22:16 -0700
Hi Mark -
My name is Lisa
Hinojosa -
my mom is Lita Hinojosa daughter of Stella Fraini. I'm here in
California visiting with her. We just looked at your Dawson 2008
pictures and both of us enjoyed them very much. It was great to see
photos of my mom's cousins Pete Gonzalez &
AngeloMuñoz.
My mom believes
that
Florindo is buried in one of the two Raton cemeteries but
knows
that he never had a headstone or marker. I appreciate you sharing all
of this with me. It is SO interesting!
Lisa |
1986 Death of Innocente Fraini
Innocente Fraini dies in Boston, MA. Read more about
Innocente Fraini.
Immigration Summary
Ellis Island Arrivals
| 1902 |
Enrico
Fraini |
East
Gastonbury, CT |
28
years old, going to brother-in-law, E. Carlino |
| 1902 |
Florindo
Fraini |
Trinidad,
CO |
never before in the US, going to "Parent
Rossorelli M*, S. Maria F142". I can't figure out what that means. |
| 1905 |
Enrico
Fraini |
Gastonbury,
CT |
31
years old, going to brother-in-law, Enrico Carlino. |
| 1906 |
Rosa
Iannacchione |
Segundo,
CO |
|
| 19
Jan 1909 |
Fulviano
Michele Fraini |
Morli,
CO |
going
to brother Innocente. Lists father, Donato, in SPA. This is the ONLY
reference anywhere to the father of Flora's children. |
| 1912 |
Fedele
Fraini |
Dawson,
NM |
going
to brother, Fiorindo |
| 28
Feb 1912 |
Fulviano
Fraini |
Dawson,
NM |
going
to brother, Fiorindo, previously in US
- 1908-1911,
wife in SPA - Maria (Pavone). Travelled with my great uncle Felice
Carlini. |
| 1914 |
Nicola
Fraini |
Glastonbury,
CT |
going
to father Enrico |
| 1915 |
Fulviano
Michele "Mike" Fraini |
Dawson,
NM |
going
to brother Innocente |
| 1925 |
Enrico
Fraini |
Glastonbury,
CT |
|
| 1928 |
Enrico
Fraini |
Glastonbury,
CT |
|
Boston Arrivals
| 1903 |
Innocente
Fraini |
Segundo,
CO |
Innocente Fraini, 16y (Fiorangelo Innocente, born
4 Jan 1888), arrived in 1903 going to
brother Florindo Fraini in Segundo, CO. (Segundo is one mile south of
Primero, CO). The 1930 census, places Innocente in Newton, Middlesex,
MA. Read
more about Innocente Fraini. |
| 1920 |
Giovanna
diFlorio and son Adolfo Fraini |
Boston,
MA |
references
"mother-in-law Flora in SPA" |
| 1928 |
Michele
Fraini |
Patterson,
NJ |
|
Census Summary
| 1910 |
Florindo
Fraini |
Dawson,
NM |
|
| 1910 |
Mike
Fraino |
Dawson,
NM |
Living
with Florindo and Rosie Fraini. |
| 1920 |
Florindo
Fraini |
Dawson,
NM |
|
| 1920 |
Ralph
Fraini |
Dawson,
NM |
|
| 1930 |
Albert
and Stella Fraini |
van
Houten, NM |
|
| 1930 |
Elizabeth
Fraini and Santo Martino |
van
Houten, NM |
|
| 1930 |
Florindo
Fraini |
Dawson,
NM |
|
| 1930 |
Frank
Fraini (46y) |
Aliquippa,
PA |
Oldest
two children, Guy (21y) and Laura (18y) born in Italy. Next two
children, a son, Guido (16y), and
daughter, Lina (13y), born in New Mexico. Remaining five children born
in PA. I
don't know who this Frank is. I grew up in Aliquippa but I don't
remember any Fraini. They lived on Beaver Ave. in West Aliquippa.
They should be in the 1920 census from PA but I can't find them. |
| 1930 |
Innocente
Fraini |
Newton,
MA |
|
| 1930 |
Michele
"Mike" Fraini |
Bingham
Canyon, UT |
|
Other Info
I'm in contact with these descendants of Florindo Fraini and
Rosa Iannacchione:
Toni Muñoz Lenhart and Lita Muñoz
Hinojosa, daughters of Stella. Toni
and Lita both live in California. You can find out more about that
family on the
Dawson web page.
Lisa Hinojosa, daughter of Lita Muñoz
Hinojosa, granddaughter of Stella.
Genia Fraini Stump daughter of Fred (Alfredo).
Nick Gonzales and Peter Gonzales, sons of Violet.
Thalia Jo Parker, daughter of Edward, born in Winkler, TX.
John Garcia, grandson of Violet.
emails
Thalia,
Elaine & Nick, Lisa, Paul and Genia,
I just received this email from John Garcia and I thought that I would
forward it to the other Fraini that I know. John is the son of John who
is the son of Ernestine Gonzales who is the daughter of Violet Fraini
Gonzales.
John told me of the death of Pete Gonzales. My condolences to the
family.
ciao.
Mark |
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009
12:42:07 -0700 (PDT)
From: j g <notstockyahoo.com>
Subject: Fw: dawson NM SPA italy
desendents
Hello My name
is John D Garcia II
My father
was Dr. John
D Garcia (Passed 1979) and my mother is Ernestine
L
Garcia (Gonzales) both from Dawson She is now married
to Bill Valentine (Valentini) also from Dawson.
On my mothers
side was Violet Gonzales- Fraini, my
grandmother.
My
Gonzales uncles are Pat (in Colorado), Pete (2009), Joe
(deceased) , & Nick. Aunts are: Lenore, Irene.
Lots of cousins
on the Gonzales side.
My dad's grand father on his fathers side was Leandro Garcia from
Spain. My dad's grandfather on his mothers side was Delfino
Romero. Both are buried in Cimarron,
NM .
My fathers
family also lived
and worked in Dawson then like so many
others moved to
Raton when Dawson closed. John Delfino (father), Garcia
uncles and aunts, Louis Joe II, Elizabeth (Betty)
(CA) Lives near Frazzini relatives in bay area,
Alice
(Colorado)
Lots of cousins
as well on
the Garcia and Romero side I have family from both sides buried in
Dawson cemetery as well as from Cimmaron to Trinidad
All lived in
Dawson.
I just happened
to run into
your web site and thought it was great . I have not been to
Dawson since the very early sixties when the coke ovens were still in
place as well as quite a few of the buildings. The
last
time was to visit family graves in the Dawson cemetery in the
late 60's. My mom and 2nd cousins (the Munoz side) were at a
Dawson picnic a few years ago and at a Valentine family reunion last
year in Raton.
I am very happy
to include
this email on your web site as well as any other genealogy I
might
be able to provide .. I spoke to my mother and she will also help fill
in by contacting the Munoz side as well as some of the
Frazzini
relatives and friends that they are still acquainted with.
Thanks for a
great site keep it up I hope I can help.
John D
Garcia II
Dallas, Texas
area
Feel free to
email me I may head to SPA next year to look up
old kin. Your site definitely helped. |
John,
Thank you for your email.
I am sorry to hear that Pete passed away. I only got to meet him once
and that was on the clean-up day at the 2008 reunion in Dawson. He was
a hard worker that day cleaning up the cemtery to get ready for the
reunion.
The group of us doing research determined that, going back far enough,
the Fraini family was from Rivisondoli, province L'Aquila. (About 8
miles (straight line) to SPA, maybe 15 miles driving.) You might want
to consider visiting there as well.
Here is what we know about the Fraini:
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I had some difficultly tracing back from Florinda (Flora)
Fraini but I finally figured it out. Flora was the mother
of Fiorindo Fraini who married Rosa Iannacchione.
Well Flora never married but had at least 9 children.
They were probably all with the same man but we don't know
who that man is.
At least four of the children came to the US:
Fiorindo
Innocente
Michele
Fedele.
Four other children died in childhood.
There were not very many Fraini in San Pietro Avellana
(SPA) and I found out why.
Flora's parents were Saverio Fraino and Emilia
diGiacomo. Emilia's family was from SPA. She is how you and I
are related.
Saverio's family was born in Rivisondoli, province of
L'Aquila. This town is about 8 miles northwest of SPA between
Roccaraso and Pescocostanzo. He probably moved to SPA when
he married Emilia. (You should also visit
Pescocostanzo
because its just a nice tourist town.)
I am still working on tracing Rosa Iannacchione's
family. The 1924 death certificate of Rosa lists her
father as Giuseppe and her mother as Cristina Colavecchio. I
cannot find that family in the SPA records so its possible
that the information is wrong. (Rosa was born in 1885, a
year with all the birth records missing. So I can't just look
her
up.)
In the records, there is a family:
Gaetano Iannacchione
and
Maria Carmina Colavecchio
They were married in 1882. Its possble that this is the
family.
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I've forward your email to a bunch of your Fraini cousins. I included
you on the email so that you could get their email addresses.
I've attached a printout from my data base that shows the descendants
of Paolo Fraino. I believe the information to be correct but I've been
known to make mistakes....
Thank you again for the email and I see that you joined our SPA group
on Yahoo.
ciao.
Mark |
From
Lisa Hinojosa
John - not sure
if you remember me. I'm sure we only met once if that. My mother &
your mother are first cousins. My mom (Lita Munoz) still keeps in contact with
your mom (Tina) on a very regular basis. I heard that she is now
married and very happy. That is great news.
I am living in
Seattle, my mom is in Southern California and my brother Mike is in
Florida. My dad (Simon) passed away in 1992.
Hope all is
well with you & your family.
Just wanted to
say hello.
Lisa |
Date:
Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:52:49 -0700 (PDT)
From: j g <notstockyahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Fraini Genealogy
To: Lisa Hinojosa <lisahinojosacomcast.net>
Hello Lisa;
Sorry to hear
of your Dads passing.
Yes I
remember both you, your mom and your brother.
I remember in
particular a
visit in Albuquerque many years ago and Yes I knew that Cousin
Lita and my mom have been pretty good at staying in touch
.
Yes Your mom and Toni are my second
cousins I
remember them both. Grammy ( Violet) spent quite a few
Christmas's and Thanksgivings with both Me and Joe as well as my mom at
our houses.
I was pretty
torn up over her passing.
Nice to hear
from you, say Hello to your mom and Toni
, We need to get together sometime .
John |
More about Innocente Fraini
Subject: Innocent Fraini
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 14:59:30 -0400
From: "DePasquale, Pat"
<Pat.DePasqualeGTC-BIO.COM>
Sir,
You don't know
me but I
lived next door to Innocent Fraini in Newton, MA from my birth (1948)
until the age of 13 or so. I Googled up Mr. Fraini's name
today
on a whim and came across your genealogical site. It would please me to
share memories and information about Mr. Fraini if you would be
interested. He was a fine man about whom I often think.
Thanks
for your attention,
Pat DePasquale |
Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 4:57 PM
To: pdepasquale
Subject: Re: Innocent Fraini
Dear Pat,
Thank you very much for your email.
As you probably read on my web page, the Fraini framily was from the
same town in Italy as my mother. I've been doing research on all the
families from that town.
I've met several Fraini descendents of the brother of Innocente,
Florindo. Those people completely lost track of the other branch. I
actually spoke on the phone with Fred Fraini, Innocente's son. Fred was
not in good health and we were not able to communicate very well so not
much information was shared.
I would be happy to hear any of your memories. I will share them on my
web page and I will send them to the Fraini descendents that I am in
touch with.
ciao.
Mark |
From:
"pat depasquale"
Subject:
RE: Innocent Fraini
Date:
Tue, 7 Apr 2009 20:17:25 -0400
Mark,
Mr. Fraini was
both a real
gentleman and a gentle man. He planted beautiful annual
flowers,
mostly zinnias, in weed free perimeter beds on his lot. He
kept
his own seeds, and had size and color to show for decades of
selection. He made wine, kept a flawless lawn, and grew his
own
vegetables - tomatoes, peppers, lettuce, swiss chard, cucumbers,
cocozelle squash, zucchini, some sweet basil (basinicola in our
neighborhood), parsley. I don't remember any other
crops.
Maybe the occasional eggplant. He fed the birds with stale
bread
most mornings. His garage was spotless. All his yard tools
hung
on pegs, every piece with its own place. He used to control
Japanese beetles by knocking them off his plants into a coffee can
holding about an inch of oil (kerosene? diesel fuel? coal
oil? it
smelled of petroleum). He always wore work gloves when he
worked. He sat in the back yard most afternoons in the summer
and
read the newspaper. He sat on Adirondack chairs he'd made
himself. I seem to remember he made two sets, years apart;
even
with a good paint job they don't last forever here; it's too humid and
buggy in the summer.
When I knew him
he was with
his second wife, Rafaela LoPerchio (Lopercio? Lo
Perccio?
phonetic: low - perch - ee - oh) from Worcester, MA. Rafaela
had
no children. Never met or saw his first wife, the mother of
his
three sons; I'm quite sure she had passed away. His son Bing
(nee
Adolph/Adolfo) lived with them. He worked at the Rose-Derry
mattress company about two blocks away. Mr. Fraini's son Fred
(Alfred? Alfredo? Frederico?) was a police officer
in
Newton. In the 50s and 60s Newton PD had a crackerjack pistol
competition team - Joe Greeley, Frank Lovely, and Fred Fraini were the
stars, if not the whole team.
My memory is
that on his
small basement workbench Mr. Fraini had a photograph of his
brother, who was killed in WW1 while in the Italian army. I, being very
young, asked him if it made him sad, and he said not really, it was a
long time ago. Also there a service bar with two battle stars
on
it that he, Mr. Fraini, had earned with the American army in
France. I believe he told me he had been in the Italian army
previously, and had seen palm trees bending to the ground in wind
storms in Africa during his Italian service time. He had been
president of the local American Legion, something in which he took
great pride, and had, I was told, led the local Legion band to some
prize competition in Washington (?) which they won (?). I was
told he played the clarinet. When I was very small he was
still
working for the City of Newton, by then as a street sweeper, to which
job he faithfully wore a tie and hat. He retired when I was
likewise very small, so I have a single very distant memory of him
waving to my mother and I as he went about the City's
business.
Despite his garage, he did not drive. Bing had a car, as did
the
upstairs tenant. Mr. Fraini lived on the first floor of a two
family house which he owned.
Mr. Fraini
liked sweets but
wanted to be buried in his US Army uniform, which he tried on annually.
If it was hard getting into it, he cut back eating until it fit
fine. He was, in fact, buried in it. I saw him in
the
casket at his wake, and he looked good in military
wool.
I suppose
things aren't
always what they seem. I can't imagine the Mr. Fraini of the
zinnias and neckties slaying Somalis or Germans, but when I was a kid
playing with a wooden sword he took it from me and showed me the right
way to stand, where to put my left hand, how to hold the
weapon. You never know....
Best regards,
Pat
PS: Anyhow, that's what I remember. For how much is
correct
I cannot vouch. If I had known I'd want to remember all this in detail,
I'd have paid more attention and asked more questions. A lot
of
the above is hearsay testimony, inevitably liable to distortion or
error. Virtually all of the above is coming back through a
forty
or fifty year filter.
PSS: Writing to you, I realized I know darned little about
Mr.
Fraini's life before 1950 or so. He had a career, of course
his
first wife, and friends and associates about whom I can't even
speculate. The man I did know was a great guy.
|
1915 ca Photo of Innocente Fraini
1915 ca
Innocente Fraini
Sent to me in April 2021 by Marilou Moschetti, wife of Thomas Moschetti, grandson of Carmine Frazzini and Maria Antonia Carlini.
The family identified him as a cousin of Carmine and I've found that he and Carmine were 4th cousins.
|
Back of photo.
Handwriting (hard to read but) shows name as Innocente Fraini.
Note probably written by Tom's mother, Ernestina Frazzini Moschetti. |
1938 Photo of Innocente Fraini and his family.
ca 1938
Florindo Fraini with Innocente Fraini and his family (Boston).
Photo
sent to me by Lisa Hinojosa and her mother, Lita Muñoz
Hinojosa,
grand-daughter and daughter of Stella C. Fraini. |
From:
Lisa Hinojosa <lisahinojosacomcast.net>
Subject: Re: Frederick Fraini 1921-2010
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15:13:03 -0700
Hi Mark -
Top row, left
to right
- Florindo Fraini, Adolph Fraini (son of
Innocente
& Giovanna "Jennie"), Innocente Fraini
Bottom row,
left to right - Frederick Fraini, (son of Innocente & Giovanna "Jennie"), Giovanna
"Jennie" Fraini, Anthony "Tony" Fraini (son of Innocente
& Giovanna "Jennie")
My mom's
brother received
this photo from Tony in August 1999. Tony was 11 yrs
old in
the photo and he was born in 1927. So this was taken
in
1938??
Lisa |
| Innocente died in 1986. |
Frederick died 20 Sep 2010.
Frederick D.
"Fred" Fraini
Sr. of East Falmouth, formerly of West Newton, 89, passed away
peacefully at the J.M.L. Care Center on Monday, September 20, 2010. He
was the beloved husband of the late Elizabeth Jean (Hyland) Fraini for
33 years.
Born and raised in Newton, the son of the late Innocenti and Giovanna
(DeFlorio) Fraini. Fred graduated from Newton North High, an
accomplished athlete, receiving an athletic scholarship to Babson
College.
He served in the U.S. Marine Corp. during WWII, 1st Marine Division,
Guadalcanal and Sgt., Paris Island.
He was a Newton Police Officer for 36 years. Fred was a multimedalist
marksman and instructor for 34 years. He also helped develop the SWAT
team of the Newton Police Department and he was a canine unit trainer.
Fred was a member of the Rod & Gun Club, the BPOE, Ashumet
Valley
Association, the Falmouth Airpark and a lifetime member of the Elks of
Falmouth and Newton. He was an aviation enthusiast, owning a
Cessna 172.
He is survived by four children: Fred Fraini, Jr. and wife Carol of
Auburn, Kathleen Fraini and her partner Cheryle Giberson of Falmouth,
Paula Lennon and husband Michael of Holiday, Fla. and Linda Fraini and
husband Tony Jackson of Fairbanks, Alaska; grandchildren, Fr. Fred D.
Fraini II and Jamie G. Lennon; brother Anthony Fraini of Needham and
nieces and nephews, Pamela Taylor, Leslie Taylor Greco, Gregory Taylor,
Michael Fraini and the Cunninghams and the Proudmans.
Visiting Hours will be Wednesday, September 22, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
at Chapman, Cole & Gleason Funeral Home, 475 Main St. (Rte.
28),
Falmouth Center. A Funeral Mass will follow at 11 a.m. at St. Patrick's
Church, 511 Main St., Falmouth. Burial will follow at 2 p.m. at Newton
Cemetery, Newton, MA. |
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