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| Granduncle Francesco (Frank) Simonetti, Grandpa Vincenzo's
brother, and his wife, Angelina (Angela). I would love to know Angelina's
maiden name!
Their children were Giovannina (Jennie) whom we called "Little Jennie" and who married Onofrio (Ono) Lauri, a famous billiards player; Salvatore, David, Antoinette who married Eugene DiLorenzo, Thomas, and Helen Simonetti. |
Grandaunt Teresa (Tessie) Simonetti, married Joseph Peluso who died when their children were young. Their children were Rosina (Rose) who married Sam Gottlieb, Joseph H. who married Catherine (Kitty/Kelly) Gleason, and John who married Eleanor (maiden name unknown). A family story says that seven other children did not live to adulthood. |
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| Another sister of Vincenzo, was my grandaunt Giustina
Simonetti who married Donato Giafone. They had a big family and lived at
304 Union Avenue near McCarren Park. Their children were Eduardo (Eddie),
Josephine, Lucy, Rose, Joseph, John, Maria, Theresa (Tessie), and Salvatore.
Lucy married Joseph Chiociariello Rose married Merrick Forte Joseph married Josephine (Josie) [?] John's first wife's name is unknown. They had four children who were raised by John's second wife, Stella, whose maiden name in unknown to me. Maria married George Fioto Theresa (Tessie) married Joseph Iovino Salvatore married Pauline Manduca Many thanks to my 2nd cousin, Justine Giafone Adams, for the picture and all the children's names. |
Here's Grandpa Vincenzo Simonetti again. I just wanted
to put him here with his siblings.
Does anyone know if there were any other sibllings? Several cousins said there was a picture of a monk with a long beard that Grandpa referred to as his brother in Italy. His name was Teodoro. Microfilm records of Palma Campania, Napoli, Italy, show a Teresa Angela Rosa Simonetti born in 1856 (pre-Italian Unification) when Palma was in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. I wondered if she is the same Teresa who married Joseph Peluso. Teresa Peluso was 66 on the 1930 Brooklyn census, making her born in 1863-64. Microfilm records of Palma Campania show a sibling named Rosalia Agostina born in 1858, and another sister named Lucia Grazia born in 1865 on via Barone. Two different ship manifests indicate that Vincenzo and his brother
Francesco were going to Brooklyn to the home of their brothers, Emilio
and Enrico!
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