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Lu Lette Surnames Pg. 1
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Bonnie & Sara!
John Di Millo
jdimillo@yahoo.com
realjd@hotmail.com
I am researching the ACETO surname in Lettomanoppello and would like to hear from others with that surname.
Nicholas Aceto
nca777@hotmail.com
Boulder, CO
Lettomanopello is my family's hometown.
Beth Aceto
sangigio1@aol.com
My paternal grandparents Vincenzo ACETO (March 20, 1899 - 1987) and Josephine ADDARIO (1903-1995). Both were born in Lettomanoppello and emigrated to the US with their parents. Vincenzo' parents were Antonio ACETO (1856 - 1914) and Donata DI RENZO (1865 - 1925). Josephine's parents were Antonio ADDARIO (1875 - 1950) and Maria MANCINI (1878 - 1966, her parents were Rosario MANCINI and Antoinette ____ ). Josephine had a sister Annie and a son Dominick. I would appreciate hearing from anyone who may have information about the Addario, Mancini, Aceto and Di Renzo families in Lettomanoppello.
Denise Dommer
bddommers@aol.com
Bernardino ADDARIO, b. abt. 1723, m. Maria BARBETTA; I have the direct line from this couple down to Carmine ADDARIO, b. 1848, son of Domenico ADDARIO and Camilla (Carmella?) CERRONE. Carmine ADDARIO m. in 1872 to Anna MANCINI. Their son Camillo ADDARIO, b. 1875, m. in 1899 to Carmina DI MATTEO, daughter of Camillo DI MATTEO and Nicola ADDARIO; they emigrated to Portland, ME, USA, and eventually settled in Portsmouth, NH, USA.
Denise Dommer
bddommers@aol.com
Giosia ADDARIO m. Caterina DI LUCCIO in Lu Lette sometime in the 1780s; I have the direct line from them down to Nicola ADDARIO, b. 1841 in LuLett, daughter of Antonio ADDARIO and Falconilla CONTE. Nicola ADDARIO m. in 1853 to Camillo DI MATTEO, son of Domenico DI MATTEO and Maddalena DI PRIMIO.
Bonnie Rulli
rocalana@netrover.com
Giosia ADDARIO m. Caterina DI LUCCIO in Lu Lette sometime in the 1780s; I have the direct line from them down to Domenica ADDARIO, b. 1843 in Lu Lette, daughter of Antonio ADDARIO and Falconilla CONTE. Domenica ADDARIO m. Antonio DI BIASE, b. 1842 in Lu Lette, son of Luigi DI BIASE and Nicola DI PAOLO.
Marie Addario
marieaddario@ozemail.com.au
Australia
My husband, Agosto ADDARIO, is the son of Donato ADDARIO, who was the son of Nicola ADDARIO (born in 1864 in Lettomanoppello, the son of Antonio ADDARIO and Antonia FERRANTE) and Maria Carmina DI PAOLO.
Other children of Nicola ADDARIO and Maria Carmina DI PAOLO were Teresa ADDARIO and Antonia ADDARIO, who did not marry.
Sara Addario
lettesi@adelphia.net
My husband's grandfather, Valentino ADDARIO, b. in Lu Lette in 1883, was the son of Giuseppe ADDARIO and Maria DI PIETRANTONIO. He married Pasquarosa D'ALFONSO of Lu Lette, who was born in Lu Lette in 1884, the daughter of Nicolantonio D'ALFONSO and Maria DI BIASE. Valentino emigrated from Lu Lette to Cascade, NH, USA in 1910; Pasquarosa followed him in 1911. Valentino had a brother Camillo and a sister Giustina. Camillo ADDARIO remained in Lettomanoppello and married Celeste D'ALFONSO. Two of their children emigrated to Toronto Canada: their daughter Filomena Addario who married Donato DI MATTEO, and their son Luigi ADDARIO. Four of their children remained in Italy and raised families there and in Belgium: Sante, Giuseppe, Anna and Nicolantonio.
Giustina ADDARIO remained in Lettomanoppello and married Giovanni DI FRANCESCANTONIO; their son emigrated to the US in 1911 at age 17, but we do not know whether he remained here or returned to Italy.
GIUSEPPE ADDARIO, above, my husband's great-grandfather, was b. in Lu Lette in 1845 to Antonio ADDARIO and Roseangela D'ALFONSO and he married Maria DI PIETRANTONIO (who was born in Lu Lette in 1839 to Vincenzo DI PIETRANTONIO and Concetta CONTE). Giuseppe ADDARIO's siblings were: Giustino ADDARIO, b. 1828; Nicola ADDARIO, b. 1831, m. Antonia DI RENZO; Pasquale ADDARIO, b. 1837; Angela ADDARIO, b. 1839, m. Nunzio RULLI of Turrivalignani in 1865; Giacinta ADDARIO, b. 1842, m. Urbano DI MATTEO.
Dino Addario
Pescara, Italy
write c/o Sara Addario lettesi@adelphia.net
My parents, Lindoro ADDARIO and Assunta DI PRIMIO were born in Lettomanoppello and still live there. Lindoro was born in 1924, the son of Rocco ADDARIO and Anna DI PRIMIO of Lettomanoppello. My father's brothers and sisters are: Pasqualino ADDARIO, b. 1922, married Elvira DI BIASE; Rachele ADDARIO, b. 1926, m. Giovanni D'ALFONZO; Maria ADDARIO, b. 1928, married Alberico MANCINI; Assunta Addario, b. 1931, married Nicolino DI MATTEO; Domenica ADDARIO, b. 1935, married Emidio DI LALLO.
ROCCO ADDARIO, my grandfather, born in 1886 in Lettomanoppello, was the son of Gaetano ADDARIO (b. 12/30/1855, son of Antonio ADDARIO and Antonia FERRANTE) and Rachele FERRANTE of Lettomanoppello. Gaetano and Rachele were married in 1881. In addition to Rocco, their other children were: Lindoro ADDARIO, b. 1881, emigrated to the US before 1900; Domeico ADDARIO, b. 1882; Nicola ADDARIO, who married Antonio DI PRIMIO; Antonio ADDARIO, b. 1891, emigrated to the US in 1908 but died in Lettomanoppello; Giuseppe ADDARIO, b. 1894, emigrated to the US in 1912.
If anyone has any information about the above Lindoro ADDARIO and Giuseppe ADDARIO who emigrated to the US, please contact me!
(Note: See Dino's photo at the bottom of Scrapbook pg. 21 of this website.)
Pizzo9@aol.com
martine rosario pizzo 10/07/ 34 eldest of 13 parents joesph pizzo-annie addario grand parents -martine pizzo -carpinone/gelsomine valeria pizzo/ mothers side ANTONIO ADDARIO-*MARIE DE RENZO ferente-mancini-addario most arrived at ellis iland setteled newbury st .portland me,04092 it was long ago *lettomanopello
Mike Adario
ByronProperties@comcast.net
My grandfather, Joseph (Giuseppe) ADDARIO was born in Lettomanoppello in 1894, the son of Gaetano ADDARIO and Rachele FERRANTE. He emigrated to Boston MA about 1912 and married Mary GOLDEN, and his name was changed from ADDARIO to ADARIO.
Lisa Giella
My great-grandparents were Falconilla Addario and Giuseppe Gesue. Falconilla was born about 1891, the daughter of Domenico Addario. Falconilla and Giuseppe emigrated to Portland ME; Giuseppe came first, and Falconilla joined him in 1920 with their two sons, Nicola and Antonio. Giuseppe's name became Jiosne in the US. He died, and Falconilla remarried to Francis Balducci and relocated to the Genoa section of Cliffwood NJ, where they had several children. Would like to hear from anyone with connections to this family.
Martin Pizzo
Deacon9864@aol.com
Please contact me if you have any info regarding these names from LuLett.
Bill Adario Sr.
Massachusetts
My father, Antonio ADDARIO, was born in Lettomanoppello and emigrated to Cambridge, MA at the turn of the century. He married Rose SERRILO, whose family came from somewhere in Italy, and they had 7 children. He died in 1935. His brother James also came to this country from Lettomanoppello. The spelling of the name was changed from ADDARIO to ADARIO when they arrived in this country.
Marianne DiPietrantonio
Mariannedipietro@aol.com
I have 2 children, Gino and Vanessa Breggia. Their paternal grandparents are Frank Breggia, whose father immagrated from Letto and Jeanette DiMillo whos parents also came over: Rose DiMillo was a Toppi prior to her marriage to Eugene DiMillo; they all settled in Portland Maine.
Debbie Liquori
debliq@aol.com
My husband's grandmother, Mary Mancini-Smith, was born about 1907 in Lu Lette. Her maiden name was really CECCOMANCINI, and she was the daughter of Nicolo CECCOMANCINI. Her mother's maiden name DI PIETRANTONIO. She had a sister Palma who was about the same age. She emigrated to the US with her family in 1914; they settled in S. Portsmouth, NH, and the name changed to MANCINI. She married Joe Liquori and had 3 sons. She had had a previous marriage to a man named Cresta. (See Pat Cresta-Savage's entry under Mancini on Lu Lette Surnames Pg. 3)
Fecteau, Wayne
wayne.tricia@verizon.net
My wife's maiden name is Patricia CICCOMANCINI. Her father, Nicolino CICCOMANCINI, was born in Lettomanoppello and emigrated to the US in his early twenties. My wife's grandparents still live in Lettomanoppello (grandfather is deceased; his name was Sante CICCOMANCINI).
Melissa Ciccomancini
melcicco@hotmail.com
Melbourne, Australia
My father, Rocco CICCOMANCINI was born in Lettomanopello in 1943. He emigrated to Mebourne, Australia in 1963 where he now lives with his wife, Mena Ricci, and their three daughters. My paternal grandparents, Pasquale CICCOMANCINI (1908-1988) and Camilla DI PRIMIO (1910-1984), both of Lettomanopello, had two other children: Antonietta Iacuone (b.1939) who emigrated to Melbourne, Australia in 1961 and Nicola CICCOMANCINI (b.1947) who still lives in LuLette.
Pasquale CICCOMANCINI was the son of Antonio CECCOMANCINI (1881-1955) whose other children by his first wife, Nicola _ were: Giuseppe, Sante and Anna. Antonio had a second wife Giovina D'ella Vecchia (1897-1974) and had four children by her: Nicolino, Elvira, Donatuccio and Maria. Antonio was born in San Valentino. His surname, CECCOMANCINI, at some point in time became incorrectly registered as CICCOMANCINI and this passed on to his descendents.
Camilla DI PRIMIO was the daughter of Rafaele DI PRIMIO and Geltruda _ (both from contrada Carpel'). Other children of Rafaele and Geltruda were Giuseppe, Antonio, Peppino and Anna, Santa, Mariuccia, Antoniella and Concetta. Antonio, Anna and Santa emigrated to the USA.
Fernanda de Tavernier
detavernier.fernanda@towerautomotive.com
My parents were born in Lettomanoppello, my father in 1924 and my mother in 1937. My father was Pasquale Ferdinando CONTE; his Conte line was nicknamed "Cinque Libre" (five pounds); he was from the Fonte Marte section. He was the son of Antonio CONTE and Filomena D'ALFONSO. My mother was Lucia DI FABIO; her family nickname was "Grilleto" (trigger, or some part of a gun); she lived in Piazza Umberto I. She was the daughter of Rafaelo DI FABIO (who was from San Valentino) and Maria GIUSTI.
Costantino Conte
village29@webtv.net
Alida Vandenberg
ALVDB@aol.com
Andrea CONTE, b. 1890 in Lu Lette, son of Nicolo CONTE and Nunziata DI LALLO; Andrea m. in 1914 to Loreta DI PIETRANTONIO, daughter of Vincenzo DI PIETRANTONIO and Rosa DE FAZIO. Other children of Nicolo CONTE and Nunziata DI LALLO: Maria, Concezio, Pietro and Antonio. Andrea CONTE and his wife Loreta DI PIETRANTONIO emigrated to Barre, VT, USA.
Antonella Conte
ginonic@yahoo.com
My nonno, Emidio Antonio CONTE and my nonna, Antonietta DI MASCIO are from Lettomanopello. After having
immigrated to Canada, they settled in Toronto, Ontario. Emidio's brothers and sisters: 1) Annina CONTE, who married a DI PAOLO and still lives in Lu Lette; she has 4 children: Antonio and Anna, who are in Italy, and Pierino and another daughter in Stoney Creek, Ontario; 2) Concettina CONTE; she married a CONTE; she is deceased, her family still lives in Lu Lette; 3) Assunta Conte, married a PROFENNA and lives in Toronto. Antonietta DI MASCIO'S brothers and sisters: Domenica DiMascio, married a D'ASCANIO and emigrated to Canada; 2) Maria DI MASCIO married a CORNELIO and emigrated to Canada; 3) Pierino DI MASCIO, emigrated to Canada; 4) Assunta DI MASCIO, living in Italy, near Scafa.
Giovanni Cornelio
giovannicornelio@tutopia.com
Bogata D.C. Colombia (South America)
My parents were from Lettomanoppello; my father was a CORNELIO, and my mother was a D'ALFONSO.
Lisa Di Valentino
divalentino@yahoo.com
My nonna was born in Lettomanoppello and is called Francesca D'ALFONSO. She married Nicola DI VALENTINO from Abbateggio. Their son Antonio DI VALENTINO is my father. They and my uncle Domenico Camillo DI VALENTINO immigrated to Hamilton, Ontario in 1966.
Anthony D'Alfonso
ADalfonso86@prodigy.net
I was born in Lettomanoppello in 1961 in a house on via Chiusa. My father and mother, Luigi and Giuseppina D'ALFONSO (soprannome Pannarolo) owned that house; they sold it in 1990. We lived in Milan for a while before the family emigrated to the US. My wife Marisa is from Orsogna.
I went back to Italy in 1980; I was there for about three years, and I was in the Italian army for1 year. I was in the Alpini military at L'Aquila. I know Abbruzzo like the back of my hand - when we had our 23-day winter camp in the army, we were at the Blauk Haus for four days. We walked and climbed mountain after mountain all the way from L'Aquila. And during our summer camp, we walked and climbed to the Gran Sasso mountains.
Connie Brun
connieb@lycos.com
My father's name is Pantaleone D'ALFONSO, and he is from Lettomanoppello. His father's name was Nicola D'ALFONSO (son of Giuseppe D'ALFONSO and Costanta IACOVONE), and his mother's name was Donata D'ALFONSO (daughter of Rocco D'ALFONSO). He married Maria D'ALIMONTE, my mother, who is from Roccamorice; her parents were Giuseppe D'ALIMONTE and Concetta PIETRANGELO.
Sara Addario
lettesi@adelphia.net
My husband's grandmother was Pasquarosa D'ALFONSO, born in Lu Lette in 1884, the daughter of Nicolantonio D'ALFONSO and Maria DI BIASE. She m. Valentino ADDARIO of Lu Lette in 1906 and emigrated to the US to join him in Cascade, New Hampshire in 1910 (see my ADDARIO entry). Other children of Nicolantonio D'ALFONSO and Maria DI BIASE: Camillo D'ALFONSO, who m. Maria DI MATTEO; Giuseppe D'ALFONSO, who m. Filomena RICCI (photos of him on Scrapbook Pg. 19 of this site - their children live in Lu Lette today, and one granddaughter, Giuseppina D'ALFONSO, emigrated to the US); Celestine (who m. Camillo Addario of Lettomanoppello); Domenica (who m. a CENTURIONE of Manoppello).
Nicolantonio D'ALFONSO, above, my husband's great-grandfather, was born in Lu Lette in 1848, the son of Antonio D'ALFONSO (b. in Lu Lette about 1814-1818 to Donato D'ALFONSO and Cecilia ROMASCO) and Concezia MANCINI (b. in Lu Lette between 1812-1821). Other children of Antonio D'ALFONSO and Concezia MANCINI were: Luigi D'ALFONSO b. 1840; Loreta D'ALFONSO, b. 1843 and m. Antonio DI PIETRANTONIO; Maria D'ALFONSO, b. 1851; Nicola D'ALFONSO, a daughter b. in 1851; Donato D'ALFONSO, b. 1855.
Maria Gentilin
mmgentilin@hotmail.com
My name is Maria D'Alfonso-Gentilin. My father was born in LETTOMANOPPELLO in 1945; his name is Nicola D'Alfonso. He was born to Lucia Di Biase and Costantino D'Alfonso. He has one brother and one sister her in Toronto and one sister living in Milano. Thank you for creating this website and allowing distant relatives to connect online.
Rose Watson
Rozz215@aol.com
My parents were both born in Lettomanoppello. My mother's name was Gesidia Di Biase and my father's name was Antonio Dalfonzo.
Lena Young
younglena@core.com
My mother parents were Filomena Conte and Giovanni D'Alfonso. My mother's name was Luisa DAlfonso and she was born in Lettomanoppello in 1913 and came to the U.S. in 1937 where she married my father Antonio D'Alimonte. Does anyone have any information on these surnames?
See Lena's entry in Roccamorice surnames on Pg.1
Tom D'Alfonso
tdalfonso@yahoo.com
my grandparents were from Lettomanoppello. Their names were Anthony D'ALFONSO and Assunta DI DONATO; they still have relatives in Lettomanoppello. I would like to communicate with them through the internet, if anyone knows how.
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