Mollica Menagerie #6

This page contains questions, comments, stories, and miscellanea which ought to be of interest to at least some of us Mollicas. I also put genealogy information here that also finds its way to the Unlinked Mollica Family Trees part of the genealogy section of this web site.

#9: January 2002 - Present
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#7: March 2000-March 2001
#6: August 1999 - March 2000
#5: February 1999 - August 1999
#4: December 1998 - May 1999
#3: March 1998 - December 1998
#2: December 1997 - March 1998
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If I include anything that you've written that you don't want to appear on this page, please let me know and I will remove it right away.

Hi Rick, My name is Chris Mollica from Manawa WI. Just a quick note to let you know that there are ten more Mollicas in Central Wisconsin. My father William originally from St. Johnsbury Vermont. y mother Mary,my wife Ronda and two lovely children Ann and Andrew. My brother John and his two Children Tony and Adam.And brother Joe. I Would be more than happy to correspond with you more. Chris Mollica ________________________________________________________________________

Dear Rick, I am the granddaughter of Sebastiano Mollica and Anna (Sebastiana Marino)Mollica. Thier children were Mary, Anne, Joseph, Salvatore, Sebastiana, Paul, Lucy, Charles, and John. He was born in Floridia, Sicily. His parents were Concetta Bucceri and Antonio Mollica. I hope this helps in adding to the family tree. If you have more questions please email me. Be sure and put that it is you. I don't open all my email. Thank you for putting this site together. It has been very helpful. It even made my dad happy to see this has been done.

ALFONSO BORN JULY 19,1904 IN GIAOSIA MAREA,PROVINCIA DI MESSINA MARRIED TO ELENA BOUNGUSTO BORN NOV,2,1906 IN CATANIA SICILY. THEY HAD 8 CHILDREN: HENRIETTA,VIVIAN,INA, CONCETTA,STELLA, ALFIO & CHARLIE. 1 SON ALSO DIED HIS NAME WAS ALSO ALFIO.

WE ARE FROM OZONE PARK NEW YORK THAT IS WHERE MY PARENTS SETTLED.THEY CAME HERE DID NOT KNOW EACH OTHER . THEY CAME OVER ON THE SAME SHIP THE SAN GIOVANNI IN 1926.THEN THEY MET AT WORK IN N.Y.C.

HELLO RICK, MY NAME IS THOMAS Mollica, my true first name should have been (gaetano), but was ameicanized to thomas. my grand father's name was gaetano mollica, he married a rosa siena. my best recollection is he was born in alcomo,sicily.they had 4 male children,benjamin,joseph,frank and vincent. you can add this info to your list.

Hi Rick. I can't believe it's been a year since I found your web site. Thanks for putting together the Fennick page, it's been a great help.

Through it, I connected with our cousin Lee Mollica. Lee put us in touch with cousins of my mother that she had lost touch with about 30 years ago! She was so excited! My mom (Mary Margaret Mollica Forkins Reed) & I were all set to join in a Mollica Family Reunion in Laughlin, NV this past January, but had to cancel at the last minute due to her emergency appendectomy (she's fine now). Lee & the other cousins were so nice - we're going to try again next January.

Anyway, the reason I'm writing now is that my Mom, my husband, & I are heading to Lipari in May. We'll be there for about 4 days, so if anyone has any suggestions we'd really appreciate them. We know that the cemeteries there are filled with Mollica's... We plan to do as much genealogy research as possible, & will report back if we find anything interesting, okay?

I have found your site very interesting. I have info regarding Dominic (Mickey)Mollica/ Virginia (Unknown). Their one child is my mother Carlotta F. Mollica. She has 5 children including myself. *Eddie Ross Trujillo *Cheryl Trujillo *Timothy Trujillo *Thomas Trujillo *Tamela Trujillo.

Unfortunately, we do not know Virginia's maiden name but will try to find out. She lives in Santa Fe, NM. Carla and her children reside in Albuquerque, New Mexico & Phoenix, Az. Mickey Mollica was a prominent official in Gallup, NM for many years. They have named a street in honor of him, Mollica Street. I have a photo of the street sign. I will try to get that to you. Please e-mail me if you have or would like any further information. Thanks, Tamela

Hi! I recently became interested in tracing my family's heritage. I felt like I hit a gold mine when I saw your page. My mother's maiden name is Mollica and I did not see any of her family listed. Here is what general information I have to contribute and I will research dates and places for you.

My grandfather's name was Nicholas Mollica and he married Eleanore Kotowski. His father's name was Anthony Mollica. My mom said he immigrated from Sicily. She also remembers that he was a police officer there. I guess all families have some ghost in their closet and here's one of ours - Anthony was a bigamist. Yes, my mom thinks he had 2 wives. After he immigrated to Cleveland, Ohio he sent for one of the wives - Carmela. I do not know her maiden name. They had 6 kids - Nicholas, Mary, Antoinette, Josephine, Sam and Joseph. My mom has 1 brother - Anthony.

My mom and uncle both live in the Cleveland, Ohio area. Mary and Joseph had no children. Antoinette had 2 kids and they live in Michigan. Josephine had 3 kids, Camille, Danny and Angela. I do not know what Antoinette's married name is. Mary's married name was Amato and Josephine's married name was DiFranco. The only child still alive is Josephine. My grandpa Nick died almost a year ago.

There are 4 kids in my family. Myself, Sandy Peyton (Owczarzak), Tim Owczarzak, Paul Owczarzak, Tony Owczarzak. My uncle Anthony has 3 daughters Donna, Kathy and Christine.

Thank you for all of the work you have done. Please email me if you have any questions.

Hi Rick, (The attached picture is me and my sister from our trip to NY State.) My name is Kristen Mollica. I am in Yorktown, Virginia. I am writing to tell you that my twin sister Stacie and I are going into the Navy. Our scheduled ship out day is November 28, 2000. We are going to Great Lakes, Illinois for 9 weeks together on the buddy program. Stacie is going to be a Cryptologic Technician Administrator (CTA). She will be working with the FBI and CIA and stuff. I am going to be a Yeoman (YN) working my way to Journalist (JO). After I am done in bootcamp I will be going to Meridian, Mississippi and Stacie will be going to Pensacola, Florida. Then we are going to try to be stationed in Italy. That would be awesome. We both want to really bad, but we will see what happens. Thanks, Kristen

[These are the best looking women the U.S. Navy will ever see - good luck, kids - I was a CTI in the Navy, myself! And please stayin touch during your stints in the most powerful Navy on Earth.]

I saw you had a few pages from a screenplay I wrote at your site. Boy I am surprised you found that. I also have changed my web page since you listed it a few years ago. It now is www.studiotommy.com and while I was at it I made a web page for my brother John who owns Mollica's Pub in West Milwaukee. His is mollicaspub.homestead.com. Tom Mollica

So...what does it mean if your first name is Mollica? I found the following enlightening description on a page sponsored by the Kabalarians ("Teaching the Principles of Mental Freedom")

Your first name of Mollica has made you a sociable person who appreciates the beauties of nature and the refinements of life, and is moved by music and the arts. You are very idealistic and romantic within yourself and may have tried to express your beautiful thoughts through poetry or writing. Crudeness and vulgarity are very repulsive to you and you are very particular about little things. You suffer greatly with lack of confidence and self-consciousness. You crave affection and understanding, yet because you can be so easily and deeply hurt, you have learned to keep your true nature hidden; therefore people do not really know you. You always wonder if you are doing the right thing, desiring to express yourself but afraid to. People may consider you haughty and aloof because of your sensitivity and reserved ways. You may find some expression but it would usually be light conversation, rarely daring to reveal your deeper thoughts or take others into your confidence for fear of criticism or ridicule. You have a very kind and gentle nature, and although you may be in a position in contact with the public, you will still be a lonely and reserved person. Thus, you live much within your own thoughts, often finding your escape in reading, which you love to do. This name could cause you to suffer through a sensitivity in the fluid functions, causing female disorders, swelling of the legs and ankles, or general blood debility. There is also a weakness in the region of the heart and respiratory organs.

Hi, my name is Tony Mollica. I was born in Queens NY in 1963. My brother is John Frank, sister is Christine Francis. My father is Frank George. His father, now deceased, was Salvitor. His father (my great grandfather) was Frank sr.

Frank sr. came to NY from Sicily with his wife Maria around the turn of the century (around 1905 or 1908?). His family came from Palermo and Naples.

I met them both several times in Queens. There were very sweet people. Frank sr. reminded me of George Burns in the movie Oh God. Frank died in the mid 80's at 96. Maria died in the late 80's at 97.

They were both very hard working people. I heard that Frank sr. was very good with his money.

Almost all of the family still lives in Queens. My sister Christine (Tina) lives in a high rise apartment on Park Ave. She's divorced planning to remarry a very nice Italian man, Paul. She is 34. My brother John and I live in Ft. Lauderdale Florida. He has two kids, John jr., 7, and Kristen 4. I have 2 boys, Anthony jr., 14 and John Richard, 11. My brother is 36 and I am 37. We are really the only ones from our family to leave NY, besides my father Frank.

Recently found a box with letters, etc. Will let you know if I find anything of interest. If you have come across any of these names, please let me know. Thank you. Fran Cianciolo

Hi.. I was just surfing around and found your page. My paternal great -grandmother was Catherine Mollica Buzzanco (married James Vincent Buzzanco and came here from Sicily). They had one son (my grandfather Nicholas Buzzanco). He had 4 children, including my mother.

More information is available, but it's 5.30 AM and I can't call to wake my mother for it. I thought I'd drop an email now. If any of this is of interest to you, more information can follow.

hello mollica; i am john antony mollica of west milwaukee wisc. i own a tavern here by milwaukee county stadium home of the brewers. ex. part time home of the packers.

my grand parents were john and helen mollica from palermo and santo steffeno. nonu had a brother joseph who moved to south america in the early 1900's. my father was santo rocco mollica, who married mary. i have one younger brother tom, and a younger sister terry. we had relatives from ny city, i'll have to get back with their names.

Hey, my name is Lauren Mollica. I live in Birmingham Alabama. I'm doing a research project at school which I have to trace back my family's history...who came to America, why we came etc. I know that my great or great-great grandparents came over here from Italy, will you please help me!

My father's name is Karl Mollica, and he has the brothers, Sam Mollica, Charlie Mollica. If you think you can help me PLEASE e-mail me back at : Laura91684@mailcity.com Thank you so much for your help!

Hi Lauren ... Sorry, but all I can find is Sam...he was born on September 18, 1885 and died in November 1970 at age 85. His social security number was 421-44-7340.
It's possible that your family came from Pietro Mollica who served in the Lousiana Militia during the Civil War (or as you folks in Alabama would call it, The War of Northern Aggression). In fact, he's the first Mollica I have any trace of in America at all - most of our ancestors came to America in the early 1900s. I found the following entry about Pietro in a listing of Confederate units and personnel in the archives of the Daughters of the American Revolution:

Mollica, Pietro — Company 2, 6th Regiment, European Brigade (Italian Guards Battalion) Lousiana Militia. Appears on Roll not dated.

Also...go back to the web site (http://www.mollica.net) to the genealogy page - there you will find our Coat of Arms and a couple of histories of the Mollica name that might work well in your report.
Good luck, Lauren.

I'm very impressed with the Mollica geneology that has been made available. Who knows we might make a connection.

In 1968, I married Barry Lee Mollica. We have two children Robert age 30 and Vanessa Mollica Sanders 25. Barry was born in Altoona, Pa. in 1945. His mother's name is Doris. He has one brother Ron and one sister named Toni. Barry died in 1988, but we lost family contact long before that. In 1996 Jimmy Mollica called Robert and Vanessa about a family reunion. We didn't have enough information to know if we were related or not. I hope this will be a great beginning to a difficult task. Anything you can give us will be greatly appreciated. Thanks,Oveta

Subject: brazilian molica
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 09:37:48 -0300
From: Fernando Molica

Hi. My name is Fernando Molica - yes, with just a single "l" - some people in my family have the double "l", but we are all Molica. My brother, who lives in Recife, Pernambuco, found your site and write me about it. We don't kwow so much about our family in Brazil. My grandfather, lived in Minas Gerais, in a very small city, called Cajuri. Nowadays, a lot of Molicas lives in Vi�osa, in Minas Gerais, a small city (25 000 people) with has an important University - it's a big family - my father have 11 brothers, one is dead - the others, live in a lot of Brazilian cities. His brother Flavio has more information about our famly. I 'll try to contact him (I don't have his e-mail) e tell him about the site.

Subject: Mollica Family
Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1999 20:05:46 -0300
From: Renato Jos� Reis Molica

Dear Rick,
I was navigating/surfing by the internet when I found this fantastic site about Mollica's family.
My name is Renato Molica and I live in Brazil. My "Molica" is with one "l" but most of my cousins write "Mollica". Are we the same family? Or am I another branch of crumb family? When I was in Firenze I could find both surnames in telephone books. I would like to receive informations about this, and if possible contribute in your research.
Best Regards

Renato Molica

Subject: Mollica
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 02:19:58 EDT
From: MissMichelleMiss@aol.com

Hello my name is Michelle Mollica, 18. I live in Brownwood Texas. My mother's name is Lynn Mollica (November 28, 1952) who married my father Joseph Mollica. I don't know his birthday b/c I don't live with him anymore. I do know that i have a 20 year old brother named Peter Mollica. My grandfather's name is Peter Mollica from Philadelphia Pennsylvania, I have an aunt rose and aunt franny and an uncle Peter. I can find more information out for you but I would really like to find out more about my family tree. I'm sure you can help me but I just don't exactly know what to say. My father is a big company owner and I would like to know if we have any family some where else. I know I can provide you with more information. Just tell me what you need to know. I just know that i want to know more about my family.
thank you and please help me
~Miss~Michelle~Mollica~

[Michelle's Dad sent an E-mail in August '99 with some of the same info, which is included in the genealogy section under Worldwide Mollicas.]

Subject: Mollica links
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999
From: Richard Mollica

Hi Rick, my name is also Rick Mollica. I stumbled upon this web site while I was surfing the net. I think it is great that there is so many of us around. I found my father and grandfather on the unlinked Mollica page. I have a brother, sister, aunt and two cousins that are also linked to them, not to mention my fathers eight grandchildren and my aunts four grandchildren. My grand parents came from Sicily when they were fourteen. How do I go about linking it together? Please send me a reply when you get a chance.
Rick

The following E-mail refers to an entry for Charles Mollica in the 1920 census...

Subject: Charles Mollica born in 1871
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999
From: William Mollica

his wife was Mary Annacone, they also had three more children, William Philip Mollica,Ruth Mollica (the Baby),and Fay Mollica. I was named after William. Thomas R Mollica was my grandfather he was born june 12,1915 died february 18,1981 and married Harriet Mae Soper. their children are Thomas Robert Mollica Jr.,Donna Maria Mollica,Anthony Marino Mollica,Marilyn Alvina Mollica.

I found the following entry on a web site entitled Sicilian Ancestor & Surname Registry - a very nice web site for people looking for Sicilian ancestors.

I am trying to locate relatives in Milazzo. My paternal grandfather, Angelo MOLLICA was born in Milazzo in 1867. His mother's maiden name was Maria BUONINSEGNA. One of his grandmothers was a BERTE.Another family name was PEREIRA. My grandfa her married Francesca LANFRANCHI from Messina. They were married in Sicily and had two sons there, Giovanni and Fortunato. They eventually came to New York. Grandfather first settled on Catherine Street in Manhattan and then resettled in Brooklyn. Please give me any pertinent information regarding possible relatives in Milazzo. I am planning a trip to Sicily next summer and would love to meet family members.

Subject: Another Mollica
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 19:22:57 EDT
From: Andrew Mollica

I was wondering if you could give me some advice on how to trace my family tree if I cannot find any relation that I know of from this site. My name is Andrew Mollica and live in Massachusetts. My grandfather and parents are the only Mollica's who I know of in the United States who I can trace direct relation to. I know there are other Mollica's but I am pretty sure they are not related.

My grandfather, Basilio Mollica, moved to Boston from Patti, Sicily in 1950. And he has lived in Boston ever since. My father Francesco and my Aunt Giovanna were born there also.

Any information you can provide about my family, or steps to research more about my family would be greatly appreciated.

Once again thank you,

Andrew Mollica

Please send any info to a_mollica@yahoo.com

[I sent this response to Andrew...]

I have info for only one Basilio and he lived in the Boston suburb of Roslindale. Is this your grandfather? Basilio MOLLICAwas born on Nov 30 1913. He resided at 219 Roslindale AVe in Jan 1955 in Roslindale, Massachusetts.He was naturalized on Jan 26 1955 in US District Court, Boston, Massachusetts.He filed a Petition for Naturalization (Number) 324475. He was assigned Alien Registration Number 74235140. Naturalization Certificate #: 7440241.

[And Andrew came back with...BINGO!...]

Subject: Re: another Mollica
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 05:39:11 -0700 (PDT)
From: Andrew Mollica <a_mollica@yahoo.com>

Rick,
This is my grandfather.. he now lives in West Roxbury. I would really appreciate it if you could tell me how to get that info... I am trying to construct a family tree to give to my parents and to my grandfather... Does this info lead to interesting facts on relatives and positions they hold in society???
Thank you again for any info...

Sincerely,
Andrew Mollica

Subject: mollica info.
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999
From: LMollica@aol.com

Dear Rick,

I have information for you on Angelo Mollica born in 1877 in Italy who was married to Felicia. He was also married to Mary. Angelo Mollica is my father's grandfather. My father's father was Bartolo. I will send you a family tree of this Mollica family as soon as I map it out a little better. Any information that you have that would be of any help would be much appreciated. My e-mail address is: LMollica@aol.com
Sincerely,

Louisa Mollica

[The only info I have on Angelo's family is what you see on my web site from the 1920 census. Also, there is a Bartolo in the Social Security Death Index: Born Dec 3 1918 - Died August 1976 - lived in Brooklyn, NY - SSN 129-09-5468. He might be Louisa's grandfather? - Rick]

Subject: Re: Welcome aboard, Simon!
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999
From: SIMON MOLLICA

G'day Rick.
Very briefly, My grandparents on my father's side came to Australia from some islands named Vulcano and Lipari. Their names were Bartoloemeo and Serafina Mollica. They had 4 children Onofrio, Vincenzo, Maurizio (my father) and Ioele.

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