Rocco Florio and wife Clementina Mazzeo: Rocco Florio was a leader among the Padulese community in Oyster Bay. His shoeshop stood for many years on South Street not far from the fire house.
Alessandra (Sandella, Sandra) Florio Lombardi, wife of Emilio Florio and sister-in-law to Rocco Florio
Two New Fotos of First Generation Added:
Rocco Florio and Wife Clementina Mazzeo; and Alessandra (Sandra, Sandella) Florio (Lombardi), wife of Emilio Florio and Sister-In-Law of Rocco Florio (see above)
COLUMBUS DAY PARADE 2007
On Monday the 8th of October approximately a dozen people from the Oyster Bay Italian-American Citizens Club and representatives of the descendants of Paduli in America marched in the parade under the banners of both the World Padulesi Association and the Italian-American Club. The names of the marchers are listed below:
Tina Connelly (Marmorale) Randy Daub Donato (Danny) Capozzo) Alex DeAngelis James Murphy Timmy Murphy Terry Aquilino (Messera) Michael Aquilino Lori Petruzzelli-Touponse Marshall Touponse Lewis Eastlick Maria Eastlick Roxana DeAngelis Louis Yannucci
Lewis and Maria Eastlick came all the way from Fort Lauderdale, Florida to be in the parade. Lewis is descended from the Calderazzo and Mazzeo families of Paduli. He and Maria visited Paduli this summer and met with relatives in the Calderazzo family including Tommaso and Danilo Calderazzo (President of the Associazione Padulesi nel Mondo), Verena Calderazzo and Barbara Calderazzo, daughters of Tommaso and Marina Calderazzo (Maldifassi). Jim and Timmy Murphy are the husband and son, respectively, of Mary (Bette) Murphy (DeAngelis) and the brother-in-law and nephew of Alex DeAngelis. Lori and Marshall came down from Watertown, Connecticut to be in the parade. Lori is descended from the Limongelli family. Danny Capozzo, a long-time resident of Oyster Bay, originally comes from Molinara, a town near Paduli. He and Lou Yannucci and Randy Daub carried the Club banner. Tina Connelly (Marmorale) is the sister of Vincent Marmorale who is well-known as an expert on the role of the Italians in saving many Italian jews during the Second World War. Roxana DeAngelis is the daughter of Alex DeAngelis. She carried the Italian Flag while her father carried the Flag of Paduli. Marshall Touponse carried the American Flag. Tina, Lori, Lewis and Maria carried the banners of the World Padulesi Association.
STORY OF THE VISIT OF THE PADULI GROUP TO THE UNITED STATES: Story and Pictures Below
Antonietta Luongo, Maria Ranaldo, Mayor Suozzi, Interpreter
Mayor Suozzi
Danilo Calderazzo, President, World Padylesi Association
Ernesto Salzano, Caterina Palotta, B ette M urphy, Daniele Fusco, Simone Ranaldo
Paduli Group approaching Mayor Suozzi's Office
Daniele Fusco and Claudio Mainiero standing beneath the American and Italian Flags
Mayor Suozzi being photographed by Claudio Mainiero
Danilo Calderazzo, Pompeo Truglia and Maurizio Luongo listening to Mayor Suozzi
Mayor Suozzi and Antonietta Luongo
Posing undr the Italian Flag with Mayor Suozzi
Group posing inside Glen Cove Town Hall
Mayor Suozzi talking with Antonietta Luongo, Danilo Calderazzo and Ernesto Salzano
Mayor Suozzi receiving Paduli Insignia from Danilo Calderazzo
Paduli Group listening to Mayor Suozzi
Lunch at St. Rocco's Church, Glen Cove
Father Aaron Vellaramprampil, Pastor of St. Rocco's Church, Glen Cove
St. Rocco's Church, Glen Cove
Ernesto Salzano, Carolina Palotta, Maurizio Luongo and Danilo Calderazzo strolling in Glen Cove
Group waiting in shade outside Mayor Suozzi's Office
Errico Sassano shopping, Glen Cove
Posing under Italian Flag in Glen Cove
Lining up for lunch at St. Rocco's, Silvio Ranaldo in foreground
Ladies serving lunch at St. Rocco's
Lo Stemma/Insignia of Paduli. Depicted are the three main hills of Paduli, Monte Santo, Monte Coppola and Monte d'Oro. The crown indicates that Paduli sided with the kings, that is the State, in their struggles with the Papacy.
Chiesa Madre/Mother Church of Paduli dedicated to Saint Bartholomew
Paduli in America
A site for exchanging information among the descendants of Paduli in America. This site is dedicated to you, the descendants of the hundreds of Padulesi of the first generation who came to America betwen the 1800s and the 1920s. Send me your comments, suggestions, pictures of your ancestors, stories about them, and so on so that we can begin to form a real network of descendants interested in keeping the traditions and the contacts alive both among ourselves and with the present-day citizens of Paduli. (alexander.deangelis@gmail.com)
Un sito per lo scambio d'informazione tra tutti i discendenti di Paduli in America. Questo sito e' dedicato a voi i discendenti degli centinai di Padulesi della prima generazione che vennero in America tra gli anni 1880 e 1920. Mi invia le sue osservazioni, suggerimenti, foto degli vostri antenati, storie de loro, et cetera, e in questo modo possiamo cominciare di formare un vero network di discendenti interessati nelle cose di mantenere le tradizioni ed anche di stabilire legami non solo tra noi ma allo stesso tempo con i cittadini di Paduli odierni. (alexander.deangelis@gmail.com)
Italian-Americans at the St. Rocco Festival, Oyster Bay 1931
From the 1880s through the middle of the 1920s, hundreds of citizens of Paduli di Benevento left their homes and traveled to America seeking better economic conditions and opportunities. I believe that many or most of them wanted to return to Paduli some day after they had saved enough money to live comfortably. Some Padulesi did in fact return to Paduli including my own great grandfather on my grandmother’s side, Vincenzo Mainiero. However, most of the Padulesi who left Paduli to come to America ended by settling down in America and raising their families here. Their motives for staying were many including economic necessity, the two World Wars, and purely personal reasons. They settled in such towns in the State of New York as Oyster Bay and Glen Cove on Long Island and Syracuse and Auburn in Upstate New York, and in various towns in Eastern Pennsylvania. Many of their names are inscribed on the Bronze Plaque that was donated in 1949, along with a Hammond Organ, to the Church of San Bartolomeo in Paduli by the citizens of Paduli residing in the United States. The Plaque is fastened to the wall of the church in the hallway between the church proper and the church offices. The names on the Plaque will be familiar to anyone from Paduli, e.g. Florio, Ranaldo, Minicozzi, Bozzella, Marmorale, Saccone, DeVivo, etc.
This website is dedicated to their memory and especially to my grandparents, Rocco D'Angelis (17 December 1891- 28 March 1965) and Maria Teresa Mainiero (1 December 1897- 12 May 1974), two citizens of Paduli who, like so many other Padulesi, emigrated to America in the period between the 1880s and the 1920s. Although they settled down in America and began a new life, they never forgot their place of their birth.
For further details of the history of Paduli and of the compilation of this website, click on the links below to the Preface (in English) or the Prologo (in Italian).
See the page labeled List/Elenco for over 1200 ships records of immigrants from Paduli.
Nel periodo fra il 1880 e il 1920, centinaia di cittadini padulesi, lasciarono il loro paese natio e andarono in America in cerca di lavoro e di opportunità. Credo che, la maggior parte volesse tornare a Paduli dopo aver risparmiato qualche dollaro, sufficiente per godersi una vita più agiata. Sebbene qualche padulese tornasse, come mio bisnonno Vincenzo Mainiero, tanti altri si stabilirono in America e cominciarono a far crescere le loro famiglie, o per necessità economiche o per causa dei due conflitti mondiali. Essi si stabilirono nei paesi dello Stato di New York come Oyster Bay e Glen Cove su Long Island, Syracuse e Auburn nel nord dello stato di New York, e in vari paesi nell’ est dello Stato della Pennsylvania. Tanti dei loro nomi sono incisi su una lastra di bronzo donata dai cittadini di Paduli residenti in America nel 1949 e adesso fissata all’interno della Chiesa Madre di San Bartolomeo in Paduli. I nomi sono ben familiari a tutti i padulesi, esempio: Florio, Ranaldo, Minicozzi, Bozzella, Marmorale, Saccone, De Vivo, etc…
Questo Website e' dedicato alla loro memoria e specialmente ai miei nonni, Rocco D’Angelis (17 December 1891- 28 March 1965) e Maria Teresa Mainiero (1 December 1897- 12 May 1974), due cittadini di Paduli (Benevento) che, come tanti altri padulesi, emigrarono in America nel periodo fra il 1880 e il 1920. Sebbene si stabilirono in America e cominciarono una nuova vita, mai dimenticarono il loro paese di nascita.
Per la storia di Paduli e la creazione di questo sito clicca il link Prologo la giu.
Vedi la pagina List/Elenco che contiene piu di 1200 estratti di navi delle emigranti Padulesi.
So che in questo Elenco esistono molti errori. Anche se ho dato ilmeglio di me stesso per decifrare i cognomi e altre informazioni tra i dati storici, ammetto che in alcuni casi ho sbagliato.Spero che con la pubblicazione di questo libro, altre persone, chehanno informazioni migliori o correzioni o consigli, sono libere di mettersi in contatto con me, o in italiano o in inglese, con lettera al mio indirizzo postale (P.O. Box 397, Hamilton, Virginia 20159, USA), o via email alexander.deangelis@gmail.com
I recognize that the information contained in this website contains many errors despite the best of my abilities to decipher the names and surnames, etc. I welcome any comments, suggestions or corrections, in either Italian or English, and also any new information about the First Generation that may fit into this site. Please contact me at alexander.deangelis@gmail.com or at my mailing address P.O. Box 387, Hamilton, Virginia 20159.
