Re: James Gregorio b. abt 1866 m. Theresa(Tressa) Camaroto b. abt 1867
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Re: James Gregorio b. abt 1866 m. Theresa(Tressa) Camaroto b. abt 1867
barry collins 7/20/08
Barry,
You are wise to use the census records as guides, not gospel.It is common for Italian births and immigrations to change from census to census.The early ships manifest records did not have a lot of definitive information on them.You may have better luck trying to find his naturalization papers.(There are three sets - Intent, Petition, Naturalization).If you're lucky, they'll give you a specific date and/or ship name.Then possibly you can determine the city of birth.
By the way, I have lots of relatives who went by James but the Italian name was Vincenzo.(Perhaps a southern Italian custom?)
Buona Fortuna,
Michelle