Friday, May 29, 2015

Francesca Mangano and twin Mariangela Mangano birth records

I was feeling lucky tonight and decided to search google for "birth records San Demetrio Corone". Much to my delight FamilySearch.org has a microfilm collection for many towns within San Demetrio Corone. I knew my great-grandfather came from Macchia Albanese, so I decided to see if my great-grandmother, Francesca Mangano, may have been born there and sure enough I was able to locate her birth record and that of her twin, whose name I did not know until know, Mariangela Mangano.

FamilySearch.org offers these records for free so this was a huge gain! The records are completely in Italian -so all of you who can read Italian - please help me out with translating the details.

Here is the image which you should be able to scroll up and down to view the whole thing:


Maria Falco Death Certificate

I received a hint on ancestry.com for the death certificate of Maria Falco. Maria is the mother of Francesca Mangano Marchiano, wife of Nicole Marchiano. I ordered the certificate through the New York City Department of Health, Bureau of Records and am so glad to have received it. The certificate offers facts that I had not yet known.

Her age at time of death was 72. She died on November 7, 1933 so I know she must have been born around 1861 in Italy. her occupation is listed as housewife. She had been in the US for 15 years, and had resided all of those years in New York. I now know that she must have immigrated around 1918.

The most excited new information for me was the name of her mother, Theresa Corino. Her father's name is listed as Natale Mangano, however, I know that this has to be incorrect as this was the name of her husband.  I am assuming her father would have the last name Falco, but I still do not have a first name.

Her cause of death was arterosclerosis, chronic myocarditis, and chronic nephritis with a contributory factor of cardiac decompensation.

Her burial took place on Nov 10, 1933 and she was buried at St. John's Cemetery.

Attached here are images of the death certificate.


Next on my list is to find her ship record, and begin the search for a birth certificate in Italy. I would love to find her father's name. Anyone know it???