My grandparents: Grovanina Anastasio & George Cappelli

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I want to thank Nick Trotta for the information about the Cappellis' and Trottas' that he gave me.

"Our Italian Heritage"
Our Italian surnames are Anastasio, Cappelli, DiFillippi (or De Filippi), Fischetti, Ingaurdia, Mordente, Trotta, & Verrone.

The Cappelli's and the Trotta's came from Sant' Angelo a Fasanella, a small village in the province of Salerno. They immigrated to Brooklyn, New York, in the early 1900's. It was common for the Sant; Angelese to claim to be Neapolitan. This was done for simplicity, at a time when our ancestors were growing up in a Brooklyn neighborhood occupied almost exclusively by Italians of Sicilian descent. The dialect spoken in Sant' Angelo is Neapolitan, and Naples is the closest big city.

My ggrandfather Frank George Cappelli, (or Franco Georgio Cappelli) was in the Italian Honor Guard, or Bersaglieri. He was known as somewhat of a hero, because he along with a lot of other military men, saved several lives after a terrible earthquake, in Messina, a town near Naples, Italy . This happened in 1908..

After my ggf Frank Cappelli died of pnuemonia, between 1912 & 1925. My ggm Archangela Verrone married a man named Joseph Mordente. His grandson was Tony Mordente Jr., the actor that played "Action" in 'West Side Story'! Tony has a brother named Sam.

 

There is also an Italian Mob connection to our family. Albert Anastasia, aka the "Mad Hatter", was my great-great uncle. He was born Umberto Anastasio in Trevino Italy in 1903. At the age of 15, he sailed as a crewman to America. Once here, he started working on the docks, and earned quite a reputation as a tough guy. He was in the infamous "Murder Inc." - murder for hire.

 

 408 Suydam

408 Suydam St. Brooklyn New York

This is where my father- Frank Cappelli - lived with his sister Angela,

and his mother and father.

 


Descendants of Francesco Giorgio Cappelli

 

 

Generation No. 1

 

1. FRANCESCO GIORGIO CAPPELLI was born in Naples Italy, and died Unknown in New York.

He married ARCHANGELA VERRONE. It is unknown when she died.

 

Children of FRANCESCO CAPPELLI and ARCHANGELA VERRONE are:

2. i. ROSIE CAPPELLI, d. 1986.

3. ii. GEORGE FRANK CAPPELLI, b. September 17, 1912. d. 2003

4. iii. THERESA CAPPELLI,

 

 

Generation No. 2

 

2. ROSIE CAPPELLI died 1986. She married NICK TROTTA. He died 1951 in New York- drowned in fishing boat..

 

Children of ROSIE CAPPELLI and NICK TROTTA are:

i. ANGELA TROTTA, d. June 2000.

ii. FRANCES TROTTA, d. 1998.

5. iii. JOE TROTTA, b. Private.

 

 

3. GEORGE FRANK CAPPELLI was born September 17, 1912.

He married (1) GROVANINA ANASTASIO, daughter of RAFFAELO ANASTASIO and LOUISA DE FILIPPI.

She was born April 26, 1910 in Brooklyn New York, and died April 30, 1958 in Brooklyn New York.

He married (2) MARIE BONUSO Private. She died October 27, 2002 in Massapequa New York.

 

Children of GEORGE CAPPELLI and GROVANINA ANASTASIO are:

6. i. FRANK GEORGE CAPPELLI, b. Private.

ii. ANGELA CAPPELLI, b. Private; m. JIM CARROLL, Private;

 

 

Child of GEORGE CAPPELLI and MARIE BONUSO is:

iii. CARL CAPPELLI, b. Private.

 

 

4. THERESA CAPPELLI was born 1915. She married TOMMY INGARDIA Private. He died 1995.

 

Children of THERESA CAPPELLI and TOMMY INGARDIA are:

i. RITCHEY INGARDIA, b. Private.

ii. CAROL INGARDIA, b. Private.

iii. TOMMY INGARDIA, b. Private.

 

 

Generation No. 3

 

5. JOE TROTTA was born Private.

 

Children of JOE TROTTA are:

i. NICK TROTTA, b. Private.

ii. LAUREN TROTTA, b. Private.

 

 

6. FRANK GEORGE CAPPELLI was born May 2, 1946, in Brooklyn New York.

He married (1) SANDRA KAY LAABS , daughter of KENNETH LAABS and FRANCES SMITH.

She was born July 19, 1946.

He married (2) MARY COLLETTE BULLOCK Private. She was born Private.

 

Child of FRANK CAPPELLI and SANDRA LAABS is:

7. i. TONI MICHELLE CAPPELLI, b. Private.

 

 

Children of FRANK CAPPELLI and MARY BULLOCK are:

ii. SUZANNE CAPPELLI, b. Private.

iii. MICHAEL CAPPELLI, b. Private.

 

 7. ANGELA CAPPELLI b. March 20, 1937, she married JIM CARROLL.

 

Children of ANGELA CAPPELLI and JIM CARROLL are:

SUSAN CARROLL b. June 20 1967

CLAIRE CARROLL b. August 29, 1962

LYNN JOHNSON b. January 5, 1975

 

Generation No. 4

 

7. TONI MICHELLE CAPPELLI was born Private.

She married ALLEN QUINCY WELCH Private, son of JOHNNY WELCH and DOROTHY ARNETTE.

He was born Private.

 

Children of TONI CAPPELLI and ALLEN WELCH are:

i. TAHNEE DAWN WELCH, b. Private.

ii. DAMIEN LEE WELCH, b. Private.

 


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You'll never be happy with what you have."
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