My Italian Roots

I am ever so grateful for other researchers who translate records for the rest of us to understand. It is because of a distant cousin on my Grandmother Verrilli (Columbro) side that I have learned as mush as I have! This evening, I found the correct death date for my 5th great grandfather, Nicola Falcone (1767-1814) in Roseto Valfortore, Italy. In addition, I learned the names of his parents were Andrea Falcone and Elizabetta Bozzelli! Another branch added to an already challenging part of the family tree!

If not for the cousins who share photos of their Great-great-grandparents, the rest of the world would not get any glimpses into our own past. Here we meet Teodora Sabetti Carrescia Falcon (1856-1940) and her third husband Michaelangelo Carrescia (1863-1954) Her first marriage was to Michaelangelo's brother, Vito, in Italy. But he passed away in 1901 and Teodora married Gregory Falcone in Pennsylvania several years later. After Gregory passed, she married one final time in 1930.

Picture it...August 12th, 1939. A wedding. The wedding of Anthony Joseph Verrilli and Rose Jenny Columbro, my maternal Grandparents.

This photo caught my eye this evening, for so many reasons. The smile, the head tilt, the dress and beautiful dark hair. This is Catherine Maria Vagnoni Rose (1917-2014) and my 2nd cousin 2x's removed through the Columbro branch. Catherine marries Norman Rose; actor, film narrator and radio announcer who was described as "the Voice of God."
Catherine studied painting, was an avid gardener and a gourmet cook. She sounds like someone I'd have enjoyed knowing!

This photo was found in the tree of a fellow researcher and immediately brought back memories of a variety of Italian Festivals. Maria Carmela Capone Vagnoni (1901-2001) 1st Cousin 3x removed is pictured here with her SIL Maria Giuseppa Sianato Capone (1907-1999).
I wonder what the rest of the story was....