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Mysterious gravestone

Legg inn av clifto » 21 sep 2007 17:59:02

Brought mom-in-law out to the cemetery where her husband is buried, and
it was enlightening. She showed us a few graves we didn't know about,
including three or four that I was practically standing on before but
didn't realize were associated with the family plot.

I had a location sheet from a previous trip and took a quick meander to
try to find it. I'm not at all certain I did. I did find a marker with
the right last name, but no hint of the person himself. I was looking for
Nicola Caffarella. I found one-inch letters:

ROSA TRAFICANTE
M. 21 GENN. 1926 ANNI 98
LEROY ROBERT FRIELLO
SEPT. 14, 1927 - MAR. 28, 1928
PAULINE JOY FRIELLO
APR. 8, 1929 - DEC. 13, 1929

and way below that, the name CAFFARELLA in four-inch letters.

Mom-in-law has absolutely no idea who these people might be, and her
memory seems awfully good about family details.

My main question is, why would the stone say "Caffarella" without any hint
of any Caffarellas in the grave? Second question: can anyone explain the
format of the Traficante information?

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Hugh Watkins

Re: Mysterious gravestone

Legg inn av Hugh Watkins » 21 sep 2007 18:53:52

clifto wrote:
Brought mom-in-law out to the cemetery where her husband is buried, and
it was enlightening. She showed us a few graves we didn't know about,
including three or four that I was practically standing on before but
didn't realize were associated with the family plot.

I had a location sheet from a previous trip and took a quick meander to
try to find it. I'm not at all certain I did. I did find a marker with
the right last name, but no hint of the person himself. I was looking for
Nicola Caffarella. I found one-inch letters:

ROSA TRAFICANTE
M. 21 GENN. 1926 ANNI 98
LEROY ROBERT FRIELLO
SEPT. 14, 1927 - MAR. 28, 1928
PAULINE JOY FRIELLO
APR. 8, 1929 - DEC. 13, 1929

and way below that, the name CAFFARELLA in four-inch letters.

Mom-in-law has absolutely no idea who these people might be, and her
memory seems awfully good about family details.

My main question is, why would the stone say "Caffarella" without any hint
of any Caffarellas in the grave? Second question: can anyone explain the
format of the Traficante information?


purely a guess

the maiden name of the girls

or their grandmother . .

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Re: Mysterious gravestone

Legg inn av Alida Spry » 21 sep 2007 19:05:44

"clifto" <clifto@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Brought mom-in-law out to the cemetery where her husband is buried, and
it was enlightening. She showed us a few graves we didn't know about,
including three or four that I was practically standing on before but
didn't realize were associated with the family plot.

I had a location sheet from a previous trip and took a quick meander to
try to find it. I'm not at all certain I did. I did find a marker with
the right last name, but no hint of the person himself. I was looking for
Nicola Caffarella. I found one-inch letters:

ROSA TRAFICANTE
M. 21 GENN. 1926 ANNI 98
LEROY ROBERT FRIELLO
SEPT. 14, 1927 - MAR. 28, 1928
PAULINE JOY FRIELLO
APR. 8, 1929 - DEC. 13, 1929

and way below that, the name CAFFARELLA in four-inch letters.

Mom-in-law has absolutely no idea who these people might be, and her
memory seems awfully good about family details.

My main question is, why would the stone say "Caffarella" without any hint
of any Caffarellas in the grave? Second question: can anyone explain the
format of the Traficante information?



Does the cemetery have any records to indicate who purchased the plot? What
about church records? Anyone else in the family you can ask?

Did you do a search on Rosa Traficante?

Those are just some of the thoughts that I had upon reading your post. As
to the format, I've no idea but maiden name sounds plausible. Good luck!

Alida




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Re: Mysterious gravestone

Legg inn av The Kat » 21 sep 2007 19:18:43

On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 11:59:02 -0500, clifto <clifto@gmail.com> wrote:

My main question is, why would the stone say "Caffarella" without any hint
of any Caffarellas in the grave?

The Caffarella Valley is in Rome, maybe they're from there?




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Re: Mysterious gravestone

Legg inn av Alida Spry » 21 sep 2007 19:19:43

"clifto" <clifto@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Brought mom-in-law out to the cemetery where her husband is buried, and
it was enlightening. She showed us a few graves we didn't know about,
including three or four that I was practically standing on before but
didn't realize were associated with the family plot.

I had a location sheet from a previous trip and took a quick meander to
try to find it. I'm not at all certain I did. I did find a marker with
the right last name, but no hint of the person himself. I was looking for
Nicola Caffarella. I found one-inch letters:

ROSA TRAFICANTE
M. 21 GENN. 1926 ANNI 98
LEROY ROBERT FRIELLO
SEPT. 14, 1927 - MAR. 28, 1928
PAULINE JOY FRIELLO
APR. 8, 1929 - DEC. 13, 1929

and way below that, the name CAFFARELLA in four-inch letters.

Mom-in-law has absolutely no idea who these people might be, and her
memory seems awfully good about family details.

My main question is, why would the stone say "Caffarella" without any hint
of any Caffarellas in the grave? Second question: can anyone explain the
format of the Traficante information?

--


Hi again,

I googled the three surnames and found this site which apparently shows a
Gennaro FRIELLO and a Rosaria TRAFICANTE and a Guiseppe CAFFARELLA. I don't
know what it means but there it is.

http://www.difesa.it/NR/rdonlyres/D9D84 ... 9742/5.pdf

Perhaps the the gravestone indicates that Rosa Traficante married at age
1921 to Gennaro FRIELLO. I don't know about the other dates. Maybe 1926 is
when she was born and 1998 is when she died? Maybe this is a common Italian
format?

I don't know if that helps or just makes it more confusing. Don't you love
genealogy? ;-)

Alida

If you really believe carbon dioxide causes global warming,
you should stop exhaling.

Alida Spry

Re: Mysterious gravestone

Legg inn av Alida Spry » 21 sep 2007 19:23:12

"Alida Spry" <a_spry@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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"clifto" <clifto@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Brought mom-in-law out to the cemetery where her husband is buried, and
it was enlightening. She showed us a few graves we didn't know about,
including three or four that I was practically standing on before but
didn't realize were associated with the family plot.

I had a location sheet from a previous trip and took a quick meander to
try to find it. I'm not at all certain I did. I did find a marker with
the right last name, but no hint of the person himself. I was looking for
Nicola Caffarella. I found one-inch letters:

ROSA TRAFICANTE
M. 21 GENN. 1926 ANNI 98
LEROY ROBERT FRIELLO
SEPT. 14, 1927 - MAR. 28, 1928
PAULINE JOY FRIELLO
APR. 8, 1929 - DEC. 13, 1929

and way below that, the name CAFFARELLA in four-inch letters.

Mom-in-law has absolutely no idea who these people might be, and her
memory seems awfully good about family details.

My main question is, why would the stone say "Caffarella" without any
hint
of any Caffarellas in the grave? Second question: can anyone explain the
format of the Traficante information?

--


Hi again,

I googled the three surnames and found this site which apparently shows a
Gennaro FRIELLO and a Rosaria TRAFICANTE and a Guiseppe CAFFARELLA. I
don't know what it means but there it is.

http://www.difesa.it/NR/rdonlyres/D9D84 ... 9742/5.pdf

Perhaps the the gravestone indicates that Rosa Traficante married at age
1921 to Gennaro FRIELLO.


oops...I meant either at age 21 or in 1921. Sorry



I don't know about the other dates. Maybe 1926 is
when she was born and 1998 is when she died? Maybe this is a common
Italian format?

I don't know if that helps or just makes it more confusing. Don't you
love genealogy? ;-)

Alida

If you really believe carbon dioxide causes global warming,
you should stop exhaling.


clifto

Re: Mysterious gravestone

Legg inn av clifto » 21 sep 2007 20:05:46

Hugh Watkins wrote:
clifto wrote:
My main question is, why would the stone say "Caffarella" without any hint
of any Caffarellas in the grave?

purely a guess

the maiden name of the girls

or their grandmother . .

I could believe that the names are maiden names, but I'm still confused
by the dearth of Caffarellas in the area.

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clifto

Re: Mysterious gravestone

Legg inn av clifto » 21 sep 2007 20:06:59

Alida Spry wrote:
"clifto" <clifto@gmail.com> wrote...
ROSA TRAFICANTE
M. 21 GENN. 1926 ANNI 98
LEROY ROBERT FRIELLO
SEPT. 14, 1927 - MAR. 28, 1928
PAULINE JOY FRIELLO
APR. 8, 1929 - DEC. 13, 1929

I googled the three surnames and found this site which apparently shows a
Gennaro FRIELLO and a Rosaria TRAFICANTE and a Guiseppe CAFFARELLA. I don't
know what it means but there it is.

http://www.difesa.it/NR/rdonlyres/D9D84 ... 9742/5.pdf

Looks like these were all born in the 1980's.

Perhaps the the gravestone indicates that Rosa Traficante married at age
1921 to Gennaro FRIELLO. I don't know about the other dates. Maybe 1926 is
when she was born and 1998 is when she died? Maybe this is a common Italian
format?

You made me start thinking. Gennaio is the first month of the Italian
year. When I saw the "M." my first thought was all the tombstones in
this area that give a death date as "Morto [date]". So we might well
be looking at

Morto 21 Gennaio 1926 Anni 98
Died 21 January 1926 98 Years (of age)

No luck for Illinois Traficante families in the census on HQ. Suspect
neither of the kids will show up in the census, just a hunch. :) Found
one Friello family in Illinois in 1920, no indication that they have
kids, and no indication that they ever did.

I don't know if that helps or just makes it more confusing. Don't you love
genealogy? ;-)

Sometimes I think that's half the fun. Other times I realize how insane
I am to have such thoughts. :)

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If you really believe carbon dioxide causes global warming,
you should stop exhaling.

Alida Spry

Re: Mysterious gravestone

Legg inn av Alida Spry » 21 sep 2007 20:49:39

"clifto" <clifto@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Alida Spry wrote:
"clifto" <clifto@gmail.com> wrote...
ROSA TRAFICANTE
M. 21 GENN. 1926 ANNI 98
LEROY ROBERT FRIELLO
SEPT. 14, 1927 - MAR. 28, 1928
PAULINE JOY FRIELLO
APR. 8, 1929 - DEC. 13, 1929

I googled the three surnames and found this site which apparently shows a
Gennaro FRIELLO and a Rosaria TRAFICANTE and a Guiseppe CAFFARELLA. I
don't
know what it means but there it is.

http://www.difesa.it/NR/rdonlyres/D9D84 ... 9742/5.pdf

Looks like these were all born in the 1980's.

Perhaps the the gravestone indicates that Rosa Traficante married at age
1921 to Gennaro FRIELLO. I don't know about the other dates. Maybe 1926
is
when she was born and 1998 is when she died? Maybe this is a common
Italian
format?

You made me start thinking. Gennaio is the first month of the Italian
year. When I saw the "M." my first thought was all the tombstones in
this area that give a death date as "Morto [date]". So we might well
be looking at

Morto 21 Gennaio 1926 Anni 98
Died 21 January 1926 98 Years (of age)

No luck for Illinois Traficante families in the census on HQ. Suspect
neither of the kids will show up in the census, just a hunch. :) Found
one Friello family in Illinois in 1920, no indication that they have
kids, and no indication that they ever did.

I don't know if that helps or just makes it more confusing. Don't you
love
genealogy? ;-)

Sometimes I think that's half the fun. Other times I realize how insane
I am to have such thoughts. :)

--

OK, well it seems I did help a little. I even learned something too! I
don't know much about Italian research so I'll have to remember this for
future reference.

Have a great weekend!
Alida

If you really believe carbon dioxide causes global warming,
you should stop exhaling.

clifto

Re: Mysterious gravestone

Legg inn av clifto » 21 sep 2007 21:26:28

singhals wrote:
clifto wrote:

ROSA TRAFICANTE
M. 21 GENN. 1926 ANNI 98
LEROY ROBERT FRIELLO
SEPT. 14, 1927 - MAR. 28, 1928
PAULINE JOY FRIELLO
APR. 8, 1929 - DEC. 13, 1929

m. 21 Genn. 1926 anni 98 =
died 21 (Jan?) 1926 aged 98. (m. - morte/dead)

I had just guessed that and am glad to see your corroborating info. :)

The Friello children are _probably_ the children of Rosa's
daughter who married a Friello.

At a guess Caffarella is Rosa's surname; her maiden name was
probably Rosa Traficante. But isn't Nicola female?

Not necessarily. Steven Seagal played a character named Nicola in one of
his movies IIRC.

Found a death notice for Nicola. "Nicola Caffarella, beloved husband of
Madeline, dear father of Theresa [Peter] Casso, Frank [Connie], Rose
[Roy] Friello, and Pauline. Funeral Thursday, 9 a.m., from funeral
home, 3722 W. Chicago avenue, to Our Lady of Angels church. Interment
Mount Carmel cemetery." Mount Carmel was the one I was at, so this is
most likely the Nicola I had the location sheet for.

I also see more than a few links between Friello and Caffarella. But it
appears this is a different Caffarella family, which allows me to relax
and concentrate my efforts elsewhere.

The best way to confirm/refute the maiden name scenario is
to read the local newspapers for (Jan?) 1926 to see who
died. Or check the churhc's burial books (NOT the cemetery
book, the book in which the Priest records the burial
services he performs).

Testing the Chicago Tribune archives by looking up Capone, it appears
they only go back to 1928, so I'd have to find someone who archives the
paper on fiche. And I'll probably look this up if I end up at some such
place, but for now it's relegated to a curiosity while I scrounge for
orts and tidbits about the real family.

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If you really believe carbon dioxide causes global warming,
you should stop exhaling.

Gjest

Re: Mysterious gravestone

Legg inn av Gjest » 22 sep 2007 03:39:20

clifto wrote:

singhals wrote:
clifto wrote:

ROSA TRAFICANTE
M. 21 GENN. 1926 ANNI 98
LEROY ROBERT FRIELLO
SEPT. 14, 1927 - MAR. 28, 1928
PAULINE JOY FRIELLO
APR. 8, 1929 - DEC. 13, 1929

m. 21 Genn. 1926 anni 98 =
died 21 (Jan?) 1926 aged 98. (m. - morte/dead)

I had just guessed that and am glad to see your corroborating info. :)

The Friello children are _probably_ the children of Rosa's
daughter who married a Friello.

At a guess Caffarella is Rosa's surname; her maiden name was
probably Rosa Traficante. But isn't Nicola female?

Not necessarily. Steven Seagal played a character named Nicola in one of
his movies IIRC.

Found a death notice for Nicola. "Nicola Caffarella, beloved husband of
Madeline, dear father of Theresa [Peter] Casso, Frank [Connie], Rose
[Roy] Friello, and Pauline. Funeral Thursday, 9 a.m., from funeral
home, 3722 W. Chicago avenue, to Our Lady of Angels church. Interment
Mount Carmel cemetery." Mount Carmel was the one I was at, so this is
most likely the Nicola I had the location sheet for.

I also see more than a few links between Friello and Caffarella. But it
appears this is a different Caffarella family, which allows me to relax
and concentrate my efforts elsewhere.

The best way to confirm/refute the maiden name scenario is
to read the local newspapers for (Jan?) 1926 to see who
died. Or check the churhc's burial books (NOT the cemetery
book, the book in which the Priest records the burial
services he performs).

Testing the Chicago Tribune archives by looking up Capone, it appears
they only go back to 1928, so I'd have to find someone who archives the
paper on fiche. And I'll probably look this up if I end up at some such
place, but for now it's relegated to a curiosity while I scrounge for
orts and tidbits about the real family.

Several thoughts on your quest:
(1) Maybe the gravestone has that name because somebody bought it at a
discount, when someone backed out of their purchase??? Such a deal !
(2) The Archdiocese of Chicago has several "super" sites that can access the
WHOLE list of burial records, no matter in which cemetery the people are
buried. Right now, the only one that comes to mind is Resurrection cemetery.
Once you have burial dates, you can dig into the newspapers for death
notices.
(3) If you have a Chicago Public Library card, you can access their website,
and log in to the newspaper (and other stuff, including Heritage Quest).
There the Tribune runs from 1849 to 1986 and is searchable by word. The
other button, for 1985 to present is only searchable by general terms (i.e.
"death notices" or "obituaries") Of course, if you don't have a CPL card,
you can still go downtown to the Washington library, and view the papers on
microfilm -- though you can't search.
Good luck,
bob

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Re: Mysterious gravestone

Legg inn av Jobayless@yahoo.com » 23 sep 2007 21:23:50

On Sep 21, 11:59 am, clifto <cli...@gmail.com> wrote:
Brought mom-in-law out to the cemetery where her husband is buried, and
it was enlightening. She showed us a few graves we didn't know about,
including three or four that I was practically standing on before but
didn't realize were associated with the family plot.

I had a location sheet from a previous trip and took a quick meander to
try to find it. I'm not at all certain I did. I did find a marker with
the right last name, but no hint of the person himself. I was looking for
Nicola Caffarella. I found one-inch letters:

ROSA TRAFICANTE
M. 21 GENN. 1926 ANNI 98
LEROY ROBERT FRIELLO
SEPT. 14, 1927 - MAR. 28, 1928
PAULINE JOY FRIELLO
APR. 8, 1929 - DEC. 13, 1929
and way below that, the name CAFFARELLA in four-inch letters.

JB found this
I found that Rosa Caffarella was her maiden name she married a
Friello. Maybe she Ialso married a Trafiocante.

Chicago Tribune, Obituary Index, 1988-1997
Name: Friello, Rose A.
Maiden Name: Caffarella, Rose A.
Date: 26-Nov-96
Source Information:
John Stoddard, comp.. Chicago Tribune, Obituary Index, 1988-1997
[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.,
2001. Original data: Chicago Tribune. Chicago, IL, USA: Chicago
Tribune, 1988-1997.

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