Salvatore Ardizzone CAITO¹ {M} = Saveria CORSO² {F}

Married 20 November 1836, Termini Imerese, Sicily³

Salvatore Ardizzone CAITO:

Alias Samuel CAITO
Born ABT 1811, Termini Imerese, Sicily
Died Termini Imerese, Sicily
05-29-1999: Genealogy Research Report by Kathy Kirkpatrick located the marriage records of Salvadore Ardizzone Caito and Saveria Corse in the Termini Marriage records for 1834-1836 (LDS LIbrary microfilm #1713872) occurring on November 20, 1836 in a church (not specified) in Termini. Salvadore Ardizzone Caito was a single male, 25 years old, born in Termini, fisherman, living in Termini, son of Giovanni Battista Ardizzone Caito, 50 years old, fisherman, living in Termini, and Antonina di Blasi, 40 years od, living in the same place. The bride was Saveria Corso, single female, 19 years old, born in Termini, living in Termini, daughter of Agostino Corso, 50 years old, fisherman, living in Termini, and Agostina Spicuzza (spelling?), 43 years old, lviing in the same place.
Religion: Roman Catholic


Saveria CORSO:

Alias Sarah CORSO
Born 1816, Termini Imerese, Sicily
Died AFT 1908, Termini Imerese, Sicily
Aug 1998: Sarah's name was obtained from the death certificate of her son, Augustino Caito, who died in Batavia, NY on September 26, 1934. Her name is listed as Corsso, but I feel this is misspelled as we know there are individuals with the name "Corso" but I've not heard of "Corsso." The death certificate also misspells Termini. In general, we have to go with how the name sounded and I feel the correct spelling is Corso. (per Paul J Caito, Rochester, NY)

6 Dec 1998: Phone conversation with Ann Marie Mascari Jones of Johnson City, NY: Ann Marie remembers hearing that her great-grandmother Sarah Caito travelled to Batavia with her son and daughter-in-law and stayed for six (6) months. She didn't like living in the United States and eventually returned to Termini Imerese. She made this trip somewhere around 1906-1908, so we know that she was still living at that time and the date of death would obviously be sometime after that (after 1906 to 1908). (per Paul J Caito, Rochester, NY)

05-29-1999: Genealogy Research Report by Kathy Kirkpatrick located the marriage records of Salvadore Ardizzone Caito and Saveria Corso in the Termini Marriage records for 1834-1836 (LDS LIbrary microfilm #1713872) occurring on November 20, 1836 in a church (not specified) in Termini. Salvadore Ardizzone Caito was a single male, 25 years old, born in Termini, fisherman, living in Termini, son of Giovanni Battista Ardizzone Caito, 50 years old, fisherman, living in Termini, and Antonina di Blasi, 40 years old, living in the same place. The bride was Saveria Corso, single female, 19 years old, born in Termini, living in Termini, daughter of Agostino Corso, 50 years old, fisherman, living in Termini, and Agostina Spicuzza (spelling?), 43 years old, living in the same place.

Antonina Ardizzone CAITO⁴ {F}

Born 15 September 1838, Termini Imerese, Sicily
Birth: 05-29-1999: Genealogy Research Report by Kathy Kirkpatrick located the birth of Antonina Ardizzone Caito in the Termini birth records from 1836-1839 (LDS Library microfilm #1688173) on September 15, 1838. The birth was located in the index, listing her parents names as Salvadore Ardizzone Caito and Saveria Corso, but the acutal birth register page was missing from the filming.

Onofria Ardizzone CAITO⁵ {F}

Born 11 August 1839, Termini Imerese, Sicily⁶

Giovanni Michele Ardizone CAITO⁷ {M} = Giuseppina GENTILE⁸ {F} > Family

Married BEF 1877

Giovanni Michele Ardizone CAITO:

Born 28 September 1840, Termini Imerese, Sicily
Died 1929, Detroit, Wayne Co, MI
05-29-1999: Genealogy Research Report by Kathy Kirkpatrick located the birth of Giovanni Michele Ardizzone Caito in the Termini birth records from 1839-1842 (LDS LIbrary microfilm #1688275) occurring on September 28, 1840. Giovanni Michele was born to Salvadore Ardizzone Caito, 26 years old, a fisherman, living on Ardetta Corso with his wife, Saveria Corso, 26 years old.
Note in this record that Salvadore and Saveria are living on Ardetta Corso at the time. Note also in this record that Salvadore is listed with the last name "Ardizzone Caito" while in a later birth record for Antonino (1843), Salvadore is listed only as "Ardizzone." In this record, Salvadore's birth year would be placed at 1813/1814 and Saveria's birth year would also be placed at 1813/1814. Many of the birth records of their children place Salvatore and Saveria's birth in the early 1820's. However, Salvatore and Saveria's marriage records, which occurred much earlier in time (1836), place Salvatore's birth year at 1811 (he was 25 years old at the time) and Saveria's birth year as 1816/1817 (she was 19 years old at the time). Since the marriage records are closer in time to Salvatore and Saveria's birth, I have used their marriage records to place their birth year and am not using the birth records of their children to do so.

09-11-1999: In an e-mail from Thomas D'Amore of Providence, RI to Paul J. Caito:
On Marighrita, she married John B Caito. Her father was Giovanni Caito who was a wealthy sea captain who owned a fleet of fishing boats. Giovanni married Guiesppina Gentile. Giovanni and Guiesppina's children were: Salvatore, Peter, Marina, Providenzia and Sara and Marighrita. (not in this exact order) This document I am quoting from was made up by the daughters of John B Caito. I will try to send you a copy soon.
Tom and Denise D'Amore

10-14-1999: In a Family History of the descendants of John B. and Margherita Caito it is noted that Margherita's parents, Giovanni and Josepina Gentile, died in their 80's in Detroit. They had visited their daughter, Margherita, in Providence, Rhode Island several times. Margherita would frequently come to Detroit to visit her parents.


Giuseppina GENTILE:

Alias Josephine GENTILE
Born ABT 1854, Termini Imerese, Sicily
Died ABT 1927, Detroit, Wayne Co, MI
06-25-1999: In notes from Thomas Kennedy (b. 1959): Gentry is a variation of the Enlish nickname Gentle, although sometimes used in an ironic fashion, generally described the "gentleman" from Old French and Middle English, gentil = well-born, noble, courteous. Variations are: Gentile, Jentle, Gent, Jent and Gentry.

In a note from Margaret Caito Kennedy (b. 1920) to her son, Tom Kennedy:

Hi Tom,
Aunt Jo would have loved that explanation of the name Gentile. It would have confirmed all that she believed. You could have had a great go around with her. She said when grandpa Caito (Thomas Salvatore Caito) came to this country, he did not come "cattle class" but had a cabin; and when great-grandpa Rocco came (Antonio Rocco), he came through New Orleans, and traveled up the Mississippi to Cincinnati where he had relatives and then on to Cleveland. Their son was the first Italian boy to be born in Cleveland, according to Aunt Jo. When Ed and I were researching at the Archives, the Rocco we thought was grandma Caito's father, I beleive was traveling first class. One additional thing, Aunt Jo always said that the Gentile's were from France.

Love,
Mom

In another note, she writes:
When you get to Josephine Gentile, only daughter of Peter Gentile and Marina Catalano, she has seven brothers, three of whom were: Francesco, Ignatius and Joseph. Joseph married Augustina, who would have been Grandpa's aunt. One of her girls married a Badali. I remember some of her children went to Sacred Heart Church and had a non-Italian name which I do not recall, but who were known to be nice people. My friend, Toni Russo, taught school at Sacred Heart and I used to play on a badminton team there with her. Augustina is the same one I spoke of who went to San Francisco after the earthquake, but did not stay there.
I think that Josephine Gentile's two brothers, Francisco and Ignatius, were bachelors who Aunt Jo used to talk about and who were very religious men. I am eager to get back to the list and find Anthony Rini in Cleveland who is looking for names similar.

Love,
Mom

10-14-1999: In a Family History of the descendants of John B. and Margherita Caito it is noted that Margherita's parents, Giovanni and Josepina Gentile, died in their 80's in Detroit. They had visited their daughter, Margherita, in Providence, Rhode Island several times. Margherita would frequently go to Detroit to visit her parents.
Margherita's mother, Josepina Gentile Caito, was the only daughter of a wealthy sea captain and had been brought up in privileged conditions. Josepina had two older brothers, both fishermen, who never married but lived together like monks. Josepina learned to embroider as a child and was pampered by her parents, who bought her fine jewelry and even hired a woman to comb her hair.

10-14-1999: Tom Kennedy's records list her birth year as 1854 while Family History of John B. and Margherita Caito list her birth year as 1858 and her year of death as 1945.

Antonino Ardizzone CAITO⁹ {M}

Born 14 October 1843, Termini Imerese, Sicily
Died BET 1845 AND 1854, Termini Imerese, Sicily

Agostino Ardizzone CAITO¹⁰ {M} = Francesca Maria MASCARI¹¹ {F} > Family

Married 1878, Italy

Agostino Ardizzone CAITO:

Born 20 November 1846, Termini Imerese, Sicily
Died 26 September 1934, Batavia, Genesee Co, NY
Death: 26 Sep 1934: Obituary obtained from Batavia Daily News, Wednesday September 26, 1934, p. 3. Died at 1:00 AM at his home at 73 Union Street. He had been in failing health for two years and been seriously ill for the past week. Funeral Services held on Friday September 28th, 1934 at his home at 8:30 AM and at St. Anthony's Church at 9:00 AM. Interment in St. Joseph's Cemetery; Batavia, NY

26 Aug 1998: Death Certificate on file obtained from City Hall; Batavia, NY.
Death occurred at 1:00 AM on Sept 26, 1934 with primary cause as chronic myocarditis and secondary cause as senility. Attending physician was Samuel J. Gerace, MD, a longtime family friend. The certificate notes that his occupation was a fruit merchant and he last worked at the occupation in November, 1931, spending 18 years (since 1913) in this occupation. It states he had been a resident of Batavia for 21 years (since 1913).

21 Sep 1998: Tombstone in St. Joseph's Cemetery lists year of birth as 1846 while death certificate lists date of birth as November 1845. At this point I don't have enough other sources to hazard a guess as to which may be the more correct date. Death Certificate also says that he had been in the USA for 21 yrs, which would give us a date of 1913. His wife's death certificate (Francesca, d. 1944) states that she had been here for 36 years, which would give us a date of 1908. The 1908 date may be more correct as we know that their oldest daughter, Margherite came to the USA in 1908 or 1909 to get married to Filippo "Philip" Sansone in 1909 (She may have been already married to Filippo before coming to the USA). Augustino and Francesca's son, Augustino Ardizzone Caito (b. 1892) often told of the story of coming to the USA with his father with his sister Margherite. (per Paul J Caito, Rochester, NY)

5 Dec 1998: Phone conversation with Augustine "Ed" Scarpace of Kenmore, NY: Ed remembers a story about his grandfather concerning the selling of Augustino's fishing boats before he left Termini Imerese. It seems that in his attempt to sell his boats (as the family was selling everything before leaving), none of the other fisherman would buy his boats at the price he thought was fair. Knowing that Augustino couldn't very well take his boats with him, they all waited until Augustino "practically gave" his boats away to the other fishing companies and fisherman at a fraction of their true cost, as Augustino had no choice but to take what he could get. (per Paul J Caito, Rochester, NY)

6 Dec 1998: Phone conversation: Ann Marie Mascari Jones, of Johnson City, NY, remembers a story about her grandfather in that Augustino saved the lives of many fisherman in some type of storm or accident that occurred at Sea and as a result, Augustino was awarded a medal of honor of some sort from the King of Italy (at the time, Victor Emmanuel III). Augustino was also eligible for a lifetime pension as a result, but being a proud and independent man, he did not want to accept the pension. (per Paul J Caito, Rochester, NY)
Immigration Date: 1908
He came to the U.S. when he was in his 60's!
Misc. event Type: Veteran
Misc. event Date: 1865
He fought in the War between Italy and Austria.


Francesca Maria MASCARI:

Born 15 August 1858, Termini Imerese, Sicily
Died 15 February 1944, Kingston, Luzerne Co, PA
Birth: 27 Aug 98: Approximate date of birth (1858) supplied by Anna Sansone Caito (b. 1897) to Patrice Caito in 1978. Her tombstone in St. Joseph's Cemetery also lists 1858 as the year of birth.
Death: 30 Oct 1998: (per Paul J Caito, Rochester, NY) Death Certificate obtained from Pennsylvania notes date of birth as August 15, 1861; but the year 1861 was obviously added later as it does not match the style handwriting used on the rest of the death certificate. Her age is given as 83 yrs old at death, which would make 1861 correct but my guess is that the 1858 birth year is the more correct one, making her 85 yrs old at death. Death certificate notes that she lived with her daughter and son-in-law, Edith Caito and Samuel Mascari, for 5 years, and their address at the time of her death was 36 N. Loveland Avenue. It further states that she had been in the USA for 36 years, so she arrived in the USA in 1908. It also notes that she had no Social Security Number. Death occurred at 7:00 AM as listed on the certificate and she had been ill since February 11th, 1944.

6 Dec 1998: (per Paul J Caito, Rochester, NY) phone conversation with Ann Marie Mascari Jones of Johnson City, NY: Ann Marie remembers that her family would travel from Wilkes-Barre, where they lived, to Batavia every summer to see her grandmother, Francis Caito. She remembers that they would often ask her to come down and stay with them in Wilkes-Barre but she never would. Grandmother Francis Caito finally did come down to live with them the year before she died and Ann Marie feels that her grandmother probably sensed that she may not have much time left, and so finally went to stay with her daughter and grandchild. Ann Marie remembers her grandmother as a very kind and gentle woman.
Misc. event Type: Funeral
Misc. event Date: 18 FEB 1944
Misc. event Place: Batavia, Genesee Co, NY at St. Joseph Cemetery

Maria CAITO¹² {F} = Andrea SANSONE¹³ {M} > Family

Married Sicily, Italy

Maria CAITO:

Born 23 December 1856, Termini Imerese, Sicily
09-26-1934: Obituary of Augustino Ardizzone Caito, who died on this date, indicates that he was survived by a sister, Mrs. Andrew Sansone of Italy.

05-03-1999: Family notes from Gloria Scarpace Caito (b. 1925), written in 1986 to Francis L. Caito (b. 1914) of Batavia, indicates that one of the sisters of Augustino Caito was a Maria Sansone who lived in Italy. Her notes also indicate that there was a sister, Lucia Sansone, who lived in Chicago.

05-21-1999: Information supplied by Gladys Hewitt indicates that Maria Ardizzone Caito and her husband, Andrea, spent their entire lives in Termini and never came to the USA.

08-24-1999: Genealogy Research Report from Kathy Kirkpatrick located the birth of Maria Ardizzone Caito in the Termini Birth Records 1855 (last half) - 1857 (LDS Library microfilm #1688283). The birth occurred or was registered on December 23, 1856. The birth was located in the index but the actual page of the birth record was missing from the filming. We hava a copy of the index page. The parents listed on the index page were Salvatore Ardizzone Caito and Saveria Corso.


Andrea SANSONE:

Alias Andrew SANSONE
Born ABT 1851

Lucia CAITO¹⁴ {F} = Joseph PALMISANO¹⁵ {M} > Family

Married Sicily, Italy

Anna CAITO¹⁶ {F} = CHIARMONTE¹⁷ {M} > Family

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3 : "Termini Imerese Marriage Records"
Termini Imerese, Palermo, Sicily, Italy Marriage Records 1837-1839. LDS Library Microfilm #1713872.
4 : "Paul J Caito"
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6 : "Termini Imerese, Sicily - Birth Records"
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