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Southern Italian Heritage

Sicily, Italy


Entry 40: Basilia Pintabona (Part 3)Â Â - Marriage of her Parents, Antonino Pintabona and Rosaria Princiotto
Following the birth of their first child, Antonino and Rosaria broke a significant and long-standing tradition when they named their daughter "Basilia" - after someone other than a grandparent.


Entry 39: Basilia Pintabona (Part 2) - Birth of her Father, Antonino Pintabona                Â
Basilia Pintabona's father, Antonino, was born on a Tuesday morning in 1872 in Sant'Angelo di Brolo, at the family home on Contrada Miceli.


Entry 38: Basilia Pintabona (Part 1) - Her Birth
Basilia Pintabona was born on 17 October, 1897 in the Sant'Angelo di Brolo region of Sicily.


Entry 32: Carmelo Casella, Francesca Catrini and Children
Carmelo and Francesca lived in Sant'Angelo di Brolo with their large family of nine children born between 1889 to 1908 (inclusive).


Entry 31: Carmelo Casella
Carmelo was born in 1860 in Sant'Angelo di Brolo. Casella photographs of his generation are rare, yet two group images have been discovered.


Entry 28: Which Giuseppe Casella?
The name Giuseppe Casella is traced back to Sant'Angelo, in 1777. From here, many others with the same name are found on the family tree.


Entry 17: 1933 - A Moschilla/Trimboli Wedding and a Casella/Pintabona Birth
As she walked down the church aisle, bride Cuncia could feel the two-lire coin her mother placed in her right shoe for good luck.


Entry 10: Giuseppe Casella and Basilia Pintabona
In 1939, Giuseppe, Basilia and their children gathered for a photo. Today, this remains the only image capturing the entire family together.
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