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How we all got here...
Antonio Cecere sailed on the ship the Lazlo when he was 18 yrs old and arrived in Ellis Island, New York from Naples
Italy, May 14, 1907.
Salvatore Sarrica traveled to the US many times before settling here on his last voyage June 13, 1909 on the ship the
Duca Degli Abruzzi from Naples to Ellis Island New York. His last voyage he brought his son Giuseppe with him, who was
only 11 yrs old.
Fortunata, Salvatore's wife came to America on April 22, 1914 with all the rest of her children on the ship the Taormina.
The family folklore was that she had to tie all the children together so they wouldn't slip off the ship. Life in America
was hard for her at first, although; she had many friends, she had a good life in St Agata. She had a good business there,
and in America, she didn't know our language, and had to start all over.
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| This land was donated to Antonio by his parents |
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| He donated back to the family. It is the way I found his mothers name. |
| Letter from Giovanni |
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| Letter from Amerino |
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| Benevento or Argentina |
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| Nicola Cecere |
| Letter from Nicola |
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Letters from the family back in Italy, if anyone can translate them or know these people,
please contact us!
| The Saricos and Ceceres - Going off to war! |
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List of Surnames
Here are our surnames: Amato/Amata, Andrews, Baldwin, Bottelfson, Breter, Bukvic, Carver, Cecere, Dinius, Eck, Fieder,
Groehler, Hill, Jenson, Johnson, Klann, Koller, Kreudher, Lambrecht, Laurance, Malecha, Markowski, Masaracchia, Miteco, Mueller,
Nedoff, Nogy, Paletta, Panarese, Powers, Purdy, Ragan, Reeves, Rizzollo Sarico, Sarrica, Scales, Sidoti, Siragusa, Tabor,
Tantanella, Uphoff, Villella
Email us if you know these people!
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Where the Sarricas and Sidotis are from:
SANT'AGATA DI MILITELLO
The village of S. Agata di Militello extends along the coast, between the mouth of the river Rosmarino
and the river Inganno, through the beach and the first spurs of the mountains. The built-up area extends around the original
centre, which was the Gallego's castle, built around 1630 as a tower in defense of the coast and still representing the main
attraction of the urban landscape. In the periphery of this structure there is enclosed the chapel where paintings and wooden
statues, dating from 1600 and 1700, are preserved. Of interest are also the neoclassic Duomo and the elegant villas and nineteenth-century
palaces.
Where the Cecere's and Panarese's are from:
According to the most credible theory the town was a Longobard settlement
founded around the years 640-641 and named Montemalo in 737, it preserved this name until 1862.
Dalmati populated
this region with their king Itacaele in 928. Only a few ruins remain of the old castle which housed the barony of the
Guevara, the Spinelli, and the Coscia.
The earthquakes of 1702 and 1732 destroyed the town. The
city changed its name in San Arcangelo on September 26, 1862. To distinguish it from a town in Bailicata and another
town near Forlė they added to San Arcangelo the name Trimonte.
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