he had three children joseph p, john w, helen m who lived in Greenock PA and around the areas of Duquesne, Mckeesport. I can not find his wife's name. I am his grand daughter and my father joseph p is dead now. I have a pic of my grandfather but have no clue who my grand mother was. Any help? thi is when he was older. the pic is kind of small. He is the tall guy.

here is a pic of him when young (THIS MAY NOT BE A PIC OF HIM, BUT SURE LOOKS LIKE MY DAD)during immigration anyone recognize the picture? He is 9 from the right looking at the pic.
Dominico Vitale, b. abt 1885 wife deceased
Helen M. b. abt 1915 daughter
John W, b. abt 1919 son
Joseph P, b. abt 1922 son

would like to know if he had any brothers and sisters too who came to america or are still in italy. What a search!

For reference:

1930 census

Biff

WOW YOU DID THAT FAST. I couldn't even figure it out lol.

I found some info from the date of immigration. He had a different name and travelled with his family parents, brothers, sisters. It appears he died around 1952-1955 seems right because I remember I was either just born according to my family or when I was real young because I don't remember him. A bit when I look at photos I notice places but as far as remembering him I really don't. I can't find a social security listing on him in many ways of searching or anything else. Just the 1930 census. I think will order the other census to see if I can find him. I been looking for land deeds and other info, but still nothing. Maybe if I order my father's birth certificate this would show something.

Have you sent for naturalization records? According to the 1930 census he has naturalized.
wldspirit

Here are the actual questions on the 1930 census

Street, avenue, road, etc.
House number
Number of dwelling house in order of visitation
Number of family in order of visitation
Name
Relationship of this person to the head of the family
Home owned or rented
Value of home, if owned, or monthly rental, if rented*
Radio set*
Does this family own a farm?
Sex
Color or race
Age at last birthday
Marital condition
Age at first marriage*
Attended school or college any time since Sept. 1, 1929
Whether able to read or write
Place of birth__person
Place of birth__father
Place of birth__mother
Language spoken in home before coming to the United States
Year of immigration into the United States (he put 1896)
Naturalization (he said no)
Whether able to speak English (he said yes)
Trade, profession, or particular kind of work done railroad
Occupation industry or business
Class of worker
Employment
Veteran*

Elizabeth, on the 1930 census he stated he was naturalized (NA)... see the column number 93... He stated also his year of immigration as 1896...

Hope this helps!

Laura

I thought that said no lol thanks

elizabethvitale wrote:

I found some info from the date of immigration. He had a different name and travelled with his family parents, brothers, sisters ...

Hello Elizabeth!
Have you found his manifest?
Depending on the year, there may be markings on it (verification of arrival) that will help locate where he was naturalized.
www.jewishgen.org/info...fests/occ/
Valarie

Where do I look for a manifest?

elizabethvitale wrote:

Where do I look for a manifest?

If he came thru NY between 1892 and 1924, check Ellis Island:
stevemorse.org/ellis2/...sgold.html

If he came in thru another port, ancestry. com is probably the best site
(subscription)

ellis island

ellis island


this is the closest by the 1930 data of birthdate

vitale nicola greatgrandfather possibly 43 on may 18 1896 date of arrival tailor ?
amendolara 34 housewife 1862 greatgrandmother
edigis 13 1883 son could be grandfather
rosario 11 1885 son could be nicola grandfather date off 9/12/1883 death 1954 feb
lucia 4 1898 son
couceffa or tta 21 1875 son

italy to new york ss olympia looks like the whole family came over on the manifest list I will call to see what might be on my fathers birth certificate.

I am ordering my dads birth certificate because his parents names are on there. That will clear up this mystery.

elizabethvitale wrote:

Ok, so my grandfather was born in Italy, came from Naples in 1896 from what I am gathering. My father's birth certificate has him at 48 in 1921. Omitting the data of him at 45 in 1930 on the census my father's mother's name was Christinia Bowser age 27 in 1921 on the birth certificate. She was deceased according to the census. The only Domenico to match the birth certificate date was on the Neustria in 1896 at age 22. I do remember my father saying my grandfather was from Naples. The rest of my heritage is pretty unknown except by what I find from the birth certificate. I have been trying to do searches on my father's mother coming up blank and still can't find any social security info on my grandfather. Any suggestions? His year of birth around 1872-1873 if the birth certificate info is correct. This matches the ships manifest. Now where do I go? All of the other info I had doesn't seem to match unless I am doing the math wrong. elizabeth vitale

Elizabeth,
No help in the search for their father Domenic Vitale, but this is really neat
Valarie

GREENOCK MILITARY MEMORIAL
DEDICATED MAY 30, 1950
VITALE, John W.
VITALE, Joseph P.

www.monval.com/memoria...enock.html