Posted by filomena.petta- AT - wanadoo  -- NAME: filomena PETTA
on 02/03/01 at 4:04 PM
Subject: Re: Surname Petrillo from Castelmauro, Molise
In Reply to: Re: Surname Petrillo from Castelmauro, Molise posted by filomena PETTA on 02/03/01 at 3:33 PM:
: : My father was born in the town of Castelmauro, in Molise. It is in the foothills, about half way
: : between Campobasso and Termoli, just north of the main road. : : I plan to travel to that region in 2001 and stay for about one year to research my anchestry.
: : I am gathering information on the area around my fathers birthplace, and am looking for any
: : connection to our name, Petrillo, from that area. : : My fathers names was Joseph (Giuseppe?) Corrado Petrillo, His father was Faustino Petrillo, and
: : his mothers maiden name was Mariannina Iovine. My father was born in 1886 and emmigrated
: : to New York in 1905, where he worked for a time then moved to Utica New York. : : Any words of advice, information on the region or the Petrillo names? : : I would be happy to correspond with anyone. : : Richard Petrillo
: : Portland, Oregon
bonjour Richard,
first excuse me for my bad english .
my name is filomena, I was born in castelmauro in 1957.
in 1960 my parents went to france to work
and now I live in France, in the city of a famous wine
"the champagne"
My father stays in france for few months and he returns
to castelmauro to spend time. Since my mother died, she is in the cimitery of castelmauro. this evening , my father was in my house and we discovered your message.
i ask my father about your family
he knows 3 other petrillo
but perhaps you knows that in castelmauro, the name is a special question : my surname is petta, but if I am in the village and someone asks me who I am
then I have to explain "the special name " of my family
it's difficult to explain
it's like during the war when people were called by another name
in castelmauro all the families have "a special name"
in french we says -un surnom- Every year I love to spend few weeks in castelmauro where my father has a house and a very little "farm" in the country
My daughter LOUISA, she is 12, and every summerholidays she asks to go in italy
last summer we spent time near Napoli, in Amalfi
very special and beautiful, after we were in Gargano, 100km in south from castelmauro and at last we arrived to castelmauro where my father was waiting for us richard, if you want i can send you photos from castelmauro ciao
filomena
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