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Posted by bpasquino_44094  --  NAME: Brian Pasquino on 09/05/00 at 12:26 PM Subject:   Re: Looking for Familigia! In Reply to: Looking for Familigia! posted by Joe Funaro on November 12, 1999 at 11:24:19: : I would love to hear from anyone with insight or knowledge about my Mom's family. Here's some info that I recently received Our : Great, great grandfathers name was Antonio Di Diego. Our great : grandfathers name was Nicolo Andrea Di Diego and his wife was Maria Donata De Angelis. : > Nicolo was born in 1855 in Lanciano, Abruzzo. He died May 22nd 1918 in : NY. He arrived in 1898. Our grandfather was born on Feb 28th 1889.He arrived : in NY by 1909. He died 8/17/68. They were from the Chieti area in Abruzzo. : > That is on the Di Diego side. On Grandma's side, our maternal : > greatgrandparents are Michele Ruzzi and Anastasia De Julio. They were : also from Abruzzo, but from the San Salvo and Campobassa sections. Grandma was : > born 8/20/1893. She arrived in NY in approx 1900. Died March 14,1995. : So far as we know the Di Diego name originated in Barcelona Spain and we : don't know exactly when. : Any ifoo would be greatly appreciated! MY famiily original name Pasquini is from Villa Stanazzo, Lanciano. Many generations of my famoily are decendeed from and related to the Di Diegos. Many of the DiDiegos were skilled craftsmen and officials of the Kingdom of Naples. Follow Ups: Re: Looking for Familigia! Lora Salvatore   Posted at: 01/12/04 (0 replies)