Posted by Amuscatell  -- NAME: Ralph Muscatell
on 02/19/03 at 12:17 AM
Subject: Possible relatives still in Cervinara.
Hi,
My father, now deceased, came to New York State with his parents as a
young boy in the early 1900's. His baptismal name was Guiseppe Antonio
Natalino Muscatiello. His parents (my grandparents) were Carmine
Muscatiello and his wife's maiden name was Capuano. My father had
two brothers, Frank and Ralph, both older.
Although the family was from Cervinara the family happened to be
in Montelanico, (Lazio Province) Italy just south east of Rome when
he was born.
I visited Cervinara in October of 1951 and met some fellow who said
he was my cousin and correctly identified my aunt and uncle by name,
but confused me as their son as I was named after him.
Although I have a copy of his birth certificate from Montelanico
with the name "Muscatiello" I'm wondering if the name was really
"Moscatiello" as I've never came up with the former name on maps showing
that name in Avellino Province.
Incidentally our name was changed when I was very small to Muscatell.
When I visited Cervinara I remember seeing a faded sign painted on
the side of a building upon entering the town that read:
"Off Limits to all U.S. Army Personnel", the purpose of which remains
unknown to me.
Oh Yes! As I remember my grandfather and grandmother were "itinerant
charcoal makers" thus accounting for my father's birth away from
Cervinara.
Any Muscatiello's out there?
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