Re: D'Andrea family,felice,adaline,ronald,jhonny,sam,teresa,fabble&jay migliordi

Dear Mara,

Thank you for reply, so many things change when people came to America. I have one record from Ellis Island that said Felice D'Andrea was an orphan, (Felice had a few brothers) and raised by Salvatore Montalbano in America here is the record:


New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
about Felice D'Andrea
Name: Felice D'Andrea
Arrival Date: 12 Jul 1909
Estimated birth year: abt 1898
Age: 11
Gender: Male
Port of Departure: Palermo, Italy
Ethnicity/Race/Nationality: Italian (South) (Italian)
Ship Name: San Giovanni
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Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Nativity: Girgenti, Italy
Line: 30
Microfilm Serial: T715
Microfilm Roll: T715_1300
Birth Location: Girgenti, Italy
Birth Location Other: sciacca
Page Number: 48

Montalbano, Salvatore, 57, tailor
Montalbano, Luciano, son, 6
D'Andrea, Felice, foster son, nephew, 11

New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
about Felice D'Andrea
Name: Felice D'Andrea
Arrival Date: 12 Jul 1909
Estimated birth year: abt 1898
Age: 11
Gender: Male
Port of Departure: Palermo, Italy
Ethnicity/Race/Nationality: Italian (South) (Italian)
Ship Name: San Giovanni
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Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Nativity: Girgenti, Italy

I know Felice had a few brothers, I met one of them many years ago in the 1970's at Jay Migliori's house when he came for a visit. We only spoke for a moment, I had a toddler to chase after, I think his name was George, he spoke very broken English, and was very nice.