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HELLO,
I AM TRYING TO TRACE MY FAMILY HISTORY ON MY MOTHER AND FATERS SIDES, I AM JUST STARTING OUT AND I DON'T KNOW MUCH (BUT HAVE FOUND SOME) ,INFORMATION ON EITHER SIDE BEING ALL MY GRANDPARENTS HAVE PASSED AWAY MY INFORMATION :
ON MY FATHERS SIDE (COLL) I'VE HEARD THAT MY GGF,GERALD THOMAS COLL SR. IS FROM PENNSYLVANIA -HAD MOVED TO NEW ORLEANS, LA. HIS PARENTS NAMES I AM NOT SURE OF-(-BUT I BELIEVE THEY MAY BE WILLIAM COLL AND MARY GALLOWAY.) HE MARRIED ETHEL(EPPIE) DICK (HER PARENTS NAMES ARE ROBERT DICK AND VICTORINE SCHANEVILLE). GERALD SR. AND ETHEL HAD 4 CHILDREN : GERALD JR(MY GF),MARRIED AUDREY(ALBRO).,GEORGE, MARRIED MARION ,DOROTHY COLL(HINGLE) AND AUDREY COLL(HARRIS)...
ON MY MOMS SIDE OF THE FAMILY (MATRANA), I 'VE HEARD THAT THEY ORIGINALLY CAME FROM SICILY, WHO WERE ORIGINALLY NAMED(MATRANGA),AND THAT THEY CHANGED IT WHEN COMING TO AMERICA,HOW TRUE THIS IS I HAVE NO CLUE! MY GGF MANUEL JOSEPH MATRANA(PARENTS NICOLO MARTORANA AND ROSARIA SARAH DICHIARA) MARRIED AGNES (BERTHALOT).(WHO'S PARENTS NAMES I HAVEN'T FOUND YET)
THEY HAD 4 CHILDREN,MARYLOU MARRIED ARTHUR LOYCANO,NICHOLAS(MY GF) MARRIED GLORIA, EVELYN MATRANA AND MANUEL MATRANA,WHOM NEVER MARRIED.
IF ANY OF THESE NAMES ARE IN YOUR TREE OR SOUND FAMILAR TO YOU,CONTACT ME,I WOULD VERY MUCH APPRECIATE ANY INFORMATION , AND WOULD GLADLY HELP IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I COULD ANSWER THANKS!! HOPING TO SOON ADD TO MY FINDINGS , MINDY
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