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Rick Lauricella
Father:
Joseph, born 1914 in Rochester, NY; married in 1946; died 1999.
Paternal Grandfather:
Gaetano (Thomas) born 1874 in Realmonte Sicily,Italy; died in 1952.
Paternal Grandmother:
Giuseppina (Josephine) Caruana Lauricella born 1876 in Sicily; died in 1967.
Children:
Jennie born 1901, died 1972;
Samuel born 1908, died 1974;
Alphonso born 1913, died 1918 from the flu epedemic that hit the U.S. in 1917-1918;
James born 1916 & still living;
Carmel born 1919, died 1993
Paternal Great aunt: Petrina Lauricella, born about 1876, only sibling of my grandfather, lived with grandparents til her death in 1947, never married.
Mother:
Vivian born 1917 in Rochester, NY & still living.
Maternal Grandfather:
Andrew Marcussi born about 1891 in Naples, Italy area (Fondi or Seize?), emigrated thru Argentina, then W. Va. finally to Rochester died in 1970.
Maternal Grandmother: Louisa Salvati Marcussi born about 1893 in Naples, Italy area (Fondi or Seize?) died in 1953.
Children:
Vivian and Carmel (died 1999) born in 1917 (twins);
Pasquale born in 1921, died 1971;
Constance born in 1923;
Margaret born in 1925;
Thomas born in 1926;
Catherine born in 1928;
Maternal Great grandfather:
Pasquale Marcussi
Maternal Great grandfather:
Gaetano Salvati
Maternal Great grandmother:
Vincentina Ulgiati Salvati
My immediate family is as follows:
Richard born 1949 in Rochester, married 1974
Wife:
Donna Grande Lauricella born 1952 in Rochester
Children:
Stacey 1976
Kristy 1977
Eric 1982
Shauna 1984
I haven't been able to find out my paternal great grandparents' names but I haven't exhausted all sources. They never came to the U.S. and I believe they died before my grandfather's family moved to the U.S. for good in 1912. That might be why Great Aunt Petrina came to live here.
I did find the listing for my paternal grandparents & oldest aunt & uncle on the Ellis Island list when they came to the U.S. to live in 1912, my grandfather's third entry on this list which matches what we know about his trips back and forth to Italy.
There are a number of Lauricella's in Rochester, some are my immediate family, and many more in Buffalo, NY; none are my immediate family.
I have met a Chuck Lauricella in Buffalo and best we can tell we are 4-5th cousins since he knows his ancestors are from Sicily as well. I also know there is a Rick Lauricella in Buffalo who is an Erie County Sheriff, I haven't had an occasion to use this contact yet! And I recently became aware of a Kevin Lauricella that lives in the Houston, Texas area since he works for a company that is part of Emerson just like Rosemount, where I work.
I did visit the Agrigento area in 1973 with my parents 2-aunts, an uncle, & 2 cousins during a 2 week stay in Italy. There are some Greek ruins there. Unfortunately, none of our family was left there, at least under the Lauricella name.
I can be reached at:
rick.lauricella@emersonprocess.com
