Nicolo Montalto and Candelora Mirto and their 7 children, ca 1918
Top row (From L to R): Tony, Frank, Jennie, Annie, and Joe;
Middle Row: Millie; Bottom: Sal

FAMILY TREE (IMMIGRANT AND FIRST U.S.-BORN GENERATION)

The Eight Children of Nicolo and Candelora and Their Spouses

DOCUMENTS

1871 Birth Record of Nicolo Montalto1871 Baptismal Record of Nicolo Montalto
1876 Birth Record of Candelora Mirto1876 Baptismal Record of Candelora Mirto
1899 Marriage Record (Church)1900 Marriage Record (Civil)
1900 Death Certificate of Giovanni Cappellano
1906 Ellis Island Arrival Record of Nicolo Montalto1906 Ellis Island Arrival Record of Candelora Mirto. Gaetana (Annie) Montalto, and Giovanna (Jenny) Montalto
1910 U.S. Census Record of the Montalto FamilyNaturalization Certificate, Nicolo Montalto, May 9, 1924
1920 U.S. Census Record of the Montalto Family
1930 U.S. Census Record of the Montalto Family

GALLERY

Map of Sicily showing the towns on the northern coast where Nicolo and Candelora were born: Termini Imerese and Milazzo
Street in Termini Immerse (Sicily)
leading to the “wheel” where the
newborn Nicolo was abandoned in 1871
The “Vico dei Trovatelli” (Street of the Foundlings) – street sign marking the location of the “Women’s Hospital” in Termini Immerese, where Nicolo Montalto was found at the wheel on October 28, 1871
Church of the Madonna della Consolazione, in Termini Immerese where Nicolo Montalto was baptized on October 28, 1871
View of the historic Castle of Milazzo, where Nicolo Montalto worked as a prison guard for a time in the early 1890s
Closer view of the prison
in the Castle of Milazzo
Marina Garibaldi, Milazzo
Church of San Giacomo, located on Marina Garibaldi in Milazzo, Sicily, where Nicolo and Candelora were married on December 31, 1899
Image of the “Prinz Adelbert,” the ship that brought Nicolo to America in May of 1906
Anna and her 3 children travelled to America in July of 1906 on the steamship “Italia” operated by the La Veloce Company
The rear tenement at 228 Elizabeth Street in Manhattan’s Little Italy
where the Montalto family lived from 1906 to ca 1909
House in “Little Milazzo,” on 21st Street between 3rd and 4th Avenues in Brooklyn, where the Montalto family lived for a brief time ca. 1913 to 1915
(House identified by Frank Montalto and photo taken in 1988)
Salvatore Cappellano, Foster Brother of Anna Cappellano, who came to America for a short time, probably during the period from 1914-1916
Francesco Cappellano (1901-1986), son of Salvatore Cappellano, and foster nephew of Anna Cappellano, and their 9 children. On the back of the photo is written in Italian “with love to Aunt Anna.” This family never came to America. Anna often sent packages to help the family through hard times.
Anna at the window of her home at 545-50th Street, ca. 1937
Anna, n.d.