My grandfather, Andrea Ingrassia born about 1819 in Palermo Sicily his father wa

Question:His mother was Caterina Tantillo. My grandfather immigrated to the U S in 1907 his parents did not immigrate. Would like to find out the names of any brothers or sisters he had back in palermo Sicily. Maybe there is a web site in English that would be of help.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: His mother was Caterina Tantillo. My grandfather immigrated to the U S in 1907 his parents did not immigrate. Would like to find out the names of any brothers or sisters he had back in palermo Sicily. Maybe there is a web site in English that would be of help.

www.ancestry.com--family trees

Name Giovanni Ingrassia
Birth : Italy
Married:
Caterina Tantillo (Born: )

Children
Andrea Ingrassia
Born: 1890--
Died: 31 May 1964 , Detroit ,Wayne County, Michigan
Married:
Maria Rizzotti
Born: 6 Nov 1890 ,Italy
Died: 6 March 1977
Mount Clemens, Macomb County,Michigan

Their daughter:
Rose Mary Ingrassia
Born: 25 Nov. 1924
Detroit, Wayne County,Mich.
Died: 26 Feb 1988
Detroit , Wayne, Mich.
Married:
Louis Lee Ware
Born: 11 July 1922
Du Bois, Clearfield, Pennsylvania
Died: 25 April 1993
Warren, Macomb, Mich.

SSDI--Rose Mary Ingrassia Ware
Name: R. Ware
SSN: 370-24-8307
Last Residence: 48089 Warren, Macomb, Michigan, United States of America
Born: 24 Nov 1924
Died: Feb 1988
State (Year) SSN issued: Michigan (Before 1951 )

New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Name: Andrea Ingrassia
Arrival Date: 4 May 1907
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1890
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Port of Departure: Naples, Italy
Ethnicity/Race-/Nationality: Italian (South)
Ship Name: Florida
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Line: 19
Microfilm Serial: T715
Microfilm Roll: T715_882
Birth Location Other: Palermo
Page Number: 72

www.ancestry.co.uk
Name: Maria Rizzotti
Birth: 6 Nov 1890 - Italy
Death: 6 March 1977 - Mount Clemens, Macomb, Michigan,
Parents: John Rizzotti, Vita Bommarito
Spouse: Andrea Ingrassia

1910 United States Federal Census (difference in birthdate makes me unsure this is the same person)
Name: Andrea Ingrassia
Age in 1910: 28
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1882
Birthplace: Italy
Relation to Head of House: Cousin
Father's Birth Place: Italy
Mother's Birth Place: Italy
Home in 1910: Manhattan Ward 12, New York, New York
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Gender: Male
Year of Immigration: 1907
(Could this be the cousin mentioned above?? Enrico Fazzino?? Said he was the Head of the House.)

World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Andrea Ingrassia
City: Jamestown
County: Chautauqua
State: New York
Birth Date: 2 Apr 1880 (different birthdate again)
Race: White
Roll: 1753740
DraftBoard: 0
(On the original copy view, someone had written his name as ANDREW and he must have crossed out the last letter and wrote "a" above it. Said MERCY INGRASSIA was his nearest relative?? Maybe this is a different person??)

(This is all I could find. No brothers or sisters were listed, and it seems his daughter was an only child, too)

Was he actually from Palermo? Or was he possibly from one of the small villages in the area?

The only Andrea Ingrassia immigrating in 1907 was actually born in 1878-79 (he was 29 when he came to the US in 1907)

First Name: Andrea
Last Name: Ingrassia
Ethnicity: Italy, So. Italian
Last Place of Residence: Trapani, Italy
Date of Arrival: May 06, 1907
Age at Arrival: 29y Gender: M Marital Status: M
Ship of Travel: Roma
Port of Departure: Naples
Manifest Line Number: 0012

If this is your grandfather, then finding the records you need will be very simple. You just have to follow these steps in order, putting aside any preconceived feelings about religion, and you should get about 200-500 years worth of records over the next year.

Step 1. Contact the National Archives and Records Administration center for the state where Andrea lived when he applied for citizenship (probably NY according to WWI draft registration records). You want to request his Declaration of Intent and his Naturalization Petition. That will confirm not only his parents' names, but it will also give you the actual town of his birth and the names of all siblings, etc.

Step 2. Contact the Catholic parish in the town where he was born and request a copy of his baptismal records. Also ask if the parents were baptized and married in the same parish. If so, ask for those records. If not, ask them if they can advise which parish it was. All Catholic records on a person are maintained by the parish that performs their baptism. So you need to keep writing to parishes asking the same questions for every generation. You can also ask for sacramental records on "last rites" or the burial of the person, and whether the person is buried in the parish cemetary.

That's all it takes in a Catholic country where the Church was legally required to maintain all records on in their village. Usually, you'll want to include enough money for copying and postage, plus $10 to request a mass in honor of the loved ones being looked up.

According to ellisisland.org:
Guiseppe Ingrassia and his sisters, Maria and Rosalia (ages 24, 23 & 17) arrived on Jun 25, 1912 from Palermo, with their destination as being NY.
They list their nearest relative in Palermo as their father, Giovanni.

Don't know if they share the same Giovanni as Andrea's, but it may be worth a shot.