Domenico was born on 30 AUG 1880 in Torricella Peligna, the son of Camillo Aspromonte and Maria Antonia DiStefano.
He died on 26 OCT 1937. The place is not known.
His wife was Angiolina Porreca, who he married on 8 JUN 1905 in Torricella Peligna, Chieti, Italy. Their four known children were Maria Antonia (1906-1935), Camillo Andrea (1907-1957), Antonio (1912-1945) and Lia Lena (1920-1962).
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Note 1
!BAPTISM: Book 1856-1886, p.122. September 1, 1880.
!MARRIAGE: Book 1901-1930, Number 113. Toni Daugherty
indicated date of marriage as 1904, not 1905.
!PARISH FAMILY CENSUS: p.23. Indicates 1879 as baptism and/or
date of birth. Toni Daugherty indicated date of birth as
August 30, 1880.
PARENTS-BAPTISM: Camillo Aspromonte and Mariantonia di Stefano.
NAME-MARRIAGE: Dominicum.
NAME-FATHER-MARRIAGE: Camilli, Parroccia (Parish) S. Iacobi.
WITNESSES-MARRIAGE: Antonio Persichitti, son of Iosephi, and
Mariano D'Ulisse, son of Andrea. They were witnesses for most
marriages in that period of time.
La Massaria alle 3 confini (farm where they lived). He was 14
years old when he first went to Hesperus with a foster brother.
In 1905 he came to US. His wife, Angiolina, went back to Italy
after Mary and Charlie were born. He returned to Italy for two
visits. Tony and Lena were born in Italy. In 1923 Charlie
returned to the US. In 1924, Angiolina returned to the US with
three children (?). Must be a mistake because my grandmother
had Domenico in Italy that year, and they did not come to the US
until 1930.
NOTES FROM CONVERSATIONS WITH GIOVINA (GINA) ASPROMONTE, MOTHER
ANNA DI MARINO AND HUSBAND AMADIO TARANTINI THE SUMMER OF 1998:
This branch of the Aspromonte family was nicknamed Parucca
(Wig).
NOTES FROM FAMILY TREE COMPOSED BY ANN TONIA DAUGHTERY AND SUSAN
NANNA AFTER A CONVERSATION WITH GRAZIA DI PIETRANTONIO AROUND
1990: Angiolina's nickname was Di Pilucco which means
beautiful hair. This was probably the family nickname.
Subject: info from Grace Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 17:05:00 -0500
From: Clarence Gordon Daugherty <cgdaugh@@io.com> To:
aspromonte@@got.net CC: donaspromonte@@msn.com,
gordon4@@concentric.net, Lisa.Denison@@sous.com, DougD@@NOL.net,
marcied@@NOL.net, weisscal@@pacbell.net I found some notes in a
drawer recently that I took one day when I was talking to Auntie
Grace on the phone. This was in Nov., 1991. It is not in any
particular order but has some family history in it. I have not
checked to see if the dates are correct with the family tree.
Some of the stuff does not really make any sense. It may be of
interest to you. 1895, Grandpa Aspromonte came to Hesperus,
CO at about 14 years old, possibly with his half brother.
Grandpa wanted to come dig coal. Grandma Aspromonte weaved cloth
in Italy but didn't know how to sew, mendclothes, nothing.
Grandpa went back to Italy to marry. Brought Grandma as a young
bride, but she got tired of life washing clothes, etc. Mary was
born and 10 months later Charlie was born. Then, Grandma went
back to Italy. She was tired of ladies criticizing her [in
America]. Charlie was 9 months old. Then, Grandpa went to Italy,
built a big vineyard and big house. Grandma got pregnant with my
dad, Tony, and two years later had Lena. When Charlie was 17,
decided to reunite the family. So, they all came back to
America. Charlie learned to be a shoemaker while in Italy. When
he came to America he just washed dirty shoes! Quit - was a
water boy on the railroad. Then worked on the rairoad. Then, he
went to work at the mine with Grandpa. Then Mary and Dan got
married in Italy and had their son Domenico. Charlie and Grandpa
paid to get Grandma, Lena and Tony back to America. At 17,
Charlie decided to back to Italy - stayed with Uncle Dan's
parents. Charlie knew Auntie Grace's sister and that's how he
met Auntie Grace. Then went back to Italy when he was 26 and
married. Nov. 1 in Philadelphia, Nov. 18, 1933 Grace to Durango.
973 - Clara and Grace returned to Italy. 977 - Back again to
Italy with Johnny and took the picture [Grace embroidered on an
old Singer treadle sewing machine] and donated it to the
Vatican. Grace was born April 27, 1914.
Source: Dan Aspromonte aspromonte@got.net