Maria was born on 17 APR 1906 in Hesperus, the daughter of Domenico Aspromonte and Angiolina Porreca.
She died on 12 SEP 1935 in Durango.
Her husband was Donato Aspromonte, who she married on 20 DEC 1923 in Torricella Peligna, Chieti, Italy. Their only known child was Domenico (1924-1943).
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Note 1
!BIRTH: State of CO, File Number: 749H.
!DEATH: State of CO, File Number: 102; Registration
District Number: 128.
NAME-BIRTH: Maria Antonia.
NAME-DEATH: Maria Antonia.
OCCUPATON-DEATH: Housewife.
NAME-PARENTS-BIRTH: Dominico Aspromonte and Angela Porreco.
NAME-MOTHER-DEATH: Angiolena Pilegna.
OCCUPATION-PARENTS-BIRTH: Coalminer and housewife.
AGE-PARENTS-BIRTH: 26 AND 20.
DEATH-CAUSE: Cardiac dilatation, nephritis and pulmonary
oedema.
DEATH-INFORMANT: Tony Aspromonte.
Recollection of Elisabetta Bozzi (wife of Nicola Aspromonte, my
grandfather's brother; she is still alive living in an old age
home outside Rome; she is originally from Gessopalena, the town
just down the hill from Torricella Peligna) - recounted by
Luisanna Quirici the summer of 1999 (her granddaughter and my
3rd cousin): Mariantonia was a beautiful woman. People could
not understand why she fell in love and married Donato who was
short and physically unnoteworthy. Mariantonia was perhaps the
first woman that bought and read the newspaper on a regular
basis in Torricella to the amazement of others. She also
received the ire of some of the men.
Recollections of Carmine Di Marino, the son of Bascianon
(nickname for Camillo Di Marino, who was a good friend of my
grandfather's; I met him in 1990 walking in the town park, the
Pineta; he has since past away; he was the first person who
showed me lands that belonged to my greatgrandfather, Giosia
Aspromonte). Carmine is one of the oldest residents of
Torricella Peligna (summer 1998). He has lived all his life
just around the corner from where my grandfather, Donato, was
born. He is perhaps the only person who still remembers my
grandfather, Donato, grandmother, Maria Antonia, and uncle,
Domenico, who died in WWII in the Pacific. He remembers them
living in a small house at the end of an ally in the same
section of the village. The house is at the north edge of
Torricella with spectacular views of the Maiella, the mountain
that dominates the area. He remembers my uncle, little
Domenico, playing at my greatgrandparent's house (Giosia
Aspromonte and Giovina D'Ulisse). He told me some interesting
little stories which I do not recall now. It was difficult to
understand him because he spoke in dialect. My dad's cousin,
Giuseppe Aspromonte, had to help me translate into Italian.
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).
FAMILY PROFILE COMPILED BY TONI DAUGHERTY (ANN TONIA
ASPROMONTE), 6/98:
Maria Antonia Aspromonte - 4-17-06- born in Hesperus, CO.
Died on September 12, 1935 in Durango. Described as being a very
beautiful woman with an angelic personality. When she was still
a small child, the family returned to Torricella Peligna. She
grew up there and married Dan Aspromonte (Donato - Dan - born
March 30, 1900 in Torricella Peligna and died September 26, 1991
in Santa Cruz, CA) who had studied to be a tailor. They
got married on January 22, 1923. She was 16 and Dan was 22.
After they got married, Dan wrote a letter to Rome asking for
special permission to emigrate to the US because his wife had
American citizenship (born in Hesperus). At the time the policy
of the
fascist government towards emigration was restraint, but they
opened the doors to them and their oldest son, Domenico. (Dan
claimed the approval was signed directly by Mussolini's
son-in-law). Maria Antonia had always been very frail. She died
at the age of 29
Source: Dan Aspromonte aspromonte@got.net