Grandma and grandpa Salerno
(on my mom's side)

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Anna Copozzi Salerno

Luigi Ruggierio Salerno

"The best cook I ever knew!"
Grandma Salerno is from
Bisceglie, Italy (Apulia Region),
very close to Bari, Italy.
Here is a google map of Bisceglie.
...and here is a nice photo of Bisceglie

"Kindest most gentle man
you would have ever met!"

Grandpa Salerno is also
from Disceglie, Italy.

Great grandma and grandpa Capozzi
(on my mom's side - my grandmother's parents)

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Francesca Sette Capozzi
(My grandmother's Mom)
(Died when Anna was a baby)

Philipo Capozzi
(My grandmother's Dad)

Great grandma and grandpa Salerno
(on my mom's side - my grandfather's parents)

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Raffaela Salerno (Nannon)
(My grandfather's Mom)

Giovanni Salerno (Panon)
(My grandfather's Dad)

The Family Tree
(on my grandma Salerno's side)

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More detailed family tree information below

Peter and Ann Capozzi (Daughter and Son of Philipo Capozzi) (This is a photo of my grandma Salerno and her brother Peter)

Rev. Francis Clement Capozzi
(Francis is Philipo Capozzi's brother)

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Click here to read an article written by Francis C Capozzi called:
Where I Found God. (Be patient it's a 2.6mb PDF file)

A really BIG thanks goes out to Scott (Never late for an Italian meal) Benlevi who is a Capozzi cousin of mine of whom sent me the copy of the article and the nice photo above of Francis in uniform :-) Francis also was the author of these books:

"Francis C Capozzi - Protestantism and the Latin Soul" (1918) "Francis C Capozzi - Dante" (1921) "Francis C Capozzi - Immortality in the light of modern thought ..." (1925) "Francis C Capozzi - One World and One God" (1945) "Francis C Capozzi - God's fool: A new portrait of St. Francis of Assisi." (1956) Information on these books can be found here.

More family tree documentation and stories
(Compliments of my cousin Gus (August C. Bolino). Anna Salerno was Gus's Aunt)

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My cousin Gus wrote this wonderful book documenting Ellis island. Many Italians immigrated to America first coming through Ellis Island. My granma Salerno and her brothers and sisters came through this island. Documentation below. Ellis Island, at the mouth of the Hudson River in New York Harbor, was at one time the main entry facility for immigrants entering the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. For more information on Ellis Island this is a good place to start. Fortunately, cousin Gus also wrote a private book just for his family documenting a lot of the history of the Copozzi line. As part of the graphic of the inside back binding, is a copy of a ships manifest that my grandma Salerno was on. Details of that are below along with many valualble bits of history about our family that I am very greatful to have thanks to my uncly Jonny Salerno mailing me a copy of this wonderful book that I had no idea existed! :-) Below I have placed just some special items from the book, valuable family tree information that helps me keep all the family straight and stories as well. EnJoY!

Ellis Island Plaques
(Official certificate of registration)

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The S.S. Casrrta Ships Manifest Sailing From Napoli
(December 19th, 1919)

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Circled in red below on the manifest are the names of Anna Capozzi and her brothers and sisters:
Rose Capozzi, Lucia Capozzi, Pietre Capozzi, and Guiseppi Capozzi.
All sailing alone without thier parents to America! Anna was 6 years old at this time.


(Blowup of circled area)



The Capozzi-Salerno Branch Story
(Note: This is written from the viewpoint of cousin Gus, so where he says something
like Aunt Anna, he's talking about my grandmother. Gus is the first person speaking in this story)

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The Capozzi / Salerno / Sette / Marsico Family Trees
(All of these family trees are in some way shap and form part of my family
with Salerno and Copozzi being the closest in line)

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