All family name meanings come from Dictionary of American Family Names at Ancestry.com
The Martinos in the United States
Philadelphia founded the commercial art studio Martinos Studio. Several of the brothers were renowned for their fine art paintings as well as the commercial studio. The family genealogy tree Includes their father Carmine Martino a stone mason from Monacilioni Italy and Clementina Baranello Martino a buttonhole maker from Ferrazzano Italy.
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The story starts with their hard-working parents who emigrated to America in the late 1800s, settling in Philadelphia to raise nine children. The seven Martino Brothers all became artists. They were Francesco, Antonio, Giovanni, Alberto, Ernesto, William and Edmund.
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The ancestry of Carmine Martino of Monacilioni Italy | The ancestry of Clementina Baranello Martino of Ferrazzano Italy | The siblings: Frank, Filomena, Antonio, Albert, Ernest, Giovanni, William, Edmund |
| Gen 3 | Carmine Antonio Martino | Clementina Baranello | ||
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| Birth | 8 Apr 1871 | Monacilioni, Campobasso, Italy | 19 Oct 1874 | Ferrazzano, Campobasso, Italy |
| Death | 5 Mar 1955 | Marple Twp Delaware Co PA | 3 Oct 1921 | Philadelphia, PA |
| Buried | Holy Cross Cemetery | Darby PA | Holy Cross Cemetery | Darby PA |
| Parents | Modestino Martino | Filomena Varonese | Carlo Baranello | Francesca Di Stefano |
| Occupation | Stone Mason | Buttonhole Maker | ||
| Marriage | 20 Jan 1896 | Philadelphia PA (license 81960) | St. Mary
Magdalen de Pazzi Church 714 Monrose St. |
Rev. A. Isoleri |
- Modestino Francesco b. 4 Dec 1896 Phila d. 9 Sep 1941
- Filomena b. 3 Aug 1898 Phila d. 29 Apr 1923
- Antoniotta b. Apr 1900 d. 1902
- Antonio Pietro b. 13 Apr 1902 d. 3 Sep 1988 m. Mary J. Hoffsterrer
- Alberto Benedict Francis b. 14 May 1904 d. Nov 1980 NJ m. 1935 Catherine Marie Viti
- Ernesto b. 13 May 1906 d. 6 Jan 1981 m. 14 Jul 1934 Phil. PA Giovannina Maria (Jean) Rasso (Ross) b. 5 Jun 1912 d. 3 Apr 1986
- Giovanni b. 1 May 1908 d. 1 Feb 1998 m. 12 May ? Eva Marinelli b. 15 Oct 1916
- Guglielmo William Clement b. 21 Jul 1910 d. 23 Apr 1980 m. 31 Jan 1936 Rose DeLaney b. 27 Jun 1917 d. 13 Jul 1970
- Edmundo b. 21 Jun 1915 d. 2 Jan 2000 m. 14 Jan 1939 Victoria Theresa Mustaro (Francis) b. 27 Nov 1918 d. 26 Feb 1985
- 1895 Marriage license: Carmine 1035 S. 7th St, Clementina 905 Hall St.
- by 1908 1206 S. 11th St (Shoe Store 1915-8)
- 151 N. Gross St.
- 12 S. 18th St (Martino Studios)
- Carmine's second marriage: m. 1925 Amelia M DeVito Mansolino Costa Martino b. ca 1883 and her chilfren Susan b. 1905 m. Salvachio, Anthony Philip Mansolino b ca 1908 d. 10 Nov 1988 m. 1908 Lena Schepps, Earl Carmen Costa b. 4 Apr 1917 d. 16 May 2011 m. Catherine DeVita. Amelia wa also a buttonhole maker. They lived in 1930 near son Tony. In 1940 census Carmine listed himself a widow but Earl listed his mother alive in his WWII draft record. It is unclear if they divorced or just separated and lived apart.
- Was Frank's girlfriend Fanni Oliver? In 1930 living near Carmine and Tony on Gross St was Michael Oliver b. ca 1883 a barber and wife Frances (Fanni) b. ca 1887 and children Joseph b. ca 1909 and Norma b. 1923. Son Joseph was a artist in a commercial studio. Carol was the blond girfriend in the photo.
Comments
- Carmine A. was sometimes referred to as Charles A.
- The witnesses for their marriage: Salvatore Collavita and Thersa Rizzo
- In 10 Apr 1908 he made a trip to Italy and returned on the Ancona through Ellis Island with his mother-in-law Francesca Di Stefano and Ferdinando Martino (same town as Carmine but relationship not known). He was a US citizen by then. He went to visit his father.
- Frank visited Italy returning from Naples 23 Sep 1936. He lived at 225 N 63 St. Phil.
Italian roots of Carmine and Clementina