Documented family tree & key facts John Fante — novelist and screenwriter (Ask the Dust, Wait Until Spring, Bandini). b. Denver, Colorado, 8 April 1909; d. Los Angeles, 8 May 1983.Parents: Nicola ‘Nick’ Fante (b. Torricella Peligna, 29 June 1878) × Mary Capoluongo. Paternal line — Fante, of Torricella Peligna (Chieti), Abruzzo Giovanni Fante (b.…
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Documented family tree & key facts Rocco Anthony Petrone — director of the Apollo program launch operations; director of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. b. Amsterdam, New York, 31 March 1926; d. Palos Verdes, California, 24 August 2006.Parents: Antonio Petrone (b. Sasso Castalda, 7 April 1896) × Teresa De Luca. The line — Petrone, of…
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Documented family tree & key facts Vincenzo Sellaro — physician; founder of the Order Sons of Italy in America (1905). b. Polizzi Generosa (Palermo), Sicily, 24 April 1868.Parents: Giuseppe Sellaro (b. Polizzi Generosa, 20 Sep 1837), master shoemaker × Serafina Polizzotto (m. 31 Dec 1867). The line — Sellaro, of Polizzi Generosa (Palermo), Sicily Vincenzo…
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