Giuseppe Napolitano
Giuseppe Napolitano was born in the Parantoro section of Montalto Uffugo on November 11, 1892. My grandfather's father and both his grandfathers were property owners and millers. What exactly they milled I have not figured out yet. I know they must have had a vineyard because I know they made enough wine to sell in the neighboring towns of San Fili and Paola. They were also farmers.
Giuseppe's Family
Giuseppe's father was Domenico Enrico Napolitano who was born in 1869 to Filippo Napolitano and Caterina Nicastro. Everyone called him Enrico. Like his father and grandfather before him, he was a miller and owned his own farm. In 1889 at the age of 20 he married Angelina Napolitano who was 18 at the time. Angela was the youngest child of Costantino Napolitano and Pasqualina Aiello. Their first child was not born until April, 1891. They named him Giuseppe. He may have been named after Enrico's Uncle Giuseppe Napolitano. Giuseppe only lived 8 months before he died. Less than a year later their second son was born and they named him Giuseppe also.
The children of Enrico and Angela were:
- Giuseppe Born April, 1891 Died: December, 1891
- Giuseppe Born: November, 1892 Died: 1949
- Maria Agnesa Born: January, 1895 Died: April, 1895
Enrico Napolitano died in 1895 at the age of 26. We do not know how he died but there was an epidemic of cholera that struck Calabria the same year of his death. At the age of 24 Angela was a widow with a young son and a farm to take care of.
Angelina's Second Husband
In January, 1898 Angela Napolitano remarried. Her new husband was Raffaele Antonio DeSeta, son of Giuseppe DeSeta and Maria Carmela Garrafa. Together they had 6 children. The DeSeta children were the half siblings of my Grandfather.
The Children of Angela Napolitano And Raffaele DeSeta
- Delfina Born: 1898
- Emilia Born: 1899
- Enrico Born: 1901
- Antoinetta Genovassa Born: 1903
- Carmela Born: 1903
- Alfredo Born: 1906
Angela Napolitano died in December, 1907 shortly after giving birth to her last child. She was only 36 years old. She left 7 living children after giving birth to 9 children. Giuseppe and the DeSeta children were taken in by Domenico Garrafa and his second wife Giuseppina Ferrante. Domenico's first wife was Emilia Napolitano, Angela's sister.
Read about Giuseppe's wife Caterina Maiuolo
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