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Generation No. 1

 MR. SCARLATA married SALVANTRIC PAVONE
 

Children of MR. SCARLATA  and SALVANTRIC PAVONE are:
i.  LUIGI SCARLATA  was born Abt. 1858.
ii.  GUISEPPI SCARLATA  was born Abt. 1869 in province of Enna, Sicily, Italy, and died in USA.
iii.  VIRGINIA SCARLATA married Arcangelo Amoroso

Generation No. 2

1.  LUIGI SCARLATA  was born Abt. 1858.
            Child of LUIGI SCARLATA is:
             i. CRISTOFORO SCARLATA.
 

2.  GUISEPPI SCARLATA  was born Abt. 1869 in province of Enna, Sicily, Italy, and died in USA.  He married JOSEPHINE (GUISEPPA) LA MANTIA, daughter of MARIA INDOVINO.  She was born June 13, 1882, and died October 1969 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York. She may have brother named FILIPPO LA MANTIA  born about 1877 (assumption from 1906 Ellis Island records from the Ship: Calabria on June 22, 1906 when Filippo is  traveling together in them same group)  Burial: Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester, Monroe County, NY
GUISEPPI SCARLATA has a nephew names Cristoforo Scarlata.
See Notes

Children of GUISEPPI SCARLATA and JOSEPHINE LA MANTIA are:
i. CHRISTOPHER SCARLATA, b. Abt. 1905. See Notes
ii. THERESA SCARLATA, b. December 09, 1906, Sicily, Italy; d. January 23, 1999, Rochester, NY; m. ANTHONY DEROSA.
Notes for THERESA SCARLATA:   SSN 073-10-2194 Residence:  14612  Rochester, Monroe, NY
  Born 9 Dec 1906 Last Benefit:  14608  Rochester, Monroe, NY
  Died 23 Jan 1999 Issued:  073 (Before 1951)
 iii. ALBERT JOSEPH SCARLATA, b. May 30, 1921; d. Abt. 1965 (Social Security Death Index gives death year Sep 1971)
 iv. FRANK J SCARLATA, b. 1924.  Still living in Winter Park, Florida. Single - never married.

CHRISTOPHER SCARLATA  was born Abt. 1905 died Abt. 1994.Notes for CHRISTOPHER SCARLATA:
Ron's notes show birth about 1895

Children of CHRISTOPHER SCARLATA are:
 i. JOSEPH SCARLATA, b. June 09, 1930; d. July 1996.  See Notes
 ii. CARL SCARLATA, b. Still living in Rochester, NY; m. ROSE SURACE.

Child of THERESA SCARLATA and ANTHONY DEROSA is:
 i. JOE DEROSA.

ALBERT JOSEPH SCARLATA  was born May 30, 1921, and died Abt. 1965.  He met (1) CAROL CHICHELLI, daughter of DOMINIC CHICHELLI.    He married (2) MARY BOURGET.

Child of ALBERT SCARLATA and CAROL CHICHELLI is:
 i. RON SCARLATA, b. 1939.

Children of ALBERT SCARLATA and MARY BOURGET are:
 ii. MARY JANE SCARLATA, d. living in Beufort, SC; m. FRED HAGE; d. Bet. 1996 - 1997.
iii. JOSEPH FRANCIS SCARLATA.

JOSEPH FRANCIS SCARLATA,  He married PAMELA COX July 07, 1973 in Altamonte Springs, Florida, daughter of THURMAN COX and PEGGY NIPPER.  She was born September 22, 1948 in Orlando, Florida.
 

Children of JOSEPH SCARLATA and PAMELA COX are:
 i. JOSEPH SCARLATA, b. 1973.
 ii. RICKY SCARLATA, b. January 04, 1979.
 iii. HEATHER SCARLATA, b. October 06, 1980.

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Generation No. 1

1.  DOMINIC CHICHELLI was born March 31, 1889, and died November 1962.

Children of DOMINIC CHICHELLI are:
 i.  DOMINIC CHICHELLI JR d. Abt. 1997
 ii. ANTHONY CHICHELLI
 iii. FEMALE CHICHELLI.
 iv. JENNIE CHICHELLI.
 v. MADELINE CHICHELLI.
 vi. MARY GRACE CHICHELLI, m. UNKNOWN TUTOBINI.
 vii. MIKE CHICHELLI.
 viii. MILDRED (MINNIE) CHICHELLI.
 ix. JOHN V. CHICHELLI, b. January 24, 1919; d. February 04, 1999, Rochester, Monroe, NY.
 x. FRANK CHICHELLI, b. January 07, 1921; d. May 1966.
xi. CARMELA (CAROL) CHICHELLI, b. February 26, 1923; d. May 27, 1994.
xii. PAUL CHICHELLI, b. February 05, 1930; d. September 24, 1988.

2.  DOMINIC JR CHICHELLI (DOMINIC1) died Abt. 1997.  He married (1) COSSETTE UNKNOWN.    He married (2) DORIS UNKNOWN.    He married (3) GLORIA 1948.

Child of DOMINIC CHICHELLI and DORIS UNKNOWN is:
 i. DONALD SCOTT CHICHELLI.

Child of DOMINIC CHICHELLI and GLORIA UNKNOWN is:
ii. DIANE CHICHELLI, b. 1949.

3.  CARMELA CAROL CHICHELLI (DOMINIC1) was born February 26, 1923, and died May 27, 1994.  She married (1) ALBERT JOSEPH SCARLATA, son of GUISEPPI SCARLATA and JOSEPHINE LA MANTIA.  He was born May 30, 1921, and died Abt. 1965.  She married (2) PASQUALE TRIMALDI.

Child of CARMELA CHICHELLI and ALBERT SCARLATA is:
 i. RON SCARLATA, b. 1939.

Generation No. 3

4.  DIANE CHICHELLI (DOMINIC JR2, DOMINIC1) was born 1949.

Children of DIANE CHICHELLI are:
 i. LEONARD
 ii. ERICA.

Name of Passenger Residence Arrived Age on Arrival
  1. Andrea Chichelli   Costiccia    1902   29
  2. Antonio Chichelli   Tossicia    1903   33

  Alternate Spellings of CHICHELLI: CHICCHELLI, CHICELLI (3)
  Name of Passenger Residence Arrived Age on Arrival Relevancy
  1. Giuseppe Chicchelli   Potenza, S. Martino, Italy    1911  45
  2. Zimfarosa Chicchelli   Potenza, S. Martino, Italy    1911  15
  3. Donato Chicelli   ...    1902  21
 

1906
Notes for GUISEPPI SCARLATA:
This group may  to be traveling together
June 22, 1906
Ship : Calabria
0001.  Scarlata, Giuseppe M 38 M Italy Valguarnera, Italy (born1868)
 0002.  LaMantia, Giuseppa F 25 M Italy Valguarnera, Italy (born 1881)
 0003.  Scarlata, Cristofaro M 4 S Italy Valguarnera, Italy (born 1902)
 0004.  Scarlata, Luigi M 48 W Italy Valguarnera, Italy (born 1858) (maybe an older brother of Giuseppe Scarlata)
 0005.  Amoroso, Arcangelo M 34 M Italy Valguarnera, Italy (born 1872)  (wife's name is Virginia Scarlata on ship's manifest in 1916)  (Arcangelo might be brother-in-law to Giuseppe Scarlata)
 0006.  Amoroso, Antonio M 18 S Italy Valguarnera, Italy (born 1888)
0007.  La Mantis, Filippo M 29 M Italy Valguarnera, Italy  (born 1877 probably spelled LaManita) (maybe an older brother of Giuseppa LaMantia)
 0008.  Mastroeni, Lucio M 35 M Italy Valguarnera, Italy (born 1871)
 0009.  Romano, Vincenzo M 19 S Italy Valguarnera, Italy (born 1887)
 0010.  Interlicchia, Alfonso M 24 S Italy Valguarnera, Italy (born 1882)

See photos of Calascibetta, Enna, Sicilia

Photos of  Italian towns

1911  Ship  Duca Degli Abruzzi
November 04, 1911 line 10
Guiseppe Scarlata age 43 (born 1868) scar on forehead?
Caltanissetta provence Valguarnera
wife - Guiseppa  La Mantia (stayed in Sicily)
going to brother Luigi Scarlata 379 North Street Rochester, NY  See Map of Rochester
See ship Manifest

1915
May 01, 1915
The Dante Alighieri
Steerage Passenger
Ship Departed from the port of Palermo, Sicily
Guiseppe Scarlata Age 46 Married Labourer
Name & complete address of nearest relative in country whence allien came: mother - Salvatrice Pavone  Valguarnera
Final destination: Rockchester, NY
Paid his own passage
In possesion of $34.00?
Unable to read or write
Came to USA earlier in 1908 & 1914 to Rockchester, NY
On his way to join nephew Cristoforo Scarlata living at 279 or 379 North St., Rockchester, NY  See Map of Rochester
5 Ft. 5 inches tall; fair complextion; brown hair; brown eyes; scar on forehead
Place of birth: Caltanissetta provence Valguarnera

See Map of Ennaoff site link

See Ship's Manifest
 

1912
Notes:  Not sure if these Sarlatas connect
Ellis Island Passenger Record
December 28, 1912
 Names :
#1 Scarlata, Rosario male age 43 (born 1869)  final destination Rochester, NY
#2 Scarlata, Guiseppa  - daughter    (born 1894) final destination Rochester, NY
#3 Scarlata, Lucrezia - daugher 14  (born 1898)   final destination Rochester, NY
#4 Scarlata, Luigi  -  son -  age 11 (born 1901)    final destination Rochester, NY
#5 Scarlata, Cristoforo  - son - age 8  (born 1904)   final destination Rochester, NY
#6 Scarlata, Filippo - son - age 7  (born 1905)   final destination Rochester, NY
#7 Scarlata, Cristofaro  - son -  age 5  (born 1907)   final destination Rochester, NY
#8 Scarlata, Guiseppe  - son - age 2  (born 1910)   final destination Rochester, NY
 Ethnicity :  Italy, Italian South
 Place of Residence : Valguarmera, Sicily
 Date of Arrival : December 28, 1912
 Ship of Travel : Canada
 Port of Departure : Palermo, Sicily, Italy
 Name of Relative or Friend joining in USA : Cousin - Cerio Carmelo
 Address of Relative or Friend joining :523 North Street Rochester, NY  See Map of Rochester
 Place of Birth, Country, City :  ?  ,    Valguarnera
Age of Arrival :
 Gender :
 Marital Status :

January 11, 1896
Carmelo, Cerio
 Italie, Italie
 Ferrazzano
 23y
 F
 Burgundia
 Naples, Campania, Italy

SCARLATA, Giuseppe & Giuseppa Scarlata laborer - home address - 316 N. Union
Scarlata, Carmela widow -  beds or home address -  37 Niagara
Scarlata, Pasquale & Vincenza Scarlata boxmaker home address -  37 Hartford

1921-1922 Rochester Directory:

Scarlata, Frank  & Rose Scarlata laborer 33 Concord
Scarlata, Giuseppa & Giuseppa Scarlata laborer 316 N. Union
Scarlata, Pasquale & Vincenza Scarlata  boxmaker home 37 Hartford

Call (716)274-6135 for more information.

Name
Birth
Death
Last Residence
Last Benefit
SSN
Issued Tools
JOSEPHINA SCARLATA
27 Jul 1917
15 Jan 1997
(V) 14580 (Webster, Monroe, NY)
(none specified)
067-30-3169

GIOVANNI SCARLATA
15 Jul 1908 25
Oct 1992
14609 (Rochester, Monroe, NY)
(none specified) 067-34-1643

RICHARD R SCARLATA
26 May 1933 23
Jul 1993
14609 (Rochester, Monroe, NY)
(none specified)
070-26-9638

CHRISTOPHE J SCARLATA
05 Aug 1902
Jan 1994
14606 (Rochester, Monroe, NY)
(none specified)
073-10-9339

JOSEPH J SCARLATA
09 Jun 1930
Jul 1996
14622 (Rochester, Monroe, NY)
(none specified)
091-20-0927

LUIGI SCARLATA
17 Jul 1911
Apr 1980 14609
(Rochester, Monroe, NY)
(none specified)
092-30-6298

RUSSELL SCARLATA
07 Aug 1922
05 Jan 1994
14617 (Rochester, Monroe, NY)
(none specified)
101-14-0224

CHARLES M SCARLATA
16 Jun 1915 11
Oct 1996 (V)
14621 (Rochester, Monroe, NY)
(none specified)

MARY SCARLATA
 24 Jan 1910
Jan 1983
14609 (Rochester, Monroe, NY)
(none specified)
104-05-5488

VINCENZA SCARLATA
 19 Jul 1892
Mar 1973
14609 (Rochester, Monroe, NY)
(none specified)
104-10-2318

JOSEPHINE SCARLATA
13 Jun 1882
Oct 1969 14605
(Rochester, Monroe, NY)
(none specified)
111-42-4808

PHILIP SCARLATA
12 Jul 1904 13
Oct 1990
14609 (Rochester, Monroe, NY)
(none specified)
119-28-7060

SANDRA P SCARLATA
07 May 1918 20
Jun 2001 (V)
14609 (Rochester, Monroe, NY)
(none specified)
128-09-7681

Castello Lombardia
To See more Post Cards from Sicily      off site link

Photo of Valguarnera Caropepe, Enna, Sicily     off site link

 Ellis Island Passenger Record
  Name of Passenger Residence Arrived Age on Arrival
...ngina Scarlata    Maria...i    1903  15
Agatz Scarlata    Cfsetta, Sicily    1912  28
Agostino Scarlata    Castrogiovano, Sicily    1913  18
Alfonso Scarlata    Caltanissetta, Caltanissetta, Italy    1910  7
Amalia Scarlata    Palermo, Sicily    1908  27
Amalia Scarlata    Palermo, Sicily    1908  28
Angela Scarlata    Alimennsa    1901  26
Angela Scarlata    Caltaoupetta, Sicily    1911  22
Angelo Scarlata    Castrogiov., Italy    1923  43
Annibale Scarlata    Villarosa    1907  24
Antonina Scarlata    Nicosia    1894  30
Antonina Scarlata    Villalba    1907  24
Antonino Scarlata    Sicily, C Giovanni    1913  22
Antonino Scarlata    Termini    1899  41
Antonino Scarlata    Valguarmera, Sicily    1912  5
Antonino Scarlata    Villalba    1907  27
Antonino Soccorso Scarlata    Mistretta, Messina    1909  65
Bartolome Scarlata    Nicosia, Sicily    1914  32
Bartolomeo Scarlata    Nicosia, Sicily    1910  29
Benedetta Scarlata    Cerda, Sicily    1909  1
Biagia Scarlata    Palermo    1905  28
Biagia Scarlata    Villalba    1906  21
Biagio Gppe. Scarlata    Villalba    1902  17
Calagero Scarlata    Caltanissetta    1906  28
Calcedonio Scarlata    Villalba, Sicily    1911  16
Calogero Scarlata        1902  22
Calogero Scarlata    Villalba    1902  20
Carmela Scarlata    Termini    1898  21
Carmela Scarlata    Vallelunga, Sicily    1912  39
Carmelo Scarlata    Valg...    1906  39
Carmelo Scarlata    Valguarnira Carapepe    1906  40
Cataldo Scarlata    S. Cataldo, Sicily    1914  24
Cataldo Scarlata    Villalba, Sicily    1911  36
Cataldo Scarlata    Villalba, Sicily    1913  36
Concetta Scarlata    Termini    1899  8
Concetta Scarlata    Valquarnera    1906  16
Concetta Scarlata (Egitto)    Linguaglossa, Italy    1917  22
Concetto Scarlata    Castroqu..., Sicily    1912  25
Consella Scarlata    Palermo, Sicily    1922  35
Corrado Scarlata    Giarre    1906  25
Cristofaro Scarlata    Valguarnera, Italy    1906  4  (born abt.1902)
Cristofaro Scarlata    Valgnarnera, Caltonisetta    1907  39  (born abt.1868)
Cristoforo Scarlata    Valguarmera, Sicily    1912  9  (born abt.1903)
Cristolaro Scarlata    Volguarnero, Sicily    1912  17  (born abt.1895)
Cristofaro Scarlata    Valguarnera, Sicily    1915  13  (born abt.1902)
Crocifissa Scarlata    Caltanisetta, Sicily    1911  17  (born abt.1894)
Domenico Scarlata    S.Dometeio    1901  22
Domo. Scarlata    Reggio Cal.    1893  22
Emma Scarlata    Caltanissetta, Caltanissetta, Italy    1910  4
Ernesto Scarlata    Nicosia, Italy    1921  30
Ernesto Scarlata    Nicosia, Sicily    1914  21
F. Paolo Scarlata    Valgbarnera, Caltanissetta, Italy    1913  29
Fco. Pavlo Scarlata    Maszara    1907  20
Fedele Scarlata    ...    1902  39
Fedele Scarlata    Nicosia, Sicily    1914  0
Felicia Arra Scarlata    Nicosia, Sicily    1914  21
Filippa Scarlata    Mistretta, Italy    1909  35
Filippa Scarlata    Valguarnera, Sicily    1921  62
Filippo Scarlata    Aidone, Caltaninetta    1911  18
Filippo Scarlata    Scilla    1900  56
Filippo Scarlata    Valguarmera, Sicily    1912  7
Filippo Scarlata    Valguarnoa    1907  14
Francesca Scarlata    Caltanissetta, Sicily    1911  2
Francesco Scarlata    Alimennsa    1901  24
Francesco Scarlata    Caltanissetta, Sicily    1913  30
Francesco Scarlata    Rochester, NY, USA    1910  44
Francesco Scarlata    Sicily    1913  15
Francesco Scarlata    Talguarnera, Italy    1910  27
Francesco Scarlata    Valguarnera    1905  39
Francesco Scarlata    Valguarnera, Caltamifetta, Italy    1908  22
Francesco Scarlata    Valguarnera, Sicily    1910  27
Francesco Scarlata    Valguarnera, Sicily    1920  25
Fsco Paolo Scarlata    Valguarnera    1906  22
Gaetano Scarlata    C. Giovanni, Sicily    1907  26
Gaetano Scarlata    Castrogiovanni, Italy    1923  25
Gaetano Scarlata    Nicosia, Sicily    1909  24
Gaetano Scarlata    Rien, Sicily    1909  42
Gaspare Scarlata        1913  38
Gaspare Scarlata    Ballotta, Sicily    1913  38
Giovanna Scarlata    Catania, Sicily    1921  6
Giovanna Scarlata    S. Cataldo, Italy    1921  21
Giovanni Scarlata    Castrogwvonni    1903  40
Giovanni Scarlata    Ragusa, Sicily    1922  38
Giovanni Scarlata    Sicily    1913  25
Giovanni Scarlata    Villaida, Sicily    1920  23
Giovannina Scarlata    S.Dometeio    1901  14
Giuseppa Scarlata        1905  12
Giuseppa Scarlata    Caltanissetta, Sicily    1912  33
Giuseppa Scarlata    Francavilla, Sicily    1914  2
Giuseppa Scarlata    Roccapalumba, Sicily    1907  28
Giuseppa Scarlata    Valguarmera, Sicily    1912  16
Giuseppe Scarlata    C. Giasami, Caltanipella    1912  40
Giuseppe Scarlata    Messina, Messina    1921  25
Giuseppe Scarlata    Nicosia    1905  11
Giuseppe Scarlata    Palermo, Palermo    1913  30
Giuseppe Scarlata    Roccapalumba    1898  25
Giuseppe Scarlata    Rochester, U.S.A.    1912  48
Giuseppe Scarlata    Valguarmera, Sicily    1912  2
Giuseppe Scarlata    Valguarnera    1904  36
Giuseppe Scarlata    Valguarnera, Italy    1906  38
Giuseppe Scarlata    Valguarnera, Sicily    1909  41
Giuseppe Scarlata    Valguarnera, Sicily    1913  33
Giuseppe Scarlata    Valguarnera, Sicily    1915  46
Giuseppe Scarlata    Villalba, Sicily    1912  19
Giuseppe Scarlata    Villallba, Caltanissetta    1920  27
Giuseppe Scarlata    Villarosa, Caltanissetta    1907  28
Giuseppe Scarlata    Villatta, Sicily    1912  19
Grazia Scarlata        1913
Grazia Scarlata    Nicosia    1901  31
Grazia Scarlata    Villallea    1905  9
Guiseppa Scarlata        1897
Guiseppa Scarlata    Mistretta, Italy    1909  20
Guiseppe Scarlata        1912
Guiseppe Scarlata    Valguarnora    1907  12
Guiseppe Scarlata    Volgueruero, Caltanissetta    1911  43
Guiseppo Scarlata    Castrogiovanni    1907  19
Ignario Scarlata    Marianopoli    1903  53
Joseph Scarlata        1895  23
Letterio Scarlata        1896  28
Libaria Scarlata    Mistretta, Sicily    1916  40
Libena Scarlata    Mistretta, Italy    1919  42
Liberia Scarlata    Mistretta, Italy    1919  15
Liborio Scarlata    Aidone    1904  41
Liborio Scarlata    Villalba, C. Nutte    1907  16
Likaria Scarlata    Villalka    1907  21
Loreto Scarlata    Villalba    1905  51
Lucia Scarlata    Valgarnera, Sicily    1911  27
Lucia Scarlata    Valguarnera    1906  22
Lucrezia Scarlata    Valguarmera, Sicily    1912  14
Luigi Scarlata    Castrogeovanni    1913  34
Luigi Scarlata    Castrogiovanni, Italy    1915  17
Luigi Scarlata    Catania, Sicily    1921  1
Luigi Scarlata    Valguarmera, Sicily    1912  11
Luigi Scarlata    Valguarnera    1905  25
Luigi Scarlata    Valguarnera    1905  25
Luigi Scarlata    Valguarnera, Caltanissetta    1920  25
Luigi Scarlata    Valguarnera, Italy    1906  48
Luigi Scarlata    Valguarnera, Sicily    1907  18
Luigi Scarlata    Valguarnero, Sicily    1912  31
Luigi Scarlata    Villaina    1902  50
Luigi Scarlata    Villalba    1904  25
Luigia Scarlata    Marianopoli    1907  19
Luigina Scarlata    Marianopoli    1903  15
Mansereto Scarlata    Villallea    1905  18
Mansueto Scarlata    Gerace    1902  30
Mansueto Scarlata    South Marianopoli    1902  18
Mansueto Scarlata    Villallia    1905  19
Maria Catena Scarlata    Caltanissetta, Sicily    1907  28
Maria Eletta Scarlata    Caltanisset., Sicilyy    1920  25
Maria Giuseppa Scarlata    Villalha    1906  20
Maria Grazia Scarlata    Villalba    1898  34
Maria Scarlata        1905  40
Maria Scarlata    Castrogiovanni, Sicily    1910  53
Maria Scarlata    Castrogiovanni, Sicily    1912  56
Maria Scarlata    Nicozo    1905  40
Maria Scarlata    Valguarnero, Sicily    1912  20
Maria Scarlata    Villabba, Sicily    1909  23
Maria Scarlata    Villalba    1905  43
Maria Scarlata    Villalba, Sicily    1913  28
Maria Scarlata    Villalba, Sicily    1913  28
Maria Scarlata    Villallea    1905  13
Mariano Scarlata    Nicosia, Catania    1911  23
Mario Scarlata    Gerace Marina, Italy    1921  11
Mario Scarlata    Italy    1923
Matteo Scarlata    S. Cataldo    1905  31
Michela Scarlata        1895  49
Michela Scarlata    Nuosia, Sicily    1912  18
Michele Scarlata    Caltanissetta, Caltanissetta, Italy    1910  2
Michele Scarlata    Caltanissetta, Sicily    1912  23
Michele Scarlata    Caltanissetta, Sicily    1913  23
Michele Scarlata    Valguarnera, Sicily    1913  24
Michele Scarlata    Villalba, Caltanis.    1921  61
Nicolo Scarlata    Catania, Catania    1920  29
Ninfa Scarlata    Mespni    1897  4
Paola Scarlata    Marianopoli    1907  17
Pasquale Scarlata    Caltanissetta, Sicily    1907  24
Pasquale Scarlata    Rochester, U.S.A.    1913  29
Patmira Scarlata        1897  44
Primo Scarlata    Valguarnera    1907  23
Raffaele Scarlata    Palermo, Sicily    1914  5
Roberto Scarlata    Palermo, Sicily    1914  2
Rosa Scarlata    Termini    1899  14
Rosa Scarlata    Villalba    1906  30
Rosano Scarlata    Mistetta    1904  25
Rosaria Scarlata    Valguarnesa, Caltomisetta    1911  18
Rosaria Scarlata    Volguariaro, Caltonissette    1911  18
Rosario Scarlata    S. Cataldo, Sicily    1921  15
Rosario Scarlata    Valguarmera, Sicily    1912  43
Rosina Scarlata    St. Flavia, Sicily    1908  48
Roza Scarlata    Villalba    1903  24
Salvatore Scarlata    Balestrate    1906  30
Salvatore Scarlata    Castrogiovanni, Caltanisetta    1909  23
Salvatore Scarlata    Marianopoli, Sicily    1911  17
Salvatore Scarlata    Reisi, Calhanissetta    1912  31
Salvatore Scarlata    Valguaineca, Caltanipetti    1912  19
Salvatore Scarlata    Valguarnero, Sicily    1915  4
Salvatore Scarlata    Valguarnora    1907  9
Salvatore Scarlata    Villalba    1903  22
Salvatore Scarlata    Villallea    1904  13
Salvatore Scarlata    Villallea    1905  24
Salvatrice Scarlata    Valguarnera, Sicily    1915  8
Salvatrice Scarlata    Villalba, Sicily    1907  23
Santa Scarlata    Villalba, Sicily    1912  18
Scarlata    Lereandifaleo    1902  21
Sigimondo Scarlata    Nicoria    1906  22
Squazis Scarlata    Maria...i    1903  53
Teresa Scarlata    Balestrate    1906  33
Teresa Scarlata    S. Vincenzo Lacosta    1898  18
Teresina Concetta Scarlata    Marianopoli    1903  17
Tito Scarlata    Motrebba    1905  20
Vincenza Scarlata    Villalba    1893  21
Vincenzo Scarlata    Mespni    1897  0
Vincenzo Scarlata    Messina    1900  56
Vincenzo Scarlata    Riesi, Italy    1913  36
Vincenzo Scarlata    Valguarnera    1905  38
Vincenzo Scarlata    Villalba    1893  23
Vincenzo Scarlata    Villalba, Sicily    1913  18
Vincenzo Scarlata    Villalba, Sicily    1913  30
Vincenzo Scarlata    Villalba, Sicily    1920  25

 Ellis Island Passenger Record
 Scarlata, Pasquale
 Italy, Italian South
 Rochester, U.S.A.
 April 25, 1913
 29y
 M
 M
 Italia
 Palermo, Sicily, Italy

 Ellis Island Passenger Record

Scarlata, Pasquale
 Italy South - Italian
 Caltanissetta, Sicily
 April 26, 1907
 24y
 M
 S
 Italia
 Palermo, Sicily, Italy

It is recorded how in 1549 the Valguarnera family obtained from Emperor Charles V the right to set up a town and give it their name. It was anything but an isolated case, which is part of the bigger picture of the rush to take advantage of vast territories of the island, carried out by the aristocracy, who were motivated by the rising prices of agricultural products (especially grain).In less than two hundred years, there came to be about eighty new towns.

This doesn't necessarily mean that 1549 was the year zero in the story of our little town. Traces of human settlement go back much further.In medieval times, there was a feudal holding that documents called "Carrapipi" or "Carupipi" etc. The Arab origin of this name seems to be beyond doubt. The most convincing etymology is that which was communicated to me by the arabist Dr. Lorenzo Lanteri. The name comes from compounding two words:
 
 
 
 

quaryat (which means "village", "town") and habibi (which means "of my beloved", "of my dear one").

How Quaryathabibi of arabic/sicilian changed to the Carrapipi of latin/sicilian is easily said. Let's take one word at a time:
 
 

1. quaryat (transcribed from classical Arabic) evolves into karia (the arabic q stops being pronounced in the base of the throat. the t disappears, usually not pronounced) and then to carra (latin transcription of k, dropping of the i and normal doubling of the r).
 
 

2. habibi becomes bibi ( the aspiration and the the following vowel fall away, as normally happens with neolatin transformation of Arab words) and then pipi (normal progression from the voiced consonant b to the corresponding nvoiced consonant p; the i's following the local pronuciation come to be pronounced like "central" vowels: the "carrapipians" understand without problems.
 
 
 
 

Carrapipi has therefore the meaning "village of my beloved". It would be beautiful to know to whom, from whom and for what reason a millenium ago the little town was dedicated with this poetic name.

Enzo Barnaba
 
 

A Couple of Words on Valguarnera Caropepe
 
 

Valguarnera Caropepe is situated at 2000 feet above sea level, on the slopes of the Erei mountains.The first notice of the feudal holding of "Caropipi" goes back to 1296, when it was a simple manor belonging to Lamberto di Carupipi, from whom it takes its name. Owned successively by Ludovico di Pamplona, by Pietor Mirone Agorizio and by Muchio de Affermo, the town passed into the hands of Vitale and Tommaso Valguarnera in 1398. In 1549 a member of the Valguarnera family, Giovanni Count of Assoro, was authorized by Emperor Charles V to build the town of Valguarnera in the holding of Caropepe; he therefore had the opportunity to gather together the people of the feudal holding and thereby develop the town.

Cyrepicum and Caripa , Greek names of little towns located near Valguarnera seem to have given rise to the medieval name Caropepe, of which we have real evidence. But it is also said that the name Caropepe comes from Arabic; the Arabs, in fact, dominated Sicily from the ninth to the eleventh centuries, imposing their civilization and their language. The area surrounding Valguarnera still bears traces of the ancient civilizations that came and went in this sunny isle, when people, attracted by its beauty, made it their own:

Phoenicians, Greeks, Carthaginians, Romans and Arabs.  Recently, among the hills of contrada Marcato archaeological excavations have brought to light human settlement   as far back as the fourth millenium B.C. A human skeleton from the late copper age and some ceramics from the early bronze age discovered in this setting will probably force the re-writing of the history of the origins of Valguarnera C.

The well-situated Valguarnera Caropepe faces the Dittaino valley, and is surrounded by rolling hills. Valguarnera C can be reached by Highway A19 Palermo-Catania "Mulinello" exit , and sits 25 Km from Enna, the provincial capital.  Worth seeing in Valguarnera are numerous churches, with rich pictures, frescoes, antique holy walls, and statues, testimony to a fervid religious faith.
Source:
http://www.caropepe.com/caropepe.html

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