Ciaccio Family

1 Document Overview...... 2 2 Ciaccio Family History...... 2 3 Family Tree...... 2 1 DOCUMENT OVERVIEW This document is a portion of the genealogy of the Ciaccio Family. Its focus is on tracing the ancestors of Joseph & Rose Ciaccio Ragucci and Rosalie Ragucci-Cook from the Ciaccio families. Although the focus will be on “blood” relatives and not in- laws or adopted members of the families, these individuals will be identified wherever possible.

2 CIACCIO FAMILY HISTORY The Ciaccio family has their roots in the Palermo area of Sicily.

The information found in this family history comes from 2 primary sources. The first is the immigration records of Ellis Island which provide information on individuals who entered the USA at Ellis Island, NY. The second source is living members of these families (who in many cases have collaborated the Ellis Island records) while providing information on the families after they arrived in the USA.

2.1 Generation -3: Immigration to the US Information about the Ciaccio family is limited for generation -3 and before since there are limited family members still alive and the -2 generation didn’t talk about their parents or ancestors. Here what we know:  Giuseppe Ciaccio was a shoe maker who lived in Brooklyn and died around 1954 in his 70’s.  Giuseppe Ciaccio had a brother in the US named Charles who was a “book- maker” (i.e., probably worked for the Mafia).  The family is said to come from Palermo and Santa Margarita in Sicily  Carmela Falco immigration record was found from Ellis Island. She died in 1968 in her 80’s. She made beer at home.  Carmela Falco had a brother Anthony whose wife was Margaret that lived in Kansas City.

2.2 Generation -2: Family in the US The -2 generation is the father (Anthony Ciaccio) and uncles of Rose Ciaccio Ragucci. So there is some information that we can record here/  Anthony Ciaccio was born in Glen Dale, NY before moving with his family to Brooklyn.  .. stay tuned… more to follow…. 3 FAMILY TREE [ Dates indicates that found entry in Ellis Island records]

-4 -3 -2 -1 0 +1  Generation Number 1 Giuseppe Ciaccio + Carmela Falco Ciaccio 1 Vincenzo (Jimmy) Ciaccio + Irene Flannagan Ciaccio 2 Anthony Ciaccio + Rose Lombardo Ciaccio 1 Rose Ciaccio Ragucci + Joseph D. Ragucci 1 Rosalie Ann Ragucci-Cook + John Cook 1 Benjamin Cook 3 Charles Ciaccio + Lena (??) Ciaccio 1 Rose Marie Ciaccio 2 Charles Ciaccio Jr. 4 Michael Ciaccio 5 Giuseppe Ciaccio + Adelina (??) Ciaccio 1 James Ciaccio + Miriam Falco Ciaccio 6 Andrew Ciaccio + Helen (??) Ciaccio Carmela Ciaccio