Ancestors of Ava Francesca Sepulveda Generation No. 1 1. Ava Francesca Sepulveda, born 17 Nov 2005 in Plymouth, Mass.. She was the daughter of 2. Jose Sepulveda and 3. Melissa Olivia Jean Andronico. Generation No. 2 2. Jose Sepulveda, born 24 Mar 1969. He married 3. Melissa Olivia Jean Andronico. 3. Melissa Olivia Jean Andronico, born 16 Dec 1969 in Quincy, Mass.. She was the daughter of 6. Leo Russell Andronico and 7. Francesca Paula Faiella. Children of Jose Sepulveda and Melissa Andronico are: 1 i. Ava Francesca Sepulveda, born 17 Nov 2005 in Plymouth, Mass. ii. Manny Sepulveda Generation No. 3 6. Leo Russell Andronico, born 31 Oct 1931 in Quincy, Mass.. He married 7. Francesca Paula Faiella. 7. Francesca Paula Faiella, born 04 Oct 1931 in Quincy, Mass.. She was the daughter of 14. Americo Alfredo Carlo Faiella and 15. Maria (Mary) Margherita Elena LoDico. Children of Leo Andronico and Francesca Faiella are: i. David John Andronico, born 18 Mar 1954 in Quincy, Mass; married MaryAnn Gizzarelli; born 10 Nov 1952. ii. Maria Margherita Andronico, born 01 Nov 1955 in Quincy, Mass; married Zissis Klisiaris; born 28 Oct 1962 in Grevena, Greece. iii. Dawna Lee Andronico, born 02 Jun 1958 in Quincy, Mass; married Peter William Donaghey; born 02 Dec 1954. iv. Anthony Faiella Andronico, born 11 Feb 1961 in Quincy, Mass; married Dorethea Norton. 3 v. Melissa Olivia Jean Andronico, born 16 Dec 1969 in Quincy, Mass; married Jose Sepulveda. Generation No. 4 14. Americo Alfredo Carlo Faiella, born 07 Apr 1897 in Minas Garnes, Brazil; died 14 Aug 1980 in Quincy, Mass.. He was the son of 28. Luigi Faiella and 29. Eugenia Farneti. He married 15. Maria (Mary) Margherita Elena LoDico. 15. Maria (Mary) Margherita Elena LoDico, born 25 Oct 1901 in Marianopoli, Sicily; died 15 Sep 1992 in Quincy, Mass.. She was the daughter of 30. Ignazio LoDico and 31. Francesca (Paula) Barbara Restivo. 1 Notes for Americo Alfredo Carlo Faiella: Americo's Birth Record: Nato Amerigo Alfredo Carlo Nate il 7 Aprile 1897 e Registrato il 14 Aprile; Nato a bello Orisonte in Via Sabara Stato in Minas Garnes, Brasilia. The 1920 Census shows Americo Faiella, living at 15 Newton St., Mansfield, Mass. with his LoDico in-laws: Americo - son-in-law - 23, b. in Brazil, working as a riveter in a shipyard. Notes for Maria (Mary) Margherita Elena LoDico: Maria (Mary) married Americo Faiella and lived at 15 Newton St., Mansfield, Mass. with Americo at her father Ignazio's house according to the 1920 census. My Aunt Mary once told me of the story of her arrival at Ellis Island as a child of 10. She recalled being separated along with her sister Giovanna (Jenny) from her mother Francesca and baby brother Vincenzo by a doctor. They both had eye infections. She recalled every morning the doctor would take her to the window and reach in his lab coat for a small green stone. He would then rub it across her eye. This was very painful and made her cry. One day while at lunch, she spotted her mother across the crowded hall. The family was finally reunited. Years later, while watching a special show on Ellis Island, they spoke of an common eye infection by emigrating Italians. Called 'Mediterranean Eye' or Trachoma, a doctor would treat the encrustation around the eye by rubbing a small jade colored bar of medicine (copper based] on the eye. After a few weeks the infection was reduced and emigration was allowed. MARIA LODICO PHOTOS & ELLIS ISLAND INFO: http://www.lodico.org/mike/ Children of Americo Faiella and Maria LoDico are: i. Norma Eugenia Faiella, born 31 Dec 1920 in Quincy, Mass.; died 23 Sep 2007 in Quincy, Mass; married Joseph Proto; born 09 Jun 1914 in New Haven, Connecticut; died 19 Sep 1987 in Massachusetts. Notes for Joseph Proto: SS# 045-10-0728 ii. Salvatrica (Sally) Maria Faiella, born 09 May 1923 in Quincy, Mass; married (1) Albert Peter Spadorcia; born 06 Nov 1921 in Quincy, Mass.; died 27 Apr 1956 in Quincy, Mass.; married (2) John Saluti; born 27 Jun 1915 in Massachusetts; died Jun 1972 in Quincy, Mass.. iii. Louis Faiella, born 26 Nov 1925 in Quincy, Mass; married Alice Grazioso; born 04 Nov 1928. 7 iv. Francesca Paula Faiella, born 04 Oct 1931 in Quincy, Mass; married Leo Russell Andronico. 2 Generation No. 5 28. Luigi Faiella, born 28 Nov 1852 in Italy. He was the son of 56. Nunzio Faiella and 57. Maria Clementina Mastrangioli. He married 29. Eugenia Farneti 15 Jun 1884 in Italy. 29. Eugenia Farneti She was the daughter of 58. Pietro Farneti and 59. Gismondi UNKNOWN. Children of Luigi Faiella and Eugenia Farneti are: i. Elvira Faiella, born 20 Mar 1885 in Prezza, Italy; married UNKNOWN Morro. ii. Bianca Faiella, born 29 Nov 1886 in Rome, Italy; married UNKNOWN Fratto. iii. Emma Faiella, born 23 Aug 1888 in Prezza, Italy; married UNKNOWN Pasquale. iv. Nunzio Clementino Faiella, born 30 Mar 1890 in Prezza, Italy; married Mary L. Ardissno; born 13 Dec 1897 in Italy; died 12 Dec 1980 in Braintree, Mass.. Notes for Nunzio Clementino Faiella: The 1920 Census shows: Quincy, Mass., Nunzio, 29, immigrated in 1903 - working in a shipyard, Mary, 23, immigrated in 1904, Yolanda, 4, b. Mass., Anita, 3 1/2, b. Mass., and Evelyn, 1 month, b. Mass v. Pia Amelia Faiella, born 09 Dec 1891 in Prezza, Italy; died 13 Jan 1892 in Prezza, Italy. vi. Giselda Faiella, born 28 Apr 1893 in Prezza, Italy; married UNKNOWN Pettinelli. vii. Rodolfo Calimero Pietro Antonio Carmino Faiella, born 19 Jun 1895 in Prezza, Italy; died in Quincy, Mass; married Giovanna (Jenny) LoDico 15 Jun 1919 in Mansfield, Massachusetts; born 08 Nov 1903 in Marianopoli, Sicily; died in Quincy, Mass.. Notes for Rodolfo Calimero Pietro Antonio Carmino Faiella: My Uncle Rodolfo (Rudy) Faiella was a professional wrestler in the 1920s. He was known as 'The Whirlwind'. The stories told by his brother Americo and sons Alfred and Luigi spoke of a man of great strength. Once he got a grip on his opponent, it was all over. As young men, Americo and Rodolfo would travel from town to town giving wrestling demonstrations and challenging the Italian men to matches for money. Rodolfo rarely lost. As one story goes, while standing in a railroad yard, Rodolfo and Americo were discussing a possible match with a group of men. Rodolfo looked down at a cast iron train rail and said he could lift it completely off the ground all by himself. 3 Everyone looked at the rail. It was a massive ' I ' beam about 30 feet long. A few men tried to lift up one end and could barely get it a few inches off the ground. The bets were placed. Rodolfo grabbed one end and hoisted over his shoulder. He walked down the rail to the center and lifted it off the ground in one quick move. from LEADING AMERICANS OF ITALIAN DESCENT IN MASSACHUSETTS pg. 307-308: FAIELLA, RUDOLPH -Champion wrestler and city employee. Born Prezza, Aquila, Italy, June 29, 1895. Son of Luigi Faiella and Eugenia Farneti. Came to U.S. with his parents in 1903, settling in Quincy in 1908. Educated in the public schools. In the service of City of Quincy since 1932. Formerly winner of the South Shore wrestling championship for 12 years. He toured the U.S. as wrestler, defeating four world's light heavy champions and was for eight years the uncrowned champion of the world. Married Jennie LoDico of Mansfield, June 15, 1919, a graduate of Mansfield High. Children: Eleanor, Luigi (in Coast Guard US Navy), Alfred, and Lillian, all graduates of Quincy High School. Mr. Faiella is the organizer of Mass. Bocce League, and president of Quincy Point and South Quincy Bocce Clubs. Active in civic and political affairs. His father, a physician, had the following children: Mrs. Elvira Morro; Mrs. Blanca Fratto; Mrs. Emma Pasquale; Nunzio; Mrs. Giselda Pettinelli; Rudolph; Americo; Mrs. Giovannina Sandonato; Aristide; and Gaetano. Res.: 178 South St., Quincy Notes for Giovanna (Jenny) LoDico: My Aunt Jenny lived in Quincy when I was a child. I remember visiting both my Aunts Mary and Jenny on Sundays. These were my father's two older sisters. Both sisters had married two Faiella brothers. My Aunt Jenny was another great cook. Her home-made bread, like her older sister Angelina was very traditionally Sicilian. GIOVANNA LODICO: PHOTOS & ELLIS ISLAND INFO: http://www.lodico.org/mike/ 14 viii. Americo Alfredo Carlo Faiella, born 07 Apr 1897 in Minas Garnes, Brazil; died 14 Aug 1980 in Quincy, Mass; married Maria (Mary) Margherita Elena LoDico. ix. Giovannina Ines Faiella, born 25 Jun 1899; married UNKNOWN Sandonato. 4 x. Aristede Faiella, born 19 Dec 1901 in Chicago, Illinois. xi. Gaetano Faiella, born 15 Aug 1904 in Chicago, Illinois. 30. Ignazio LoDico, born 22 Aug 1862 in Bompietro, Sicily; died 25 Mar 1922 in Mansfield, Mass.. He was the son of 60. Francesco Paolo LoDico and 61. Salvatora Miserendino. He married 31. Francesca (Paula) Barbara Restivo 12 Sep 1896 in Marianopoli, Sicily. 31. Francesca (Paula) Barbara Restivo, born 06 Jun 1869 in Villalba, Sicily; died 11 Jan 1952 in Quincy, Mass.. She was the daughter of 62. Carmelo Restivo and 63. Arcangela Ristagno. Notes for Ignazio LoDico: My father's only recollection of his father, my grandfather Ignazio, was that of a child around age 5 or 6. Ignazio died when my father was 7. My dad recalled that Ignazio would come home late from working in his barber shop off Pleasant St.