the on-going story of a proud family from Salandra, Italy that settled in America
view of Salandra, Matera, Basilicata, Italy ..........photo by Antonio DiPersia
Saturday, July 20, 2013
Marriages & Families - Ottavia and Nicholas Sassano
Lucia Ottavia Francesca
Ambruso was born in Salandra in 1903.She came to America with her brother, sisters and mother in 1923 and went to the Bonelli house in Garfield, NJ.She married Nicola (Nicholas) Sassano at Our Lady of Mount Virgin Church in
Garfield in July of 1925.The church
record mentions that they were also married in a civil ceremony about a month
earlier.Nicholas was born in Salandra in
1904, and came to the USA in 1920.He
must have known Ottavia from Salandra.Nicholas
was living in Queens, New York at the time, so they moved there after the
wedding.He worked as a
cabinetmaker.They never had any
children.
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