Chiesa di Sant'Anna

I have been looking for this church for some time.  I have seen this or similar photos a number of times, but it is always captioned: Typical Eolian Church, or some other fool thing.
It took a distant Cafarella relative asking if I knew it, to shake me out of my depression after John's passing this past May. 
I know that my great great grandfather Gaetano Cafarella and my great great grandmother Giovanna Vasquez lived in Capofaro or Capo Gramignazzi in the first half of the 19th century.  Members of our relatives, the Sangiolo family, lived high on the slopes of the mountain above the present road between Santa Marina and Malfa.  

There was a special relationship in my greater family with Saint Anne, which I did not understand till I realized that there was a Sant'Anna in Capofaro. The Church of Saint Anne was at one time known as the Church of the Vasquez'.  As you may know, my great great grandmother was a Vasquez and lived here in Capofaro
I asked everyone I could think of about this church, but could never confirm where it was, or even its existance.  So, when Tom(Gaetano) Cafarella asked me about it last week, I knew I had to knuckle down and find it.  Then the obvious person came to mind....WHY DID I NOT ASK HER FIRST?...flashed in front of my eyes!
Antoinette Merenda Carbone has been an email mate for a number of years now.  She knew me when I was starting to do research.  John and I stayed with her when I went to the Long Island branch of the State College system for the seminar on the Messina earthquake in 2008.  She has been a real help anytime I had a question.
She was not familiar with the church, so she contacted her cousin, Antonio Lo Schiavo, who finally gave us the long sought answer.  Thanks loads to both of them...a mystery has been cleared up.  I had long thought that I would include this church in the novel I have been working on for some time.  But you cannot write about what is not there.
I have a habit of meeting great people when I travel and when I do research.  When I took my sister and cousin to Salina several years ago, we met up with Antonino Sangiolo, who ferried us around to family properties, but in his haste to get back to work, we did not get down into Capofaro to see the village.  Well, next time perhaps.
Just for those who do not speak Italian, Capofaro means Lighthouse Cape.  It is located between Santa Marina Salina and Malfa on the island of Salina.  It faces roughly Northeast toward Panarea and Stromboli.  It is on the lower slopes of Monte Fosso delle Felci,(spelled Fosso, Fosse and Fossa in various publications.) and that particular spot is just about the oldest part of the island.  This particular volcano is made up of a number of cones that have merged together, and this is the base of the oldest part, though covered with layers from later eruptions.  You can see little spurs of the older cone in pictures elsewhere in the blog, sticking out high above the village of Malfa to the east.  If I remember correctly there are at least five cones that make up the present one, and it is the highest mountain in the archipelago.  The only volcanic activity that is presently obvious on Salina is in deep waters where the crater collapsed into the sea at Pollara.

Island Names and Arrival Dates. Thanks Armando D'Ambra for supplying this.

Family Names
These are the names of families that lived in Lipari . The information comes from the book: "Citta Di Lipari" by Pietro Campis -

1133 - Filippo di Lipari

1246 - Amico D'Aldineri, Raimondo di Baldo, Ruggiero di Federico, Giovanni Di Pietro, Pietro d'Orbea, Giovanni Monoche`.

1261 - Benedetto di Baldo, Giovanni Bruno, Giovanni de Ota, Ansaudo, Luca Pagano de Andriocta, Nicolo` de Fulcone, Giovanni de Coci.

c. 1300 - Martuccio or Bartuzzo or Mattuzzo? Comito

1318 - Roberto, Nicalao, Giovanni, all with the words "de Lipparo" after the name designating place of residence.

1398 - Mano Cocchiano, Amico deLuciano, Antonio di Salvo, Ambrogio Ysaac

The following lived in the territory of the diocese (Patti, Milazzo, Librizzi, Naso etc) but for various reasons are also found to have something to do with Lipari:

1095 - Willelmus Pontius

1117 - Gulielmus Franzes, Nicetas Gallus

1123 - Walcolinus

1131 and in 1148 - these names appear:

Changemis, Costas, Chipparos, Farandas, Leo Caruuni, Leo Lamaris, Leo tu(=di_Paschali, Maimunis Ihaccas, Nicolaos Arcudi, Petros Diuolas, Uonichis, Vasilis tu Fargali

1191 - Nicolaus Thesaurarius, Robertus Spanus, Johannes Cangemus

1195 Willelmus Caballarius

1196 - Ricius

1198 - Guiglelmus filius Jacolini de Milacio

1202 - domina Corbina

1249 - Petrus Spatarius, Amicus de Presi, Jaconus Leo , Nicolaus de Maymon, Theodorus Barensis

1252 - Johannes de Marturano, Leo Syracusanus

1254 - Aldericus Famularus civis Pactarum

1261 - Frederico de Bonofilio

1262 - Petrus de Silvestro, Perronus Mancusius, Nicolaus Bos

1263 - Rusticus de Bonicho

1265 - Jardinus de Castello

1276 - Johannes de Matina, Johannes Copsocrea, Riccardus Pichulus, Jacobus Amalfitanus

The names have undergone changes through the ages. How many can you identify?

15th to the first half of the 16th century, these are the names that have been found:

Barberi, Ballacera, Bonfiglio, Bonica, Bosi, Brazzano, Calerari, Camagna, Capizzano, Carnetta, Casella, Cirino, comito, Coppola, Cremonese, Damiani, D'Anza, DeFranco, De Paula, De Protho, De Rubino, Di Blasi, DiFalco, DoFogie, Falanga, Gallecchi, Gauteri, Gervasio, Graffeo, LaGaroza or Carrozza, Lo Campo, Lo Nobile, Majorca, Mansoli, Marazzita, Mercurella, Montelione, Muntanaro, Muni, Pampina, Papa, Perea, Puntulieri, Quagliarella, Recupitta, Russo or Rossi, Sacco, Salvati, Sarno, Schisano, Stilpa, Tabiano, Trovatino, Voij.

In the year 1544 and 1618 these names were found:

Aduino, Aloe, Amendola, Angiluni, Arcondia, Ardizuni, Artesi, Baldassaro, Basili, Bellacera, Bellingeri, (Beninato), Benincasa, Bertuli, Bonaccursu, Boaja, Bonfiglio, Bonica, Brazzano, Bruno, Buzzanca (Cafarella), Caivano, Caizza, Calderaro, Camagna, Campagna, Canali, Capicchiano, Cappadoro, Caputo, Carnivali, Carrozza, Caruso, Cassera`, Castellano, Catalano, Catarella, Cavaleri, Cazzetta, Cesario, Chille`, (Cincotta), Ciraulo, Cirino, Citrolo, Colonna, Comito, Conti, Coppula, Corso, Costa, Costanzo, Craparo, Criscillo, Cristo`, Crivelli, Culia, Cullosi, Currao, Curseri, Cusantino, (Cusulito), Cusumanu, D'Acquaro, D'Agusta, D'Amato, D'Ambra, D'Ambrosio, D'Andria, Danile or Danieli, D'Antonio, D'Arena, D'arrigo, (De Leo Delfino), Della Chiesa Delorenzo, DeRebus, DeRunis, Diana, Di Franco, DiGiuanni, DiLacqua, DiLosa, DiLuca, DiMatina, DiMora, DiMuni, DiMunti DiNaso, DiNavi, (DiNeri), DiPascali, Di Paula, DiSalvo, Di Stefano, DiVita, Durante, D'Urso, Falanga, Famularo, Faraci, Favolaro, Ferrante, Ferro, Ficarra, Fiorentino, Franza, Furnari, Galletta, Gallo, Gallotta, Galtieri, Gemmola, Gentile, Genuesi, Giaquinto, Giorgi, Giuliano, Graffeo, Granata, Grasso, Graziano, Greco, Guadagno, Guarino, Imbesi, Istraeli, Jueli, LaBella, La Cava, La Funcia, La Mantia, Lamari, Lambrosa, Lanza, La Torre, Lauricella, la Vittoria, (Lazzaro), Liardo, Liccardo, or Licciardo, Liotta, Liuzzi, Lo Bianco, Lo Campo, Lo Chirico, Lo Curcio, Lo Galbo, Lo Greco, Lo Jacono, Lo Judice, Lombardo, Lo Monaco, Longo, Lo Picculu, Lo Sacco, Lo Scavo, Macri`, Majetta, Majurana, Majuri or Maggiuri, Manfre`, Maniace, Mannarano, Manello, Mansole, Marazita, Marcetta, Marino, Martino, Marullo, Medici, (Megna), Mercurella, Merlino, Messina, Mirabile, Misceli or Miceli, Moleti, Monteleone, Morabito, Mule`, Muntanaro, Musciarella or Muscarella, Natoli, Orlando, Ortese, Pagano, (Paijno), Palamara or Calamara, (Palisi), Pampino, Pannitteri, Pap, Parisi, Pascalello, Pasqua, Pavone Pellegrino, Picuni, Piluso, Pirera, Policastro, Portelli, Puglisi, Pulito, Raffa, Rfaffello, (Re), Rijtano or Riggitano, Ristuccia, Rizzo Romano, Ruffo, Ruggiero, Sciacca, Sciacchitano, Scilibbo~, Scimone, Scularici, Scularito, Sidoti, Siracusa, Spano`, Spataro, Spetiale, Spinella, Stancagiano, Stella, Sulfaro, Summa, Talamo, Taranto, Tartaro, Tauro, Terranova, Tesorero, Todaro, Trava, Trovatino, Turcarello, Uono, Urso, Vaccaro, Vintrici, Virgona, Vitagliano, Vitali, Viviano or Biviano, Voij, Vopa, Zahami, Zaija, Zanca, Zummo.

OK - now we have some names with Spanish or Portuguese lineage: Alconada, Almidoves, Arvodovola, Bailar, Basches, Baylon, Brea, Caravaxial, Conzales, Cubeta, D'Acugna, D'Almidavar, D'Alonzo, D'Aranges, De Paredos, Desqueto, De Xeda, Dies, Ernandes, Errera, Foardo or Fuardo, Garxia, Gomes, Hurtado, Ilares, La Noara, Lexona, Loarea, Lopes, Losada, majorca, Mancanas, Martines, Mendozza, Morales, Panay, Panaxi, Peres, Pixita` or Piscita`, Plado, Ramundo, Rodriques, Roes, Sallazar, Samore`, Sandoval, Uxeda, Vaglies, (Vasquez), Vecha, Vidal, Vivanco or Bivanco, Ximenes,

The above family were for the most part officials and military personnel - they were considered a different caste of people and for the most part kept apart from the islanders.

1618 - 1699 - Adornato, Arbiano or Albiano, Arico`, Baglio, Barnao, Barnava, Barrili, Biscotto, Bongiorno, Bono, Butta, Caravagli, Carbone, Casaceli, Casamento, D'Alia, (DiFina), Di Muro, Ferrazzano, Florio or Frolio, Fonti, Fraumeni, Galluppi, Giuffrida, Giunta, Giurdano, Iraci, La Macchia, La Rosa, Le Donni, Lucchesi, Mangano, Marchese, Marturano, Matarazzo, Mazza, Mazzolo, Merenda, Merrino, Molica, Monizio, Mursit, Muschera`, Ortesia, Pinzuni, Pittari, Pittorinio, Randazzo, Rando, Ravesi, Ricco, Rivello, Sappietro, Scattarecia, Schibbeci, Sciarrone, Scolaro, Sesta, Spicchiato, Tricoli, Trimoli, Virdichizzi or Pirdichizzi, Zojno or Zijno.

Between 1700 to 1750: Baraona, Caravella, Catafo, Coma, (D'Anieri), Di Maria, Favorito, Ferlazzo Fumia, Giardina, Lauria, LoCascio, Marraffa, martello, Muleta, Mursillo, Palmisano, Vivola.

Second half of the 18th Century: D'Albora, DeMauro, DiBenedetto, Favazza, Fenech, Ferrara, Giufre`, Curtisi or Cortisi, Mancuso, Mararo, Pitruzzo, Profilio, Salmieri, Sciarrone, Sipione, Tripi, Villanti.

During this period of time are registered many illigitimate children. A notation would be placed by the mother's name "filius Ecclesiae" (Child of the Church. Also they would be referred to by the place of birth of the mother or from where the family originally came. Some of these names are Nasitanu, Pattisanu, Calavrisi, etc. (the last two are easy from Patti and from Calabria - the first one could be from Naxos?) This practice was due to the fact that the family had not yet established or decide on fixed last name.

Did you find your last name .... don't forget that the names have changed with the passing of the years...but you may still be able to identify yours.

Let me explain...

The blog format is a little difficult to follow.  It makes for an easy and cheap way for me to do this work, but everything is sort of in reverse.  The first posts are at the very end.  As I add new posts the originals get farther back.  In some cases, that is a blessing, because you sometimes make less informed statements at the beginning, and the newer ones give you an opportunity to add or modify your position.
At the same time, these errors remain out there.  I now need to consider a major overhaul of the site.  I need to go back and review and rewrite the entire blog if things are to be up to date and as accurate as my simple understanding can make it. 
Meanwhile, you must find subjects that interest you.

Start by doing searches in the search box at the top of the page on the left.

When you have exhausted that avenue, you may try just going from page to page to look at the posts as I have put them in.   I have tried to touch on many subjects of interest that are related to the story of the islands.
 
If that is failing you, try starting at the other end by simply going to the bottom of each page and clicking on   OLDER POSTS...till you get to the end or to subjects that interest you.

If that too fails your patience, please contact me by email, and if you are a responsible type, I will give you access to the list of posts.  Since this gives you editing rights, I am very careful about the people who have this access, but it is an easy way to navigate.

My email is in the profile(which also needs an update). 
Meanwhile, happy hunting.

It Makes Me a Little Sad.

I am constantly amazed that a couple of generations away from the immigrant parents and grandparents, people that I meet cannot tell me where their family is from in England, Scotland, Ireland, or Italy.
My family, depending on whether we are talking about my mother's side or my father's side are sadly unaware of their roots.  
We knew that we were from Sicily, or we were Canadian Loyalists or whatever, but the real origins are to me, a source of pride and interest.  Often the kids are interested, but the parents pass on only vague stories about the family past.  Indeed, in my Grandparents' case, they were a little ashamed of their "armpit of the earth" island, while they cherished their childhood experiences at the same time.
Well, Surprise, Surprise, we are not exactly Sicilian on my mother's side, and not just Loyalists on my father's.  The stories are much more complex than that.
On my father's side, there is Irish, American Loyalist, hounded out of Pennsylvania and New York, and immigrants from the earliest of English migrations to New England.  There are Welsh royalty, Norman French Barons, and Danish Vikings...a virtual tapestry of people and history.
On my mother's side, we are Sicilian, Arabic, Jewish, Spanish, Calabrian, Campagnian, possibly minor nobility, popes and cardinals....likely there were pirates, farmers, rogues, seamen, merchants, knights and heroes.  And no, our most recent ancestors did not come from Sicily...Though we have Sicilian blood...if there is such a thing...we were from a small, "semi resort" island north of Sicily called Salina, and the surrounding Aeolian or Eolian islands...Lipari, Panarea, Stromboli, Vulcano, Filicudi and Alicudi.  These islands can have some of the most expensive real estate in Italy!    This too, is probably even more complicated that that!
Please read on...question older relatives unrelentingly before they die off...contribute stories and photos to this site... and teach the future generations about your family! 

Send information to the email address in my profile to the right.

A Quote From "Sweet November"

"People must be remembered,Charlie.
 
Otherwise, it's as if they were never here at all.
 
All we are, are the people who remember us.
 
If we go away, and everybody forgets we were ever here,

it's as if we never were."



Sara to Charlie in the 1968 version of "Sweet November" with Sandy Dennis as Sara Deever and Anthony Newley as Charlie Blake.  This is a wonderful film and worth finding.

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