Extended Family for Riccardo Chialastri and Maria Sapochetti Part 1 - Immigration Records Lead to More than Extending the Family Tree

Sunday, November 11, 2018

Riccardo Chialastri traveled multiple times between Italy and America, in 1911¹, 1913² and finally immigrating to the United States in 1927³ to settle with his family (The Transatlantic Journeys of Riccardo Chialastri). Over the course of his travels, multiple clues were identified in the immigration records identifying several extended family members. In addition, while focusing on the family of interest it was critical to scan the ship manifest to identify additional people from the same town who may have been going to the stay with the same family in the United States. Several connections were noted for people traveling with Riccardo who were going to see the same cousin.

Immigrant	Year of Immigration	Family Identified	Relationship	Location from Manifest
Riccardo Chialastri	1911	Salvatore Pietro Milani	Father Cousin	Cave, Italy Atlantic City, NJ
Umberto Lupi	1911	Francesco Pietro Milani	Father Cousin	Cave, Italy Atlantic City, NJ
Riccardo Chialastri	1913	Salvatore Alessandro Chialastri	Father Cousin	Cave, Italy Atlantic City, NJ
Antonio Coluzzi	1913	Rosa Chialastri Alessandro Chialastri	Wife Cousin	Cave, Italy Atlantic City, NJ
Riccardo Chialastri	1927	Eugenio Pasquazzi	Brother	Cave, Italy

The ship manifests noted that Umberto Lupi and Riccardo Chialastri were cousins to Pietro Milani. Antonio Coluzzi and Riccardo Chialastri were noted to be cousins to Alessandro Chialastri. Finally, as family stories noted, Eugenio Pasquazzi was a brother to Riccardo Chialastri. A search was undertaken to try to identify the connections. The focus of the first research was Eugenio Pasquazi, brother to Riccardo. The working hypothesis was that Ricardo’s mother was married to a Pasquazi either prior to or after her marriage to Salvatore Chialastri, which became the starting point for this investigation.

Prior research, led to the identification of Riccardo’s parents as Salvatore Chialastri and Anna Maria Scacchetti as identified in Riccardo’s marriage record.⁴ Prior research identified the Atti di Morti for Anna Maria Scacchetti in 1918 listing her parents Francesco and Anna Felice _____[the name was not legible, possibly Raversi], and identifying her husband as Salvatore Chialastri suggesting that she was married up to 1918 to Salvatore. Thus, Anna Marie may have been married prior to the birth of Riccardo to a Pasquazzi.

Recent indexing to familysearch.org made it quick to locate records where an Anna Maria Scacchetti was married to a Luigi Pasquazi. A marriage record was located for Anna Maria Scacchetti married to Luigi Pasquazi in 1885.⁵ Anna Maria was 28 at the time of this marriage. Luigi Pasquazi was 41 years of age. Anna Maria’s parents were identified as Francesco Scacchetti and Anna Felice Ronci. The indexed records led to the identification of additional children of Luigi and Anna Maria including, Ester Amalia Agostina Pasquazi⁶ and Olimpia Giuseppa Massimina Pasquazi⁷. Eugenio Pasquazi is most likely a brother and his records have not yet been located. It should be noted, that an Esterina Pasquazzi was also noted as a sister of Riccardo according to family stories. Luigi Pasquazi died on 15 August 1890.⁸

Since Riccardo was born about 1892, the research would suggest that Anna Maria Scacchetti married Salvatore Chialastri between 1890-1892. However, upon searching the records, the Atti di Matrimonio for Anna Maria Scacchetti and Salvatore Chialastri was found in 1906, 14 years after the birth of Riccardo Chialastri.⁹ Within the record was a handwritten section in which the marriage states, that Salvatore and Anna Maria had a son prior to marrying and that in 1906 they wanted to legitimize him as their son.

The rough transcription in Italian:

“Gli stessi sposi, alla presenza dei suidetti testimoni anno esposto altresi che alla loro unione naturale nacque un figlio di sesso Maschile, che come nato da donna non maritata ecc. fu demunziato e riconoscuito dal solo sposo in questo nefficio di Stato Civile il giorno 23 Novembre nell'anno 1892, a cui pose i nomi di x Guiseppe Filippo Antonio Guilio Chialastri come meglio all'atto No. 163 del registro dello stesso anno, e mi hanno [unable to transcribe] che colpresente atto lo riconoscono per proprio figlio all effetto della qua leggittimazione. x dicesi Riccardo”

A rough translation provide by Google Translate:

“The same spouses, in the presence of the aforementioned witnesses, also exhibited that their natural union gave birth to a son of male sex, who was born as an unmarried woman, etc. he was demon- strated and recognized by the bridegroom alone in this new Civil Status Office on November 23rd in the year 1892, to which he gave the names of x Guiseppe Filippo Antonio Guilio Chialastri as better in Act No. 163 of the register of the same year, and they have me [unable to transcribe] who in the present act recognize him as his son for the effect of the hereof legitimization. x is called Riccardo”

It appears from the records that Riccardo was born to Salvatore Chialastri and Anna Maria Scacchetti, who at the time were in a “natural union” but not officially married. The Pasquazis are step-siblings to Riccardo, though a record for Eugenio’s birth has not yet been located. Eugenio did provide the information for Salvatore’s Atti di Morte.

The natural union was not the only surprise uncovered through the indexed records. Salvatore Chialastri appears to have had a prior marriage to Anna Saraceni, though it does not appear that any children survived. Continued searching led to a marriage record for Salvatore marrying Anna Saraceni on 28 Dec. 1884.¹⁰ Salvatore’s parents were Filippo Chialastri and Anna Moroni. Anna Saraceni’s parents were Antonio Saraceni and Anna Maria Chiapparelli. Additional searches indicated that Salvatore and Anna had two children, Luigi Giuseppe born about 1883 and died 24 Dec 1886¹¹ and a daughter, Virginia Assumta Amalia Luisa, who was born about 1880 and died 2 Sep 1880.¹² Thus it appears that Salvatore married Anna Saraceni prior to Anna Maria Scacchetti. The Atti di Morti for Anna Saraceni indicates she died 24 Dec 1886.¹³

Salvatore Chialastri’s parents were listed as Filippo Chialastri and Anna Moroni. Anna Moroni’s parents were previously identified as Domenico Moroni and Giroloma Fari. A search on FamilySearch.org led to the Antenati records for a Celeste Moroni¹⁴ and Giuseppe Moroni¹⁵, children of Domenico Moroni and Giroloma Fari,

The expanded family tree for Riccardo Chialastri’s family is summarized in the tree below.

SVG Family Tree ChialastriFamily

No obvious link for the connection between Alessandro Chialastri and Riccardo Chialastri was determined from the above searches. Thus, a search was undertaken to try to identify the connection between Alessandro Chialastri and Riccardo Chialastri.

Alessandro was married to Rosa Maggi. The Atti di Matrimonio for Angelo Alessandro Chialastri marrying Rosa Nazarena Maggi was found, indicating they married 1 Dec. 1906.¹⁶ Alessandro’s parents were Giuseppe Chialastri and Teresa Busoletti. The Atti di Morte for Giuseppe Chialastri lists his death as April 1917. Giuseppe's parents were identified as Alessandro Chialastri and Maria Moroni. Teresa Busoletti died 9 May 1917, her father was Luigi Busoletti and her mother was Clementina [no last name]. Giuseppe Chialastri and Teresa Busoletti had several additional children besides Alessandro as identified below.

Children of Giuseppe Chialastri and Teresa Busoletti
Name	Birth - Death	Spouse
Alessandro	~ 1882-5 Jun 1981	Rosa Maggi
Nicola	~1870-?	Sp1: Virginia Scarpellini Sp2: Nazarena Cherubini
Assunta Caterina	~1873-17 Sep 1879
Ermanna Telemaca Mariangela	~1880-?	Alessandro Salvatore Mariani
Venturina	~1865-?	Antonio Spazianelli

The tree for Alessandro did not directly link back to Riccardo Chialastri’s tree. Therefore, it is still unknown how Riccardo and Alessandro are cousins. It is interesting to note that the link may be through the Chialastri name, however it may also be through their grandmother’s, namely Maria Moroni and Anna Moroni. Additional research will look to potential connections via the Moroni surname. Furthermore, separate posts will investigate the connection of Antonio Coluzzi and Umberto Lupi to Riccardo Chialastri.

SVG Family Tree TreeAlessandroChialastri

1 Ancestry.com, New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Database online. Year: 1911; Arrival: , ; Microfilm serial: T715; Microfilm roll: T715_1630; Line: 4; List number: . ^↩
2 Year: 1913; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Microfilm Roll: Roll 2011; Line: 5 and 6; Page Number: 159 ^↩
3 Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, Dec. 1, 1927 (Name: National Archives, Washington, DC;), 680 of 1043; Roll 4178; Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1897-1957. Microfilm Publication T715, 8892 rolls. NAI: 300346. ^↩
4 Riccardo Chialastri, Pubblicazioni Di Matrimonio, Parte-1, Year 1912: Numero 44, A Cave, Roma, Lazio ^↩
5 Italia, Roma, Stato Civile (Archivio di Stato), 1863-1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQ8-4CNG : 12 October 2018), Luigi Pasquazi and Anna Maria Sacchetti, 14 May 1885; citing Marriage, 6, Archivio Stato Civile, Tribunale di Roma (State Civil Archives), Italy; FHL microfilm 2,252,580. ^↩
6 Italia, Roma, Stato Civile (Archivio di Stato), 1863-1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQD-S5ZD : 12 October 2018), Luigi Pasquazi in entry for Enrico Pio Carlo Rotondi and Ester Amalia Agostina Pasquazi, 17 Feb 1907; citing Marriage, 10, Archivio Stato Civile, Tribunale di Roma (State Civil Archives), Italy; FHL microfilm 2,252,580 ^↩
7 Italia, Roma, Stato Civile (Archivio di Stato), 1863-1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQ8-MRV7 : 12 October 2018), Luigi Pasquazi in entry for Olimpia Giuseppa Massimina Pasquazi, 20 Nov 1882; citing Death, 71, Archivio Stato Civile, Tribunale di Roma (State Civil Archives), Italy; FHL microfilm 2,252,580 ^↩
8 Italia, Roma, Stato Civile (Archivio di Stato), 1863-1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQ8-SG1P : 12 October 2018), Luigi Pasquazi, 15 Aug 1890; citing Death, 68, Archivio Stato Civile, Tribunale di Roma (State Civil Archives), Italy; FHL microfilm 2,252,580 ^↩
9 Italia, Roma, Stato Civile (Archivio di Stato), 1863-1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQD-S681 : 12 October 2018), Salvatore Chialastri and Anna Maria Scacchetti, 11 Mar 1906; citing Marriage, 16, Archivio Stato Civile, Tribunale di Roma (State Civil Archives), Italy; FHL microfilm 2,252,580.^↩
10 Lazio, Roma, Matrimoni Records of Cave, image 13, Salvatore Chialastri and Anna Saraceni, 28 December 1884; digital image, Antenati Gli Archivi per la Ricerca Anagrafica (http://www.antenati.san.beniculturali.it/v/Archivio+di+Stato+di+Roma/Stato+civile+italiano/Cave/Matrimoni/ : downloaded 20 October 2018); Portale Antenati. ^↩
11 Italia, Roma, Stato Civile (Archivio di Stato), 1863-1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQ8-SP3K : 12 October 2018), Anna Saraceni in entry for Luigi Giuseppe Nazareno Chialastri, 24 Jul 1884; citing Death, 73, Archivio Stato Civile, Tribunale di Roma (State Civil Archives), Italy; FHL microfilm 2,252,580. ^↩
12 Italia, Roma, Stato Civile (Archivio di Stato), 1863-1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQ8-BW62 : 12 October 2018), Anna Saraceni in entry for Virginia Assunta Amalia Luisa Chialastri, 2 Sep 1880; citing Death, 97, Archivio Stato Civile, Tribunale di Roma (State Civil Archives), Italy; FHL microfilm 2,252,580. ^↩
13 Anna Saraceni, death certificate no. 1 (1886), Stato Civile Italiano Cave, Cave, Roma, Lazio, Italy. ^↩
14 Italia, Roma, Stato Civile (Archivio di Stato), 1863-1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQZ-YBH8 : 12 October 2018), Domenico Moroni in entry for Celeste Moroni, 14 Sep 1878; citing Death, 73, Archivio Stato Civile, Tribunale di Roma (State Civil Archives), Italy; FHL microfilm 2,252,580 ^↩
15 Italia, Roma, Stato Civile (Archivio di Stato), 1863-1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQD-3M2K : 12 October 2018), Domenico Moroni in entry for Giuseppe Moroni, 25 Nov 1885; citing Death, 100, Archivio Stato Civile, Tribunale di Roma (State Civil Archives), Italy; FHL microfilm 2,252,580. ^↩
16 Italia, Roma, Stato Civile (Archivio di Stato), 1863-1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQ8-SGVH : 12 October 2018), Angelo Alessandro Chialastri and Rosa Nazarena Maggi, 1 Dec 1906; citing Marriage, 36, Archivio Stato Civile, Tribunale di Roma (State Civil Archives), Italy; FHL microfilm 2,252,580. ^↩

Labels: Busoletti, Cave, Chialastri, Coluzzi, Italy, Lupi, maggi, Moroni, Pasquazi, Pasquazzi, Sapochetti, Scacchetti
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