Family History
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Ferdinando's will
by Pacifico Cofrancesco
On August 7, 2010, while reviewing old
documents at the State Archives of Benevento (Italy) my wife Anna Di
Leone came across the will of Ferdinando Cofrancesco (1762-1827),
which was written on June 2, 1827, just 8 days before Ferdinando died.
The document, which Ferdinando dictated to a Notary because he could
neither read or write, is highly sophisticated and reveals much about
the man’s character.
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A new land for the Cofrancescos
by Pacifico Cofrancesco
We
found the first Cofrancescos living in Massa in the Cadastre of 1754.
But when and why did they move there, giving rise to one of the two
main branches of the family? In this paper we answer this important
question for our family.
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The Origin of the Surname Cofrancesco
by Pacifico Cofrancesco
The starting point is the registration of the death of Dianora Nicolai
Francisci, wife of Giulio Sagnella, on 8 October 1597 at San Lorenzello.
This is the first known document where the name "Nicola Francesco" is
clearly written, which is to show how the surname "Cofrancesco" was
established.
 Read full paper...
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The Origin of the Cofrancesco Family
by Pacifico Cofrancesco
On the basis of research carried out at parish archives in the Province of
Benevento and the State Archives of Naples and Benevento, the genealogy of the
Cofrancesco family can be traced from the the 16th to the
21st century.
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Stories
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Umberto's War
by Pacifico Cofrancesco
In
the Cofrancesco family, the name Umberto is quite common, particularly
in the last generation. But the Umberto Cofrancesco – son of Lorenzo,
captured at Bardia and prisoner of war in Australia as cited in a
“Service and Casualty Form” that Ivan found - did not match any of the
known Umberto Cofrancescos, living or dead. Our research did not
provide any useful results. One day last June 2008, something “strange” happened.
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From Massa di Faicchio to Egypt to Australia
by Ivan Cofrancesco
My father Tullio Cofrancesco was born on the 31st of August 1909 in the village
of Massa di Faicchio in the Province of Benevento Italy. He was the
fourth child of Silvestro and Maria Giovanna Cofrancesco, my father hardly ever
spoke to me about his early childhood as it seemed to cause him pain, his mother
died along with the twins she was carrying giving birth to them, he was five
years old.
The little I do know of his early recollections is that as a
boy he acted as a shepherd for his father’s sheep and goats, his father re
married shortly after his mother died to Concetta Di Paolo and immediately had
children with her.
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My Grandparents
by John A. Cofrancesco
Nicola, born in 1869 in Massa, Italy and his wife Angelina Corona, born in 1881
in Gioia Sannitica, Italy , immigrated to the United States around the turn of
the century and were living at 229 Hamilton Street in New Haven, Connecticut in
1903. Nicola’s parents were Ferdinando and Maria Cofrancesco. They
immigrated to the United States in 1899, and lived in New Haven, Connecticut.
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A Visit to the Home of our Ancestors
by John A. Cofrancesco
As the 19:50 Trenitalia from Naples approached our destination station of
Telese-Cerreto my thoughts were of how it all began in 1994 with the purchase of
a certificate providing a brief, and as I was to later learn, erroneous history
of the Cofrancesco surname. This was the start of my efforts to learn more
about my Italian ancestors.
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The wedding of Anna Sabella
and Tiziano Cofrancesco
A photo story
Tiziano Cofrancesco and Anna Sabella got married in Pavia (Italy) on September 6, 2008.
The wedding: A photo story
 Their web site...
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The wedding of Anna Di Leone
and Pacifico Cofrancesco
Anna Di Leone and Pacifico Cofrancesco got married in Faicchio (Italy) on
June 20, 2009
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Biographies
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Biographies
by John A. Cofrancesco |
Anna Cofrancesco Sarro (1865)
Antonio Cofrancesco (1876-1964)
Pietro Cofrancesco (1875-1973)
Simone Cofrancesco (1867-1949)
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 20 December 2011 )
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