From Tursi to Niles - The Fusco Family

Part One – Generations 1 & 2 The Family of Pascale Fusco and Mariantonia Mazzei & Angelo Fusco and Maria Antonia Russo & Nicola Fusco and Antonia Longo

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Woodcut by Francesco Cassiano da Siva about 1700. Found in Giovanni Battista Pacichelli, Il Regno di Napoli in Prospettiva (Naples: A. Forni, 1702), Vol. 1, illustration between p. 278 and 279; Google Books.

The ruins of the twelve-hundred-year-old castle on the rocky hill watched over the town that lay near the Pescogrosso stream. The land was “bare and stony” with pine forests where pigs, goats, and sheep were left to forage. Oranges were produced in the valleys, as were wine, resin, and olive oil. Corn was introduced to Italy in the 1500s and was the staple grain used to make bread in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy. The citizens grew legumes and vegetables, while thyme, rosemary, oregano, and pennyroyal grew wild in the area. The land was not conducive to manufacturing and could not support horses or cattle. This was where the Fusco family eked out a living.¹

Generation One

1. PASCALE¹ FUSCO was born around 1772 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, the son of Giovanni Andrea Fusco, a farmer, and Agata Pizzolla. But Pascale was able to escape the life of subsistence farming and became a blacksmith. As a blacksmith, he would have produced nails, tools, latches, gates, window grilles, hand railings, pans, locks, lanterns, and other objects made from metal. He married MARIANTONIA MAZZEI around 1788, probably in Tursi, and eight of his twelve children reached adulthood. Losing four children probably was not a surprise, as at this time, about forty percent of children died before adulthood. Pascale died on 13 February 1840 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy.²

Known children of Pascale Fusco and Mariantonia Mazzei were:

i. GIOVANNI² ANDREA FUSCO was born about 1789 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, and died on 24 July 1880 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy. He married ISABELLA GIORA.³

ii. MARIA EMMANUELA² FUSCO was born about 1801 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, and died on 27 May 1851 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy. She married ANDREA CIOCERO on 1 December 1817 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy. He was born about 1799, probably in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy.⁴

iii. AGATA MARIA² FUSCO was born about 1806 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, and died on 17 May 1844 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy. She married GIUSEPPE MARIA CUCARO on 18 December 1823 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy. He was born about 1805 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy.⁵

+ 2 iv. ANGELO MARIA² FUSCO was born about 1808 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, and died on 23 August 1874 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy. He married MARIA ANTONIA RUSSO on 9 September 1840 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy. She was born on 29 April 1819 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy.⁶

+ 3 v. NICOLA MARIA² FUSCO was born on 19 October 1809 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, and died on 29 October 1862 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy. He married first, ANTONIA LONGO, on 7 June 1837 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy. She was born about 1818 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, and died on 6 February 1858 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy. Nicola married second, MARIA FRANI, on 22 May 1859 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy. She was born about 1812 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy.⁷

vi. GIULIO CESARE² FUSCO was born on 23 December 1813 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, and died on 22 November 1843 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy.⁸

vii. AURELIA MARIA² FUSCO was born on 24 April 1816 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, and died on 2 July 1817 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy.⁹

viii. MARIA VINCENZA² FUSCO was born about 1817 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, and died on 19 October 1847 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy.¹⁰

ix. GIUSEPPE MARIA² FUSCO was born on 16 August 1818 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy.¹¹

x. MARIA TERESA² FUSCO was born on 14 December 1819 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, and died on 6 June 1852 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy. She possibly married CARLO LONGO about 26 December 1842 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy. He was born on 8 July 1816 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy.¹²

xi. VINCENZO NICOLA² FUSCO was born on 18 January 1823 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, and died on 11 May 1826 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy.¹³

xii. VINCENZO NICOLA² FUSCO was born on 19 July 1827 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, and died on 9 August 1892 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy. He married ROSA GESUALDA on 3 October 1861 in Montalbano Jonico, Matera, Basilicata, Italy. She was born about 1826 in Montalbano Jonico, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, and died on 23 February 1895 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy.¹⁴

Most of Pascale’s sons did well for themselves. Giovanni Andrea was a landowner, Angelo was a blacksmith, Nicola was a blacksmith, and Giulio Cesare was a contadino, which can be translated as either farmer or peasant. He was most likely farming land as a tenant farmer or a peasant. Perhaps if he had lived longer, he would have become a landowner like his brother Giovanni Andrea. Finally, Vincenzo Nicola was a contadino when he married in 1861, but at the time of his death, his profession was listed as gardener.¹⁵

Image from MapCarta

By 1866, Tursi had a collegiate church, three convents, a hospital, a diocesan seminar, and a high school for females. As the town grew, it straddled the Pescogrosso stream but remained predominantly a farming community.¹⁶

Generation Two

2. ANGELO MARIA² FUSCO (Pascale¹) was born about 1808 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, and died on 23 August 1874 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy. He married MARIA ANTONIA RUSSO on 6 September 1840 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy. She was born on 29 April 1819 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy. Since apprenticing with someone else would cost money, Angelo probably learned the blacksmith trade from his father, starting as all apprentices do with the grunt work, and then moving on to simple jobs to develop his skills. Eventually, he would have opened his own shop or worked in partnership with his father and perhaps his brother Nicola.¹⁷

Known children of Angelo Maria Fusco and Maria Antonia Russo were:

i. PASCALE³ FUSCO was born on 21 July 1841 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, and died on 3 August 1841 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy.¹⁸

ii. MARIA MADDALENA FILOMENA³ FUSCO was born on 30 May 1841 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, and died on 12 October 1851 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy.¹⁹

iii. PASQUALE³ FUSCO was born on 1 November 1845 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, and died on 25 December 1868 while serving in the military.²⁰

iv. MARIA MADDALENA³ FUSCO was born on 18 June 1847 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, and she died on 15 October 1899 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy. She married first, ANDREA VETRANO, on 13 December 1868 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy. He was born about 1816 in Spinoso, Potenza, Basilicata, Italy. Maria Maddalena married second, PIETRANTONIO LAPOLLA, on 8 December 1881 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy. He was born about 1846 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy.²¹

+ 4 v. FILIPPO FRANCESANTONIO³ FUSCO was born on 23 May 1849 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, and died on 21 October 1901 in Niles, Trumbull, Ohio. He married ROSALIA ANZILLOTTE on 24 June 1871 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy. She was born about 1849 in Italy.²²

vi. GIUSEPPANTONIO³ FUSCO was born on 17 December 1850 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy. He married MARIA ROSA ANZILOTTI on 16 April 1874 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy. She was born about 1853 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy.²³

+ 5 vii. GIOVANNI ANDREA³ FUSCO was born on 29 October 1852 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, and died on 10 September 1905 in Niles, Trumbull, Ohio. He married MARIA FILOMENA GUARINI on 4 February 1875 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy. She was born about 1855 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy.²⁴

viii. MARIA TERESA FILOMENA³ FUSCO was born on 1 September 1854 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, and died on 24 February 1860 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy.²⁵

ix. MARIA VINCENZA FILOMENA³ FUSCO was born on 10 August 1856 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, and died on 19 August 1858 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy.²⁶

+ 6 x. FILIPPO GAETANO³ FUSCO was born on 6 August 1858 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy. He married first, MARIA GRAZIA ADDOLORATA LAPOLLA, on 19 November 1881 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy. She was born about 1862 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy. Filippo Gaetano married second, FLORENCE MODACIO (known as Providenza), on 7 September 1898 in Trumbull County, Ohio. She was born about 1881 in Italy.²⁷

3. NICOLA MARIA² FUSCO (Pascale¹) was born on 19 October 1809 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, and died on 29 October 1862 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy. He married first, ANTONIA LONGO, on 7 June 1837 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy. She was born about 1818 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, and died on 6 February 1858 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy. Nicola married second, MARIA FRANI, on 22 May 1859 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy. She was born about 1812 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy. Nicola became a blacksmith, probably having learned from his father and apprenticing along with his brother, Angelo, who was only a year older.²⁸

Known children of Nicola Maria Fusco and Antonia Longo were:

i. PASCALE³ FUSCO was born on 4 September 1838 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, and died on 7 August 1842 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy.²⁹

ii. MARIA TERESA³ FUSCO was born on 13 January 1841 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy. She married ANDREA D’ALESSANDRO on 22 May 1859 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy. He was born about 1841 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy.³⁰

+ 7 iii. PASCALE³ FUSCO was born on 20 May 1843 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, and died on 20 March 1934 in Niles, Trumbull, Ohio. He married LUCREZIA ESPOSITO on 17 September 1865 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy. She was born about 1843 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, and died on 20 October 1926 in Niles, Trumbull, Ohio.³¹

iv. GIOVANNI ANDREA³ FUSCO was born on 14 October 1845 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, and died on 17 October 1848 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy.³²

v. GIULIO CESARE³ FUSCO was born on 12 September 1848 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy. He married MARIA FILOMENA DI GIAMONA on 2 March 1872 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy. She was born about 1857 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy.³³

vi. GIOVANNI ANDREA³ FUSCO was born on 5 May 1851 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, and died on 6 October 1869 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy.³⁴

vii. VINCENZO NICOLA³ FUSCO was born about 1853 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, and died on 13 August 1856 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy.³⁵

viii. MARIA FILOMENA³ FUSCO was born on 8 November 1856 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, and died on 11 November 1856 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy.³⁶

ix. ANTONIO³ FUSCO was born about 7 February 1858 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, and died on 10 February 1858 in Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy.³⁷

With the Industrial Revolution, blacksmith was no longer a respected and lucrative profession. Nails and other metal goods were produced faster and cheaper by machines. Two of Angelo’s sons were contadinos, one was a landowner, and the other was a blacksmith. Nicola's sons were a contadino and a farm manager. Of the six men, four of them, including the blacksmith, decided to leave Tursi.³⁸

P. J. Brown, "Map of Trumbull County, Ohio," (Philadelphia, PA: Gillette, Matthews & Co., 1856), Library of Congress.

Niles, Trumbull, Ohio, was an iron-working town and became a major steel-producing town at the beginning of the 1900s. Carnegie Steel and United States Steel had bought many of the small mills. Giovanni Andrea, the blacksmith, appears to be the first who left for the United States and settled in Niles, and he was followed by two of his brothers and a cousin.³⁹

See Part Two for Generation Three

1. Rosalia, “Tursi Between Arab Echoes and Gullies,” 12 November 2018, Citta Meridiane. Also, Octavian Blewitt, Handbook for Travellers in Southern Italy (London: John Murray, 1853), 463-464; Google Books. And, The English Cyclopaedia: A New Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, Geography, edited by Charles Knight (London: Bradbury, Evans & Co., 1866), Vol. 1, 910, Basilicata; Google Books. And, Giovanni Battista Pacichelli, Il Regno di Napoli in Prospettiva (Naples: A. Forni, 1702), Vol. 1, 278; Google Books. And, “Polenta: All You Need to Know About the Comfort Food of Northern Italy,” La Cucina Italiana.

2. Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Morti 1840, record 14, Pasquale Fusco, 13 February 1840; Antenati. Also, “History of Blacksmithing,” published 19 November 2019, Oldwestiron. And, Max Roser, “Mortality in the Past – Around Half Died as Children,” published 11 June 2019, Our World Data.

3. Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Morti 1880, record 72, Giovanni Andrea Fusco, 24 July 1880; Antenati.

4. Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Morti 1851, record 51, Emmanuela Fusco, 27 May 1851; Antenati. Also, Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Matrimoni 1817, record 31, Andrea Ciocero and Maria Emmanuela Fusco, 1 December 1817; Antenati.

5. Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Morti 1854, record 48, Agata Maria Fusco, 17 May 1854; Antenati. Also, Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Matrimoni 1823, record 33, Giuseppe Maria Cucaro and Agata Maria Fusco, 18 December 1823; Antenati.

6. Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Morti 1874, record 152, Angelo Fusco, 23 August 1874; Antenati. Also, Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Matrimoni 1840, record 7, Angelo Maria Fusco and Maria Antonia Russo, 9 September 1840; Antenati. And, Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Nati, 1819, record 72, Maria Antonia Russo, 29 April 1819; Antenati.

7. Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Nati 1809, record 100, Nicola Maria Fusco, 19 October 1809; Antenati. Also, Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Morti 1862, record 133, Nicola Fusco, 29 October 1862; Antenati. And, Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Matrimoni 1837, record 22, Nicola Fusco and Antonia Longo, 7 June 1837; Antenati. And, Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Morti 1858, record 21, Antonia Longo, 6 February 1858; Antenati. And, Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Matrimoni 1859, record 15, Nicola Maria Fusco and Maria Frani, 22 May 1859; Antenati.

8. Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Nati 1813, record 125, Giulio Cesare Fusco, 23 December 1813; Antenati. Also, Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Morti 1843, record 133, Giulio Cesare Fusco, 22 November 1843; Antenati.

9. Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Nati 1816, record 38, Aurelia Maria Fusco, 24 April 1816; Antenati. Also, Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Morti 1817, record 172, Aurelia Maria Fusco, 2 July 1817; Antenati.

10. Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Morti 1847, record 113, Maria Vincenza Fusco, 19 October 1847; Antenati.

11. Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Nati 1818, record 38, Giuseppe Marda [Maria in the index] Fusco, 16 October 1818; Antenati.

12. Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Nati 1819, record 167, Maria Teresa Fusco, 14 December 1819; Antenati. Also, Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Morti 1852, record 101, Maria Teresa Fusco, 6 June 1852; Antenati. And, Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Matrimoni 1842, record 38, Carlo Longo and Maria Teresa Fusco, undated, the promise to marry was made on 27 December 1842; Antenati.

13. Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Nati 1823, record 5, Vincenzo Nicola Fusco, 18 January 1823; Antenati. Also, Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Morti 1826, record 68, Vincenzo Nicola Fusco, 11 May 1826; Antenati.

14. Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Nati 1827, record 7, Vincenzo Nicola Fusco, 19 July 1827; Antenati. Also, Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Morti 1892, record 68, Vincenzo Nicola Fusco, 9 August 1892; Antenati. And, Mont’Albano [Montalbano Jonico], Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Matrimoni 1861, record 17, Vincenzo Nicola Fusco and Rosa Gesualdi, 3 October 1861; Antenati. And, Tursi, Matera, Balisciata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Morti 1895, record 11, Rosa Gesualdi, 23 February 1895; Antenati.

15. Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Morti 1880, record 72, Giovanni Andrea Fusco, 24 July 1880; Antenati. Also, Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Morti 1874, record 152, Angelo Fusco, 23 August 1874; Antenati. And, Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Morti 1862, record 133, Nicola Fusco, 29 October 1862; Antenati. And, “Contadino,” database, Collins Dictionary: Italian. And, Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Morti 1843, record 133, Giulio Cesare Fusco, 22 November 1843; Antenati. And, Mont’Albano [Montalbano Jonico], Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Matrimoni 1861, record 17, Vincenzo Nicola Fusco and Rosa Gesualdi, 3 October 1861; Antenati. And, Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Morti 1892, record 68, Vincenzo Nicola Fusco, 9 August 1892; Antenati.

16. The English Cyclopaedia: A New Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, Geography, edited by Charles Knight (London: Bradbury, Evans & Co., 1866), Vol. 1, 911, Basilicata; Google Books. Also, “Tursi,” e-borghi.

17. Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Morti 1874, record 152, Angelo Fusco, 23 August 1874; Antenati. Also, Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Matrimoni 1840, record 7, Angelo Maria Fusco and Maria Antonia Russo, 9 September 1840; Antenati. And, Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Nati, 1819, record 72, Maria Antonia Russo, 29 April 1819; Antenati. And, “Apprentice to Blacksmith,” Centre County Historical Society. The article does not appear when using the search feature on the home page.

18. Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Nati 1841, record 74, Pascale Fusco, 21 July 1841; Antenati. Also, Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Morti 1841, record 105, Pasquale Fusco, 3 August 1841; Antenati.

19. Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Nati 1843, record 50, Maria Maddalena Filomena Fusco, 30 May 1843; Antenati. Also, Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Morti 1851, record 140, Maddalena Filomena Fusco, 12 October 1851; Antenati.

20. Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Nati 1845, record 116, Pasquale Fusco, 1 November 1845; Antenati. Also, Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Morti 1870, record 138, Pascale Fusco, who died as a soldier on 25 December 1868; Antenati.

21. Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Nati 1847, record 68, Maria Maddalena Fusco, 18 June 1847; Antenati. Also, Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Morti 1899, record 59, Maddalena Filomena Fusco, 15 October 1899; Antenati. And, Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Matrimoni 1868, record 34, Andrea Vetrano and Maria Maddalena Fusco, 13 December 1868; Antenati. And, Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Matrimoni 1881, record 36, Pietrantonio Lapolla and Maria Maddalena Fusco, 8 December 1881; Antenati.

22. Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Nati 1849, record 61, Filippo Francescantoino Fusco, 23 May 1849; Antenati. Also, Probate Court, Trumbull County, Ohio, Death Record, Vol. 3, 1894-1908, folio 76, Frank Fusco, 21 October 1902; FamilySearch. And, Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Matrimoni 1871, record 15, Filippo Francescantonio Fusco and Rosalia Anzillotti, 24 June 1871; Antenati.

23. Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Nati 1850, record 119, Giuseppantoino Fusco, 17 December 1850; Antenati. Also, Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Matrimoni 1874, record 9, Giuseppe Antonio Fusco and Maria Rosa Anzilotte, 16 April 1874; Antenati.

24. Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Nati 1852, record 144, Giovanni Andrea Fusco, 29 October 1852; Antenati. Also, Probate Court, Trumbull County, Ohio, Death Record, Vol. 3, 1894-1908, folio 77, John Fusco, 10 September 1905 [listed with the 1906 deaths; FamilySearch. And, Find A Grave, database with images, memorial 161418812, Giovanni A. Fusco (1850-1905), created by Joyce Peck, maintained by Theresa Fuller-Ditmore, gravestone photograph by Joyce Peck; Saint Stephen Cemetery, Niles, Trumbull, Ohio. And, Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Matrimoni 1875, record 2, Giovanni Andrea Fusco and Maria Filomena Guarini, 4 February 1875; Antenati.

25. Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Nati 1854, record 77, Maria Teresa Filomena Fusco, 1 September 1854; Antenati. Also, Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Morti 1860, record 23, Maria Teresa Filomena Fusco, 24 February 1860; Antenati.

26. Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Nati 1856, record 67, Maria Vincenza Filomena Fusco, 10 August 1856; Antenati. Also, Tursi, Matera, “Registro Degli Atti di Morti 1858,” record 95, Maria Vincenza Fusco, 19 August 1858; Antenati.

27. Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Nati 1858, record 90, Filippo Gaetano Fusco, 6 August 1858; Antenati. Also, Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Matrimoni 1881, record 35, Filippo Gaetano Fusco and Maria Grazia Addolorata Lapolla, 19 November 1881; Antenati. And, Trumbull County, Ohio, Marriage Record, Vol. 11, 1895-1898, 449, marriage return for Lilippo Fusco and Florence Madacio, 7 September 1898; FamilySearch. And, 1900 U.S. census, Trumbull County, Ohio, population schedule, Niles City Ward 2, ED 127, Sheet 30B, dwelling 627, family 633, Pillip Fusco household; FamilySearch.

28. Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Nati 1809, record 100, Nicola Maria Fusco, 19 October 1809; Antenati. Also, Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Morti 1862, record 133, Nicola Fusco, 29 October 1862; Antenati. And, Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Matrimoni 1837, record 22, Nicola Fusco and Antonia Longo, 7 June 1837; Antenati. And, Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Morti 1858, record 21, Antonia Longo, 6 February 1858; Antenati. And, Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Matrimoni 1859, record 15, Nicola Maria Fusco and Maria Frani, 22 May 1859; Antenati.

29. Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Nati 1838, record 128, Pascale Fusco, 4 September 1838; Antenati. Also, Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Morti 1842, record 117, Pascale Fusco, 7 August 1842; Antenati.

30. Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Nati 1841, record 5, Maria Teresa Fusco, 13 January 1841; Antenati. Also, Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Matrimoni 1859, record 14, Andrea d’Alessandro and Maria Teresa Fusco, 22 May 1859; Antenati.

31. Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Nati 1843, record 49, Pascale Fusco, 20 May 1843; Antenati. Also, Ohio Certificates of Death, 1934, File Numbers 20801–23800, numerical order, file no. 20925, Pasquale Fusco, 20 March 1934; FamilySearch. And, Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Matrimoni 1865, record 33, Pasquale Fusco and Lucrezia Esposito, 17 September 1865; Antenati. And, Ohio Certificates of Death, 1926, File Numbers 63101–66170, numerical order, file no. 64623, Lucrezia Fusco, 20 October 1926; FamilySearch.

32. Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Nati 1845, record 105, Giovanni Andrea Fusco, 14 October 1845; Antenati. Also, Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Morti 1848, record 158, Giovanni Andrea Fusco, 17 October 1848; Antenati.

33. Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Nati 1848, record 98, Giulio Cesare Fusco, 12 September 1848; Antenati. Also, Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Matrimoni 1872, record 12, Giulio Cesare Fusco and Maria Filomena Di Giamona, 2 March 1872; Antenati.

34. Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Nati 1851, record 98, Giulio Cesare Fusco, 5 May 1851; Antenati. Also, Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Morti 1869, record 100, Giovanni Andrea Fusco, 6 October 1869; Antenati.

35. Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Morti 1856, record 101, Vincenzo Nicola Fusco, 13 August 1856; Antenati.

36. Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Nati 1856, record 115, Maria Filomena Fusco, 8 November 1856; Antenati. Also, Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Morti 1856, record 144, Maria Filomena Fusco, 11 November 1856; Antenati.

37. Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Nati 1858, record 23, Antonio Fusco, 6 February 1858; Antenati. Also, Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Morti 1858, record 23, Antonio Fusco, 10 February 1858; Antenati.

38. “Tools of the Trade: A History of Blacksmithing,” DragonFire Tools, no path from homepage. Also, Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Matrimoni 1871, record 15, Filippo Francescantonio Fusco and Rosalia Anzillotti, 24 June 1871; Antenati. And, Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Matrimoni 1874, record 9, Giuseppe Antonio Fusco and Maria Rosa Anzilotte, 16 April 1874; Antenati. And, Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Matrimoni 1875, record 2, Giovanni Andrea Fusco and Maria Filomena Guarini, 4 February 1875; Antenati. And, Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Matrimoni 1881, record 35, Filippo Gaetano Fusco and Maria Grazia Addolorata Lapolla, 19 November 1881; Antenati. And, Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Matrimoni 1865, record 33, Pasquale Fusco and Lucrezia Esposito, 17 September 1865; Antenati. And, Tursi, Matera, Basilicata, Italy, Registro Degli Atti di Matrimoni 1872, record 12, Giulio Cesare Fusco and Maria Filomena Di Giamona, 2 March 1872; Antenati.

39. “Our History,” City of Niles, Ohio, Discover Us > Our History. Also, 1900 U.S. census, Trumbull County, Ohio, population schedule, Niles City Ward 2, ED 127, Sheet 34A, dwelling 665, family 691, Giovanni Fusco household; FamilySearch.