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Date Posted: 05:40:09 07/19/08 Sat
Author: Michael
Subject: Mazza, Colosimo, Jannone

My grandmother, Teresa Mazza, immigrated to the United States on December 26, 1916. She was from Petrona, Italy and traveled with members of the Rizzuti and Colosimo families. Do any of these names sound familiar? I am trying to locate information regarding other Mazza families from Petrona.

Teresa Mazza was born in 1892 (verified by Ellis Island records) on a possible date of March 21. The U.S. Social Security Office reports her birth date of March 21, 1894 (year inconsistent with Ellis Island records) and her death in October, 1971 at her last residence in Champaign County, Ohio. Assuming Ellis Island records to be more accurate, Teresa was 79 years old when she died.

Teresa Mazza departed Italy from the Port of Naples on the ship "Patria" and arrived in the United States on December 26, 1916 (see ship manifest line number 0020). She provided documents to Ellis Island authorities that she was born in Petrona, Italy in 1892, thus 24 years old upon arrival. Her last residence is listed with her mother, Ma(Maria) Antonia Jannone in Petrona, Italy. Teresa Mazza's father is not referenced and he may have been deceased when she immigrated.

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