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hi auntie
i ran across your post and had a look at what i could come up with for you.first,i have
nothing more on joseph donald
other then what you have.
fosca(fosco-male) is an italian name.it translates to dark
or mulatto in english and is not very uncommon to find this name.
i think the ship manifest has guilio's age incorrect but i'm sure i have him
coming to ellis isl.,port in nyc.
he is listed as guilio toffanelli,age 17,from torre del lago
(complete name of commune is torre del lago puccini.it is in
the province of lucca,region-toscana and close to the village of viareggio).he sailed from
harve/le harve port and arrived in nyc on 3 mar.1910.his destination was ogden,utah to see
a cousin,raffaelo toffanelli.
giulio gives name of mother as fortunata.
next i see in 1930 census a brother"fred" residing with the
family,age 33,and says he arrived in 1920.indeed,i found him
coming thru st.albans,vt.(via canada)in 1920.his name is al
fredo,age 24,destination- lovelock,nev.mother-fortunata diridoni.s.s.death index says
alfredo is born 24 july 1896,
mother's maiden name-diridoni.he died in 1969.
now you now giulio's mother is fortunata diridoni tofanelli.
i do not have the obit.but looks like one may be in placerville paper 24 june 2006.
fosca was born 6 aug.1920;died 20 june 2006 in citrus heights,sacramento,cal.
her name is fosca marie tofanelli moschini.i do not know husband's name.she died age
85.
also see many diridoni coming into ellis isl from torre del lago and viareggio.looked at
one and he was going to idaho.
oh,i see in 1993 that fosca lived on rampart dr.in roseville
and joseph donald also lived at that address in 1993.also he is sometimes listed as donald
j.tofanelli.
best of luck in your research.
i also see tofanelli's in calif.that were born in antraccoli
lucca,toscana.
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