The Graffagninos of Salaparuta

Family I Last updated 26.Jan.2025 14:00 ET

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Contributing Family Members
Robert D. Graffagnino - Columbus, Ohio
Dr. P. N. Graffagnino - Woodstock, VT
Barbara Bennett Wedemeyer - New Orleans, LA
Joe and Natalie Michel - Victoria, TX
James Hitzman, Jr. - Laredo, TX
150 Current Family Member Count

18.Jul.2001 Patrick Graffagnino marries Brittany Frost, July 9, in Hamilton, Ga.
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18.Apr.2001 James Hitzman writes: I am James F. Hitzman, Jr. Born July 7, 1944 in New Orleans, Louisiana. I would like you to include my family into family I.
I am the son of James F. Hitzman, Sr. and Francis Graffagnino Hitzman. I am married to Pamela Laughlin Hitzman (July 29, 1967). My wife and I currently live in Laredo, Texas. We have 3 children. David James Hitzman b. 05-22-71, lives in Kenner, Louisiana, Michell Marie Hitzman b. 11-03-78, resides in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Michael Patrick Hitzman b. 11-03-78, lives in Laredo, Texas.
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1.Dec.2000 Natalie Kendall Michel and her husband, Joe, have sent new Family I information. Joe is a grandson of Dominic Graffagnino, eldest son of Pietro and Angelina, heads of the Family I clan. Joe and Natalie live in Victoria, TX.
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Nav  Family I date and place of birth date and place of death
or residence
allparent 6Pietro Graffagnino 10 children 8.Jun.1837 Salaparuta, Sicily 8.Aug.1903
  6mAngelina Tusa photo 25.Oct.1844 Salaparuta, Sicily 17.Dec.1928
allparent 7Giuseppa Graffagnino 1 child 1862 Salaparuta, Sicily 1948
  7mSalvatore Palermo (1885) c.1862  
allparent 8Sarah Palermo 1 child 1887 1948
  8mFrancesco Graffagnino [see Family H] 2.Mar.1887  
allparent 8Angelina Palermo 1890 1967
  8mPhilip Nastasi 1890?  
  8mS. Bruno 1890?  
allparent 8Rosa Palermo 1895 1967
  8mAnthony Ancona 1895?  
allparent 7Giuseppe Graffagnino 23.Jan.1865 Salaparuta, Sicily  
allparent 7Francesca Graffagnino 5 children 4.Nov.1867 Salaparuta, Sicily 19.Jun.1949
  7mSimone Graffagnino [1886] [see Family H] 17.Jun.1863 Salaparuta, Sicily 1949
allparent 7Domenico Graffagnino 5 children 13.Mar.1870 Salaparuta, Sicily 5.Apr.1957 New Orleans, LA
  7mAntonia Lena Beninato, [10.Feb.1896] 17.Jan.1874 Salaparuta, Sicily 15.Mar.1961 New Orleans, LA
all 8Pietro Graffagnino c.1897 New Orleans, LA 1897 New Orleans, LA
allparent 8Angelina Camile Graffagnino 2 children 1.Jun.1898 New Orleans, LA 3.Dec.1990 Kenner, LA
  8mWilliam Paul Bennett, Sr. [30.Jun.1926 New Orleans, LA] 30.Oct.1899 St. Paul, MN 18.Dec.1966 New Orleans, LA
allparent 8Josephine Agnes Graffagnino 3 children 27.May.1903 New Orleans, LA 25.May.1992 Woodsboro, TX
  8mDonald Louis Michel Sr. [22.Dec.1936 New Orleans, LA] 10.Dec.1891 Homeplace, LA 22.Jun.1968 Galveston, TX
allparent 8Louise C. Graffagnino 4.Aug.1900 New Orleans, LA 3.Dec.1963 New Orleans, LA
allparent 8Peter Graffagnino 4 children 16.Sep.1907 New Orleans, LA 25.Sep.1962 New Orleans, LA
  8mAlix Berthe Fraysse [17.Sep.1936 New Orleans, LA] 11.Feb.1911 Opeloussas, LA 16.Aug.1990 New Orleans, LA
allparent 8Frances Graffagnino 4 children 30.Sep.1911 New Orleans, LA 8.Feb.1973 New Orleans, LA
  8mJames F. Hitzman [New Orleans, LA] 10.Aug.1913 New Orleans, LA 20.Jul.1994 New Orleans, LA
allparent 7Antonina Graffagnino 1 child 24.Feb.1873 Salaparuta, Sicily  
  7mFrank L'Asta c.1873  
allparent 8Tony Asta c.1894  
allparent 7Michele Graffagnino 23.Jan.1876 Salaparuta, Sicily 31.Aug.1876
allparent 7Angela Maria Graffagnino 7 children 12.Aug.1877 Salaparuta, Sicily 1949
  7mGiuseppe LaBella (1899) c.1877  
allparent 8Anna LaBella 1900 1972
  8mJohn Roumeliotis c.1900  
allparent 8Angelina LaBella 1901 1990
  8mGeorge Wicke c.1901 1972
allparent 8Josephine (Billie) LaBella 1903  
  8mJerry Campbell c.1903  
allparent 8Frances LaBella 1905 1959
  8mWilliam Fisher c.1905  
allparent 8Mary LaBella 1910 1985
  8mRaymond Gruner c.1910  
  8mJack Cosgriff c.1910  
allparent 8Joseph LaBella c.1911 1979
  8mRenee 1908  
  8mRamona c.1928 1985
allparent 8Rose LaBella 1912  
  8mPhilip Savage c.1912  
allparent 7Maria Graffagnino 1 child 14.Aug.1880 Salaparuta, Sicily 14.Jan.1970
  7m Nicholò Graffagnino (1910) [see Family H] 6.Mar.1884 Salaparuta, Sicily 1963
allparent 7Michele Graffagnino 14.Aug.1883 Salaparuta, Sicily 3.Jan.1887
allparent 7Dr. Peter Graffagnino 2 children photo 12.Apr.1886 Salaparuta, Sicily 11.Oct.1961 New Orleans, LA
  7mRosina Giardina (12.Apr.1915 New Orleans, LA) photo 9.Oct.1892 New Orleans, LA 8.Jun.1987 Hartford, CT
allparent 8Dr. Peter Carl Graffagnino photo 2 children 14.Feb.1916 New Orleans, LA 18.Jan.1984 Columbus, GA
  8mJane Drury (6.Nov.1942) 11.Aug.1920 Clinton, MA res: Hamilton, GA
allparent 8Dr. Paul Ned Graffagnino 3 children 12.Apr.1927 New Orleans, LA res: Woodstock, VT
  8mBetty Lou Gadegard (8.Jun.1957 Farmington, CT) 25.Oct.1933 Hartford, CT res: Woodstock, VT
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