American AcornsLucia Mancini
1894–1967 · Female · died at 73
- 1 newspaper clipping, 2 more cited
- 14 records (11 viewable)
- Biography
- The DiSantos, from Pescolanciano to Newark and Irvington, 1906 to 1984
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Overview
Biography
Lucia Mancini came from Pescolanciano to join her husband in Newark in 1921, was widowed less than three years later with three children, and remarried in 1930.
Pescolanciano to Newark
Lucia was born at a quarter past nine in the evening on April 22, 1894, in the family's house at 63 Via Garibaldi, Pescolanciano, then in the province of Campobasso. Two days later her father, Onofrio Mancini, a farm laborer of forty, went to the town hall to register her as Maria Lucia, the daughter of his wife, Addolorata Pellegrino, and signed the act himself (birth record). She married Domenico DiSanto of the same village, and their son Livio (Leo) was born in Italy on December 31, 1911. Domenico had gone ahead to America; Lucia, with Leo, followed from Naples and landed at New York on March 12, 1921, on the steamship Duca degli Abruzzi, under her maiden name, bound for Domenico's address at 33 Prospect Street in Newark; in Pescolanciano she left her mother, Addolorata (naturalization petition).
Source: Ancestry.com
1894-04-24 · act 27; image 19 of 64
Source: Archivio di Stato di Isernia, via Portale Antenati
Confirmed About this evidence
Her birth record is in the Pescolanciano civil register, now at the State Archive in Isernia. Her own naturalization petition gives her eldest son's birth and her arrival. Domenico's 1917 draft card already says he supported a wife and child.
Her parents were probably the couple married at the Pescolanciano town hall on September 16, 1875: Onofrio Antonio Stefano Mancini, a farm laborer, son of the late Pasquale Mancini and a Sacco whose first name is hard to read, and Dolorosa Pellegrino, nineteen, daughter of Antonio Pellegrino and Carmina(?) Del Ciello (marriage record). The names fit, but the groom's age of thirty does not agree with the forty her father gave in 1894, and the bride's mother's first name is an uncertain reading. The groom's mother was probably the Rosa Sacco, widow of Pasquale Mancini, who died at Pescolanciano on November 25, 1871, aged seventy-two, the daughter of Pasquale Sacco and Giuseppa Donatucci (death record); that record does not name Onofrio, and she would have been about forty-five if he was born in 1844-45 but about fifty-four if he was born in 1853-54.
1875-09-16 · act 7; image 6 of 9
Source: Archivio di Stato di Isernia, via Portale Antenati
1871-11-25 · act 43; image 17 of 48
Source: Archivio di Stato di Isernia, via Portale Antenati
Likely About this evidence
Likely, not Confirmed: identified by the names (Dolorosa taken as a form of Addolorata) and by the absence of any other Onofrio Mancini marriage in the Pescolanciano registers searched for 1875-1893; the ages conflict. Rosa Sacco's death record is matched to the groom's mother provisionally (Likely) by surname, husband's name and town; the 1875 first name is unclear, possibly Rosa, and is not counted as separate support.
Lucia was probably not her parents' first child. Twins, a boy named Pasquale Antonio and a girl named Concetta, were born to Onofrio and Addolorata late on December 8, 1877, while Onofrio was away from the town, so the midwife registered them (birth record); both died on December 11, two days old (death record).
1877-12-08 · acts 73-74; image 28 of 32
Source: Archivio di Stato di Isernia, via Portale Antenati
1877-12-11 · acts 61-62; image 18 of 22
Source: Archivio di Stato di Isernia, via Portale Antenati
Likely About this evidence
Likely: the records name the parents Onofrio Mancini and Addolorata Pellegrino, as Lucia's birth record does; that the couple is the same is the identification already made for the 1875 marriage.
She probably also had an older sister who lived to adulthood. Maria Giuseppa, a daughter of Onofrio Mancini and Addolorata Pellegrino, was born on January 30, 1879, and her father, giving his age as thirty-three, registered her himself (birth record). At nineteen, on February 12, 1898, she married Luigi Del Ciello, a farm laborer of her own age, and signed the register in her own hand; her mother consented, but her father could not: a sworn declaration made before the magistrate at Carovilli that January stated that he was away and that no news had been heard of him (marriage record; banns).
1879-01-30 · act 5; image 4 of 31
Source: Archivio di Stato di Isernia, via Portale Antenati
1898-02-12 · act 2; image 3, right-hand page
Source: Archivio di Stato di Isernia, via Portale Antenati
1898-01-21 · act 1; image 3, left-hand page
Source: Archivio di Stato di Isernia, via Portale Antenati
Likely About this evidence
Likely: both records name the parents Onofrio Mancini and Addolorata Pellegrino, as Lucia's birth record does; that they are the same couple is the inference. Onofrio's age of 33 in 1879 fits his marriage record's 30, not the 40 in Lucia's record.
Another daughter, Maria Domenica, was born in the same house on Via Piazza in the small hours of April 24, 1881, and Onofrio, now giving his age as thirty-six, registered her that morning (birth record). A note later added in the margin records her marriage to Michelarcangelo Testa in May 1902.
1881-04-24 · act 19; image 10 of 26
Source: Archivio di Stato di Isernia, via Portale Antenati
Likely About this evidence
Likely: the record names the parents Onofrio Mancini and Addolorata Pellegrino, as Lucia's birth record does; that they are the same couple is the inference. The 1902 marriage is known only from the margin note.
Another probable sister, Lucia Rosa, was born on January 1, 1887, on Via Venti Settembre; her father, recorded as the son of the late Pasquale and aged forty-two, registered her two days later (birth record). That record, a copy made in 1959, calls her mother the daughter of the late Domenico Pellegrino, where the 1875 marriage named Addolorata's father as Antonio, still living; the difference is unexplained. She died aged seven days: on the morning of January 8 Onofrio and Gaetano Maselli, a local landowner, went to the town hall to report that she had died at home at seven o'clock (death record).
1887-01-01 · act 1; image 3 of 51
Source: Archivio di Stato di Isernia, via Portale Antenati
1887-01-08 · act 1; image 3 of 23
Source: Archivio di Stato di Isernia, via Portale Antenati
Likely About this evidence
Likely: the record names Onofrio Mancini, son of the late Pasquale, and his wife Addolorata Pellegrino; that they are Lucia's parents is the inference. The mother's father is given differently from the 1875 marriage act.
On March 2, 1922, a year after she arrived, Lucia gave birth in Newark to twins, a son and a daughter, Annunziata (Nancy) (birth index). Domenico died in Newark in December 1923. In 1930 Lucia was a widow, the head of her household at 73 Melvern Street, Newark, with Leo, 18, and the twins, 8 (1930 census).
1930 · page image
Source: Ancestry.com
Confirmed
Irvington
On December 20, 1930, in Newark, Lucia married Giuseppe Antonio (Joseph) DeVito, born at Casalattica, Italy, in 1884, a naturalized citizen since 1926. They made their home at 99 Welland Avenue in Irvington, where the 1940 census lists Joseph, Lucia, his children from an earlier marriage, her twins as his stepchildren and their two young sons (1940 census).
1940 · page image
Source: Ancestry.com
Confirmed About this evidence
The marriage date and her husband's birth are from her naturalization petition. Their sons may be living and are not named.
About 1941, aged 47, she petitioned the federal court at Newark for citizenship. The petition describes her as a housewife, five feet two, with brown eyes, gray hair and a birthmark on her neck. Her younger DiSanto son's World War II draft card gives her as the person who would always know his address.
Likely About this evidence
The petition gives her age as 47, which places it between April 1941 and April 1942; the filing date itself was not checked.
About 1962 Lucia and Joseph moved from Irvington to St. Petersburg, Florida, where they lived at 5442 Sixth Avenue North. She died there on August 28, 1967, at 73. Her funeral notice lists her husband, her son Leo De Santo and three other sons, and her daughter, Mrs. Nancy (Edward) Milewski of Irvington; it names her membership in St. Jude's Women's Guild and the Mater Domini Society, and says her Requiem Mass and burial would be in Newark (St. Petersburg Times, 30 Aug 1967). The Social Security index has a Giuseppe Divito, with Joseph's birth date, dying at St. Petersburg in April 1975.
1967-08-30 · p. 9-B
Source: Newspapers.com
Confirmed About this evidence
Her death is confirmed by the funeral notice and the Florida death index. Joseph's death is from the Social Security index (Likely). Her DiVito sons may be living and are not named.
Timeline of the public record (11 entries)
| When | What the record shows | How sure |
|---|---|---|
| 16 September 1875 | Her probable parents wed in the town hall at Pescolanciano; the bride is nineteen. Pescolanciano, register of marriages 1875, act 7 (Archivio di Stato di Isernia) | Likely |
| 22 April 1894 | Born at 63 Via Garibaldi to Onofrio Mancini and Addolorata Pellegrino. Pescolanciano, register of births 1894, act 27 (Archivio di Stato di Isernia) | Confirmed |
| 31 December 1911 | Her son Livio (Leo) DiSanto is born in Italy. Petition for naturalization no. 49330, Lucia Di Vito, U.S. District Court, Newark | Confirmed |
| 12 March 1921 | Lands at New York from Naples on the Duca degli Abruzzi. Petition for naturalization no. 49330, Lucia Di Vito, U.S. District Court, Newark | Confirmed |
| 2 March 1922 | Gives birth to twins, a son and a daughter, in Newark. New Jersey, U.S., Birth Index: Di Santo twins, Newark, March 1922; Petition for naturalization no. 49330, Lucia Di Vito, U.S. District Court, Newark | Confirmed |
| December 1923 | Widowed: Domenico DiSanto dies in Newark. New Jersey, U.S., Death Index: Dominick Disanto, Newark, December 1923 | Confirmed |
| 1930 | Widow, 73 Melvern Street, Newark, with her three children. 1930 U.S. census, Newark, Essex Co., N.J., ED 158, sheet 2A | Confirmed |
| 20 December 1930 | Marries Giuseppe Antonio (Joseph) DeVito in Newark. Petition for naturalization no. 49330, Lucia Di Vito, U.S. District Court, Newark | Confirmed |
| 1940 | Living with Joseph DeVito and the children in Irvington. 1940 U.S. census, Irvington, Essex Co., N.J., ED 7-175, sheet 16B | Confirmed |
| about 1962 | Moves with Joseph from Irvington to St. Petersburg, Florida. Funeral notice, Lucia M. DiVito, St. Petersburg Times, 30 Aug 1967, p. 9-B | Confirmed |
| 28 August 1967 | Dies in St. Petersburg, Florida, aged 73; Requiem Mass and burial arranged in Newark. Funeral notice, Lucia M. DiVito, St. Petersburg Times, 30 Aug 1967, p. 9-B | Confirmed |
Family
Parents
- Mother: Addolorata Pellegrino born bet. 1855 and 1856
Confirmed evidence: show why
Why: Her 1894 birth record names her mother Addolorata Pellegrino; her 1921 passenger list names her mother Addolorata in Pescolanciano.
Records:
- Pescolanciano, civil register of births 1894, act 27: Maria Lucia Mancini, born 22 Apr 1894 at 63 Via Garibaldi, daughter of Onofrio Mancini, 40, farm laborer, and his wife Addolorata Pellegrino (Archivio di Stato di Isernia, via Portale Antenati) (view at Portale Antenati)
- New York passenger list, SS Duca degli Abruzzi, arrived 12 Mar 1921, list 43: Lucia Mancini, 26, of Pescolanciano (mother Addolorata), to her husband Domenico Di Santo, 33 Prospect St, Newark, with her son Livio, 8 (view at Ancestry.com)
Review: assessed 10-17-2026; evidence: Image examined.
Earlier: Unconfirmed (10-05-2026, imported tree): From the imported family tree; not yet reviewed.
- Father: Onofrio Mancini born bet. 1844 and 1854
Confirmed evidence: show why
Why: Her birth record names her father, Onofrio Mancini, who registered the birth.
Records:
- Pescolanciano, civil register of births 1894, act 27: Maria Lucia Mancini, born 22 Apr 1894 at 63 Via Garibaldi, daughter of Onofrio Mancini, 40, farm laborer, and his wife Addolorata Pellegrino (Archivio di Stato di Isernia, via Portale Antenati) (view at Portale Antenati)
Review: assessed 10-17-2026; evidence: Image examined.
Earlier: Unconfirmed (10-05-2026, imported tree): From the imported family tree; not yet reviewed.
Husband: Domenico DiSanto 1887–1923 Unconfirmed evidence: show why
Unconfirmed evidence: show why
- Son: Leo DiSanto 1911–2001
Unconfirmed evidence: show why
Husband: Joseph DeVito 1884–1975 Unconfirmed evidence: show why
Unconfirmed evidence: show why
- Daughter: Annunziata "Nancy" Milewski 1922–1984
Unconfirmed evidence: show why
Life events
| Born | 22 Apr 1894, 63 Via Garibaldi, Pescolanciano, Campobasso, Italy Confirmed evidence: show whyWhy: Birth act 27 of 1894, Pescolanciano: on 24 April Onofrio Mancini, 40, farm laborer (contadino), registered a daughter, Maria Lucia, born at 9.15 p.m. on the 22nd at 63 Via Garibaldi to his lawful wife Addolorata Pellegrino, farm laborer. He signed the act. Records:
Review: assessed 10-17-2026; evidence: Image examined. Earlier: Unconfirmed (10-05-2026, imported tree): From the imported family tree; not yet reviewed. |
|---|---|
| Died | 28 Aug 1967, St. Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida Confirmed evidence: show whyWhy: Funeral notice: Lucia M. DiVito, 73, died Monday 28 Aug 1967 at 5442 Sixth Ave. N., St. Petersburg, having come from Irvington five years before; survived by her husband Joseph A., her son Leo De Santo and other sons, and her daughter Mrs. Nancy (Edward) Milewski. The Florida death index has Lucia M Divito, August 1967, Pinellas. Records:
Review: assessed 10-17-2026; evidence: Image examined. Earlier: Likely (10-16-2026, research): Born 22 April 1894 and living at the 1950 census; no death record has been found. She is presumed deceased by age (she would be 132). |
| Also recorded as | Lucia Devito |
| Arrival | 12 MAR 1921, New York, New York, USA |
| Arrival | SS Duca degli Abruzzi from Naples (sailed 27 Feb 1921), with her son Livio, 8, to her husband at 33 Prospect St., Newark, 12 Mar 1921, New York, New York Confirmed evidence: show whyWhy: Passenger list, list 43, lines 5-6. Records:
Review: assessed 10-17-2026; evidence: Image examined. |
| Immigration | 12 MAR 1921, New York, New York, USA |
| Residence | Marital Status: Wid; Relation to Head of House: H, 1929, Newark Image: 1950 United States Federal Census · Image: U.S., City Directories, 1822-1999 |
| Marriage | 20 DEC 1930, Newark, New Jersey, with Joseph DeVito 1884–1975 Image: Petition for naturalization no. 49330, Lucia Di Vito, U.S. District Court, Newark, about 1941: born 22 Apr 1894, Pescolanciano; arrived New York 12 Mar 1921 on the Duca degli Abruzzi · Image: New Jersey, U.S., Marriage Index, 1901-2016 |
| Marriage | 20 DEC 1930, Newark, New Jersey |
| Residence | Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Head, 1930, Newark (Districts 1-250), Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA |
| Residence | 1935, Irvington, Essex, New Jersey |
| Residence | Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife, 1940, Irvington, Irvington, Essex, New Jersey, USA |
| Residence | Relation to Head of House: Wife; Marital Status: Married, 1950, Irvington, Essex, New Jersey, USA |
| Residence | moved from Irvington about 1962; 5442 Sixth Ave. N., 1962, St. Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida Confirmed evidence: show whyWhy: Funeral notice. Records:
Review: assessed 10-17-2026; evidence: Image examined. |
| Arrival | New York, New York |
| Departure | Napoli |
| Departure | Naples, Italy |
| Residence | Marital Status: Married, Italy |
| Residence | 99 Willard Avenue, Irvington, |
Newspapers
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St. Petersburg Times, 30 Aug 1967, p. 9-B, funeral notice: Lucia M. DiVito, 73, died 28 Aug 1967; formerly of Irvington, N.J.; Requiem Mass and burial in Newark1967-08-30 · p. 9-B
Also cited, with no image here
- Funeral notice "DiVito - Lucia M., age 73", St. Petersburg Times, 30 Aug 1967, p. 9-B Newspaper or record reference; read it at the archive or publisher.
- U.S., Newspapers.com™ Marriage Index, 1800s-current Newspaper or record reference; read it at the archive or publisher.
Record images
11 record images to view here. View them larger, one at a time.
Pescolanciano register of marriages, 1875, act 7 (left-hand page): Onofrio Antonio Stefano Mancini and Dolorosa Pellegrino, married 16 September 18751875-09-16 · act 7; image 6 of 9
Pescolanciano register of births, 1894, act 27 (right-hand page, lower entry): Maria Lucia Mancini, born 22 April 1894, daughter of Onofrio Mancini and Addolorata Pellegrino1894-04-24 · act 27; image 19 of 64
New York passenger list, SS Duca degli Abruzzi, Naples 27 Feb 1921, list 43, second page: Lucia Mancini joining her husband Domenico Di Santo, 33 Prospect St, Newark; her son joining his father; born Pescolanciano1921-03-12 · page image
1930 United States Federal Census
1940 United States Federal Census
1950 United States Federal Census
New Jersey, U.S., Marriage Index, 1901-2016
New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957
Petition for naturalization no. 49330, Lucia Di Vito, U.S. District Court, Newark, about 1941: born 22 Apr 1894, Pescolanciano; arrived New York 12 Mar 1921 on the Duca degli Abruzzi
U.S., City Directories, 1822-1999
U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Sources
- New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957 Passenger lists and passports Viewable scan Birth, Event, Residence
The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC, USA; Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving a… - New Jersey, U.S., Naturalization Records, 1878-1945 Passenger lists and passports Viewable scan Birth, Event, Marriage
The National Archives At Washington, D.c.; Washington, D.C.; Series Title: Petitions For Naturalization From… - New Jersey, U.S., Marriage Index, 1901-2016 Birth, marriage and death records Viewable scan Birth, Death, Marriage
New Jersey State Archives; Trenton, New Jersey; Marriage Indexes; Index Type: Bride; Year Range: 1979; Surna… - U.S., City Directories, 1822-1999 Directories and public records Viewable scan Residence
Newark, New Jersey, City Directory, 1929 - 1930 United States Federal Census Census Viewable scan Birth, Event, Residence
Year: 1930; Census Place: Newark, Essex, New Jersey; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0158; FHL microfilm: 23… - 1940 United States Federal Census Census Viewable scan Birth, Residence
Year: 1940; Census Place: Irvington, Essex, New Jersey; Roll: m-t0627-02334; Page: 16B; Enumeration District… - 1950 United States Federal Census Census Viewable scan Birth, Residence
National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year:… - U.S., City Directories, 1822-1999 Directories and public records Viewable scan
Newark, New Jersey, City Directory, 1928 - U.S., Newspapers.com™ Marriage Index, 1800s-current Newspapers Citation only Residence
The Herald-News; Publication Date: 17/ Sep/ 1935; Publication Place: Passaic, New Jersey, USA; URL: https://… - U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 Birth, marriage and death records Citation only
- U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 Military Viewable scan
National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For New Jersey, 10/16/194…
Research sources
- Funeral notice "DiVito - Lucia M., age 73", St. Petersburg Times, 30 Aug 1967, p. 9-B Newspapers view at Newspapers.com
- New York passenger list, SS Duca degli Abruzzi, arrived 12 Mar 1921, list 43: Lucia Mancini, 26, of Pescolanciano (mother Addolorata), to her husband Domenico Di Santo, 33 Prospect St, Newark, with her son Livio, 8 Passenger lists and passports view at Ancestry.com
- Pescolanciano, civil register of births 1894, act 27: Maria Lucia Mancini, born 22 Apr 1894 at 63 Via Garibaldi, daughter of Onofrio Mancini, 40, farm laborer, and his wife Addolorata Pellegrino (Archivio di Stato di Isernia, via Portale Antenati) Birth, marriage and death records view at Portale Antenati
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