American AcornsDomenico DiSanto
1887–1923 · Male · died at 36
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- Biography
- The DiSantos, from Pescolanciano to Newark and Irvington, 1906 to 1984
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Overview
Domenico DiSanto1887–1923Lucia Mancini1894–1967Wife
Biography
Domenico DiSanto came to New York from Pescolanciano, in the Molise, in 1906, worked as a laborer at the Crucible Steel works in Harrison and died in Newark in 1923, leaving a widow and three young children.
Pescolanciano to Newark
Domenico Antonio Di Santo was born in the small hours of September 23, 1887, at Pescolanciano, then in the province of Campobasso. His father, Giovanni Di Santo, a farm laborer of twenty-nine, registered the birth two days later and named the mother as his wife, Maria Di Santo (birth record). His parents had married in the town hall five years earlier, on May 21, 1882, both aged twenty-four: Giovannantonio Di Santo, the son of Pasquale Di Santo and Albina Del Ciello, and Mariantonia Anastasia Di Santo, the daughter of another Pasquale Di Santo and Mariagiuseppa Mancini (marriage record). At eighteen, single and able to read, he sailed from Naples on the Napolitan Prince and landed at New York on June 2, 1906, bound for Newark, where he was going to his brother Angelo, who had paid his passage (passenger list). When he registered for the draft in Newark on June 5, 1917, he lived at 46 Madison Street, worked as a laborer for the Crucible Steel Company in Harrison, and supported a wife and child; he was not a citizen, and he had served two years as an infantryman in the Italian army (draft card).
1917-06-05 · page image
Source: Ancestry.com
1906-06-02 · page image
Source: Ancestry.com
1887-09-25 · act 48; image 34 of 51
Source: Archivio di Stato di Isernia, via Portale Antenati
1882-05-21 · act 4; image 5 of 29
Source: Archivio di Stato di Isernia, via Portale Antenati
Confirmed About this evidence
His birth record is in the Pescolanciano civil register, kept as a certified copy made in 1959 and now at the State Archive in Isernia; the draft card gives the same birth date. The 1906 passenger list gives his age, his village and his brother Angelo in Newark. The marriage is identified with his parents (Likely) because the groom, who signed as Giovanni, and the bride are each 'of Pasquale' and of the right age; the groom's mother's first name is hard to read.
The brother who brought him over was the elder by thirteen months: Angelo Oreste, born on August 2, 1886, in the same house on Vico Terzo of Via Olmo and registered by their father two days later (birth record). In Newark in 1917 Angelo, still single and a pipe-fitter's helper at Crucible Steel, registered at Domenico's address on Madison Street, though he gave his birth as October 2, 1887 (draft card).
1886-08-02 · act 32; image 22 of 35
Source: Archivio di Stato di Isernia, via Portale Antenati
1917-06-05 · both sides
Source: U.S. Selective Service System; NARA M1509, via Ancestry.com
Likely About this evidence
Likely: the birth act is certain; that the Newark Angelo of 1906 and 1917 is this child rests on the passenger list's 'brother Angelo', the shared address and employer, and the birthplace. The draft card's birth date does not match.
Two sisters came before the brothers, both born in the same house: Michela Elvira on September 29, 1883 (birth record), and Angelica Annunziata on April 10, 1885 (birth record). Giovanni registered each birth himself, and signed his name to the 1885 act. Whether the sisters lived to grow up is not yet known.
1883-09-29 · act 44; image 32 of 40
Source: Archivio di Stato di Isernia, via Portale Antenati
1885-04-10 · act 18; image 9 of 33
Source: Archivio di Stato di Isernia, via Portale Antenati
Confirmed About this evidence
Confirmed: both acts name the same parents at the same house. No other child of the couple was born at Pescolanciano in 1883-1887.
A short family life
Domenico and his wife Lucia had a son, Leo, about 1912, and twins, a son and Annunziata (Nancy), born in Newark on March 2, 1922 (birth index). In March 1921 Lucia and Leo, sailing from Naples, joined him at 33 Prospect Street in Newark. He died in Newark in December 1923, when the twins were not yet two (death index). In 1930 Lucia was a widow at 73 Melvern Street, Newark, raising the three children (1930 census).
1930 · page image
Source: Ancestry.com
Confirmed About this evidence
The state death index gives December 1923; the tree gives 15 December and a Find a Grave index 17 December, and his death certificate has not been obtained to settle the day. Where he was buried has not been found.
Timeline of the public record (6 entries)
Family
Parents
- Father: Giovanni DiSanto c. 1858–1935
Confirmed evidence: show why
Why: His birth record names his father, Giovanni Di Santo, who registered the birth.
Records:
- Pescolanciano, civil register of births 1887, act 48: Domenico Antonio Di Santo, born 23 Sep 1887, son of Giovanni Di Santo, 29, farm laborer, and his wife Maria Di Santo (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.
- Mother: Maria Di Santo born c. 1858
Confirmed evidence: show why
Why: His birth record names his mother, Maria Di Santo.
Records:
- Pescolanciano, civil register of births 1887, act 48: Domenico Antonio Di Santo, born 23 Sep 1887, son of Giovanni Di Santo, 29, farm laborer, and his wife Maria Di Santo (Archivio di Stato di Isernia, via Portale Antenati) (view at Portale Antenati)
Review: assessed 10-17-2026; evidence: Image examined.
Wife: Lucia Mancini 1894–1967 Unconfirmed evidence: show why
Unconfirmed evidence: show why
- Daughter: Annunziata "Nancy" Milewski 1922–1984
Unconfirmed evidence: show why
- Son: Leo DiSanto 1911–2001
Unconfirmed evidence: show why
Life events
| Born | 23 Sep 1887, Pescolanciano, Campobasso, Italy Confirmed evidence: show whyWhy: Birth act 48 of 1887, Pescolanciano: on 25 September Giovanni Di Santo, son of Pasquale, 29, farm laborer, registered a son, Domenico Antonio, born at 1.30 a.m. on the 23rd to his lawful wife Maria Di Santo, farm laborer. The register is a certified copy made on 9 Jan 1959. Records:
Review: assessed 10-17-2026; evidence: Image examined. Earlier: Unconfirmed (10-05-2026, imported tree): From the imported family tree; not yet reviewed. |
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| Died | DEC 1923, Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA Unconfirmed evidence: show why |
| Arrival | SS Napolitan Prince from Naples; going to his brother Angelo in Newark, 2 Jun 1906, New York, New York Confirmed evidence: show whyWhy: Passenger list, line 23: age 18, of Pescolanciano. Records:
Review: assessed 10-17-2026; evidence: Image examined. |
| Arrival | 17 FEB 1911, New York, New York, USA |
| Residence | 33 Prospect St., 1921, Newark, Essex, New Jersey Confirmed evidence: show whyWhy: His wife's 1921 passenger list gives his address. Records:
Review: assessed 10-17-2026; evidence: Image examined. |
| Departure | Napoli |
| Residence | Marital Status: Married, Italy |
Record images
11 record images to view here. View them larger, one at a time.
Pescolanciano register of marriages, 1882, act 4 (right-hand page): Giovannantonio Di Santo and Mariantonia Anastasia Di Santo, married 21 May 18821882-05-21 · act 4; image 5 of 29
Pescolanciano register of births, 1883, act 44 (left-hand page, lower entry): Michela Elvira Di Santo, born 29 September 18831883-09-29 · act 44; image 32 of 40
Pescolanciano register of births, 1885, act 18 (right-hand page, lower entry): Angelica Annunziata Di Santo, born 10 April 18851885-04-10 · act 18; image 9 of 33
Pescolanciano register of births, 1886, act 32 (left-hand page, lower entry): Angelo Oreste Di Santo, born 2 August 18861886-08-02 · act 32; image 22 of 35
Pescolanciano register of births, 1887, act 48 (right-hand page, lower entry): Domenico Antonio Di Santo, born 23 September 1887, son of Giovanni Di Santo and Maria Di Santo1887-09-25 · act 48; image 34 of 51
New York passenger list, SS Napolitan Prince, Naples 16 May to New York 2 Jun 1906, list 23: Domenico Di Santo, 18, single, labourer, of Pescolanciano, going to Newark to join his brother Angelo1906-06-02 · page image
World War I draft registration card: Angelo Disanto, Newark, N.J., 5 June 1917, 46 Madison Street1917-06-05 · both sides
WWI draft registration card, Domenico DiSanto, Newark, 5 Jun 19171917-06-05 · page image
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
New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957
U.S., City Directories, 1822-1999
Photos & documents
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… - U.S., City Directories, 1822-1999 Directories and public records Viewable scan Residence
Newark, New Jersey, City Directory, 1927 - U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Military Citation only
Domenico DeSanto, Newark, 5 Jun 1917 (born 23 Sept 1887, Pescolanciano, Campobasso)
Research sources
- 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
- New York passenger list, SS Napolitan Prince, arrived 2 Jun 1906, list 23: Domenico Di Santo, 18, of Pescolanciano, to his brother Angelo, Newark Passenger lists and passports view at Ancestry.com
- Pescolanciano, civil register of births 1887, act 48: Domenico Antonio Di Santo, born 23 Sep 1887, son of Giovanni Di Santo, 29, farm laborer, and his wife Maria Di Santo (Archivio di Stato di Isernia, via Portale Antenati) Birth, marriage and death records view at Portale Antenati
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