BIRTH CERTIFICATE # 42 IN MONTEMILETTO, ITALY. HAVE NOT VERIFIED MARRIAGE
DATE AND PLACE AS OF 22 MAY 92. GRAVESTONE SHOWS 1877 AS BIRTH DATE, WHICH
IS INCORRECT. BIRTH CERTIFICATE STATES: IN THE YEAR 1883 ON THE DAY
15 OF MAY AT THE MERIDIAN HOUR 8 AND 5 MIN. BEFORE ME COLETTI JOSEPH MAYOR
AND REGISTRA OF MONTEMILETTO. FATHER GIOVANNANTONIO BROGNA AGE 25 YRS. OLD,
FARMER LIVING IN MONTEMILETTO, DECLARED HERE AND 20 MIN. MAY MONTH, IN THE
HOUSE LOCATED AT TRADA SAN PIETRE #8, OF dILETTA GUBATOSA, HIS WIFE, FARMER
LIVING WITH HIM, A BABY WAS BORN OF THE FEMALE SEX WHOM SHE NAMES GIOVANNA.
TO THE ABOVE STATEMENT WERE PRESENT AS WITNESSES.
CHANGED NAME TO BROWN AFTER ARRIVAL INTO THE U.S. AS TOLD BY
ANNE MARCANTHONY, GINO BASCIANI AND OTHERS AT A FAMILY REUNION IN
ASBURY PARK, NJ IN 1978: GIOVANNANTONIO (JOHN ANTHONY) BROGNA
BORN ON 9 DEC 1858 IN MONTEMILETTO IN THE PROVINCE OF AVELLINO.
DILETTA GUBITOSA (LILLIAN) BORN 8 OCT 1857 IN MONTEMILETTO. MARRIED
JUNE 1882. DURING NEXT 14 YEARS THEY FARMED AND HAD 5 CHILDREN:
GIOVANNA (JENNIE), ANGIOLA (JULIE), FLAMINIO (FRANK), OLIMPIA (LENA)
AND ARMELINDA (MARY).IN 1896 JOHN AND DILETTA CAME TO AMERICA.
HAD TWO MORE CHILDREN, CARMELA BORN IN HOBOKEN, AND AMILIA (MILDRED)
BORN IN ASBURY PARK, NJ, BEFORE DILETTA'S DEATH IN 1906.
JOHN REMARRIED IN 1907 TO PASQUALINA RAGNA DAMATO OF MONTEMILETTO,
ITALY. THEY HAD TWO DAUGHTERS ROSE AND ANNA. JOHN AND
PASQUALINA LIVED OUT THEIR LIVES IN ASBURY PARK, NJ. JOHN DIED
ON 1 FEB 1944 AND PASQUALINA DIED 3 FEB 1954.
FOUND BIRTH CERTIFICATE #321. MOTHER AGE 38 AND FATHER AGE 43.
PARENTS WERE FARMERS. GIOVANNANTONIO WAS BORN AT HOME. GRANDFATHER
DECEASED AT TIME OF BIRTH. CAN'T READ HIS NAME ON CERTIFICATE.
1900 CENSUS:
LIVED AT #328 SECOND AVE. IN NEPTUNE, NJ ON 13 JUNE 1900. JOHN
BORN NOV 1864, AGE 20, IMMIGRATED 1892, NATURALIZED, LABORER, OUT
OF WORK FOR 4 MONTHS, COULD NOT READ OR WRITE ENGLISH BUT COULD
SPEAK ENGLISH. RENTED THIS HOME. LIVED WITH WIFE LENA BORN DEC
1864, AGE 35, MARRIED 20 YRS., IMMIGRATED 1894, COULD NOT READ OR
WRITE ENGLISH BUT COULD SPEAK IT; DAUGHTER JENNIE ARBON (MISSPELLED)
BORN APRIL 1884, AGE 16, MARRIED ONE YEAR AND LOST FIRST
BABY IN THAT YEAR, COULD NOT READ OR WRITE ENGLISH BUT COULD
SPEAK IT; SON-IN-LAW TONEY ARBON (MISSPELLED) BORN MAY 1878, AGE
22, COULD NOT READ, WRITE, OR SPEAK ENGLISH. DAUGHTER JULIA,
BORN FEB 1895, AGE 15; OLENA BORN DEC 1889, AGE 10; MARY BORN
JUNE 1892 AGE 7; CARMELL BORN NOV 1895, AGE 4; AND AMELIA BORN
DEC 1897, AGE 2.
1910 CENSUS:
MONMOUTH COUNTY, ASBURY PARK, NJ ON 22 APRIL 1910. LIVED
AT 1276 WASHINGTON ST. WITH WIFE PASQUALINA AND THREE CHILDREN.
OHN, AGE 52, MARRIED 2ND TIME 12 YEARS, IMMIGRATED 1890, NATURALIZED,
LABORER AT ODD JOBS, STEADY JOB, COULD READ, WRITE, AND
SPEAK ENGLISH. ALSO RENTED THIS HOME. PASQUALINA AGE 42, IMMIGRATED
1907 AND COULD NOT READ OR WRITE ENGLISH. ADOPTED DAUGHTER CARMEN,
AGE 14, COULD READ AND WRITE ENGLISH; ADOPTED DAUGHTER THERESA AGE 8,
AND NATURAL DAUGHTER ROSINA AGE 15 MONTHS BORN IN NJ.
HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND REST OF JOHN'S FAMILY. HAVE NOT FOUND
HIS MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE TO PASQUALINA AS YET.
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