Comments on: A Family Reunion in Sicily

By: Bernadette Cusumano Haslam

Bernadette Cusumano Haslam — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 01:07:52 +0000

Hi Camille..I can’t believe how many Cusumano’s there are in NY and NJ. My grandfather Gregorio Cusumano was born in Palermo Sicily in 1873..He came to America with his wife grandmom Benadetta and his two sons and daughter in 1911. His son Philip was my father. Of course when they came through Ellis Island the name was spelled incorrectly..My two brothers and I grew up with the spelling version of our last name as (Cuzzimano). My brother Nicholas was able to get our grandfather’s birth certificate and discovered that our name was really spelled (Cusumano)..I don’t have my fathers birth certificate..Im not sure how to acquire it..I so enjoyed reading about your reunion and wonder if perhaps we are related. I also vacationed in Sicily three years ago and was enchanted with the beauty and the enormous bounty of ancient history. I had a hard time leaving because I know my roots are there, it felt like this was home. All of my Cusumano aunts and uncles and my Dad are deceased, my brothers and I have no one to confer with. I find it so exciting to find out about our heritage…Finding your website with our last names spelled exactly the same floored me…Looking forward to reading more…Take Care Regards Bernadette

By: Rick Ditaranto

Rick Ditaranto — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 02:55:10 +0000

Enjoyed reading about SAN GIOVANNI GEMINI. My grandfathers name was Di Pietro and he was from SAN GIOVANNI GEMINI, before moving to Elizabeth St in NYC and eventually to Bayonne, NJ. I am planning a trip there with an additional stop in SCIACCA, where my grandmother is from. Can you recommend a hotel and a few restaurants, I am also curious if many people speak english, I don”t speak Italian,

Thanks, Rick
rickd11@omcast.net

By: Jo Anna Hamilton

Jo Anna Hamilton — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:34:23 +0000

Hi Camille: Remember me or not, I am Jo Anne Basilr from Elizabeth Ave in Rahway! I have just found out about your wonderful career and would love to hear from you or Grace. Italy is beautiful, spent 2 weeks there last year. Love the pictures.

By: Monica Saragusa Bruno

Monica Saragusa Bruno — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:15:32 +0000

It is me again. Just trying to refresh my interest. I am still searching for my Siragusa Cottone familia in and around Caccamo, Palermo

Anyone connected?

Monica Saragusa Bruno

By: Natalie Cusumano-Christian

Natalie Cusumano-Christian — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:38:48 +0000

Hello Camille, What a wonderful website. Been trying to get my father Calogero (Charlie) Cusumano to go back to Palermo to visit his cousins. He came to America when he was eight yrs old with my grandparents, Jasper and Rose Cusumano. Just wondering if we are somehow related. Take care!

By: camille

camille — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 01:08:54 +0000

Monica, molte grazie! I once met a very nice man named Frank Caccamo–from Syracuse, NY, whose family was from Caccamo.
buon anno, Camille

By: Monica Siragusa Bruno

Monica Siragusa Bruno — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 21:36:00 +0000

What a wonderful story. I am not a relative (at least I don’t think there is any connection), but this story reminds of time with my grandparents.
My great Grandmother was a Catone, said to have been born in Caccamo Palermo Sicilia. My great grandfather, well it is unknow where he was born, but he was educated in Caccamo. Their last name is Siragusa, Filipo,/Pilipo was his first name, his father’s was suppose to be Bonnie, (Sebaastiano) as is my grandfather’s last name.

Enough of this, I just want to tell you haoe much I have enjoyed your site, and if in your journies you hear the Siragusa/Catone/Ciaccio/DeMarco/Nastasi names keep me in mind.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year,
Monica Siragusa Bruno

By: Michael Cusumano

Michael Cusumano — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:37:51 +0000

Hi Camille. My branch of the family orignated nearby Sant’Agata di Militello and Taranto before that. I believe that all Cusumano’s go back to a Spanish Guzman family that migrated to Sicily in the late 16th century, when Spain controlled Sicily.

By: Camille Cusumano

Camille Cusumano — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:24:16 +0000

Hi Larry,
You’re being too humble, my former tech-writing colleague at Shipley Associates. Your blog is well done and I share its URL here. (As a longtime cyclist, I’m sorry to read about the cyclist tragedy.) Thanks for sharing your travels here:

http://lnx-usabiketrek.blogspot.com/

By: Larry Newman

Larry Newman — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:36:51 +0000

Fascinating. After my amateurish bike blog from this summer, you show that good writing matters.

By: Camille Cusumano

Camille Cusumano — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:46:42 +0000

C’e Bellisimo! We must be related somehow, way back. There is a tiny village in southwestern Sicily called “Cusumano” but we have no relatives there as far as I know. After several decades of silence, we reconnected with our Sicilian relatives, in Agrigento in 1976, when I journeyed there and found them—another long story.
stai bene,
camille

By: Dolores DeLuise

Dolores DeLuise — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:14:54 +0000

I was reunited with my Sicilian family in 1997; their name is also Cusimano and they’re from Castelbuono, about 40 minutes south of Cefalu.
Nice website.