Welcome to
The Children of Ustica
Information page.

Starting sometime around 1861, the residents of Ustica began to immigrate to America. Some Usticesi arrived in New York City and some arrived in New Orleans. Others departed their place of birth for Australia, Argentina, Brazil, New Zealand and a few other countries. The people of Ustica most important to me are the ones that arrived in New Orleans. My great-grandfather, Gaetano Favaloro and his wife Maria Rosa Maggiore disembarked in New Orleans on October 1, 1867. Records indicate that Gaetano "Tom" and Maria had 3 children. Also on board were his brothers Giovanni "John" and Felice "Felix" Favaloro. Somewhere in time Tom changed the spelling of his name from Favaloro to Favalora. Today in New Orleans, we have hundreds of people with different spellings, Favaloro-Favalora, and some are in denial that each is related to the other. In 1997, I traveled to Ustica to find my great-grandfather's birth record. At the time of his birth, he was named Gaetano Favaloro, (b. March 29, 1838) son of Gaetano Favaloro (born in 1808) and Francesca Caezza (born in 1804). Tom and his brother Felix both opted for a name change to Favalora and were responsible for 90-95 percent of the people in New Orleans named Favalora.

One other brother arrived in New Orleans, but it was 6 years earlier in 1861. Civil Wars Records indicate that he was:
Private, Giuseppe Favaloro, Age 27
Confederate Army of America
4th Company, 6th Regiment, European Brigade.
Italian Guards Battalion.
Louisiana Military.

Giuseppe kept the spelling of Favaloro instead of Favalora and helped spread the name of Favaloro. Information about Giuseppe is a little vague at the monent. He was born August 08, 1834 in Ustica and died in New Orleans in 1901. He had a wife named Rosa LaRosa and at least 3 children: Anthony, Gaetano and Theresa. The strange thing is that Giuseppe and his daughter Theresa died on the same day of March 28, 1901. Nothing is known of Anthony. The other son, Gaetano, married a young girl named Camillie Tranchina and they had lots of children.

If your are a "Child of Ustica," I'd like to know.

With the cooperation of the fine folks at http://www.myfamily.com, I have created a "Children Of Ustica" meeting place. At present, we are about 40 members strong and growing. The only qualifications you need to be a part of the unique site is a love of Ustica and a genealogical connection.

You are automatically qualified with one of the followings surnames from the Greater New Orleans Area:

Basile - Bartolo/DiBartolo - Bertucci - Caezza - Caravella - Caserta - Cristina/Christina - Fallo - Favaloro/a - Giardino - Gumina -  Ingargiola - LaCava -  Lauricella -  Licciardi - Maggiore - Mamfre/Mumphery -  Martello - Mancuso - Mascari - Palmisano - Picone - Pittari - Ranatza/Randazzo - Rando - Russo - Taranto -Tranchina - Saltalamacchia -  Sciacchitano - Simone/DiSimone -  Verdichizzi and Virgona.
Please excuse me if I left someone's name out of the list.

If you're interested in knowing more about the " Children of Ustica " meeting place, please send me an email at:

[email protected]

Its a great place to begin your quest if you're a
Child of Ustica.

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