From Sicily to America : the Bileci & Buffa families/ by Katherine Bertsch Compagno

Fanamarihana

Chiefly ancestors, with many of the ancestors' descendants, and descendants of Salvatore and Mary Buffa Bileci. Salvatore Bileci (1880-1949) was born at Trapani, Sicily, and immigrated to the United States in 1904. Mary Buffa (1891-1977) was born at New Orleans, Louisiana, the daughter of Salvatore and Mattea Viola Buffa, immigrants from Trapani, Sicily. Salvatore Bileci and Mary Buffa were married in 1908 at San Fransisco, California. They had four children, 1909-1922. Salvatore took his wife and oldest child back to Trapani, Sicily in 1915. The three youngest children were born there. Due to immigration problems, Mary and her daughters, returned to California alone in 1927. Salvatore and their son immgrated to California in 1930. The family settled at Monterey where Salvatore had a store. Salvatore and Mary Bileci are buried in the San Carlos Cemetery, Monterey, California. Most descendants listed lived in California. Descendants shown in a descendants chart.

Also gives ancestors cheifly in Sicily, especialy Trapani. Descendants of the ancestors chiefly given in descendants charts.

Includes Bileci, Gabriele, Buffa, Viola, Compagno, Cusenza, Creech, Crossman and related families.

Contents: v. 1. Buffa/Bileci family story. Genealogy, descendants of Salvatore Bileci & Mary Buffa. Out Bileci pedigree: Bileci genealogy. Burgio genealogy. Caltagirone genealogy. Catania genealogy. D'ali genealogy. La Pica genealogy. Migliore genealogy. Savona aliea Catanesi genealogy. Our Gabriele pedigree: Amodeo genealogy. Barraco genealogy. Costantino genealogy. Federico genealogy. Gabriele genealogy. Garziano genealogy. Lazzara genealogy. Ongaro genealogy. Pace genealogy. Rallo genealogy. Rinaudo genealogy -- v. 2. Our Buffa pedigree: Ancestral Buffa family index. Ancestra Buffa genealogy. Pietro Buffa genealogy. Ciambra genealogy. Di Gregorio genealogy. Di Lorenzo genealogy. Lo Iacono genealogy. Lo Monaco genealogy. Vassallo genealogy. Our Viola pedigree: Annello genealogy. Caravello genealogy. Giardina genealogy. Giardina genealogy. Minafò genealogy. Schillaci genealogy. Schillaci genealogy. Smario genealogy. Spampinato genealogy. Viola genealogy. Time line of Scilian history. Maps of North Africa, Sicily, Trapani and Palermo. Suggested reading. Index.

Also available on microfilm.

Includes a partial index.

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