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100 Consul of Italy in Puerto Rico during the government of Be-
nito Mussolini, he arrived in Puerto Rico between 1898 and 1900.
He was Inspector General for the company Carlo Erba in Central
America and the Caribbean and Consul of Panamá in Puerto Rico
in 1939. The Barletta de Añasco family in Puerto Rico descends
from them.
101 He settled in Puerto Rico where he married Eudosia Blasini
Olivieri. In 1940 he resided in the La Candelaria neighborhood of
Mayagüez.
102 He arrived in New York from San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Oc-
tober 31, 1918, at the age of 24. He was a native of San Nicola
Arcela, Italy; Giuseppe Altieri arrived with him; he stated that
he had a relative in Puerto Rico named Vicente Barletta (infor-
mation from Ellis Island). He seems to have arrived in New York
on July 12, 1922, on the S.S. Puerto Rico from Mayagüez, Puerto
Rico. He was described as a merchant (shoe store), with a scar
on his forehead and a height of 5’6” (information from Ellis Is-
land:
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ZXIiOw==).
103 According to the marriage license, Amadeo was 26 years old.
The civil service was witnessed by Julio de la Rocha Ricart. The
marriage reported in Letras magazine No. 153, April 4, 1920. The
witnesses of the wedding were Eduardo Ricart and Ulises Alvino;
religious ceremony by Monsignor A. Nouel.
104 Death reported in La Opinión newspaper on April 17, 1940.
He had left the country in 1910 for his homeland. He left his son
Battessimo in Santo Domingo.
105 In 1942 he resided at Ave. Independencia No. 103 in Santo
Domingo.
106 Cathedral of Santo Domingo. Marriage Register, 1887, re-
cord 118, folio 193; they legitimized his two-month-old daughter
Carmen.
107 His death was reported in La Nación newspaper on January 3,
1952.
108 His death was reported in La Nación newspaper on April 2,
1947.
109 He arrived in the country in 1909; by 1944 he had moved the
Di Carlo jewelry store to Calle El Conde No. 23.
110 In 1941 he worked at a jewelry store at Calle Sánchez No. 149
(Di Carlo jewelry store).
111 Baptized in June of 1918, the Parish of Nuestra Señora de Do-
lores (Santa Lucia), Cuba. Godparents: Claudio Messacasó and
Zenaide Cavallo de Balario (book 18, folio 25, entry 15).
112 Pascual Prota resided in 1942 at Calle Dr. Delgado No. 60
in Santo Domingo, telephone number 2336. He became a nat-
uralized Dominican citizen on June 28, 1941 (Decree No. 1099,
Official Gazette No. 5610).
113 He became a naturalized Dominican citizen on December
30, 1955 (Decree No. 1378, Official Gazette No. 7937).
114 He arrived in the Dominican Republic on October 3, 1921.
In 1940 he resided in San Pedro de Macorís at Calle Luis A. Ber-
múdez No. 30. He became a naturalized Dominican citizen on
December 4, 1952 (Decree No. 8778, Official Gazette No. 7504).
115 His 51st wedding anniversary was reported in La Nación news-
paper on December 29, 1948.
116 He resided in 1942 at Ave. Bolívar No. 34 in Santo Domin-
go. His death was reported in the obituaries section of La Nación
newspaper on September 9, 1949. He was authorized to establish
residency in the Dominican Republic on May 17, 1941 (Decree
No. 1043, Official Gazette No. 5596).
117 His death was reported in the obituaries section of the La Na-
ción newspaper on May 1, 1955.
118 Iglesia de San Fernando, Montecristi, Marriage Register, re-
cord 1, folio 130.
119 A merchant, he had his store at Calle El Conde No. 55 in San-
to Domingo. In 1942 he lived at Calle Rosa Duarte No. 3 in Santo
Domingo.
120 He became a naturalized Dominican citizen on August 9,
1941 (Resolution No. 1160, Official Gazette No. 5627).
121 The marriage was reported in La Nación newspaper on Janu-
ary 24, 1946.
122 His death was reported in El Caribe newspaper on May 31,
1950.
123 He became a naturalized Dominican citizen on March 22,
1916 (Resolution No. 252, Official Gazette No. 2696).
124 He was granted a doctorate of Jurisprudence in 1943. He
served as Secretary of the Court of Appeals of San Pedro de Ma-
corís in 1945.
125 He won the 1st Popular Dominican Music Festival (1968) with
the song “Por amor” by the composer Rafael Solano.
126 He became a naturalized Dominican citizen on May 14, 1946
(Decree No. 3534, Official Gazette No. 6444). His death was re-
ported in La Nación newspaper on June 12, 1953.
127 In 1941 they resided at Calle José Trujillo Valdez in La Roma-
na.
128 Marriage Register, 2nd Circuit of Santo Domingo, 1950, re-
cord 2, folio 5.
129 He arrived in the country on August 9, 1923 via San Pedro de
Macorís from Bordeaux.
130 The marriage was reported in La Nación newspaper on Octo-
ber 16, 1950. At the Iglesia San Juan Bosco, the reception was held
at the residence of the groom located at Calle Dr. Báez No. 4 in
Santo Domingo.
131 El Caribe newspaper dated March 3, 1958 (page 3).
132 He emigrated from Naples to New York on October 27, 1949
aboard the steamer Neptunia.
133 See “La Pizza Plato casi Universal” by José F. Penson, in the
second section of El Caribe dated August 22, 1961, where his pho-
to appears. At that time three Neapolitan pizzerias existed in San-
to Domingo: Vesuvio (Vesubio), Sublime, and Sorrento.
134 His professional industrial mechanical engineer license was
granted on November 12, 1941 (Decree No. 1323, Official Ga-
zette No. 5669).
135 He was Honorary Consul of the Dominican Republic in Mi-
lan (Decree No. 250 dated October 20, 1931). His death was re-
ported in La Nación newspaper on June 3, 1958.
136 Godparents at this wedding were General Desiderio Arias,
General Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina, and the Dominican
Vice President Rafael Estrella Ureña (we do not have any docu-
mentation).
137 Death reported in El Caribe newspaper on October 22, 1959.
138 Marietta Caffaro died in Belem, Pará, Brazil, on October 6,
1956 (death reported in La Nación newspaper on October 13,
1956.)
139 The marriage was reported in La Nación newspaper on Octo-
ber 30, 1944.
140 Father Cavalotto was a frequent contributor to the editorial
page of the Listín Diario newspaper.
141 The marriage was reported in La Nación newspaper on July
27, 1953.
142 The marriage was reported in La Nación newspaper on March
31, 1952.
143 He arrived in Santo Domingo in January 1949 with his wife
and two children. He was a mining technician. In 1951 he resided
at Calle Isabel La Católica No. 38.
144 This was announced in the Listín Diario newspaper dated Sep-
tember 15, 1976, page 2-A.
ITALIAN IMMIGRATION TO SANTO DOMINGO