Hi, I'm Peter GARGANO. (see my image at right, taken in my late fifties) I was born in Australia, to an Italian father (Pietro GARGANO) and an Australian mother with English and Irish ancestry, including both convict and free settler heritage! I purchased this domain name on 14 August 2017 to further my research into my NANGANO CAPPELLO Italian heritage. Please note: many family members preferred to be known simply as NANGANO, rather than the full NANGANO CAPPELLO (also note that no hyphen is normally used in the surname).
On my father's side my grandfather was Giuseppe GARGANO (born: 20 Mar 1885 Brancaccio. - died: 10 May 1954 Palermo). My grandmother was Giuseppa NANGANO CAPPELLO [Peppina] (16 Nov 1882 Branc. - 28 Mar 1966 Amantea).
My grandparents married on 26 May 2016 in Palermo. My father, the eldest child was born 10 months later and his baptism is registered at Chiesa San Geatano on via Brancaccio near its intersection with Via Conte Federico and Via San Ciro - in Palermo Sicily (so, not only am I Italian, but Sicilian!).
My grandmother's father was Leonardo NANGANO CAPPELLO (9 Jul 1848 - 18 Nov 1929 Brancaccio.) and my great grandmother Antonia LESTO (born: 01 Jan 1846 Brancaccio. - died 1924 Palermo).
My intention with this website is to provide information to my relatives and our friends about our NANGANO CAPPELLO ancestors. I hope our community can provide further information that can be archived and passed on to future generations.
My ambition is to have an as complete as possible family tree for all family members to read and also to contribute further information about.
In August I found out that, as my father was an Italian when I was born, I automatically hold Italian citizenship (although this has not been formalised yet). Dad became an Australian citizen (thus, as far as the Italian government is concerned, renouncing his Italian citizenship) in early 1956, while I was still 2 years old. This means my older sister and I have automatic Italian citizenship, but my two younger siblings do not.
Send me an email peter.gargano@gmail.com about the NANGANO CAPPELLO family.
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