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Circa 1905.
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The above picture standing in the back row from left to right is:
Angelina (9 yrs); Amelia (13 yrs); Rosina (sitting); Mary (14 yrs); Luigi (sitting) and Anthony Merola (8 yrs)
Front row left to right Fanny (3 yrs); Gabriel (5 yrs); Al (1-2 yrs. standing in front of Gabriel);
baby Frank being held by his mother and Joseph (7 yrs) standing next to Luigi and in front of Anthony
John was born in 1906; Lizzi was born in 1907 and James was born in 1909. Frank and Amelia pass about 1910.
Rosina passes on 19 April 1911. For the next seven years Luigi is married to his second wife. They have four
children during this time with Ameilia passing giving birth to the fourth child.
Amelia or Millie we believe was born the year following my grandmother Mary. Mary was born 14 March 1891. Amelia could have been born almost anytime in
1892. When we were at a cemetery in Queens, New York and realizing that there was no way we could read the names on the stones as to whom was buried
in either of the two grave plots assigned to Luigi Merola, we paid a fee for the records department to do the research and send us a report. According to
New York State law there can be bruied in one plot up to three full size caskets. Now in the case of children since they are smaller, there can be more
than three bodies in one plot. Enough on that subject. Luigi bought two plots right next to each other. In one he was buried. In the other were two
of his wives, Rosa his first wife and Amelia his second wife. In addition there was Amelia his daughter and her child. You see Amelia or Millie,
Mary's younger sister had gotten married to a man named Tracone. There is two spellings of this. It was spelled one way for baby Luigi who died
of unknown causes and one way for his mother. They died within six months of each other. The husband or father was in World War I and surrived
only to find out that both his wife and son had died. There doesn't seem a reason to follow up on this avenue. Even assuming the young man
remarried and lived in the local area, he and his descendants are not related to the Merola family. End of story.
As for the condition of the picture. This picture was located on a piece of plywood hanging over the work desk of my grandfather in the basement of his
home on Jarvis Avenue, Bronx, New York. Some fifty years ago, plus or minus a few years a certain group of young men not having anything worth while to
do decided to use the pictures on the board for dart practice. I was one of those wild and crazy young men. To those in the picture who have been
defaced, I offer my deapest apology. You see there are two people that may have had only one picture taken of them, Amelia and her
younger brother Frank, the baby sitting in his mothers arms.
The Children of Amelia (Millie) Merola Trancone
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Great Great-Great Great-Great-Great
Child Grandchild Grandchild Grandchild Grandchild
Amelia Luigi
Great Great-Great Great-Great-Great
Child Grandchild Grandchild Grandchild Grandchild
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1 descendants as of 20 April 2007.
To learn more about a particular family or to read the Autobiographical Sketch select one of the links listed below
Autobiographical Sketch by Maria Merola Scovotti
Benedetto Scovotti and Mary Merola
Donato Castaldo and Angelina Merola
Antonio and Margarite Merola
Gusippe and Anna Merola
Gabriel William and Theresa Merola
Gigilo Scovotti and Filomena Merola
Alfonso and Lucy Merola
John and Mae Merola
Angelo Picarillo and Luisa Merola
James and Mary Merola
Other Merola Children
Luigi and Rosina's Page