Grassi Family - From Italy to America

I come an alien to your hills and plains, Yet feel your birthright tingling in my veins; A Family Record by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Descendants of Antonio Grassi of Palmi, Reggio Calabria

1 Antonio Grassi a Doctor b. 1800 d. 9 Apr 1872 m. first1823 Santa Rotondo b. 1801 d. 15 Sep 1859 and m. second Antonia Mattina b. 1844 d. 16 May 1915 Information received from Federico Grassi, 2 Aug 1996

2 Domenico Grassi b. 1825 d. 1872

3 Peppino Grassi (Figlio Adottivo di Domenico Grassi)

2 Giuseppe Grassi was a surveyor b. 2 Jan 1827 d. 25 July 1887 m.Teresa Gallo b. 1836 d. 6 Dec 1921

3 Benedetto Grassi b. 10 Dec 1859 d. 25 May 1948 (lived in Buenos Aires, Argentina, but died in Palmi)

3 Santa Grassi b. 13 Aug 1861 d. 29 Jul 1950 m. Lorenzo Calzona d. 23 Agosto 1910

4 Carmela Calzona b. 21 Jan 1891

4 Giuseppe Calzona b. 11 Oct 1894

4 Maria Teresa Calzona b. 27 May 1897 d. 1 Jan 1975 m. Filippo Foti d. pre 1975

4 Cosmo Calzona m. May 1920 Dida Calzona in Buenos Aires, Argentina

3 Rosaria Grassi b. 5 Jan 1867 d. 16 Feb 1929

3 Francesco Dubiro Grassi b. 22 May 1869 d. 26 Nov 1949

3 Dominico Grassi b. 16 Agosto 1874

3 Vincenzo Luigi Grassi b. 27 Dec 1877 d. 21 Sep 1950 in New York m. Angelina Nardelli [099-07-3715] b. 18 Jun 1882 d. 25 Jan 1946 in New York Vincenzo would visit every Monday and bring a little gift for granddaughter, Angela. He was a very likeable and charming gentleman and gifted speaker. Often he was invited to be the guest speaker at the Sons of Italy functions. Angelina was hospitalized with pneumonia. She died from an allergic reaction to penicillin, a new drug at that time. Her son, Joseph, also was allergic to penicillin.

4 Joseph Grassi b. 01 Sep 1907 d. 28 May 1978 m. 19 Nov 1942 Helen Gray Kirksey b. 19 May 1920

4 Paolo Grassi b. c 1909 d. 29 Jan 1924

4 Teresa Grassi b. 22 Mar 1911 d. Jan. 12, 1986

4 Constance Grassi b. 6 Jul 1912

4 Dominick Grassi b. 11 Jul 1915

2 Luizia Raebele Sofia Grassi b. 27 Sep 1829 ( Palmi Birth Register, pg. 191, 1829 )

2 Francesco Federico Grassi b. 13 Mar 1832 d. 27 August 1861

2 Beatrice Grassi b. 1838 d. 21 Mar 1832

2 Federico Grassi b. 15 Giugno 1871 d. 17 Giugno 1959 m. Giovanna Alessio d. 1918

2 Letizia Grassi b. 1869 d. 16 Dec 1947

2 Antonio Grassi b. 1867 d. 24 Mar 1890

Links: Municipio di Palmi