Gregorio Mandino

So - if you read my last post - I had been reading through over 2000 names on a ship manifest and thought I may have found our ancestor - turns out I just had to keep on reading. I believe now I have definitely found our man. Below is the Ship Mainfest for the Principe di Piemonte sailing from Palermo. It departed Palermo on 16th October, 1913 and arrived in New York Harbor on October 31, 1913. Line 24 lists Gregorio Mandino, age 22, married male labourer from the Province of Trapani, Sicily. His nearest relative is his mother Loria, Angela located in Salaparutta, Sicily. His destination is Raceland, Louisiana.

On the next page of the manifest, his record continues - also line 24. He had a ticket to his final destination, which he paid for himself. He was in possession of $25. he had never before entered the United States. He was heading to meet his Uncle Lorenzo (cannot read the last name) in Raceland, Louisiana. He was never in prison, is not an anarchist or a polygamist. He is in good health with no deformities, is 5 feet 2 inches with a fair complexion and brown hair and eyes. His place of birth: Salaparutta, Sicily.

So - the moral of the story - never give up! Even though the last post was fun to imagine - and I could convince myself it might make sense - it was not adding up so I continued to pore through all of the 2000 plus names on the ship until I found him. I am now positive that this is our man. The age, place of birth, name and supporting details all match up to the immigration documents that I located.  New information is that he had an Uncle in Louisiana.  I will now try to decipher the last name of the Uncle. Here is a zoomed in clip of the name and address. Maybe you have some ideas...

Another detail that I noticed - on this record he is going by Gregorio.  And the last name is listed as Mandino - just a misspelling - or is this the original name??

Thanks for reading.  I also updated the layout of the site a bit and added links above to the ancestry and family search trees. Hope you like the changes. - Nicole