EXTENDED FAMILY
SURNAMES:
Turturici, Tortorici, Turtureci, Turturice, Turturic, Tortorice,
Cancilla, Concilla, Ciraulo, Piazza, Lima, Sunzeri, Sunseri, Sunseri-Pirotto,
Ippolito, Ragona, Butera,Mannina, Greco, Battaglia, Guardino, Navarra, Cozo, Bondi, Caruso Guardino, SanFillippo, Bondi, Battaglia, LaBarbera, Campagna

MOST FREQUENT FAMILY
FIRST NAMES:

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UNDER CONSTRUCTION & BROKEN LINKS
Right now, you will find many broken links here because
this website is new. I'm currently working on building
the links and information. I realized that if I wait until
everything is "perfect," it will never happen . . . so . . .
I'm starting now with this page.
Laura

My Maternal Grandfather:
VINCENT HAROLD/ HILARY TURTURECI
Born: 20 Nov 1899 San Francisco   Died: 23 Jan 1948 San Mateo

Vincent's Children:

Jane Santina Turtureci
b: 23 May 1920 San Francisco  d: 2003 Mexico
Mother: Francis or Frances CANFIELD
Married: John GIBBS
Children: Margie, Marian


Florence C. Turtureci
b: 3 June 1924   San Francisco   d: __
Mother: Dora H. JAYMOT, b 1898 CA
Florence attended Mission High School in San Francisco.
She was given up for adoption.

Vincetta Betty Turtureci
b: 28 April 1927 San Francisco   d: 27 Dec 1975 Brisbane CA
Graduated from Jefferson High Sch, Daly City CA
Married: Jess C. SALMON.
Children: Laura Susan (me) and Linda Kay (twins), Marc Kimberly, Michele Maureen

Thomas Joseph Hilary TURNER
b: 14 Jan 1936 San Francisco
Mother: Evelyn Margaret RYAN
Vincent’s mother Santa lived with them in San Francisco (abt 1935-1940).
Tom & Pat's children: Joe 1962, Kevin 1964, Kathleen 1966, Rob 1968, and Maureen 1974
Uncle Tom and Aunt Pat are well and living in Georgia.

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Vincent's last wife was ADA (d 28 Feb 1993 San Mateo)
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VINCENT H. TURTURECI ~ his parents & siblings:

Santa Cancilla
Born: 2 Feb 1861   Trabia
Died: 20 May 1941   Santa Clara, CA (maybe in a resthome) - lived in San Francisco
Immigrated: 24 June 1891 - ss Washington, Naples to New York
Grave: Italian Cemetery (Colma, CA) Plot 57 [Santa Turtureci]
    LINK to Santa's family page

MARRIED: 18 Nov1879 Trabia

Mariano Tortorici
Born: abt 1849-1852  Trabia
Died: 17 Dec 1915   San Francisco, CA
Immigrated: 1889
Grave: unknown
Mariano's Occupation: He was a San Francisco peddler with a horsedrawn wagon. He was hit by a runaway cable car and sustained a head injury that put him into a lengthy coma and ultimately caused his death (age abt 66).
Mariano's Family: ~ click here

Mariano & Santa ~ their children:

Tom aka Gaetano
b: 7 Apr1887 Trabia, Sicily  
d: 15 May 1913 (age 26) San Francisco
Immigrated: 24 June 1891 - ss Washington, Naples to New York

Josefina
b: 1893  San Francisco   d: 1932 San Francisco
Grave: Italian Cemetery (Colma, CA) Plot 133
Married: Charles (Ignazio) PIAZZA. He was shot and killed by his brother Pete in Orland, Glenn Co, CA, abt 1927. Pete Piazza died in an explosion accident shortly after being incarcerated. In the 1930 census, his wife Rose is listed as a widow with their sons Joseph 6, and Marco 3-8/12.

After Josephine died, her 8-yr old son Chuck lived with Ed & Marianne Turturici (in San Carlos) until he left to serve in WWII.
Children:
         Marian - dec'd (m: George AMSTUTZ)
            Chuck b: 1925 - living

Lena
b: 8 Dec 1896 San Francisco   d: 10 Jul 1982  Portland, Ore
Lena was murdered in a home robbery.
Married: Sam Salvatore CARUSO in 1914 (Sam: June 1885-3 Feb1953)
Lena moved to Portland, Oregon as Sam's bride. Sam opened a produce store on Grand Avenue when he moved from San Francisco to Portland in 1905. I don't know how Sam courted Lena from afar, as she lived in San Francisco.
Lena and Sam's children are:
Francis (m: James Kenneth NAVARRA 1918-1999)
Elaine 8 Oct 1921 Portland; d 6 Jan 1974 Milwaukee ORE (m: PAULSON)
In July 1964, in Portland, Lena married Oskar Edwin MALMBERG (b 1890 Sweden, d 1971 Portland)

Mary Grace
b. 8 Feb 1897 San Francisco  d: 23 Apr 1988 San Jose
Married: Sam (Salvatore) LIMA
Children:
Alfred
Tina (m: Dario GAGLIOSSO) Tina's daughter is Pat OLIVER
Milton "Bud"

Vincenzo H. (my grandfather - see below) TURTURECI
b: 20 Nov 1899   San Francisco  d: 23 Jan 1948   San Mateo
Grave: Holy Cross Cemetery (Colma, CA)  Sec 2, Row 12, Grave 62

Joseph Roy (changed surname to: TURNER)
b: 20 Dec 1901 San Francisco  d: 28 Dec 1993   San Mateo
Joe's son from first marriage: Al
Uncle Joe was married 4 or 5 times. His last wife was
Toni (Antonette Josephine Turturici), his cousin.
Joe and Toni had two sons, Robert Vincent 5 Jan 1948 (living) and
Kenneth Roy 21Apr 1945 (living).
Joe said he should have married Toni from the very beginning
because she was his only true love.

Milton
b: 1904 San Francisco  d: 31 Mar 1926   San Francisco
Nickname: “ Bud” and “Babe”   - Milton was never married.
Grave: Italian Cemetery (Colma, CA) Plot 133 [Milton Tortorici]

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1900 Census - San Francisco, taken in June
Assembly District 44, Enum Dist 283, 13 Union Pl  Map: Union / Bannam Pl
I could not find Mariano & Santa living in the U.S. in 1900. Finally, I resorted to reading S.F. Italian neighborhood census images, LINE BY LINE, and found what I feel certain is the record for them - below.


This image says, as near as I can make it out:
TORECHA, Amerilo (Tortorici, Mario) 49  Aug 1850 Italy
Santa  38   1862 Italy  (had 7 children, 5 living)
Tomi  13   son, Sept 1887 Italy   (can read/write/speak English)
Josie  7  daughter, Oct 1892 Calif
Lena   5  daughter, March 1894 Calif (actually born in Dec)
Mary  4   daughter, Jan 1896 Calif (actually born in Feb)
Vincenzo  1 son, May 1899 Calif (actually born in Nov)

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1910 Census - San Francisco - taken April  9 - 16
Assembly District 45, Enumeration Dist 286, 33 Bannam Pl
TORTORICI, Marie (Mariano) 62 - immigr 1889
Santa 48 - immigr 1892 (had 10 children, 7 living)
Tom 23
Josefina 18
Lena 16
Mary 14
Vincenzo 12
Joseph 9
Marie (Milton) 7

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1920 Census - San Francisco, taken in January
Assembly District 33, Enumeration Dist ___, 33 Bannam Place
TORTARECI, Assunta 58 - Widow
Joe 19
Milton 16
Vincent 21
Francis 18  CANFIELD - Vincent's 1st wife

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1930 Census - San Francisco - taken Apr 10
Assembly District 38, Enumeration Dist 49, 125 Wool Street
TOWNSEL (Tortorici), Santa 64 mother
     Note: Santa's age should be 69 here because she born in FEB 1961
PIAZZA, Josephine 36 widow
Marion 18 daughter
Charles 4 son
NOTE: Josephine's brother-in-law, Sam Caruso (Lena's husband), built two houses, side by side on Wool St. The 1930 census shows Sam's parents, Sam (Salvadore) and Nancy living in the other house at 127-1/2 Wool Street. At that time, Sam Jr. and Lena Turturici Caruso were living in Portland, OR (since 1914).

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SAN FRANCISCO PROBATE RECORDS:

Jan 25, 1916 - Estate of Vincent, Joseph, Milton Turtureci (minors)
Aug 17, 1916 - Estate of Mariano Tortorici (dec'd ?)

I don't know why Santa'a atty in San Francisco opened Mariano's estate
for probate on Aug 17, because CA death records give his date of death as Dec 17.

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RESIDENCES & OCCUPATIONS

SOURCE: 1918 draft registration - San Francisco
Vincent Turtureci - 33 Bannam Pl - brayer

SOURCE: 1920 Cenus - San Francisco
Vincent Turtureci - 2230 Mission St. - shipyard mechanic

SOURCE: 1922 San Francisco Directory
Vincent Tortoricci - 33 Bannam Pl
Asunta Tortoricci - 33 Bannam Pl - widow

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