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Celentano Family Web Site

 

 

Celentano Family Genealogy

 

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               In Europe during the middle ages, the pattern serving as a basis for fixed Italian surnames was based on paternity, the name of the father being the reference for identification, but before the advent of a structured systems of names, a person was most conveniently identified by their place of abode.

               According to most independent genealogy research findings, and the National Historical Society, the "Celentano" surname is found in the region of Campania and in the nearby areas and in particular in the city of Napoli. "Celentano" is of toponymic origin deriving from the name of the chain of hills in the beautiful and unspoiled southern part of Campania, called "Cilento." A person originating from that area is called Cilentano or "Celentano". The region of Cilento is located in the province of Salerno, between the rivers Sele and Alento, and the gulfs of Salerno and of Policastro. The area is famous for the quality of the wine produced on the hills.

               Most of the Italian Celentano immigrants, like many other European immigrants, were looking for a new and better life for their families, or their future families in the New World. The Calabrase were primarily either fishermen or farmers. However, many had one thing in common, they were poor but a proud and honorable people. The America's were just a short journey over the ocean and cost a few dollars by ship and took only two weeks. Well worth the trouble to find the end of the rainbow and their rich pot-of-gold....so they thought. Many thought their destination would be New York, but ended up in other ports such as Canada, or even South America, due to United States Immigration quotas, political positions at the time, and alleged medical or disease problems.

               In Crollalanza's "Dizionario Storico-Blasonico", a compilation of the Italian nobility, it mentions a family by the name of "Celentano" from Bari. They originated from Penta, a small town in the region of Cilento, from which they took their name. At the end of the fifteenth century they established themselves in Giovinazzo, then in Naples, and finally in Bari.

               A famous artist/painter was Bernardo Celentano, born in Naples in 1835. He spent some time in Rome, Florence and Milano. He died very young in 1863, but his talent was recognized unanimously by the critics, and the Italian State dedicated a section to him in the National Gallery of Rome.

               The variations of the spelling of the surname "Celentano" are due to the local dialects at the different times. These variations include Celentana, Calentano, Cilentano, Salantano, Chilando, Celentani, and Celender. (Note: the proper Italian pronunciation for Celentano is "Chell-en-tan-o".)

                

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Direct Descendants of
Santo and Annuniciata
Celentano
from Catona,

Reggio di Calabria, Italy

 

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my family the

Tomaso Celentano Family
Web Page
from Catona, Calabria
Celentano; Toca / Sciliberto; Agrillo

Click here to view the
Giuseppi Celentano Family

Web Page
from Catona, Calabria
Foti / (?)

Click here to view the
Pasquale Celentano Family

Web Page
from Catona, Calabria
Del Mastra / (?)

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list of people who have
taken the time to E-mail me.
www.Celentano.org/letters.htm

 

 

 

Help Needed, Click Here.
Missing are the other siblings,
Raffaele, Josephine (Carita), Thresa
and Carmela Celentano
From Catona, Calabria

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Historical Facts about Italy
A very interesting site
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This web page has been here since March 1997 as an unofficial, non-commercial, non-profit internet genealogy web site.
Created by Joseph Thomas Celentano, Located in Northern California USA - © 1997-2011, All Rights Reserved

 

 

       revised January 1, 2012

   mailbox  > E-mail:  Joseph@Celentano.org

 

(If you e-mail in Italiano, Espanola, or French, please be patient as it will take a while to have it translated.)

 

(Celentano.org is undergoing a major reconstruction and replacement of photographs after a computer hard-drive crash)

 

Arrivederci !

 

Catona, Reggio di Calabria, Italy

 

MAP SHOWING MESSINA AND CATONA

 

Map of Italy courtesy of www.initaly.com

 

Links to photographs

 

Pasquale, Tommaso and Giuseppi Celentano www.Celentano.org/brothers.htm

 

Tommaso and Concetta Celentano family www.Celentano.org/tommasophoto1.htm

 

Giuseppi and Nancy Celentano Family (more coming )

 

Pasquale and Carmela Celentano Family (more coming)

 

This Celentano Family now appears on www.Ancestry.com

 

more coming.... under construction..... please check back later