Family of Francisco FORTINO and Agata SPADAFORE

Husband:
Francisco FORTINO (1881-1954)
Wife:
Agata SPADAFORE (1882-1971)
Children:
Virginia FORTINO (1905-1999)
Samuel Frank FORTINO (1907-1980)
Salvador FORTINO (1910-1996)
James FORTINO (1912-1977)
Alfred FORTINO (1916-1925)
Alfred Elmer FORTINO (1926-2009)
Marriage:
1900¹

Husband: Francisco FORTINO

Name:
Francisco FORTINO
Sex:
Male
Father:
FORTINO ( - )
Mother:
BOZZO ( - )
Birth:
Jun 18, 1881
Cosenza, Calabria, Italy^1,2,3,4,5
Arrival:
May 13, 1920 (age 38)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States^4,5
Residence:
1930 (age 48-49)
Hollister, San Benito, California⁴
Occupation:
1930 (age 48-49)
orchard farmer⁴
Residence:
1935 (age 53-54)
Hollister, San Benito, California¹
Address: Orchard Road
Residence:
1940 (age 58-59)
Hollister, San Benito, California, United States¹
Address: Orchard Road
Occupation:
1940 (age 58-59)
orchard farmer¹
Death:
Jul 18, 1954 (age 73)
Butte County, California^2,6
Burial:
Chico, Butte County, California³
Rsrch. Note:
Frank and Rose Fortino first appear on a 1930 census in the U.S. in Hollister, San Benito County, California. They told the enumerator they emigrated to the U.S. from Italy in 1920 and this is proven with a Massachusetts Passenger and Crew List Record from 1920 that places the whole family and relative son the same ship landing in Boston on May 13, 1920.

The family in 1930 consisted of Frank born about 1882 and Rose born about 1883. The children noted on this census in 1930 are Sam, Salvador, James, Mary and Alfred. Frank is an orchard farmer.

In 1940 the family is still intact with Sal, James, Mary and Alfred. We know from our oral family history that Virginia was a child of Frank and Rose. She was born in 1905 in Italy and in 1930 lived in Hollister on Lone Tree Road along with her parents, in fact she was just living two doors down the road.

Virginia was married to Stanley Filice November 15 1925 as recorded in the marriage record. Sam Fortino, one of Virginia's brothers was a witness. This marriage certificate gives Rose her maiden name of Spadafore which is also found on the Massachusetts Passenger and Crew List Record for Rose's name where it is listed as Agata Spadafora.

According to oral and written family history the Fortino's made their way to Chico, California in the mid to late 1940's. Sam Fortino owned a lumber mill and founded the water company in Paradise Pines, California. He wound up building a lot of the homes in Paradise Pines making the town viable. His father Frank, and mother Rose wound up living with family in Chico until their deaths. Frank died in 1954 and Rose died in 1971.
Departure:
Napoli

Wife: Agata SPADAFORE

Name:
Agata SPADAFORE
Sex:
Female
Father:
Pascaule SPADAFORE ( - )
Mother:
Agatusta DODARA ( - )
Birth:
May 3, 1882
Cosenza, Calabria, Italy^1,3,4,5,7,8
Arrival:
May 13, 1920 (age 38)
Age: 37; Boston, Massachusetts⁴
Arrival:
May 13, 1920 (age 38)
Boston, Massachusetts⁵
Residence:
1930 (age 47-48)
Hollister, San Benito, California, United States⁴
Residence:
1935 (age 52-53)
Hollister, San Benito, California¹
Residence:
Apr 1, 1940 (age 57)
Hollister, San Benito, California, United States¹
Residence:
1957 (age 74-75)
Chico, California⁹
Address: 1519 Sherman Ave
Death:
Sep 11, 1971 (age 89)
Chico, Butte, California^3,7,8
Burial:
Chico, Butte County, California³

Child 1: Virginia FORTINO

Name:
Virginia FORTINO
Sex:
Female
Spouse:
Stanley FILICE (1901-1946)
Birth:
Aug 24, 1905
Italy^{10,11,12,13,14}
Arrival:
May 13, 1920 (age 14)
Boston, Massachusetts¹²
Residence:
1930 (age 24-25)
Hollister, San Benito, California¹²
Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
Residence:
1935 (age 29-30)
Hollister, San Benito, California¹³
Residence:
Apr 1, 1940 (age 34)
Hollister, San Benito, California¹³
Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
Residence:
1944 (age 38-39)
San Francisco, California¹⁵
Address: 2400 Webster
Residence:
1965 (age 59-60)
San Mateo, San Mateo, California¹⁶
Residence:
1969 (age 63-64)
San Mateo, San Mateo, California¹⁷
Address: 177 N. El Camino Real Apt. 7
Residence:
1974 (age 68-69)
San Mateo, San Mateo, California¹⁸
Residence:
1996 (age 90-91)
San Mateo, California¹⁰
Residence:
Cosenza
Death:
Oct 5, 1999 (age 94)
San Mateo, San Mateo, California^11,14
Departure:
Provincia di Napoli, Italy

Child 2: Samuel Frank FORTINO

Son: Samuel Frank FORTINO, 1914, age 7

Name:
Samuel Frank FORTINO
Sex:
Male
Spouse (1):
Gladys Christine GARNER (1907-1975)
Spouse (2):
Shirley Ann Mack NELSON (c. 1934-c. 1998)
Birth:
Nov 7, 1907
Calabria, Italy^{4,19,20,21,22,23}
Arrival:
1920 (age 12-13)
Age: 12⁴
Residence:
1930 (age 22-23)
Hollister, San Benito, California⁴
Residence:
1935 (age 27-28)
Hollister, California²⁰
Occupation:
1940 (age 32-33)
auto salesman²⁰
Residence:
Apr 1, 1940 (age 32)
Chico, Butte, California^20,24,25
Residence:
1942 (age 34-35)
Chico, Butte, California²¹
Address: 1737 Mangrove
Occupation:
1942 (age 34-35)
real estate broker; Chico, Butte, California²¹
Address: 144 Salem Street
Residence:
1956 (age 48-49)
Chico, California²⁶
Residence:
1957 (age 49-50)
Chico, California⁹
Residence:
1958 (age 50-51)
Chico, California²⁷
Residence:
1960 (age 52-53)
Chico, California²⁸
Address: 1326 Arbutus Ave
Occupation:
1960 (age 52-53)
secretary-tresurer as Chico Wood Products; Chico, California²⁸
Address: 1514 Sunset Ave.
Residence:
1970 (age 62-63)
Chico, California²⁹
Address: 1514 Sunset Ave.
Occupation:
1970 (age 62-63)
real estate agent; Chico, California²⁹
Residence:
1974 (age 66-67)
Chico, Butte, California³⁰
Address: 1326 Arbutus Ave
Occupation:
1974 (age 66-67)
real estate agent and land developer; Chico, California³⁰
Residence:
1975 (age 67-68)
Chico, Butte, California³¹
Death:
Jan 21, 1980 (age 72)
Butte County, California^19,22,23
Burial:
Chico, Butte County, California²³

Child 3: Salvador FORTINO

Name:
Salvador FORTINO
Sex:
Male
Spouse:
Lilian M. VANINETTI (1925-2016)
Birth:
Jan 21, 1910
Cosenza, Cosenza^{1,4,5,32,33,34}
Arrival:
May 13, 1920 (age 10)
Age: 10; Boston, Massachusetts^4,5
Residence:
1930 (age 19-20)
Hollister, San Benito, California⁴
Residence:
1935 (age 24-25)
Hollister, San Benito, California¹
Residence:
Apr 1, 1940 (age 30)
Hollister, San Benito, California, United States¹
Occupation:
1940 (age 29-30)
orchard farmer¹
Residence:
1956 (age 45-46)
Chico, California³⁵
Occupation:
1956 (age 45-46)
saw operator at Chico Wood Products; Chico, California³⁵
Residence:
1957 (age 46-47)
Chico, California³⁶
Occupation:
1957 (age 46-47)
equipment operator at Chico Wood Products; Chico, California³⁶
Residence:
1960 (age 49-50)
Chico, California³⁷
Occupation:
1960 (age 49-50)
millworker at Sacramento Valley Molding; Chico, California³⁷
Residence:
1970 (age 59-60)
Chico, Butte, California³⁸
Occupation:
1970 (age 59-60)
custodian at Chico State College; Chico, California³⁹
Residence:
1974 (age 63-64)
Chico, Butte, California⁴⁰
Occupation:
1974 (age 63-64)
groundskeeper at Chico State University; Chico, California⁴⁰
Residence:
1975 (age 64-65)
Chico, Butte, California⁴¹
Occupation:
1975 (age 64-65)
groundskeeper at Chico State University; Chico, California⁴¹
Residence:
1983 (age 72-73)
Chico, California⁴²
Address: 1326 Arbutus Ave
Residence:
1985 (age 74-75)
Chico, California⁴³
Address: 1326 Arbutus Ave
Residence:
1988 (age 77-78)
Chico, California³⁴
Death:
Jan 1, 1996 (age 85)
Chico, Butte, California^32,33

Child 4: James FORTINO

Name:
James FORTINO
Sex:
Male
Spouse:
Edna G. SCHARNINGHAUSEN (1917-2010)
Birth:
Mar 25, 1912
Calabria, Italy^{1,4,44,45,46,47}
Arrival:
1920 (age 7-8)
Age: 8⁴
Residence:
1930 (age 17-18)
Hollister, San Benito, California⁴
Age: 18; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
Residence:
1935 (age 22-23)
Hollister, San Benito, California¹
Residence:
Apr 1, 1940 (age 28)
Hollister, San Benito, California¹
Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
Military:
Nov 2, 1943 (age 31)
Sacramento, California^46,48
Residence:
1955 (age 42-43)
Chico, California⁴⁹
Residence:
1956 (age 43-44)
Chico, California⁵⁰
Residence:
1957 (age 44-45)
Chico, California⁵¹
Address: 1508 Sunset
Residence:
1958 (age 45-46)
Chico, California⁵²
Occupation:
1958 (age 45-46)
lawyer in the firm Whitten and Fortino; Chico, California⁵²
Residence:
1960 (age 47-48)
Chico, California⁵³
Address: 1089 E Fifth
Occupation:
1960 (age 47-48)
lawyer in the firm Whitten and Fortino; Chico, California⁵³
Occupation:
1960 (age 47-48)
Secretary-tresurer at Chico Cemetery Association⁵³
Residence:
1970 (age 57-58)
Chico, California⁵⁴
Address: 1089 E Fifth
Occupation:
1970 (age 57-58)
lawyer in the firm Whitten and Fortino; Chico, California⁵⁴
Residence:
1974 (age 61-62)
Chico, California⁵⁵
Address: 1089 E Fifth
Occupation:
1974 (age 61-62)
lawyer in the firm Whitten and Fortino; Chico, California⁵⁵
Residence:
1975 (age 62-63)
Chico, Butte, California⁵⁶
Address: 1089 E Fifth
Residence:
San Francisco, California⁴⁸
Occupation:
1975 (age 62-63)
lawyer in the firm Whitten and Fortino; Chico, California⁵⁶
Death:
Dec 10, 1977 (age 65)
Chico, Butte County, California^44,45,46,47
Burial:
Chico, Butte County, California⁴⁴

Child 5: Alfred FORTINO

Name:
Alfred FORTINO
Sex:
Male
Birth:
Mar 22, 1916
Italy
Death:
Jan 27, 1925 (age 8)
Hollister, San Benito, California

Child 6: Alfred Elmer FORTINO

Name:
Alfred Elmer FORTINO
Sex:
Male
Spouse:
Myrita LAUDUMIEY (1930-2005)
Birth:
Apr 6, 1926
Hollister^1,4,57,58
Residence:
1930 (age 3-4)
Hollister, San Benito, California, United States⁴
Residence:
1935 (age 8-9)
Hollister, San Benito, California¹
Residence:
1940 (age 13-14)
Hollister, San Benito, California, United States¹
Residence:
1955 (age 28-29)
Chico, California⁵⁹
Address: 1401 Sunset Ave.
Occupation:
1955 (age 28-29)
employed at Cohasset Mill⁵⁹
Residence:
1956 (age 29-30)
Chico, California⁶⁰
Residence:
1957 (age 30-31)
Colusa, California⁹
Occupation:
1957 (age 30-31)
agent for Metropolitan Life Insurance⁹
Residence:
1960 (age 33-34)
Colusa, California⁶¹
Occupation:
1960 (age 33-34)
agent for Metropolitan Life Insurance; Colusa, California⁶¹
Residence:
1974 (age 47-48)
Live Oak, California⁶²
Address: 10567 Adeline Av.
Occupation:
1974 (age 47-48)
lumber mill worker⁶²
Residence:
1980 (age 53-54)
Live Oak, California⁵⁸
Age: 54
Death:
Jul 7, 2009 (age 83)
Live Oak, Sutter, California⁵⁷
Address: Age at Death: 83
Burial:
2009
Live Oak, Sutter County, California⁶³

Sources

1.: 1940 United States Federal Census, Hollister, San Benito, California, population, Enumeration District: 35-4, p.9A, 167, Frank Fortino; m-t0627-00287.

2.: California Death Index 1940-1997, ( State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics.). Frank Fortino. Ancestry.com.

3.: U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600's - Current, (Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/). Ancestry.com.

4.: 1930 United States Federal Census, Hollister, San Benito, California, population, Enumeration District: 0003, p.15B, 410, Francisco Fortino; FHL microfilm: 2339922.

5.: Entry for Francisco Fortino on list of SS Cretic from Naples, April 30, 1920; Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Boston, Massachusetts, 1891-1943 (NAI Number: 4319742 Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004, 115); Record Group Number: 85: List or Manifest of Alien Passengers for the United States; National Archives and Records Administration.

6.: Death: Frank Fortino, July 18, 1881, Ancestry.com.

7.: California Death Index 1940-1997, ( State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics.). Rose Fortino. Ancestry.com.

8.: Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, (Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.). Rose Fortino. Ancestry.com.

9.: Telephone Directory: Polks Chico-Oroville City Directory, 1957, Ancestry.com, Samuel Fortino.

10.: U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1, (Voter Registration Lists, Public Record Filings, Historical Residential Records, and Other Household Database Listings.). Virginia Filice. Ancestry.com.

11.: Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, (Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.). Virginia Filice. Ancestry.com.

12.: 1930 United States Federal Census, Hollister, San Benito, California, population, Hollister Township, p.15B, 408, Stanley Filice; FHL microfilm: 2339922.

13.: 1940 United States Federal Census, Hollister, San Benito, California, population, Enumeration District: 35-4, p.8B, 163, Stanley Filice; National Archives and Records AdminstrationFilm m-t0627-00287.

14.: U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2014, (Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.). Virginia Fortino. Ancestry.com.

15.: Telephone Directory: San Francisso, California City Directory, 1944, Ancestry.com, Stanley Filice.

16.: Telephone Directory: San Mateo, California City Directory, 1965, Ancestry.com, Virginia Filice.

17.: Telephone Directory: San Mateo, California City Directory, 1969, Ancestry.com, Virginia Filice.

18.: Telephone Directory: San Mateo, California City Directory, 1974, Ancestry.com, Virginia Filice.

19.: Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, (Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.). Sam Fortino. Ancestry.com.

20.: 1940 United States Federal Census, Chico, Butte, California, population, p.7B, Enumeration District: 4-6, Samuel Fortino; National Archives and Records AdminstrationFilm m-t0627.

21.: Butte County, California Department of Public Health, Birth 24170 (June 13, 1942), Robert Samuel Fortino; California Department of Public Health, Butte County.

22.: California Death Index 1940-1997, ( State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics.). Samuel Frank Fortino. Ancestry.com.

23.: U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600's - Current, (Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/). Samuel Frank Fortino. Ancestry.com.

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25.: Chico, Butte, California, National Register of Historic Places, Silberstein Park Building, October 22, 1982;

26.: Telephone Directory: Chico, California City Directory, 1956, Ancestry.com, Samuel F Fortino.

27.: Telephone Directory: Chico, California City Directory, 1958, Ancestry.com, Samuel Fortino.

28.: Telephone Directory: Polks Chico-Oroville City Directory, 1960, Ancestry.com, Samuel Fortino.

29.: Telephone Directory: Polks Chico-Oroville City Directory, 1970, Ancestry.com, Sam Fortino.

30.: Telephone Directory: Polks Chico-Oroville City Directory, 1974, Ancestry.com, Samuel Fortio.

31.: Telephone Directory: Polks Chico-Oroville City Directory, 1975, Ancestry.com, Samuel Fortino.

32.: Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, (Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.). Salvadore Fortino. Ancestry.com.

33.: California Death Index 1940-1997, ( State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics.). Salvadore Fortino. Ancestry.com.

34.: U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1, (Voter Registration Lists, Public Record Filings, Historical Residential Records, and Other Household Database Listings.). Salvadore Fortino. Ancestry.com.

35.: Telephone Directory: Chico, California City Directory, 1956, Ancestry.com, Salvador Fortino.

36.: Telephone Directory: Polks Chico-Oroville City Directory, 1957, Ancestry.com, Salvadore Fortino.

37.: Telephone Directory: Polks Chico-Oroville City Directory, 1960, Ancestry.com, Salvador Fortino.

38.: Telephone Directory: Polks Chico-Oroville City Directory, 1970, Ancestry.com, Salvadore Fortino.

39.: Ibid. Salvador Fortino.

40.: Telephone Directory: Polks Chico-Oroville City Directory, 1974, Ancestry.com, Salvadore Fortino.

41.: Telephone Directory: Polks Chico-Oroville City Directory, 1975, Ancestry.com, Salvadore Fortino.

42.: Telephone Directory: Polks Chico-Oroville City Directory, 1983, Ancestry.com, Salvador Fortino.

43.: Telephone Directory: Polks Chico-Oroville City Directory, 1985, Ancestry.com, Salvador Fortino.

44.: U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600's - Current, (Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/). James F. Fortino. Ancestry.com.

45.: Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, (Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.). James Fortino. Ancestry.com.

46.: Military: U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, from 1850 to 2010, Ancestry.com, James Fortino.

47.: California Death Index 1940-1997, ( State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics.). James F Fortino. Ancestry.com.

48.: Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 (NAID: 1263923 Record Group Title: Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, 1789-ca. 2007); Record Group: 64; Box Number: 14337; Reel: 4: James Fortino; Ancestry.com.

49.: Telephone Directory: Chico, California City Directory, 1955, Ancestry.com, James Fortino.

50.: Telephone Directory: Chico, California City Directory, 1956, Ancestry.com, James Fortino.

51.: Telephone Directory: Polks Chico-Oroville City Directory, 1957, Ancestry.com, James Fortino.

52.: Telephone Directory: Chico, California City Directory, 1958, Ancestry.com, James Fortino.

53.: Telephone Directory: Polks Chico-Oroville City Directory, 1960, Ancestry.com, James Fortino.

54.: Telephone Directory: Polks Chico-Oroville City Directory, 1970, Ancestry.com, James Fortino.

55.: Telephone Directory: Polks Chico-Oroville City Directory, 1974, Ancestry.com, James Fortino.

56.: Telephone Directory: Polks Chico-Oroville City Directory, 1975, Ancestry.com, James Fortino.

57.: Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, (Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.). Alfred Elmer Fortino. Ancestry.com.

58.: U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1, (Voter Registration Lists, Public Record Filings, Historical Residential Records, and Other Household Database Listings.). Alfred E Fortino. Ancestry.com.

59.: Telephone Directory: Chico, California City Directory, 1955, Ancestry.com, Alfred Fortino.

60.: Telephone Directory: Chico, California City Directory, 1956, Ancestry.com, Alfred E Fortino.

61.: Telephone Directory: Polks Chico-Oroville City Directory, 1960, Ancestry.com, Alfred Fortino.

62.: Telephone Directory: Marysville, California City Directory, 1974, Ancestry.com, Alfred Fortino.

63.: U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600's - Current, (Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/). Myrita Fortino, Memorial ID: 156989399. Cit. Date: March 11, 2005. Ancestry.com.