Anna Fazzino

Great-great-grandparent – 1 of 16 in this generation

(1875 – )

Anna was born 10 July 1875 in Melilli, Siracusa, Sicily to Emanuele Fazzino and Giuseppa Barone. Anna married Vincenzo Sanzaro prior to 1895 and they had six children:

1. Sebastiana Sanzaro, b.28 May 1895 in Melilli, d.19 Mar 1985 in Middletown, Connecticut. She married Concetto Augeri in Middletown on 9 Jan 1915.
2. Filomena Sanzaro, b. about 18 April 1897 in Melilli, d.15 Dec 1956 in Middletown, Connecticut. She married Sebastiano Carmelo Morello around 1918 and they resided at 223 William Street, near Wesleyan University.
3. Sebastiano (Michael) Sanzaro, b.25 Sep 1899 Melilli, d.12 Aug 1961 in Great Falls, Montana. Michael married Sebastiana “Anna” Rafala in Newport, Rhode Island.
4. Salvatore Sanzaro
5. Emanuele Sanzaro, b.Sep 1905 in Melilli. Nothing further is known of him at this time.
6. Rosario Sanzaro, b.28 Oct 1908 in Melilli, d.18 Oct 1974 in Los Angeles, California. Rosario married Penny Brown and resided in California.

Anna immigrated to the U.S. arriving at Ellis Island, NY on 12 January 1939. The ship’s manifest indicates that she was 4’4″ tall and had dark hair and brown eyes. She was especially small even for an Italian woman at that time.

Anna appeared in the 1940 U.S. Census on Pine Ridge Road in Cromwell, CT, widowed. She was residing with her son Sebastiano and his family. 

According to Jim Sanzaro, Anna’s grandson and son of Sebastiano (Michael) (above), Anna returned to Melilli and died there.