A New Cousin

Please welcome Nathan Alexander Curtice, a new cousin, who arrived (quite prematurely) on October 10, 2009, weighing in at a mere 3 lbs. 4 oz. Nathan is doing well but will likely be in hospital for 6-8 weeks; the proud parents, Julie and Scott Curtice, are also doing well.

Naturalization Document

Well this seems to me to be the Naturalization certificate, not the Ellis Island entry document. I increased the contrast and posted this to the Mosolino Photo site at http://picasaweb.google.com/bobcurtice/MosolinoFamily02?authkey=Gv1sRgCP-lm8fAzKuSjAE&feat=directlink
The document says:
Domenico Musolino, aged 51, 5'11" with a scar on his face, became a US citizen on September 30, 1907. His wife was Maria aged 48, residing at 95 Morris St, Jersey City with children Antoni 14, Catharina 12, John 11, Domenico 8, Carmelo 4, Joseph 2.
Several questions remain:
> When did the name get changed to Mosolino?
> Was Mike really Domenico?
> Was Carmelo Bill?
> Who was Joseph? Did he die?
> Did this document mean all the children became US Citizens at the same time?

Anyone have light to shed on these questions?

Ellis Island entry document

Aunt Kate was born in 1895 . On the certicate she is 12 years old . I am sure you will enjoy reading this. Also I want to thank Pat and Lou for letting us use the apartment. Enjoy the winter and if you are in Florida let us know. Edith and Ken

Hello from North Carolina

Well, it's so great to hear that I have more family. We always can use more family. I enjoy seeing the pictures of you all, and look forward to meeting you! I hear some cousins are interested in visiting when my mom and I are in Sarasota, along with John and Kathy and all the other local family there -- please let me know and we will be thrilled to meet you in person and spend some time together. We will be there January 17 through February 15.

Kaylie, I read your earlier book, A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries and thoroughly enjoyed it. So much that I am now half way through your current release. Remarkable stories and I admire your bravery in living the experiences and more so, in sharing them so publicly.

Pam and Michael, and Ken and Edith -- congratulations on Lauren's wedding! Such an exciting event! Looking forward to seeing more of you this winter.

Cheers from Beaufort NC.

Cousin Corrie

Lauren's Wedding Photos

Here is link to Lauren's wedding photos taken by her aunt Kathy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LP2w2a7nCcU

First Gathering, NYC October 4, 2009

Officially declared to be a great success, the first (and we hope not the last?) gathering of Mosolino cousins took place in New York City on Sunday, October 4, 2009.

Special thanks to:

• Kaylie, for igniting the fire with the publication of her new book, and being our first guest of honor (and taking the time to sign all our copies). Congratulations by the way, on the review in the Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/02/AR2009100202355.htmldyn/content/article/2009/10/02/AR2009100202355.htmldyn/content/article/2009/10/02/AR2009100202355.html


• Edith, for initiating the search for long lost cousins by alerting us to the publication of Kaylie's book,


• Joe, for taking the long detour from Tampa to Seattle by way of NYC to join us for the gathering, and


• Aunt Pat, for the use of her apartment which was such a great venue, and for being a such a gracious hostess.

Perhaps the highlight of the evening was cousin Joe's recounting of his adventure to Gambarie in Calabria, Italy where he uncovered information about our Mosolino ancestors. Turns out we are mis-labeled as the original name was in fact Musolino [weren't those guys at Ellis Island creative?]. He also dug into the story of our supposed relative the brigante, and found that he was related although distantly. You can find information about him here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Musolino Joe, maybe you will find the time to sift through that bin of information you collected and write a Post about what you found, including photos you took.

Speaking of photos, here are a few from the gathering:

The cousins partake of culinary delights from Zabars; Ken (our most senior cousin present) talks with Joe.

Robert, Kate, John, and Joan reminisce. Kaylie signs Kate's copy of the book.

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