Giovanni Coppola (1875 - 1960)

Born 16 Jul 1875 in San Pietro a Maida, Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy

Ancestors

Son of Giovanni Coppola and Angela Suverato

Husband of Natalina Marinaro — married 1897 in San Pietro a Maida, Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy

Descendants

Died 4 Oct 1960 at age 85 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Giovanni Coppola has Italian Roots.

This profile is part of the San Pietro a Maida, Calabria One Place Study.

This profile is part of the Haverhill, Massachusetts One Place Study.

Giovanni Coppola migrated from Italy to USA.

Giovanni Coppola was featured in Italians in Haverhill.

Giovanni was born on July 16th, 1875 in San Pietro a Maida, Italy. He immigrated to the United States in the early 1900s. He married Natalina Marinaro some time in 1897. Tragically, they lost one child in an earthquake which heavily impacted the region they grew up in. The family moved to Haverhill, Massachusetts where they settled and raised a family with many children including:

1. Angelina
2. Frank
3. Bruno
4. Mary
5. Concetta

At some point in time, likely in the early 1900s, he paid the way for two of his first cousins to come to America. Their names were Rosamaria Stella and Marianna Stella.

In 1929, he visited his sister, Maria.^[1]

John worked in shoe shops in town and by 1915 he had opened a grocery store on High Street.

He passed away in 1960 in the city of Haverhill.

DNA

Paternal relationship is confirmed with an AncestryDNA test match between Nicolina Ferraiolo and her third cousin. Their MRCAs are Francesco Coppola and his wife, their 2nd great-grandparents. Predicted relationship reported by AncestryDNA: 2nd-3rd cousins, based on sharing 137 cM across 7 segments; Confidence: Extremely High.

Sources

1. ↑ https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24F9-QDP :

• "United States Italians to America Index, 1855-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KD4S-ZHK : 27 December 2014), Giovanni Coppola, 18 Nov 1898; citing Italians to America Passenger Data File, 1855-1900, Ship Alsatia, departed from Unknown, arrived in New York, New York, New York, United States, NAID identifier 1746097, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.

• "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JXHY-C6G : 2 March 2021), Giovanni Coppola, 1898.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2JW-26F : accessed 1 October 2020), John Coppola, Haverhill Ward 5, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 315, sheet 4B, family 73, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 582; FHL microfilm 1,374,595.

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZN1-LCW : 23 February 2021), John Coppola, 1917-1918.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXYZ-LP3 : accessed 13 January 2019), John Coppola, Haverhill Ward 5, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; citing ED 66, sheet 18A, line 28, family 382, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 691; FHL microfilm 1,820,691.

• "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24F9-QDP : 2 March 2021), Giovanni Coppola, 1929; citing Immigration, New York, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQLJ-SZ3 : accessed 13 January 2019), John Coppola, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 66, sheet 19B, line 99, family 358, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 896; FHL microfilm 2,340,631.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4X8-2C8 : 15 March 2018), John Coppola, Ward 5, Haverhill, Haverhill City, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 5-130, sheet 6A, line 10, family 93, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1580.

• O'Malley, Patricia Trainor. 2001. Italians in Haverhill. Charleston, SC: Arcadia

• Find a Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/234485729/giovanni-%22john%22-coppola

• O'Malley, Patricia (Trainor). "Italians in Haverhill" (Arcadia Publishing, 2001)

• Naturalization papers: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSMN-H8VD?cat=833264

• 1950 US Census: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6F3Q-C27M