The Shemwell Family

Maria Caterina Izzo1851

Name
Maria Caterina Izzo
Given names
Maria Caterina
Surname
Izzo
Married name
Maria Caterina Cappabianca
Birth about 1851 34 29
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 6 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 10 years)

Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 16 years)
Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
1867 (Age 16 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 18 years)

Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad
MarriageGiuseppe CappabiancaView this family
November 25, 1875 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Francesco Cappabianca
September 14, 1876 (Age 25 years)
Death of a sonFrancesco Cappabianca
January 10, 1878 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 27 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a daughter
#2
Rosa Angela Pasqualina “Rosa” Cappabianca
April 13, 1879 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Angela Cappabianca
April 2, 1883 (Age 32 years)
Death of a daughterAngela Cappabianca
May 10, 1885 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Angela Cappabianca
November 18, 1885 (Age 34 years)
Death of a daughterAngela Cappabianca
September 3, 1886 (Age 35 years)
Death of a motherCristina Mariantonia Izzo
February 26, 1892 (Age 41 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 47 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Marriage of a childCasto “John” DiGianvittorioRosa Angela Pasqualina “Rosa” CappabiancaView this family
November 12, 1904 (Age 53 years)
Note: Record source has 9 pages of the Italian wedding vows. The page shown here is the first (title) page.
Birth of a grandson
#1
Donato Giuseppe Giovanni DiGianvittorio
December 30, 1905 (Age 54 years)
Birth of a grandson
#2
Giuseppe Pasquale Andrea “Joseph” DiGianvittorio
1908 (Age 57 years)
Birth of a granddaughter
#3
Caterina “Katherine” DiGianvittorio
August 30, 1910 (Age 59 years)
Death of a grandsonDonato Giuseppe Giovanni DiGianvittorio
about 1913 (Age 62 years)
Note: He was my wife's Uncle. She was told by her Mom (Asunte Foster) that Donato died in 1913 as he was very ill on the voyage from Italy to the United States.
Birth of a grandson
#4
Infant DiGianvittorio
about 1914 (Age 63 years)
Note: According to my wife's mother (Asunte DiGianvittorio), Casto and Rosa had a infant son who was born/died in about 1914. The name is unknown until we can find some records.
Death of a grandsonInfant DiGianvittorio
about 1914 (Age 63 years)
Note: According to my wife's mother (Asunte DiGianvittorio), Casto and Rosa had a infant son who was born/died in about 1914. The name is unknown until we can find some records.
Birth of a grandson
#5
Anthony A DiGianvittorio
1915 (Age 64 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 65 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Birth of a granddaughter
#6
Mary Margaret DiGianvittorio
1917 (Age 66 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 66 years)

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 67 years)

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
Birth of a granddaughter
#7
Asunte “Susan” DiGianvittorio
August 26, 1922 (Age 71 years)
Death of a husbandGiuseppe Cappabianca
September 9, 1926 (Age 75 years)

Note: Family records
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 78 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Death of a daughterRosa Angela Pasqualina “Rosa” Cappabianca
October 2, 1942 (Age 91 years)
Death of a grandsonGiuseppe Pasquale Andrea “Joseph” DiGianvittorio
June 18, 1944 (Age 93 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 90 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 99 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 95 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Deathunknown

Identification number
G96Z-54P
Type: FamilySearch

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Cristina Mariantonia Izzo
Birth: September 16, 1821Formicola, Terra di Lavoro, Campania, Italy
Death: February 26, 1892Formicola, Terra di Lavoro, Campania, Italy
Marriage: August 28, 1842Formicola, Caserta, Campania, Italy
9 years
herself
Family with Giuseppe Cappabianca - View this family
husband
herself
Marriage: November 25, 1875Formicola, Terra di Lavoro, Campania, Italy
10 months
son
Francesco Cappabianca
Birth: September 14, 1876 28 25Formicola, Terra di Lavoro, Campania, Italy
Death: January 10, 1878Formicola, Terra di Lavoro, Campania, Italy
3 years
daughter
4 years
daughter
Angela Cappabianca
Birth: April 2, 1883 35 32Formicola, Terra di Lavoro, Campania, Italy
Death: May 10, 1885Via Santa Cristina, Italy
3 years
daughter
Angela Cappabianca
Birth: November 18, 1885 37 34Formicola, Terra di Lavoro, Campania, Italy
Death: September 3, 1886Formicola, Terra di Lavoro, Campania, Italy