Costantino Napolitano

Costantino Napolitano was born about 1824 to Vincenzo Napolitano and Maria Stella Nicastro. Costantino's mother died when he was just 15 years old. Costantino's father was a miller and taught his son his trade. I don't know much about Costantino, but I do know he was a successful miller and farmer. He owned his own farm prior to the unification of Italy. He married Pasqualina Aiello probably in the late 1840's. Together they had 9 children over a period of 21 years. Listed below are their children.

• Vincenzo 1850-?
  Spouse Chira Riso
• Federico July 1853-August 1853
• Filomena 1854-?
  Spouse Salvatore LoFeudo
• Emilia Natalina 1855-1885
  Spouse Domenico Garrafa
• Bernardino 1862-?
  Spouse Maria Cristina Garrafa
• Enrico 1864-?
  Spouse Agiulina Arturi
• Alberto 1866-1867
• Letizia 1868-?
  Spouse Vincenzo Riso
• Angelina 1871-1907
  Spouse Domenico Enrico Napolitano & Raffaele DeSeta

Pasqualina Aiello

Pasqualina came from a very different background from the Napolitano's. While the Napolitano's were property owners of huge expansive farms and millers, the Aiello's were tailors who lived in town. Pasqualina was the daughter of Raffaele Aiello and Giuseppina Golia. Raffaele was a tailor and Giuseppina was a filatrice or spinner of cloth in english. Pasqualina's mother taught her to be a filatrice. The Aiello's were very religious in their Catholic faith. Pasqualina would have instilled her strong faith in her children. When Pasqualina married Costantino the changes in her lifestyle must have been dramatic. From life in the busy populated center of town to the large farm of her new husband she must have felt alienated from the life she knew before. She had a lot to learn about life on a farm. In 1860 Pasqualina's younger sister Teresina married Gaetano Napolitano. Gaetano was the younger brother of Costantino.

Costantino was my grandfather Giuseppe Napolitano's grandfather. Read about Giuseppe here.

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