100 Birthday need HELP to find her family!
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In reply to:
Re: Cosimo Charles Rizzo's Children NY/OH/PA
Rich Rizzo Jr 9/30/08
Hi Rich, Sorry for the loss of your Father!
I'm trying to find my Rizzo roots. I know they moved from Oswego, NY to Cleveland, Ohio and that James (Stubby) Rizzo/Reitz worked for the NY railroad.
James married Mary Bell Weber she was also from Oswego and already had 2 children. That's where the connection is, my Grandmother was born in Oswego Jan 13, 1911, she will be 100 in just a few months.
Genevieve Maria Castiglia was baptized at St John's church, her God-father is James Rizzo. Yes the same one that becomes her step-father. In the 1930 census she is listed as Jennie Reitz as is her older brother Frank.
James and Mary had 4 more children,
Anna1917
Mary1920
James 1922
Lilly 1924 maybe Lillian
Mary Bell died in 1931, 6 months after my Grandmother married John Flaisman.
Not long after that the 4 younger children were sent to live with family back in NY except for Anna who stayed in Cleveland and went to a convent school.
Does any of this sound familiar? I'd love to find a relative of the younger kids to connect my Gram to her past. Her mind is still very sharp even if her legs are getting a little weak.
Thanks so much, I can be reached at [email protected]
Time is crucial, anyone reading this with info Please contact me!