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Re: Looking for Hometown in Italy for Vito Despigno (1874-1960)
« Reply #9 on: Friday 19 January 24 08:19 GMT (UK) »
Newspapers- Oil City PA. dated 3 June 1948

Mr. Vito Despigno of Alabama is visiting his daughter Mrs. James Bunch and family.

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Re: Looking for Hometown in Italy for Vito Despigno (1874-1960)
« Reply #10 on: Friday 19 January 24 17:27 GMT (UK) »
Here is an interesting article about him. A lot of the information matches more or less what was on his passport application, dates, age, locations. If all is true, it appears he was a stow-away on the ship that had brought him to America.


The Birmingham News
Birmingham, Alabama
Monday, October 26, 1959
Page 15

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