Updated Monday, December 11, 2006.
Newest Pages: "Uniforms of Our Fathers," "Grandpa's Brother Vincenzo and His Family," and "Dorothy Gangi and Frances Ganci - 62 Years of Friendship," (all pages are in the Special Pages section).

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SEE THE NEW PAGE:, "Uniforms Of Our Fathers,". Brothers Russell, Phil and Vinnie in their service uniforms.

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Photos of Russell, Phil and Vinnie in their service uniforms. To view this page click on to the "Special Pages" section.

SEE THE NEW PAGE: They called him Uncle Jimmy, "Grandpa's Brother Vincenzo and His Family,".

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Photos of Uncle Jimmy and his family, including cousins Russell and Virginia Altamore. To view this page click on to the "Special Pages" section.

SEE THE NEW PAGE: REMEMBERING MY COUSIN DANNY.

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My cousin danny and me in the early 1950s. To see more photos from this collection click on to the "Special Pages" section on the left column.

SEE THE NEW PAGE: DOROTHY GANGI AND FRANCES GANCI - SIXTY-TWO YEARS OF FRIENDSHIP.

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Frances (left) and Dorothy in 1947. To see more photos from this collection click on to the "Special Pages" section on the left column.

Well, it's happened again. I ran out of room on the Gangi Family Website. So all the photos from the 1930s through the 1970s will be on this new Gangi History Website.

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Let's do something different this time. Let'a start this site with a little family history. Anyone who is a member of this family is in some way related to Liborio and Josephine Gangi (photo above). Liborio Gangi arrived at Ellis Island, New York on November 8, 1912 on the ship named Canada from the port of Palermo, Sicily, Italy. Liborio grew up in the small hilltop village of Giuliana. He arrived when he was 17 years old with his brother Vincenzo, who the family called Uncle Jimmy. Vincenzo was 22 years old when he arrived. The customs agent wrote the last name for Liborio as "Gangi" with the letter "G." For his brother Vincenzo the customs wrote the name Ganci with the letter "C." As the story goes Grandpa Liborio was afraid they would send him back to Italy if he made a fuss so he kept quiet and kept the name Gangi. You can check this fact by going to the links page and looking at the Ellis Island manifest. Liborio is on line 27, while Vincenzo is on line 28. There were three brothers. They left one brother behind in Giuliana named Rosario.

Liborio settled in Brooklyn, went to night school to learn English, worked in garment factory, and eventually met and married Josephine Socco. Josephine was orginally from the town next to Giuliana and arrived here with her parents when she was a child. Josephine had two sisters, Lillian and Eva. Liborio and Josephine had four children, Russell, Philip, Vincent and Virginia. In the photo below are their sons with their wives in a photo from the early 1950s.

Vincenzo married Antoinette Tommasina and had a son named Russell. Antoinette died very young, only a few years after they were married. Vincenzo remarried another woman named Antoinette and gave birth to a daughter named Virginia. Vincenzo's first son Russell still lives with his wife Ida in Melville, Long Island. History1 (37K)

From right to left is Phil Gangi with his wife Dorothy, Russell Gangi with Frances and Vincent Gangi with Nina. Liborio and Josephine's daughter Virginia is missing from the photo above, but she can be seen in other places on this site. So thanks for your support over the years. I hope you all like the new site.



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