Angelo Pignatti 63, of Revesby in Staten Island, passed away on Saturday, December 15, 1968 at Staten Island Zoo. Born Oct. 14, 1905 near Johnson, he was son of late Marco Pignatti and Stella pignatti. A Staten City resident throughout his life, Angelo was a 1923 graduate of Concord High School. For many years, he was employed by Charles Lennox where he did electric supplying, and wiring. He was a loyal member of the Staten Island Zoo where he was awarded best customer Monkey aquarium. Pignatti never had any children, but he preceded in death by his wife Conchetta. A funeral service which will include a Memorial Service which will begin at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, January 6, in the Cherubini McInerny Funeral Home in Staten Island with Pastor…
This time, King Francis I sent yet another Italian, Giovanni da Verrazano from Florence, in 1524 to make a try. He first made landfall a little north of where the Spanish had settled in St. Augustine. He then sailed north along the Atlantic coast before returning to France. Though Verrazano failed in his stated objective—for the simple reason that no such passage exists at the latitudes where he was looking—he did find that the newly discovered land mass was continuous for quite a long distance.…
Giovanni Verrazano: Mariner who explored the East coast of the United States and Nova Scotia under the commission of France in 1524. He was commissioned to claim new lands in the New World and find a route to China. He was the first European to enter New York Bay. His land claims were not colonized until the 17th century.…
In 1549 a baby named Juan de Onate was born. He was born in Zacatecas, New Spain (Mexico). His father’s name was Cristobal De Onate; his father was a conquistador/silver baron. Juan’s mother was Dona Catalina Salazar. They were silver mine owners, and Spanish-Basque colonists. He grew up dreaming of conquering the region north of New Spain.…
Joseph Rodriguez and his family were Catholics. His parents were Jose and Victoria Rodriguez. He had ten sisters and two brothers. He grew up in southern California, and his education took place at San Bernardino. Joseph Rodriguez’s family was poor during his youth. Joseph’s father told him when he was young,“Son, you be a man…and you don’t be afraid to die if it takes it.” Joseph Rodriguez married Rose Aranda in 1962. Eventually, they had two sons named Charles and Lawrence, and a daughter named Karen. At the time of his death, he was surrounded by his…
Donato di Niccolo di Betto Bardi was born in Florence, Italy around 1386. He was born to Nicolo di Betto Bardi, a member of the Florentine Woolcombers Guild. His friends and family adopted the shortened moniker, Donatello, when he was only a child. This is what we know him as today. Donatello's first educational environment was at the home of the Martellis, a wealthy Florentine family of bankers and patrons closely linked to the Medici family. In the shop of a goldsmith within the Martellis family, Donatello learned metallurgy, fabrication of metals and various materials, and other skills of the trade. In around 1400, he began apprenticing with the metalsmith and sculptor, Lorenzo Ghiberti.…
Richard Ramirez was a California-based serial killer who operated from 1984 to 1985. He was born in El Paso, Texas, but eventually moved out to California. He was known as the “Night Stalker” because he would break into homes at night, raping and killing his victims. Ramirez got his start early, as he (unsurprisingly) had a rough childhood. His father was known to abuse him, and he spent some time in juvenile detention for petty crimes. He also sustained two major head injuries as a child, having a dresser fall on him and being knocked out by a swing at a park. However, he was heavily influenced by his cousin Mike, who was a Green Beret who had returned from the war in Vietnam. Mike told Richard graphic stories about the women he raped, tortured, and…
Odilo was the second child of Franz Globocnik. Odilo Globocnik was born on 21 April 1904 and died on 13 May 1945. Odilo Globocnik was born in Italy into a Germanised Slovene family. He died when he was just 41 years old. Odilo was born in Trieste, Austria-Hungary (Italy) and died in Paternion, Austria.…
Richard Ramirez was serial killer who went on a two rampage killing innocent people in southern California. He raped and tortured more than 25 victims and killed more than a dozen of them. Most of these victims were killed in their own homes; as he would find opened windows and doors in the night to kill his victims. But what were the contributing factors that maybe helped mold Richard Ramirez into this brutal serial killer who seemed to have no conscious? Was he born with the so- called “bad seed”, or was it events in his life that contributed and somewhat opened the door for him to be a murderer. There have been accounts stated that while Richards mother was carrying him in her womb she was having health issues almost as if her body was rejecting…
Thesis: Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were two Italian anarchists who were found guilty of armed robbery and murder in a trial and conviction that incited protests around the world and has been questioned ever since their sentence was handed down.…
France sent travelers of America who embraced the 3000 mile travel from Europe to North America crosswise over risky, unchartered oceans. In 1524 Giovanni da Verrazzano drove the primary French endeavor to America. Giovanni da Verrazzano investigated the shoreline of North America between the Carolinas and Newfoundland, including New York Harbor and Narragansett Bay. He was nearly followed in 1534 by Jacques Cartier who investigated the drift from the Cape Fear River to Nova Scotia. Jacques Cartier went to the Gulf of St.…
Erik Rodriguez is forty-five years old. He born on May 1, 1971 in New York City, New York. His parents name is Ramon Rodriguez and Lourdes Pesant. Erik was the oldest brother in the family. At the age of three-year-old his aunt takes him because his mother can not take care of him because she was involved in alcohol problem. He did not spend to many time in New York because his aunt had an asthma condition.…
Bartolomeo Vanzetti had many faces in society such as Italian immigrant, fish seller, loving husband and father. He were a member of an extremely dangerous anarchist group in America. In 1920, Bartolomeo Vanzetti and his friend Nicola Sacco were arrested for payroll and murder in Braintree, Massachusetts. They were referred as “those anarchist bastards.” Judge Thayer hated anarchist. He heavily prejudiced against Italians. Eventually, Vanzetti and Sacco were found guilty of murder. The trials were hard to handle because the evidence was tampered with unreliable witness. Finally, Judge Thayer informed that Vanzetti and Sacco were to die in the electric chair, although they had support from many well-known figures and people over the world. Nearly…
Giovanni Da Verrazano was born in 1485 Val di Greve, south of Florence, Italy, Republic of Florence, the son of Piero Andrea di Bernardo da Verrazano and Fiammetta Cappelli. He found a very deep interest in adventure and exploration at an early age. In some sources, he was born in a wealthy family which motivated his education to be exceedingly great. In 1506, Verrazano moved to the port of Dieppe in France. Even though, he is Italian he serves for France. He spent many years as a pirate for France, spying on Spanish and Portuguese sea vessels. Around the time of 1508, he left France on his first trip to the Americas on the ship La Pensee, which was owned by Jean Ango, and captained by Thomas Aubert. On his arrival he took a small fishing craft from the La Pensee and made his initiate explorations areas of Newfoundland and the St. Lawrence River, which is in Canada today. Verrazano left Madeira, Spain, on January 17, 1524, and his destination was at Cape Fear on March 1.…
“Everything I have done in my life has been to provide for my children.” That’s what you’ll hear my dad say if you ask him about anything he’s accomplished in his life. He is a very proud and hardworking man. Even now, at 60 years old, he works harder than most 20-year-olds do. As a father he has always told us, “Nothing is handed to you; everything you have must be earned.”…