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Contrada
Collecera. The house where the
Buccella family lived from 1823-1910 and in which Domenico was born on April 8,
1883. His father Ilario and uncle Antonio married the sisters
Mariantonia and Filomena Core from Penne, and both families lived here.
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On
August 3, 1886 Maria Nicola Mariotti was born in this house in
Penne. She married Domenico on November 30, 1911 after he
returned from his second trip to America. Her nephew Vittorio now lives here.
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"Chiamato
alle armi per effetto del R. Decreto 21 marzo 1915 e giunto il 7
aprile 1915... Lasciato in congedo illimitato il 16 agosto 1919."
The
entry
of
Italy
into
World
War
I
called
Domenico
Buccella
into
duty
just
13
days
before
the
birth
of
his
son
Guerino.
Over
four
years
later,
he
would
return
to
Loreto
Aprutino
and
see
his
son
for
the
first
time.
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Maria
Nicola Mariotti with Guerino circa 1917. At the time
Domenico was at war against the Austrians in the Italian Alps. The
assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914 set in
motion a series of events that shaped the world we live in today. It
also meant that no men of fighting age were allowed to leave Italy,
as Domenico had planned to do in the spring of 1915.
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Family
of the elder Zopitantonio, first cousin of Domenico
and
son
of
Antonio
Buccella.
Antonio
and
his
family
left the original homestead at Contrada Collecera
and moved to Penne circa 1910.
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Le
case rosse a
Penne. The house where the family of Antonio Buccella
lived after leaving
Contrada
Collecera
in
1910.
Antonio
was
the
older
brother
of
Ilario
and
uncle
of
Domenico.
His descendants still live
there today.
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The
heart of the family in
Italy
consists
of
Ilario, his sons
and their families.
(L-R) Ilaria, Simona, Marco, Stefania, Angela, Sara, Franco,
Anthony,
Ilario, Maria Pia and Ettore.
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Domenico
Buccella's younger sister Mariannina. She married Carmine Ranalli on
October 6, 1909. Her brother Giuseppe Buccella married Carmine's
sister Paolina Ranalli.
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Family of
the
younger
Zopitantonio. Wife Ersilia Costantini (3rd from left) with children Matilda and
Raffaele (front) in
Loreto on January 30, 1950. At the time Zopito was living and
working in South America.
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After
dinner in Pescara June 1, 2000. The family of the younger Raffaele Buccella
including (L-R) children
Pierluigi and Daniela, sister Matilda, mother Ersilia Costantini,
Raffaele, and brother-in-law Renato DiMarco.
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This
map shows the distribution of the Buccella surname in Italy. The
name is an ancient Latin word meaning "a small mouthful,
morsel" or "small bread divided among the poor." The
Latin word "buccellatum" referred to biscuits commonly
eaten by Roman soldiers. The name is not overly common in Italy,
but there is a large concentration in Abruzzo. As with all Italian
families, each branch has its own nickname in order to distinguish
one family from another.
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Orazio
Buccella circa 1927. Born in 1907, Orazio was the first son of
Raffaele Buccella. Orazio married Annazopita Buccella (no relation)
and had three children: Maria, Gabriele and Elisa. He had an older
sister Grazietta and two brothers: Corinto, who is
still living, and Zopitantonio. There was another brother named Ilario born in
1909 who died in infancy. The family resemblance to the relatives in
America is notable.
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