1-Salvatore Cioffi ¹ was born about 1860 in Nicotera, Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy and died on 29 Jan 1908 in Nicotera, Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy² about age 48.

Nicotera is now a comune in Vibo Valentia, Calabria. It was formerly part of the Province of Catanzaro, Calabria. A national law in March of 1992 and coming into effect 1 January 1996 created the Province of Vibo Valentia.

Salvatore married Antoinette Cipriani.¹ Antoinette was born about 1860 in Italy. They had seven children: Josephine, Lena, Rosina, Catherine, Vincenzo Nicola, Maria, and Antoinetta.

2-Josephine Cioffi

2-Lena Cioffi

2-Rosina Cioffi

2-Catherine Cioffi

2-Vincenzo Nicola Cioffi ³ was born on 1 Oct 1906 in Nicotera, Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy² and died on 28 Aug 1998 in Edison, Middlesex, New Jersey⁴ at age 91.

Vincenzo Nicola married Elvira Del Grippa,³ daughter of Sabato Del Grippa and Rose Ruggiero, on 26 Mar 1934 in Bronx, New York.⁵ Elvira was born on 1 Dec 1906 in New York and died on 5 Dec 1965 in New Jersey at age 59. They had three children: Annette, Violet, and Salvatore.

• Marriage: Vincenzo Nicola and Elvira DelGrippo were later married in the church in April, 1935.

3-Annette Cioffi

3-Violet Cioffi

Violet married Sam Siegel.

3-Salvatore Cioffi

2-Maria Cioffi

2-Antoinetta Cioffi

Sources

1. State of New York, Bureau of Records, City of New York (Named as parents to Vincenzo Nicola on marriage certificate).

2. Nicotera (Catanzaro), Registri dello stato civile, 1809-1910, Civil registration (births, baptisms, banns, marriages, deaths) for Nicotera, Catanzaro, Italy. Text in Italian. Includes acts for the hamlets of Badia, Cároni, and Comérconi mixed in with the marriage documents and with the acts from 1863-1910. Includes indices. Some years missing. (The Province of Vibo Valentia (Italian: Provincia di Vibo Valentia) is a province in the Calabria region (Italy), recently set up by a national law 6 March 1992 and coming into effect 1 January 1996. It was formerly part of the Province of Catanzaro.)

3. Vi Siegel, Cioffi Family Research.

4. Social Security Administration, Social Security Death Index, New Jersey; Issue date,Before 1951..

5. State of New York, Bureau of Records, Certificate of Marriage from Municipal Archives.