Branch II: Vigilio Cavosi (William Cavosie in America) (1875-1928)
William settled in Ironwood Michigan and married a woman named Rose (surname unknown). They had four children. William died in 1928 at the young
age of 52, leaving Rose a widow for the rest of her days. She stayed in Ironwood, at their house on Pabst St.
Children of William and Rose Cavosie:
(1) Their first son was John "Cutz" Cavosie (1908-1995), who worked as a laborer in Grand Rapids MI as a young man, and went on to become a famous football
player.
After earning an infamous reputation while playing for the Ironwood Red Devils in the 1920's, he played for the Portsmouth Spartans (precursor to the Detroit Lions)
in 1932-1933, and became one of the 1st 20 charter members of the Gogebic
Range Hall of Fame, originally published in the Ironwood Daily Globe on October 13th, 1954. Cutz had a wife named Virginia,
a son named John, and a daughter named Patricia. After a knee injury, Cutz retired from pro football and eventually settled in
Indiana, where he worked at International Harvester. Cutz's descendant's living today (mostly in Indiana) include Wife Virginia (now 93(!)), son John L. Cavosie
[(wife: Betty Lindenmayer (now divorced),
children: J. Michael Cavosie (wife: Dana Decker. Children Decker Evan Cavosie and Isabel Sophia-Joan Cavosie) and Mark Cavosie (wife: Karen. Children: Riley Denshaw and
Evan Cavosie)],
and daughter Patricia Cavosie (husband: ?, children: Jill)
(2) Joseph J. Cavosie (1915-1999). Wife Hilda (surname unknown) (1915-1985). They had a daughter, Ann Cavosie, and I believed lived in Mississippi.
(3) Josephine Celcelia Cavosie (1903-1997). She married Frank G.H. Maloney, and they settled in Ft. Collins, CO
and had three children (F.G.H., J.D., and Nancy).
(4) Maime Cavosie. Maime never married, and lived in Rochester, MN.
October, 2003: Thank you J. Michael Cavosie, of IN, for sharing wonderful information and stories about the famous Cutz Cavosie and family. Aaron
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