Cavosie Genealogy

Part II

A Scattering of Seeds: Cavosi in the New World

People from the villages settled across the United States, including northern Michigan, northern and southern Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, New York, Missouri, and perhaps other places as of yet unknown. For now I am focusing on my great-grandfather Egidio Giuseppe Cavosi and his brothers, Angelo, Anselmo, Clemente, and Vigilio (William). They ended up settling in northern Wisconsin, northern Michigan, and eastern New York.

Sometime after they imigrated to America, the brothers added an 'e' to the end of their name, forever changing 'Cavosi' to 'Cavosie'. The motivation of this decision is unkown, and of great interest to me. It is apparent from looking at historical records that the different brothers changed their names at different times. One additional finding that I have made through examining historical documents that I'm sure of is that anyone, past or present, that is named 'Cavosie' is related by blood to this family.

The Family Trunk: The story of five brothers, and the birth of 'Cavosie'

Anselmo, Vigilio, Angelo, Giuseppe, and Clemente Cavosi are five brothers who came from the village of Sfruz Italy. I have copies of the original birth records (in Italian) for Vigilio, Giuseppe, and Clemente, but none yet for Anslemo and Angelo. I know of their relation to the other siblings from family stories. They statred immigrated to the USA in 1890, and were not all here until ~1905. Angelo, Vigilio, and Giuseppe settled in northern Wisconsin and Michigan (Giuseppe in Hurley, WI; William in Ironwood, MI; Angelo in Bessemer, MI). Anselmo and Clemente both settled in Cohoes, NY.

See the below links for information on each of the brothers and their families:

Branch I: Anselmo Cavosi (Simon, Samuel (?) Cavosie in America) (1873-1970) US Census images, from 1900, 1910, and 1920.

Branch II: Vigilio Cavosi (William Cavosie in America) (1875-1928)

Branch III: Angelo Cavosi (Angelo Cavosie in America) (1878-1969)

Branch IV: Egidio Giuseppe Cavosi (Joseph Cavosie in America) (1882-1966) Pictures of Joseph and Enrica, and 1920 census images.

Branch V: Romedio Clemente Cavosi (Clemente R. Cavosie in America) (1886-19??) US Census images from 1920.

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Click here to see the distribution of Cavosis in the USA today

Click here to see the distribution of Cavosies in the USA today

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If you can help to identify any of these people listed above, or if I have information that is incorrect, please contact me at the email below. I will keep adding to this page as I find out more. Stay tuned.

Links:
Part I- The Roots: Cavosi in the Old World
Cavosie genealogy home page
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