Bruzzi Descendants
FRANCISCO BRUZZI
Born: August 19, 1879 in Reggio Calabria, Italy
Died: October 1964 in Pawtucket, RI
Married:  to Caroline Valarioti in Pawtucket, RI
Children:
Augustine J. Bruzzi – b. December 5, 1916  d. March 26,
2005
Domenic Michael Bruzzi – b. August 17, 1917  d. October 23,
2005
Rose Marie Bruzzi – b. December 1, 1921  d. June 1990
Catherine Bruzzi – b. November 13, 1922  d. October 1986
Joseph F. Bruzzi – b. March 28, 1924
Mary Concetta Bruzzi – b. June 7, 1928

Passenger Record:
Ethnicity – Italian, South
Last place of residency – Radisima, Reggio, Italy
Date of arrival – August 19,1908; age – 28 years
Marital status – M
Ship of travel – Europa
Port of Departure – Naples, Italy
Manifest line number: 0001

He and Caroline Valarioti (wife) lived in New York City on
Mulberry Street in “Little Italy” before moving the Pawtucket,
Rhode Island.
DOMENICO BRUZZI
Passenger Record:
Ethnicity – Italian, South
Last place of Residence – Radicena, Reggiolo
Date of arrival – December 4, 1910; age: 27 years
Marital status - S
Ship of Travel – Europa
Port of Departure – Napoli, Italy
Manifest line number – 0016

m.
Concetta Valarioti
Passenger Record:
Arrival – September 29, 1926; age: 32 years
Ship of Travel – Ducca Degle Abruzzi
Last residence – Cittaneva, Italy
AUGUSTINE J. BRUZZI (GUS)
Born: December 5, 1916 in Pawtucket, RI
Died: March 26, 2005 in Lincoln, RI
Married: Anita Carosi on September 20, 1941
b. April 19, 1918  d. April 1996
Children:
Barbara A. Bruzzi - b. September 28, 1942
Sharon L. Bruzzi - b. October 25, 1946
Patricia A. Bruzzi - August 23, 1951

Gus had lived in Lincoln since 1966. He was employed at
Blackstone Valley Electric for many years as an appliance
repair man. He was a member of the Blackstone Valley Electric
Co. Retirement Club. A veteran of WWII serving in the United
States Navy, he fought in the battle of Lahey in the Pacific.
AGUSTO (AUGUSTINE) BRUZZI
Born: S. Glanio De Ionio, Italy
Died: at the age of 39 from Pneumonia
Married: Rosa Principato – b. 1848 in S. Glanio De Ionio, Italy  
d. December 16, 1919 in Pawtucket, RI
Children:
Francisco Bruzzi – b. August 19, 1879  d. October 1964
Domenico Bruzzi – b. 1882  d. 1964 in Pawtucket, RI
Mary Bruzzi – d. in Pawtucket, RI  m. Anthony Cilione in
Pawtucket, RI
c. Pauline Cilione b. 1913 d. April 11, 2009
Augustine (Gus) Cilione
Joseph Bruzzi – died young (not much to tell
)
MARY CONCETTA BRUZZI
Born: June 7, 1928 in Pawtucket, RI
Married: Robert Lemuel Hogge,  February 20, 1950 in
Pawtucket, RI
b. February 20, 1928  d. December 17, 2004
Children:
Monica F. Helms (Robert F. Hogge) - b. March 8, 1951
Carrie Lu Hogge - b. June 25, 1955
Julie Anne Hogge - b. October 8, 1958
Dennis Brian Hogge - b. November 22, 1960
DOMINIC MICHAEL BRUZZI (MICKEY)
Born: August 17, 1917 in Pawtucket, RI
Died: October 23, 2005 in Pawtucket, RI
Married: Marie in 1952
Janet Bruzzi - b. November 9, 1953
David Bruzzi - b. February 27, 1957
Robert Bruzzi - b. February 9, 1967
ROSE MARY BRUZZI
Born: December 1, 1921 in Pawtucket, RI
Died: June 1990 in California
Married: Ken Gray in 1950
b. June 16,
Greg Gray - b. July 21, 1951
Carolyn Gray - b. August 25, 1952
Vincent Gray - b. January 21, 1961
CATHERINE BRUZZI
Born: November 13, 1922 in Pawtucket, RI
Died: October 1986 in RI
Married: Arthur Dwyer in 1947
b. July 14, 1915, d.
Richard Dwyer - b. October 6, 1948
JOSEPH F. BRUZZI
Born: March 28, 1924 in Pawtucket, RI
Married: Lois Sullivan in May 1952
b. March 16, 1932
Joseph Bruzzi - b. May 26, 1954
Steven Bruzzi - b. July 22, 1955
Don Matthew Bruzzi - b. August 19, 1959
Laurie Bruzzi - b. October 23, 1961
Linda Bruzzi - b. October 23, 1964
Died: June 1964 in Pawtucket, RI
Married: Concetta Valarioti, April 16 1913 in Italy
b. 1893 in Reggio Calabria, Italy d. 1971 in Pawtucket, RI
Children:
ROSE MARIE BRUZZI
b. January 13, 1914 in Cittaneva, Italy d. September 4, 2007
m. Joseph J. Faella b. October 3, 1917 d. April 21, 1990
c. Connie Faella

AUGUSTINE P. BRUZZI
b. February 10, 1917 d. May 1975
m. Hilda P. b. April 30, 1917 d. June 17, 2000

JOSEPH E. BRUZZI
b. July 30, 1918 d. December 1, 2000
m. Angela
c. Ann Bruzzi

FRANK R. BRUZZI
b. October 1, 1919 d. April 1973
m. Mary Caroline Brohen
c. Frank R. Bruzzi, Michael D. Bruzzi, Valerie Bruzzi, Marilee
Bruzzi

SALVATORE R. BRUZZI
b. May 21, 1921 d. May 3, 1993
m. Gladays b. July 11, 1921 d. November 19, 1988
c. Robert J. Bruzzi, Gigi Bruzzi, Donna Bruzzi, Dominic Bruzzi

ANTHONY P. BRUZZI
b. February 24, 1923 d. November 8, 1974
m. 1948, Ceclie Alice Audette b. November 28, 1928 d. May
11, 2007
c. Kenneth Bruzzi, Douglas Bruzzi, Scott Bruzzi, Suzanne M.
Bruzzi

DOMINIC J. BRUZZI
b. March 15, 1924 d. November 18, 1995
m. Dorothy R. b. June 30, 1924 d. January 23, 2002
c. Donald Bruzzi, Richard J. Bruzzi
CALABRIA COAT OF ARMS
First found in Padua a City of Northern Italy on the
River Bacchiglione, anciently known as Patavium,
and the Padova.

Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its
variants were:  
many settlers were recorded in the great migration
from Italy to the New World Migrant settled in
Eastern seaboard principally in New York, New
Jersey and Pennsylvania.
flag of
Reggio Calabria