Descendants of Anesi

Generation One

1. ANESI, b. in BASELGA di PINE, TRENTO, ITALIA.

He married UNKNOWN, married in BASELGA di PINE, TRENTO, ITALIA.

Children:

2. i. GIOVANNI (JOHN) ANESI.

3. ii. DOMENICA (ANNA) ANESI b. 1845.

4. iii. GIACOMO (KAISER) ANESI.

Generation Two

2. GIOVANNI (JOHN) ANESI, b. in BASELGA di PINE, TRENTO, ITALIA.

John and Angelina immigrated to this country through Ellis Island, New York on December 20, 1919.

He married ANGELINA BRUSEGHINI, married in BASELGA di PINE, TRENTO, ITALIA, (daughter of BRUSEGHINI and ROSA).

Children:

i. ROMANO E. ANESI, b. in BASELGA di PINE, TRENTO, ITALIA.

5. ii. CARLO ANESI b. 1880.

iii. RAFFAELLA ANESI, b. 1922 in BASELGA di PINE, TRENTO, ITALIA, d. 1979 in CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

She married ZABOROSKI, d. in CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

iv. MATHEW ANESI.

v. LOUIS ANESI, b. cir 1878-79 in ITALY.

vi. MARIA ANESI, b. 5 Mar 1887 in ITALY, d. Aug 1969 in NOVINGER, MISSOURI.

vii. AMALIA ANESI.

3. DOMENICA (ANNA) ANESI, b. 1845 in BASELGA di PINE, TRENTO, ITALIA, d. 1926 in BASELGA di PINE, TRENTO, ITALIA.

She married GIACOMO (JIM) MATTIVI, married in BASELGA di PINE (TRENTO), ITALIA, b. cir 1842 in BASELGA di PINE, TRENTO, ITALIA, d. 1910 in BASELGA di PINE, TRENTO, ITALIA.

Children:

6. i. GIOVANNI (JOHN) MATTIVI b. 1880.

7. ii. ISETTA (ELIZABETH) MATTIVI b. 10 Sep 1884.

8. iii. SEVERINO MATTIVI b. 1886.

9. iv. GIUSEPPE BENIAMINO (BEN) MATTIVI b. 27 Dec 1888.

4. GIACOMO (KAISER) ANESI, b. in BASELGA di PINE, TRENTO, ITALIA.

He married UNKNOWN, married in ITALY (AUSTRIA).

Children:

i. PIETRO ANESI, b. 1907 in BASELGA di PINE, TRENTO, ITALIA.

ii. MAXIMILLIAN ANESI, b. in BASELGA di PINE, TRENTO, ITALIA.

iii. ALICE ANESI, b. in BASELGA di PINE, TRENTO, ITALIA.

iv. AMELIA ANESI, b. in BASELGA di PINE, TRENTO, ITALIA.

v. MARIA ANESI, b. 1909 in BASELGA di PINE, TRENTO, ITALIA.

vi. ANSELMO ANESI, b. 1913 in BASELGA di PINE, TRENTO, ITALIA.

vii. GIACOMO ANESI, b. 1916 in BASELGA di PINE, TRENTO, ITALIA.

viii. EMMA ANESI, b. in BASELGA di PINE, TRENTO, ITALIA.

Generation Three

5. CARLO ANESI, b. 1880 in BASELGA di PINE, TRENTO, ITALIA, d. 1926 in ILLINOIS.

He married EMELIA BROSEGHINI, b. 1881 in BASELGA di PINE, TRENTO, ITALIA, d. 1940 in CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

Children:

i. ANGELINA (ANN) ANESI, d. 1997 in CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, b. 1908 in ITALY, buried 1997 in NOVINGER CEMETERY, NOVINGER, MISSOURI.

ii. ROMAINE (ROMANO) E. (ANESEY) ANESI, b. 6 Feb 1910 in BASELGA di PINE, TRENTO, ITALIA, d. 29 Nov 1989 in MILTON, ILLINOIS.

Romano served in World War II with the U.S. Navy Construction Battalion in the Pacific Theatre. He was employed by Sig Olson Floor Coverings until retiring in 1972. He and his wife, Emelia, operated the Hilltop Flower Farm until 1977. He was a member of the Mt. Zion Methodist Church.

He married GRACE H. McGINNIS, married 15 Feb 1947 in IOWA CITY, IOWA.

10. iii. CHARLES ANESI b. 1912.

iv. CATHERINE (KAY) ANESI, d. 1999 in CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, b. 1913.

She married ZABOROSKI, d. in CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

v. TERESA ANESI, b. 1913 in ITALY, d. 1999 in NOVINGER, MISSOURI.

vi. JOAN ANESI, b. 1922, d. 1979.

vii. SON.

6. GIOVANNI (JOHN) MATTIVI, b. 1880 in BASELGA di PINE, TRENTO, ITALIA, d. 1957 in MISSOURI, USA.

John worked as a miner then as a maintenance person for Pittsburg State University.

He married (1) LENA, married in FRONTENAC, KANSAS.

Children:

i. ISABELL MATTIVI, b. in FRONTENAC, KANSAS.

ii. MARY MATTIVI, b. in FRONTENAC, KANSAS.

He married (2) MELANIE.

7. ISETTA (ELIZABETH) MATTIVI, b. 10 Sep 1884 in BASELGA di PINE, TRENTO, ITALIA, d. 16 Aug 1951 in BASELGA di PINE, TRENTO, ITALIA.

She married (1) GIOVANBATISTA MATTIVI, b. in TRESILLA di PINE, TRENTO, ITALIA, (son of GIOANATTO MATTIVI and CRISTINA TELFA ANESI) d. 1916 in WORLD WAR I.

She married (2) CRISTOFORO GIOVANNINI, married in BASELGA di PINE, TRENTO, ITALIA, b. 1877 in S MAURO di PINE, ITALIA, d. 1944 in TRESILLA di PINE, TRENTO, ITALIA.

Children:

i. DOMENICO GIOVANNINI, b. in BASELGA di PINE, TRENTO, ITALIA.

ii. RACHELE-ALICE GIOVANNINI, b. in BASELGA di PINE, TRENTO, ITALIA.

11. iii. CARMELA GIOVANNINI.

iv. ROSINA GIOVANNINI, b. in BASELGA di PINE, TRENTO, ITALIA.

12. v. LINA GIOVANNINI.

13. vi. OLIVA GIOVANNINI.

8. SEVERINO MATTIVI, b. 1886 in BASELGA di PINE, TRENTO, ITALIA, d. cir 1939 in BELGIUM.

Severino was born in Baselga di Pine in 1886, the third of four children born to Giacomo Mattivi and Domenica (nee Anesi) Mattivi. He was a soldier in the King's Army and killed in Belgium in 1939.

Children:

14. i. ELVIRA MATTIVI b. cir 1916.

9. GIUSEPPE BENIAMINO (BEN) MATTIVI, b. 27 Dec 1888 in BASELGA di PINE, TRENTO, ITALIA, d. 5 Jul 1955 at HOME in GASHLAND, MISSOURI, buried 8 Jul 1955 in NOVINGER CEMETERY, NOVINGER, MISSOURI.

Ben was born in Baselga di Pine, Trento, located in northern Italy. This small village is located near the Alps and the Austrian border. It was famous for the mining of marble and production of apples and strawberries. Ben was age 17 when he and his brother, John Mattivi, immigrated from Italy to the United Stated (Ellis Is.) on January 7, 1907, arriving on the S.S. La Bretagne. As a coal and gold miner, Ben moved to Denver, Co.; Dawson, N. Mexico; Novinger, Mo.; and Gashland, Mo. to work in various mines during his life. He became a naturalized citizen in 1944.

He married (1) ROSA GIROTTI, married 13 Mar 1909 in NOVINGER, MISSOURI, b. 28 Feb 1892 in ITALY, (daughter of JOHN GIROTTI and ANNIA GIOVANNINI) d. 21 Jun 1921 in KIRKSVILLE, MISSOURI, buried 1921 in NOVINGER CEMETERY, NOVINGER, MISSOURI.

Children:

15. i. JAMES MATTIVI b. 14 Jan 1910.

16. ii. EVELYN MATTIVI b. 6 Sep 1912.

He married (2) OLIVA AVIA, married 1923 in NOVINGER, MISSOURI, b. 1891.

Children:

iii. CORINE MATTIVI, b. 25 May 1924 in NOVINGER, MISSOURI.

She married AL FORESTO, married in CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

He married (3) MARGARET (MAGGIE) GIROTTI, b. 26 Jun 1890 in CLINTON, IOWA, (daughter of JOHN GIROTTI and ANNIA GIOVANNINI) d. 3 Sep 1979 in KIRKSVILLE, MISSOURI, buried 1979 in NOVINGER, MISSOURI.

He married (4) LORAINE (DUTCH) ROBISON, b. 12 Oct 1906 in NOVINGER, MISSOURI.

Children:

17. iv. JOSELYN MATTIVI

18. v. JAMES (BUD) RUDOLPH MATTIVI

He married (5) THERESIA HURST, d. 1992.

Generation Four

10. CHARLES ANESI, d. 1995 in WHEATON, ILLINOIS, b. 1912 in ITALY, buried 1995 in NOVINGER CEMETERY, NOVINGER, MISSOURI.

Children:

i. CHARLES E. ANESI, JR., b. in WHEATON, ILLINOIS.

In 1989, Charles was living in Batavia, Illinois.

11. CARMELA GIOVANNINI, b. in BASELGA di PINE, TRENTO, ITALIA.

She married (1) ANGELO BROSEGHINI, d. 2001 in BASELGA di PINE, TRENTO, ITALIA.

ANGELO: Angelo and Carmela ran the hotel named Albergo Serraia in Baselga di Pine at the time of a family visit in 1992 by cousins Angela Anesi, Dorothy Evans (Ben Mattivi's granddaughter) and Cynthia Martin (Ben's great-granddaughter.)

Children:

i. FRANCA BROSEGHINI.

She married (2) PLOTTEGHER ARISTO, d. in BESENELLO, TRENTO, ITALIA.

12. LINA GIOVANNINI, b. in BASELGA di PINE, TRENTO, ITALIA.

She married CLAUDIO.

Children:

19. i. DONATA.

13. OLIVA GIOVANNINI, b. in BASELGA di PINE, TRENTO, ITALIA.

She married PAULO.

Children:

20. i. ELISABETA.

ii. PAULO.

14. ELVIRA MATTIVI, b. cir 1916 in BASELGA di PINE, TRENTO, ITALIA.

She married PASQUALE LUIZA.

Children:

21. i. MARIA LUIZA.

22. ii. VITTORIO LUIZA.

15. JAMES MATTIVI, b. 14 Jan 1910 in NOVINGER, MISSOURI, d. Feb 1976 in LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS, buried in RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI.

He married (1) ANNA KATHERYN RUDDY, married 1933 in NOVINGER, MISSOURI, b. 1910 in NOVINGER, MISSOURI, d. 1943 in KIRKSVILLE, MISSOURI.

Children:

23. i. JAMES EDWARD MATTIVI.

24. ii. PAUL JEROME MATTIVI

He married (2) DOROTHEA (TOOTS) LOPSHIRE, married in KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, buried in RIVERSIDE, MISSOURI.

Children:

25. iii. SHARON MATTIVI.

26. iv. THOMAS (TOMMY) MICHAEL MATTIVI b. 5 Aug 1946.

16. EVELYN MATTIVI, b. 6 Sep 1912 in DAWSON, NEW MEXICO, COLFAX COUNTY, d. 6 Nov 2003 in KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, buried 2003 in NOVINGER, MISSOURI.

She married (1) JAMES THEODORE (TED) EVANS, married 11 Oct 1930 in KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, b. 6 Sep 1912 in DALLAS COUNTY, MISSOURI, (son of JAMES D. EVANS and EDITH NORA HIGHFILL) d. 3 May 1994 in LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA, buried 1994 in LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA.

Children:

27. i. DOROTHY ANN EVANS

28. ii. BILLY DON EVANS

She married (2) JOE CARTER, married 28 Jul 1962 in KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, b. 4 Jun 1906, d. 1969 in KANSAS CITY, MISSOURRI.

17. JOSELYN MATTIVI,

She married (1) JACK ROLLINS.

Children:

i. VICTORIA ROLLINS.

ii. TERRY LEE ROLLINS.

iii. D. ROLLINS.

She married (2) HARPER HARVIL, b. in OKLAHOMA.

18. JAMES (BUD) RUDOLPH MATTIVI,

He married (1) JEAN HITE REEVES.

Children:

29. i. CHRISTINE MATTIVI

He married (2) MENNE PHILLIPS, b. 5 Apr 1919 in CABOOL, MISSOURI.