Descendants of Giacomo (Jim) Mattivi

Generation One

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

He married DOMENICA (ANNA) ANESI, married in BASELGA di PINE (TRENTO), ITALIA, b. 1845 in BASELGA di PINE, TRENTO, ITALIA, (daughter of ANESI and UNKNOWN) d. 1926 in BASELGA di PINE, TRENTO, ITALIA.

Children:

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

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

4. iii. SEVERINO MATTIVI b. 1886.

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

Generation Two

2. 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.

3. 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.

6. iii. CARMELA GIOVANNINI.

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

7. v. LINA GIOVANNINI.

8. vi. OLIVA GIOVANNINI.

4. 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:

9. i. ELVIRA MATTIVI b. cir 1916.

5. 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:

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

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

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

Children:

iii. CORINE MATTIVI,

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:

12. iv. JOSELYN MATTIVI

13. v. JAMES (BUD) RUDOLPH MATTIVI

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

Generation Three

6. 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.

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

She married CLAUDIO.

Children:

14. i. DONATA.

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

She married PAULO.

Children:

15. i. ELISABETA.

ii. PAULO.

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

She married PASQUALE LUIZA.

Children:

16. i. MARIA LUIZA.

17. ii. VITTORIO LUIZA.

10. 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:

18. i. JAMES EDWARD MATTIVI.

19. ii. PAUL JEROME MATTIVI

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

Children:

20. iii. SHARON MATTIVI.

21. iv. THOMAS (TOMMY) MICHAEL MATTIVI

11. 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:

22. i. DOROTHY ANN EVANS

23. 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.

12. 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.

13. JAMES (BUD) RUDOLPH MATTIVI,

He married (1) JEAN HITE REEVES.

Children:

24. i. CHRISTINE MATTIVI

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