Maria BELLANTI Speciale, 1900-1981
Margaret's uncle's brother-in-law's daughter

 Father Pietro BILLANTE, 1869-1947
 Mother Providenza TARANTINO Billante, 1875-1927
       Sister Anna BELLANTI Parrino, 1898-1943
       Maria BELLANTI Speciale, 1900-1981
       Brother Domenico S BELLANTI Sr, 1901-1966
       Brother Antonino P. BELLANTI, 1903-1972
       Sister Rosa BELLANTI Busalacchi, 1904-1973
       Brother Giovanni BELLANTI, 1908-1957
       Brother Giuseppe S. BELLANTI, 1910-1998
       Brother Tommaso BELLANTI, 1912-1915
       Brother Santo BELLANTI, 1915-1970
       Sister Catherine BELLANTI Castrogiovanni, 1919-1996

 Husband Filippo SPECIALE III, 1893-1938

Time Line

5 January 1900 - Born at Sant' Elia, Palermo Province, Sicily

1901 - Brother Domenico S BELLANTI Sr born at Buffalo, Erie County, New York

23 February 1903, age 3 - Brother Antonino P. BELLANTI born there

25 December 1904, age 4 - Sister Rosa BELLANTI Busalacchi born at Sant' Elia

3 November 1908, age 8 - Brother Giovanni BELLANTI born there

2 October 1910, age 10 - Brother Giuseppe S. BELLANTI born there

10 May 1912, age 12 - Brother Tommaso BELLANTI born there

10 February 1915, age 15 - Brother Tommaso BELLANTI, age 2, died at Buffalo

19 August 1915, age 15 - Brother Santo BELLANTI born there

1916, age 15 - Grandmother Anna DENTICI Billante, age 74, died at Sant' Elia

About 1916, age 15 - Sister Anna BELLANTI, age 17, married Giacomo PARRINO, age 17, at Buffalo

November 1917, age 17 - Married Filippo SPECIALE III, age 24, there

10 April 1919, age 19 - Sister Catherine BELLANTI Castrogiovanni born there

About 1923, age 22 - Brother Domenico S BELLANTI Sr, age 22, married Catherine RUSSO, age 19, there

11 November 1923, age 23 - Sister Rosa BELLANTI, age 18, married Pietro BUSALACCHI, age 32, at Mt. Carmel Catholic Church there

17 July 1927, age 27 - Mother Providenza TARANTINO Billante, age 51, died there

7 June 1928, age 28 - Brother Antonino P. BELLANTI, age 25, married Margherita BUSCAGLIA, age 22, at Buffalo, New York

25 September 1930, age 30 - Brother Giovanni BELLANTI, age 21, married Mary DELGIORNO, age 24, at Buffalo

25 July 1936, age 36 - Brother Giuseppe S. BELLANTI, age 25, married Filosofia Elvira LAUDATE, age 28, at Holy Cross Church there

20 July 1938, age 38 - Husband Filippo SPECIALE III, age 45, died at San Jose, Santa Clara, California

12 April 1940, age 40 - Sister Catherine BELLANTI, age 21, married Vincenzo CASTROGIOVANNI, age 22, at Buffalo

17 July 1943, age 43 - Sister Anna BELLANTI Parrino, age 44, died there

7 December 1947, age 47 - Father Pietro BILLANTE, age 78, died there

16 January 1957, age 57 - Brother Giovanni BELLANTI, age 48, died there

21 April 1957, age 57 - Sister's widower Giacomo PARRINO, age 58, died there

27 June 1965, age 65 - Brother-in-law Pietro BUSALACCHI, age 73, died there

29 October 1966, age 66 - Brother Domenico S BELLANTI Sr, age 65, died there

19 August 1970, age 70 - Brother Santo BELLANTI, age 55, died at San Francisco, San Francisco County, California

17 October 1972, age 72 - Brother Antonino P. BELLANTI, age 69, died at Buffalo

5 August 1973, age 73 - Sister Catherine BELLANTI, age 54, divorced from Vincenzo CASTROGIOVANNI, age 55, there

25 December 1973, age 73 - Sister Rosa BELLANTI Busalacchi, age 69, died there

11 August 1979, age 79 - Brother's widow Catherine RUSSO Bellanti, age 75, died at Buffalo

18 April 1981, age 81 - Brother's widow Margherita BUSCAGLIA Bellanti, age 75, died at Buffalo

11 September 1981, age 81 - Died at San Jose