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Descendants of Giuseppe Turturiello
and Vincenza Pintozzi

Giuseppe Turturiello (1871-1930) married Vincenza Pintozzi (1878-1956). According to the Ellis Island website, Giuseppe, at age 27, arrived on 10/26/1899 and settled in the Italian section on the near south side of Chicago, near what is now Chinatown. Their children were, in order of birth: Antonia, Carmen, Vitella, Anthony, Minnie, Charles, Lucille, Rocina, and Joseph. Minnie and Peter were twins and died at birth or in infancy.

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Vita Antonia (Turturiello) Parrilli (1897-1979) married Vito "Bill" Parrilli (1894-1974). Click here to see an enlargement of her passport marked Turturiello and Ricigliano and a picture of Bill at the family newsstand.

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Carmen Tortorello (1900-1994) married Mildred Serritella (1906-1970). For a picture, click here.

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Joseph Tortorello (1935-) married Jean McCarthy (1932-2001). They had six children. For pictures, click here.

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Paul (1960-)

Anne (1961-)

Joseph (1963-)

Donna (1966-)

Timothy (1969-)

Lynn (1971-).

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Anthony "PeeWee" Tortorello (1939-) married (????) Shirley Viana (1941-). For pictures, click here.

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Camille (1966-) For a picture, click here.

Nicole (1975-). For a picture, click here.

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Mary Ann (Tortorello) Cech (1941-) married Al Cech (1942-). For a picture, click here.

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Albert Cech (1972-) sells computer software. For a picture, click here.

Melissa Cech (1981-) is a student at Northern Illinois University. For a picture, click here.

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Vitella "Adeline or Dee" (Tortorello) Schifo (1903-1973) married Bert Schifo (1905-1938).

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Anthony "Shebo" Tortorello (1906-1944) married (????) Margaret (Gurgone) Tortorello (1908-1973). They had no children. He is shown here on the left. Shebo was killed in action on June 12, 1944, six days after he landed in the first wave on Utah Beach on D-Day with the famous 70th Tank Batallion. To learn more about this war hero and the 70th, click here.

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Minnie Tortorello (1906?-1906?). We think Minnie was Shebo's twin and died at birth or in infancy.

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Charles W. Tortorello (1908-1957) married to June Reich (1910-2001) May 16, 1935. "Uncle Charlie" was an accountant and the only child of Vincenza and Guiseppe who went to college (Northwestern University).

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Charmaine (Tortorello) Urban. Char is a retired school teacher in Evergreen Park, IL.

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Geoffrey Urban (1961-), a lawyer for the Chicago Transit Authority, married Kim Momot (19??-), an ad salesperson for Giftware News magazine, on November 5, 1994. For a picture, click here.

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Lucille (Tortorello) Janciewicz (1912-1951) married (???) John "Chuck" Janciewicz (1917-1978).

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Rochina ("Aunt Ruth") V. Tortorello, descendant of Giuseppe, died early Tuesday morning 9/25/2001 peacefully in her sleep at the Anchorage Nursing Home in Bensenville, IL. Born 8/16/1915, she was 86 years old and struggled with emphysema. Aunt Ruth never married, and treated the entire family like her children, often giving money, time, advice and consolation. We shall miss her, especially when we sing "Twelve Days of Christmas" on Christmas Eve. For her picture, click here.

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Joseph "Biff" Tortorello (1918-1988), warehouseman, Edward Don, Chicago IL, married (1943) to Mary (Fabiano) Tortorello (1919-2005), wife, mother, grandmother, Chicago IL. Mary and Joseph had three children, Anthony, William, and Mary Lucille. To see group pictures of most of the people below, click here.

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Anthony Tortorello, PhD. (1945-), chemist, Elmhurst IL, married to Theresa (Tassone) Tortorello (1947-), travel agent. For a picture of Anthony, click here. For Theresa, click here.

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Maria Tortorello (1974-), writer for United Airlines, married May 6, 2000 to David Schueler.

Antoinette Tortorello Allaway (1976-) a French teacher at Riverside Brookfield High School in Brookfield, IL married Dan Allaway, a teacher and coach at Montini High School, on June 9, 2001.

Mark Tortorello (1977-), sales representative for Standard Register, Chicago, IL. For a picture, click here.

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William Tortorello, Countryside IL, proprietor, Tortorello Sprinkling Systems, Chicago IL, married to Ann (Passi) Tortorello, wife, mother, and part time manager at a bakery in LaGrange, IL. For a picture, click here.

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Gina Arakelian (1972-), hair stylist and proprietor, Gi'Ara Salon, married to Danny Arakelian. For a picture, click here.

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Gianna Arakelian (2000-), full time kid. For pictures, click here.

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Tressa Tortorello (1975-) is a travel and event planner for Servicemaster Corp. She married Michael Lotito 6/8/2002. For pictures of their engagement, click here.

Natalie Tortorello (1977-), hair stylist and vocalist. For picture, click here.

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Mary Lucille Tortorello, PhD. (1951-), microbiologist, Brookfield IL. married in 1974 to Craig Goldwyn (1949-), writer/photographer, Brookfield, IL. For pictures, click here. For a link to their personal web site, go to http://craigandlou.com.

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Minnie and Peter Tortorello were twins. They died at birth or in infancy. We do not know when.

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