Lodovico DeFrancesco

Nicknamed "Shorty"

 

Records indicate he was a tinsmith by trade. But also a carpenter or cabinette maker. According to his daughter Assunta (Susan) Defrancesco, he was the oldest

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ld. The town Castelvetere Valfortore province di Benevento, Italy means court hous Basilice & jail house. Taxes were paid at St. Bartolomeo in Taldos. Their courthouse was changed to Colli

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They had to cross a rough river. It was too dangerous, thats why they changed it.