Gemma Ciolli Leone – Del Principe Family Tree

Gemma & Giacomo’s Story

Phyllis Zeck / February 15, 2026

I recently received some wonderful photos from Giacomo Leone of his grandparents, Giacomo Gerardo Leone (1876-1947) and Nicolina Gemma Ciolli […]

Phyllis Zeck / December 17, 2016

In one of the interviews my brother Rob and I had with Auntie Phyllis in 2011, Auntie Phyllis talked about […]

Below is continued research from Kathy at GenTracer. She has dug deeper into our family roots to uncover more about […]

Phyllis Zeck / January 10, 2013

I’ve been gathering immigration documents from our Del Principe and Ciolli relatives to try to determine who was the first […]

Phyllis Zeck / October 27, 2011

In September I collaborated with three of my Ciolli cousins to dig further back into the archives of our family […]

Phyllis Zeck / September 21, 2011

As I was saying in my previous blog, one of the highlights of my visit to Chicago in May was […]

Below is the historical documentation about my great grandmother’s family (Elvira Ciolli). Thank you to my cousin Joe for collaborating […]

Phyllis Zeck / January 22, 2011

Joe Del Principe has been corresponding with Salvatore Toscano in Pescasseroli. Salvatore is an Innkeeper who owns a Bed and […]

Phyllis Zeck / December 23, 2010

Elvira married Pietro around the age of 14 in approx 1888. We know she had at least 15 children. She […]