Vincenzo (aka "James") DiMascio, son of Antonio DiMascio and Francesca Debrosso, was born 01 Oct 1883 in Pescina, Province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy. According to son Anthony, Vincenzo and a brother left home after the death of their mother and the remarriage of their father. According to the 1930 census, Vincenzo came to the United States in 1902. He became a naturalized citizen in 1938. His brother, whose name we do not know, went to South America. Vincenzo at one time owned a farm in Clarendon, Orleans County, New York. Down the road, a cousin, Joe DiMascio and family also owned a farm. Vincenzo died in Rochester, New York in 1948.

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