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November 21, 2010
From Frank Barbuscio,
My information on Harry J. Barbuscio (my Uncle) is somewhat sketchy. Here is what I have:
...He was the second youngest child and second son of Frank (Francesco)and Maria or Marietta (Spizziri) Barbuscio born in East Providence or Providence, Rhode Island.
...His siblings include Pat Barbuscio (my father), Margaret Nicholas, Nancy Pitochelli (?), Ann Lamoureaux and Eleanor Barnes. All except possibly Eleanor are deceased. Eleanor lives in St. Augustine, Florida.
...He was tall (6'), slim and rather good looking.
...His first marriage was to a woman named Lena. They had a daughter, (Joan?) who I believe lives in either Providence or North Providence and is in her sixties.
...Harry was a soldier in WWII and was wounded in the leg during the battle of Leyte (Philiipines).
...He Left Rhode Island for Baltimore, MD and lived there several years. I believe he remarried and had a daughter.
...He returned to Rhode Island with a woman named Catherine.
...My Grandfather and Grandmother were born in Cosenza, Calabria, Italy. After spending a year in the coal mines of West Virginia, grandfather moved to Providence, Rhode Island where he met his future wife, Maria.
... I am sure that Harry's sisters' surviving families have more information.

July 19, 2010
Update on my son Dominick and wife Kelly. They moved from Colorado to Edmond Oklahoma and they have added 2 additional Barbuscio men to the mix. Joseph Louis Barbuscio age 3 and Jack Thomas Barbuscio 4 days old.

July 19, 2010
My name is Robert Daniel Barbush and I am 67 years old residing in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. I grew up in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and lived there during my childhood. My father’s side of the family was Italian and their parents were born in Calabria, Italy somewhere in Cosenza. My Grandfathers name was Daniel Frank Barbush , the Frank being his father’s first name ( MY GREATGRANDFATHER) and Daniel was married to Ella Librandi. My Grandmother Ella whose father was a farmer and farmed land located in Middletown, Pennsylvania. My Grandfather had five Brothers and lived in both Middletown and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and owned a Bar known as the Bollinger Hotel that was located at 214 Chestnut St. in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. His father Frank ( my Great Grandfather ) once owned the Mansion House located in Middletown, Pennsylvania. Three of my Grandfathers Brothers who were Louis, Gene, and Pete operated Bars in downtown Harrisburg, uptown Harrisburg and the Sportsman’s Club off of Linglestown road where the Sportsman’s Golf course is today. I have been to Italy four times but never to Calabria and would like to look up any Barbuscio’s who are still living there. I have been told that they are still living there.

If you can share any information that you may have with me I would be greatly appreciative.  Thank-You

October 18, 2009
I just started researching my family name for my daughters and came across your website.  My mom who still is alive was born Karen Louise Barbuscio in Providence Rhode Island.  Her father was Harry J Barbuscio (RI) and mother was Irene Elizabeth (Twist) Barbuscio.  He left when she was 16 years old…the more I research the more I see he may have re-married to a woman named Catherine…not sure as he left and my mom never saw him again.  She did tell me he was in WWII…maybe a connection??  His father was Frank Vincent Barbuscio and mother was either Mary or Maria….She did say our relatives were from  Calabria    Italy…Anything would be great

July 27, 2008 Got an Email to add 2 more households in Rhode Island. I'm glad I fixed that Email address:
Welcome to: 
Kurt W Barbuscio
East Providence, RI 
and
William Barbuscio
West Warwick, RI 

July 2, 2008 Daughter in Law Kelly started a family tree on Geni.com and got me poking around in their research capabilities as well as on Ancestry.com. Found my grand fathers name on New York Passenger List for  March  29 1910 on the ship Martha Washington. This wouldn't have been his first voyage since my father was already born here in the US by that time. I also found a photo of the ship and a copy of granddad's World War I draft card, which was pretty amazing.  Geni.com is an easy site to use and the research connections on Ancestry.com are great.

June 23, 2008 just logged in to the site to add my Son and his family out in Colorado.  The sites been quiet for a long time and I just realized why. The Email address that was listed has been dead for years.  For anyone who tried to send me information in the last five years I apologize and I have entered my current Email address to the home page

April 3, 2001 got E-mail from Mary Barbuscio in Canada:

"My name is Mary Barbuscio.  My parents, Pietro (Peter) and Emilia (nee Cesario) immigrated to Winnipeg, Manitoba before I was born.  I am 31 and moved to BC almost 8 years ago.

Thank you for getting this site up - it's good to know the origin of the name because we feel like we're so out of touch with our roots now."

Mary gave me a family history and links to her relatives in Italy. I've added a Family Tree with her information and planted "Tree" link buttons in all of them that I have in my registry so far.  

April 1, 2001 - Got some E-mail from "Joe":

March 6, 2001 - Received the following from Leslie Nicotera:

"Hi, I found your page while researching information for a trip to Italy I will
be taking in 2 weeks.  My grandmother's mother's maiden name was Barbuscio
(changed to Barbush at some point). I beleive my great grandmother's her name was Maria. She married Thomas Lewis (probably Lucia at one time).  I also
beleive they lived near Pottsville, PA where my grandmother was born.  Hope
this helps put some pieces together for you."

Brother Charles Barbush (seeNov 9th below) also hails from PA so maybe they're linked?

Feb 14, 2001 - The recent Annual Directory of  POINT "Pursuing Our Italian Names Together", Listed 2 new Barbuscio related individuals. Joan Lindquist of Jackson, NJ and Denis Malto of Warner Robins, GA. I've sent them both E-mail and received an imediate response from Joan Lindquist with the following information.

"My great, great grandmother, Maria Barbuscio, who was born and lived and died in Lappano, Cosenza, Calabria, Italy, was the daughter of Domenico Barbuscio, a farmer (contadino) and Teresa Gervisso (it could also be Gervasi, another common name in Lappano). 

Maria Barbuscio, my great, great, grandmother on my maternal grandmother's side of the family, is the only Barbuscio I know of in our family."

We have added Joan under New Jersey and a Family Tree for Maria Barbuscio

Nov 9th through 12th 2000. I attended an RCIA workshop at St. Elizabeth's College in Convent Station NJ. A fellow participant, Bro. Charlie Barbush, approached me because he recognized the name Barrbuscio as the name his grandfather was born with and later legally changed to the more phonetic spelling, BARBUSH.  This interested me on both counts since my own father, Dominick Barbuscio, having grown up in an Italian section of north Jersey was called Bob and Barbush (neopolitans of that era always seem to drop that last vowel). The name stuck so much that a lawyer's secretary who filed for his Social Security registration assumed his name was Robert Barbush. It was 25 years later that he actually corrected his SS records. I've added Charlie to the records in the New Jersey section of the USA page. You can send him E-mail at brcharlesbarbush@aol.com 

On July 20th, 2000 I received the following E-mail from another new "cousin" in Argentina:

"Hi all.
  I'm looking for any 'Barbuscio' around    the net.  I wanna know about you.
  My name is Fernando Barbuscio, and     I'm 31 years old.
I'm here in Buenos Aires, Argentine."
  fbarbuscio@usa.net

I paid to have the name researched and we have a very proud and early tradition as well as a Coat of Arms which I have now included on the web site. The origin of our name is very interesting be sure to check it out.

I received an E-Mail response from MARIA CLARA BARBUSCIO daughter of JOSE LUIS BARBUSCIO in Buenes Aries, Argentina so that makes 6 countries we have located Barbuscios in.