Michael Facchinello

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Primo Bernardo Facchinello

Great-grandfather of Michael

Years
1894–1980
Surname line
Italian / Facchinello
Living status
Deceased
Evidence
confirmed

Events

Dated events: date, event, place, status and claim ID
DateEventPlaceStatusClaim
December 18, 1894birthCasoni, Mussolente, Vicenza, Italyconfirmedclaim:primo-facchinello:birth:1
March 6, 1913immigration—confirmedclaim:primo-facchinello:immigration:1
1921marriage—reconstructedclaim:primo-facchinello:marriage:1
between 1934 and 1936migration—conditionalclaim:primo-facchinello:migration:1
1943–1944naturalizationJefferson County, Coloradosupportedclaim:primo-facchinello:naturalization:1
April 1, 1950 (census day)residenceArapahoe County, Coloradoconfirmedclaim:primo-facchinello:residence:1
September 17, 1980death—supportedclaim:primo-facchinello:death:1
after September 17, 1980burialLittleton, Coloradoconfirmedclaim:primo-facchinello:burial:1

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Children

Claim ledger

Every exported claim about this person: what it says, how strong its best source is (tier 1 = original record image, 5 = unsourced lead), its review state, and the sources that carry it. Source links open the workings page for that citation.

Claim ledger: claim ID, predicate, summary, status, tier, review state and sources
ClaimPredicateSummaryStatusTierReviewSources
claim:primo-facchinello:name:1namePrimo Bernardo Facchinello

The Vicenza civil birth index and San Rocco baptism identify Primo Bernardo directly and name Pietro Facchinello and Maria Battocchio as his parents. “Fachinello” is the civil-index spelling; later U.S. records use Facchinello.

confirmed1 · original-recordaccepted
claim:primo-facchinello:living-status:1living-statusdeceased

Deceased, per the cited sources.

supported2 · official-transcriptaccepted
claim:primo-facchinello:birth:1birthbirth · December 18, 1894 · Casoni, Mussolente, Vicenza, Italy

The Vicenza civil birth index records Primo Bernardo Fachinello, certificate 125, born December 18, 1894 to Pietro Facchinello and Maria Battocchio; the San Rocco parish record documents his baptism five days later at Casoni. These record-derived entries outweigh the October date in the U.S. naturalization index.

Conflict: conflict:primo-facchinello:birth-date

confirmed2 · official-transcriptaccepted
claim:primo-facchinello:death:1deathdeath · September 17, 1980

The Littleton interment-ledger extract (tier 2) records his death on 17 Sep 1980 with residence Denver; the memorial's obituary transcription and the marker agree on the date. No place of death is recorded: the ledger's residence column is not a place of death and Denver is otherwise stated only by the tier-3 transcription. The ledger's age “95” is wrong for an 1894 birth and is not copied.

supported2 · official-transcriptaccepted
claim:primo-facchinello:naturalization:1naturalizationnaturalization · 1943–1944 · Jefferson County, Colorado

The Denver Public Library's Colorado naturalization index (tier 2) lists a 1943 petition-and-declaration file (PN&DI, page 260, vol. (1st), GR806) and a 1944 index card (IC, vol. (3rd), GR804), both in the District Court sitting in Jefferson County — a state court whose files are at the Colorado State Archives, not a federal court. The 1950 census records him as naturalized. The index year is the document year, so the oath may fall in 1943 or 1944; the event carries the range until the petition is read (conflict:primo-facchinello:naturalization-year, question:primo-facchinello:naturalization-court-and-date). No petition image has been inspected.

Conflict: conflict:primo-facchinello:naturalization-year

supported1 · original-recordaccepted
claim:primo-facchinello:immigration:1immigrationimmigration · March 6, 1913 · Casoni, Mussolente, Vicenza, Italy → New York, New York

The passenger record identifies eighteen-year-old Primo Facchinello of Mussolente, names his father Pietro, and records arrival at New York on March 6, 1913 aboard the König Albert.

confirmed2 · official-transcriptaccepted
claim:primo-facchinello:marriage:1marriagemarriage · 1921

The obituary transcription on Primo's memorial (tier 3) says he “farmed north of Sterling and in 1921 married Assunta Fantin”; it states no place (the Sterling area is implied, not stated) and spells the maiden name “Fantin”, a transcription variant of the records' “Fantini”. No Logan County marriage record has been read (question:assunta-fantini:origins); the couple's relationship itself is confirmed by the 1950 census and the interment ledger.

reconstructed3 · compiled-genealogyaccepted
claim:primo-facchinello:migration:1migrationmigration · between 1934 and 1936 · Sterling, Colorado → Littleton, Colorado

Ray's obituary says the family moved to the Littleton area in 1934 and Lee's says the Facchinello family moved to Littleton in 1934 (both tier 2); Primo's obituary transcription (tier 3) says 1936. The leg runs from the Sterling farm (“north of Sterling”) to Littleton and carries the range because the year is in open conflict (conflict:facchinello-family:littleton-move-year); who exactly moved, and when, is not stated by a record, so the leg is conditional. The 1940 census (residence in 1935) is the record check.

Conflict: conflict:facchinello-family:littleton-move-year

conditional2 · official-transcriptaccepted
claim:primo-facchinello:residence:1residenceresidence · April 1, 1950 (census day) · Arapahoe County, Colorado

The 1950 census population schedule (tier 1, original image; Arapahoe County E.D. 3-47, sheet 14, lines 15–18) records Primo as head of a four-person household on a place of three or more acres, aged 55, born in Italy, naturalized. The schedule enters no incorporated place, so the residence is recorded at county precision; the house number and road are on the sheet and are not copied.

confirmed1 · original-recordaccepted
claim:primo-facchinello:burial:1burialburial · after September 17, 1980 · Littleton, Colorado

The Littleton interment-ledger extract (tier 2) records his burial in Littleton Cemetery, Block RA, Lot 12, Grave 7 (plot owner Primo Facchinello; nearest relative Ray Facchinello); his memorial agrees. The ledger gives the death date, not the interment date, so the burial is dated only “after” the death.

confirmed2 · official-transcriptaccepted
claim:primo-facchinello:spouse-of:1spouse-ofspouse-of Assunta Fantini Facchinello

Stated directly by tier 1–2 evidence: the 1950 census schedule records Assunta as “Wife” of the head Primo, and the Littleton interment ledger records her nearest relative as “husband” with Primo as plot owner, the two buried in adjacent graves of one lot. Ray's obituary names them as his parents and Primo's obituary transcription says he married “Assunta Fantin” in 1921. The marriage record itself has not been read (the 1921 marriage event is reconstructed).

confirmed1 · original-recordaccepted
claim:primo-facchinello:parent-of:1parent-ofparent-of Raymond “Ray” Aldo Facchinello

Stated directly by tier 1–2 evidence: Ray's obituary calls him “the youngest son of Primo and Assunta Facchinello”, and the 1950 census schedule records Raymond as “Son” of the head Primo. No birth certificate has been read.

confirmed1 · original-recordaccepted
claim:primo-facchinello:parent-of:2parent-ofparent-of Peter Duilio “Pete” Facchinello

Stated directly by tier-1 evidence: the 1950 census schedule records “Pete D” as “Son” of the head Primo. Ray's obituary names Pete as Ray's brother and the Sheridan Historical Society profile (tier 3) calls Pete “the son of Primo and Assunta Facchinello”. No birth certificate has been read.

confirmed1 · original-recordaccepted
claim:primo-facchinello:parent-of:3parent-ofparent-of Mary Facchinello Gillen

Ray's and Lee's obituaries name Primo and Assunta as their parents and Mary as their sister; Primo's obituary transcription (tier 3) lists “Mrs. Mary Gillen” among his daughters. No tier 1–2 source names Mary's parents directly, so the parentage stays supported.

supported2 · official-transcriptaccepted
claim:primo-facchinello:parent-of:4parent-ofparent-of Lee Facchinello Vosler

Stated directly by tier-2 evidence: Lee's own obituary calls her “the oldest daughter of Italian immigrants, Primo and Assunta Facchinello”; Ray's obituary names Lee as his sister. No birth certificate has been read.

confirmed2 · official-transcriptaccepted

Conflicts and open questions

  • Conflict conflict:primo-facchinello:birth-date (deferred)

    Primo's Italian civil birth and San Rocco baptism support December 18, 1894, while the Colorado naturalization index gives October 18, 1894. December is accepted because two near-contemporary Italian record series agree; October remains visible until the original U.S. naturalization papers are reconciled.

    • claim:primo-facchinello:birth:1 confirmed birth · December 18, 1894 · Casoni, Mussolente, Vicenza, Italy

  • Conflict conflict:facchinello-family:littleton-move-year (open)

    The family's move from the Sterling farm to Littleton is dated 1934 by Ray's and Lee's obituaries (tier 2) and 1936 by Primo's obituary transcription (tier 3). The accepted migration leg carries the range 1934–1936; the two candidate years are held unaccepted (T-RES-004: deferred, neither refuted). The 1940 census (which asks for residence in 1935) or Littleton school records would settle it.

    • claim:primo-facchinello:migration:1 conditional migration · between 1934 and 1936 · Sterling, Colorado → Littleton, Colorado

  • Conflict conflict:primo-facchinello:naturalization-year (open)

    The Colorado naturalization index lists a 1943 petition-and-declaration file and a 1944 index card for Primo Bernardo Facchinello in the District Court, Jefferson County; FamilySearch separately indexes June 4, 1941. These may be different filing, oath, or indexing stages. The accepted claim keeps the 1943–1944 range used by the DPL file references, while 1941, 1943 and 1944 remain unaccepted candidates until the originals are reconciled.

    • claim:primo-facchinello:naturalization:1 supported naturalization · 1943–1944 · Jefferson County, Colorado

  • Question question:primo-facchinello:parentage (answered)

    Are Pietro Facchinello and Maria Battocchio the parents of Primo Bernardo Facchinello, and in which comune was he born?

    Next: Answered October 13, 2026: the Vicenza civil birth index and San Rocco baptism name Pietro and Maria as Primo's parents and place the birth at Casoni, Mussolente on December 18, 1894. Preserve the conflicting October 18 U.S. index date until the original naturalization papers are reconciled.

    • claim:pietro-facchinello:parent-of:1 confirmed Pietro Facchinello: parent-of Primo Bernardo Facchinello
    • claim:maria-battocchio:parent-of:1 confirmed Maria Battocchio: parent-of Primo Bernardo Facchinello
    • claim:pietro-facchinello:spouse-of:1 confirmed Pietro Facchinello: spouse-of Maria Battocchio
    • claim:primo-facchinello:birth:1 confirmed Primo Bernardo Facchinello: birth · December 18, 1894 · Casoni, Mussolente, Vicenza, Italy

  • Question question:primo-facchinello:naturalization-court-and-date (open)

    In which court and year was Primo admitted to citizenship? The Colorado naturalization index shows a 1943 petition-and-declaration file (page 260, vol. (1st), GR806) and a 1944 index card (vol. (3rd), GR804) in the District Court, Jefferson County — a state court, not the federal court the earlier notes assumed.

    Next: Written request to the Colorado State Archives (Jefferson County District Court naturalizations) quoting the index references — page 260; volumes (1st) and (3rd); locations GR806 / GR804 — for the declaration of intention, petition, certificate of arrival and the admission date; the post-1929 declaration also states arrival port, vessel and date, the marriage date and place and each child's name and birth. Resolve conflict:primo-facchinello:naturalization-year from the file and promote the naturalization event to confirmed.

    • claim:primo-facchinello:naturalization:1 supported Primo Bernardo Facchinello: naturalization · 1943–1944 · Jefferson County, Colorado

  • Question question:primo-facchinello:immigration (open)

    When and where did Primo and Assunta arrive in the United States, and when did they settle in Colorado? Primo's arrival is now documented; Assunta's arrival and the settlement chronology remain open.

    Next: Primo's arrival is answered: March 6, 1913 at New York aboard the König Albert, from Mussolente, with father Pietro named. Continue with the 1930 Logan County and 1940 Arapahoe County censuses and Assunta's passenger/naturalization records to establish her arrival and the couple's Colorado settlement chronology.

    • claim:primo-facchinello:immigration:1 confirmed Primo Bernardo Facchinello: immigration · March 6, 1913 · Casoni, Mussolente, Vicenza, Italy → New York, New York
    • claim:primo-facchinello:migration:1 conditional Primo Bernardo Facchinello: migration · between 1934 and 1936 · Sterling, Colorado → Littleton, Colorado
    • claim:primo-facchinello:residence:1 confirmed Primo Bernardo Facchinello: residence · April 1, 1950 (census day) · Arapahoe County, Colorado