Riccardo Defranceschi
Riccardo Defranceschi, 1889. New York. Every mention of this name in the archive — 1 across 2 pages.
Aged sixty when he crossed. New York City passenger lists: «Riccardo Defranceschi, age 60, birth year 1889, birth place Italian, arrival year 1949, arrival city New York, ship Atlantico» — NARA publication T715, roll 7738, film 002296450. A man of sixty arriving in 1949 is not an economic migrant, and the year is the middle of the Istrian esodo. The manifest would say where he came from; the index does not — the post-war series records only nationality, and the town is on the plate. (doc for the arrival; everything about his origin is open.) Findmypast, read 21 September 2026.
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