The Mazza Archive
1917–2007

Antonino Polistena

Of Scilla, Reggio Calabria.

Antonino Polistena1917 – 2007
marriedRosa Polistenafamily tree
an ancestor of Mia and Rocco a record about them has been read from the family tree, unverified

Every relationship drawn here comes from the family tree, and not one of them has yet been proved by a record. That is the honest state of this archive: the chart shows what Michael Mazza's tree asserts, and the colour tells you only whether anything at all has been read about the person at the other end. The method →

What is recorded

Born
Scilla, Reggio Calabria
4 September 1917
Died
Scilla, Reggio Calabria
2007
Arrived
Brisbane, Queensland
17 June 1949
Left
Genoa, Liguria

Where this comes from

All 10 of the relationships drawn above come from Michael Mazza's family tree, and none of them has been proved by a record this archive has read.

1 record has been read about them:

Component 1 · every Polistena in the archive →

Read from the passenger index

The crossing

Ship
Surriento
documented
Sailed from
Naples
Arrived
Australia
17 Jun 1949
NAA item

Exact date. Indexed as "Antonio". Corrects the port of embarkation from Genoa to Naples. — National Archives of Australia, passenger arrivals index 1898–1972, read 10 September 2026. The crossings →

Photographs

Antonino Polistena

From the family's own tree, contributed by Michael Mazza and relatives. Almost none are captioned — identifications are the most valuable thing you can send.

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