The Mazza Archive
1900–1983

Francessco Prostamo

An ancestor of Mia and Rocco — generation 4 above them.

Francessco Prostamo1900 – 1983generation 4 above the children
marriedMaria Rosa Melluso1907 – 1994tree — an ancestor
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
Briatico, Vibo Valentia, Calabria
16 November 1900
Died
Briatico, Vibo Valentia, Calabria
21 August 1983
Arrived
Fremantle, Western Australia
10 October 1957
Left
Genoa, Liguria

Where this comes from

All 16 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.

2 records have been read about them:

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Read from the passenger index

The crossing

Ship
Roma
documented
Sailed from
Genoa
Arrived
Fremantle
10 Oct 1957
NAA item

Exact date, port and embarkation all agree. The Francesca Prostamo on the same voyage is now IDENTIFIED: she is his daughter, born 1945 at Briatico, aged twelve. The tree records no crossing for her at all -- she travelled with her father. — National Archives of Australia, passenger arrivals index 1898–1972, read 10 September 2026. The crossings →

Photographs

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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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