The Mazza Archive
1924–1999

Rocco Arena

An ancestor of Mia and Rocco — generation 3 above them.

Rocco Arena1924 – 1999generation 3 above the children
marriedAngela Polistena1925 – 2018tree + a record read
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
12 October 1924
Died
Brisbane, Queensland
1999
Buried
Nudgee, Brisbane, Queensland
Arrived
Brisbane, Queensland
December 1953
Left
Genoa, Liguria

Where this comes from

All 11 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:

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Component 1 · every Arena in the archive →

Read from the register

The burial

Plot
V-1029
Nudgee Cemetery
Born
12 October 1924
Died
29 October 1999
Interred
1 November 1999
Entered as
Rocco Arena

Brisbane Catholic Cemeteries deceased register, read 10 September 2026. Nudgee →

Photographs

Rocco Arena

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.

Others of the same name

These three towns repeat their names relentlessly — this archive holds four men called Rosario Mazza and four called Giuseppe Arena. These are different people, kept apart on purpose rather than merged into one. Why →

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