Most of the Zona immigration to the U.S. occured between 1888-1891. They came from Pehull,Sianto,Creva,Casi
Cossato, Calvi Risorta,Cossato,Sianto,Graus Vetuston,& Caserta to board ships at Naples & Palermo in Italy for the
U.S.
By 1920 most of the immigrants had landed in the northern tier of states in the U.S.,such as
Minnesota,Wisconsin,Illlinois,Ohio,New York,& Pennsylvania.
Of those who came to Pennsylvania,many chose the larger cities of Philadelphia & Pittsburgh,simply
for the job opportunities.
But over the decades the Zonas have melted into the smaller communities. It seems that other
than Allegheny County,most of the modern-day Zonas have lived in Ellwood City,with a smaller group living in New Castle.
They Anglosized their names,like this:
GAETANO became GERALD
LUIGI
became LOUIS
GIUSEPPE became JOSEPH
ROSA
became ROSE
MARIA
became MARY

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List of Surnames
Here I list all of the family names and variations I've found while researching the Zona family tree:
ALBINO
AZAR
CALABRESE
CARUSO
CASUCCIO
CLETTA
CUTILLO
D' AUGUSTO
DeCAPRIO
DeLILLO
DiCAPRIO
ELARI
FAROANE
FINLEY
FORBES
FUSCO
HALEY
HILER
HUDSON
KELLBAUGH
LaCAVA
LATESS
McCLUNG
MAIN
MALIZIA
MANGINE
MATTHEWS
MEADE
MOORE
NAPOLITANO
PARASCENZO
PEZZUTO
RAPP
READ
ROZZI
SHELDON
TILLIA
VANASSA
WADSWORTH
ZONA
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