Possible relatives we are still checking.

1673 –

FamilySearch Family Tree profile GXX2-BQ4 reports Nicola Iacofano, male, born about 1673. The only visible attached source in the user-supplied excerpt is a San Emidio parish stato d'anime source for Agnone Casa 32, taken across 1745-1750, where Giacomo Iacofano is reportedly recorded as a married household head with spouse Isabella Frezza and parents Nicola Iacofano and Vittoria Ferrone. A public Agnone GEDCOM extract independently shows Nicola Iacofano `GXX2-BQ4` and Vittoria Ferrone `GXXL-CJV` as parents of Giacomo Iaciofano `GH6G-GYQ` in family `F8930`, but this is still compiled evidence. If the original San Emidio parish census image verifies the entry, Nicola and Vittoria may be parents of Giacomo in an Agnone Iacofano branch, but no bridge currently connects this branch to Tony Iacofano's Cleveland line or to the Busso comparison leads.

1700 –

A public ItalianGenealogy surname-origin thread reports Gio. Andrea Iaciofano, born in Busso circa 1700, married Elisabetta Piaccio of Campobasso and had at least four children in Campobasso between 1723 and 1743. This may be an early Busso/Campobasso Iaciofano clue for the surname's older branch, but no original parish, notarial, or civil record has been captured.

1728 –

A user-supplied FamilySearch indexed death entry reports Sebastiano Finizia, age 84, occupation proprietor, died in Sepino on 7 November 1812, certificate No. 112, with parents Domenico Finizia and Margherita Gualterio and an associated spouse/child entry for Cristina Maglieri. The user flagged this as a possible most-distant relative on Tony Iacofano's maternal Mary Ricciardi line. The current repo proves Mary Ricciardi's parents as Domenic/Dominic Ricciardi and Christina/Christania Polletta/Pauletta, but it does not yet contain the intervening Sepino generation chain connecting those anchors to Finizia, Gualterio, or Maglieri.

1790 –

John McKinnon (born ~1790, Isle of Mull; emigrated 1808; buried Campbell Cemetery, Seafoam, Nova Scotia) may be a collateral relative — possibly a sibling or cousin of Lachlin MacKinnon, the father of Donald Mac Kinnon (baptized 1815/1816 at Malpeque Road, PEI). His gravestone reads "emigrated to this Island in 1808" but is located at a mainland Nova Scotia cemetery — "this Island" most plausibly refers to Prince Edward Island, where the archive's existing McKinnon line (Lachlin MacKinnon → Donald Mac Kinnon) is documented. Both men share the McKinnon name, both are associated with early-19th-century PEI-area Scottish settlement, and both trace to the Hebrides/Argyll region of Scotland. John's ~1790 birth year makes him too young to be Lachlin's father but a generation-mate or sibling relationship is plausible. If John emigrated to PEI in 1808 and Lachlin was already on PEI by 1815 (when Donald was born at Malpeque Road), a familial connection is possible.

1794 –

John McKinnon (born ~1794, Argyllshire; died 12 August 1857 at Campbell Cemetery, Seafoam, Pictou County, Nova Scotia) is a Scottish emigrant to Atlantic Canada from the same regional origin (Argyll) as the McKinnon families already documented in this archive. He may be a relative of Lachlin MacKinnon (father of Donald Mac Kinnon, baptized 1815 at Malpeque Road, PEI) or of the companion lead John McKinnon (Isle of Mull, born ~1790), whose stone stands in the same Campbell Cemetery. Both McKinnon leads share a common Argyll/Hebrides origin, and both were buried in the same Pictou County, Nova Scotia cemetery. A family tie between the two John McKinnons (and through them to the PEI McKinnon line) is plausible but unconfirmed.

1831 –

User-supplied FamilySearch source details, with metadata-confirmed Busso image targets, report Mariantonia Priano as the first wife of Biase Iaciofano, married in Busso on 20 March 1858, mother of Filomena born 17 April 1861, and deceased in Busso on 25 August 1865. If verified from original images, her death provides the likely opening for Biase's reported 1866 marriage to Anna Maria Santangelo.

1832 –

FamilySearch metadata confirms the Busso Nati 1832 image reference for a user-supplied birth transcription naming Biase Iaciofano, reportedly born 12 December 1832 in Busso to Giuseppe Iaciofano and Marianna Ranallo. A second FamilySearch metadata capture confirms the Busso Matrimoni 1858 image reference for a user-supplied marriage transcription naming Biase Iaciofano and Mariantonia Priano. Additional user-supplied source details point to daughter Filomena in 1861, Mariantonia's death in 1865, and an Ohio 1910 marriage index for Lorenzo Taciofano as son of Biagio and A. Maria Santangelo. This makes it plausible that the 1858 Priano husband and the later Santangelo husband are the same man, but the original images and intervening records have not been reviewed.

1837 –

A public family page for Samuel Henry Seem names Samuel's parents as Herman Seem, born in 1837, and Mary Jane Myers, born in 1845. Herman is a possible paternal grandfather lead for Lola Louise Seem, but the assertion currently depends only on the public family page.

1845 –

A public family page for Samuel Henry Seem names Samuel's parents as Herman Seem, born in 1837, and Mary Jane Myers, born in 1845. Mary Jane Myers is a possible paternal grandmother lead for Lola Louise Seem, but the assertion currently depends only on the public family page.

1857 –

Clarence Seward Darrow, the attorney, is the Darrow-line comparison target for the Shirley Jean Armstrong maternal-line research question. His parentage and paternal Darrow ancestry must be independently documented before any claimed relationship to Shirley through Minnie Darrow can be evaluated.

1861 –

User-supplied FamilySearch source details, with metadata-confirmed Busso image targets, report Filomena as a daughter of Biase Iaciofano and Mariantonia Priano, born in Busso on 17 April 1861. A later reported 1894 Busso marriage to Antonio Mulierini names Filomena, age 33, as daughter of deceased Biase and Mariantonia Priano, which would corroborate the 1861 birth if the images are verified.

1864 –

Emma J. Conrad was recorded as a 30-year-old housekeeper born in Nova Scotia when she married Donald G. McKinnon in Boston on 29 August 1894. She is a possible collateral relative by marriage if Donald G. McKinnon belongs to the same PEI McKinnon line connected to the Ponceby family.

1865 –

Donald G. McKinnon was recorded as a 29-year-old carpenter born in Prince Edward Island when he married Emma J. Conrad in Boston on 29 August 1894. His parents were recorded as Donald and Elizabeth, making him a plausible child of Donald McKinnon and Elizabeth Jardine and a possible collateral relative in the same PEI McKinnon line connected to the Ponceby family. This remains unconfirmed until a source directly ties him to the same Donald McKinnon and Elizabeth Jardine.

1876 –

A public ItalianGenealogy Busso thread reports a Giovanni Iaciofano, born about 1876 in Busso, as a child of Biagio/Biase Iaciofano and Anna Maria Santangelo. The date range, surname variant, and same-surname Busso cluster make him a candidate to compare against Tony Iacofano's John/Giovanni Iacofano lead, but there is not yet any document-backed bridge to Arthur Joe Iacofano, Mary J. Lorenzo/Laurenzo, Cleveland, or 2025 Random Rd.

1880 –

A Cuyahoga County naturalization index card records Giovanni Iacofano of 57 Norman St., Cleveland, Ohio, born in Italy on 20 July 1880, arrived in the United States on 23 July 1897, and naturalized in the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court on 4 April 1903 under Petition No. 20829. This may be connected to Tony Iacofano's John/Giovanni Iacofano line, but the 1880 birth date conflicts with the current medium-confidence canonical John Iacofano born about 1874 and the card does not name a spouse, child, parent, birthplace in Italy, or later Random Road household context.

1881 –

Domenico Mancini is the father named on Olga M. Iacofano's 1941 Cuyahoga naturalization card. His NARA naturalization packet carries the same certificate number and petition/record number as Olga's card, names daughter Olga, and places the family at 2015 Random Road, one address step from Olga's later 2017 Random Road card. He is a collateral lead for the Iacofano research because Olga's 1937 marriage to John Iacofano may connect to the Random Road Iacofano cluster.

1884 –

An accepted 1944 Cuyahoga County naturalization card records Erminio Laurienzo of 15814 Mandalay, Cleveland, age 60, naturalized in U.S. District Court on 2 June 1944. He is a possible collateral Laurienzo/Laurenzo lead with no direct link yet to the canonical Iacofano line.

1885 –

The proposed 1941 marriage record for Arthur Joe Iacofano names his mother as Mary J. Laurenzo. The proposed 1940 census records widowed Mary Iacofano, age 54 and born in Italy, as household head with Arthur and likely siblings. The proposed 1920 census records Mary Yaciofano, age 35 and born in Italy, as wife of John Yaciofano in a household with a 2025 house number. Together these are a strong lead for Arthur's mother, pending user acceptance and corroboration.

1887 –

A Cleveland Public Library cemetery/necrology scan records Iaciofano, John, with lifespan 1887-1932 and a cemetery-record source label. This may be a same-surname Cleveland-area candidate, but it conflicts with the canonical John Iacofano born about 1874 and does not tie to Mary/Maria Iacofano, Arthur Iacofano, the 2025 Random Road household, or the accepted Maria obituary.

1892 –

Mary Mancini is Domenico Mancini's wife and part of the same 2015 Random Road Mancini household that explains Olga M. Iacofano's derivative naturalization card. Her NARA petition corroborates Domenico's 16 September 1927 naturalization and certificate number 2639152, and names Olga in the household, but its child-date lines conflict with Domenico's petition and Olga's card.

1893 –

An accepted 1928 Cuyahoga County naturalization card records Michele Laurienzo of 866 Whitemble/Whitcomb, Cleveland, age 35, naturalized in U.S. District Court on 8 June 1928, with minor child Concetta, age 2, born in Cleveland. The same apparent address appears on Maria Laurienzo's 1939 card.

1894 –

A proposed 1924 Cuyahoga County naturalization card records Nick Laurienzo of 810 Wayside Rd, Cleveland, age 30, naturalized in U.S. District Court on 6 March 1924, with minor child Mary, age 3 months, born in Cleveland. He is a separate lead until stronger evidence connects him to the other Laurienzo card subjects.

1895 –

The accepted Concetta Iaciofano NARA naturalization packet records Mike as Concetta's husband, born 7 August 1895 at "Buso, Italy," entering at New York on 30 August 1913, and marrying Concetta in Cleveland on 16 June 1922. The proposed 1944 naturalization certificate card records Mike Iaciofano, age 49, of 1840 Woodlawn Ave, East Cleveland, as naturalized in the U.S. District Court at Cleveland on 7 September 1944. A proposed NARA naturalization packet for Mike Iaciofano records residence at 1849 Woodlawn Ave, East Cleveland, birth on 7 August 1895 at "Buso, Italy," lawful entry at New York on 30 August 1913 as Michelangelo Iaciofalo aboard the SS Kaiser Franz Joseph I, and marriage to Concetta in Cleveland on 16 June 1922. The 1943-1944 Cleveland city-directory entry for "Michl (Concettina)" Iaciofano at 1849 Woodlawn av EC likely describes this same household, pending additional corroborating relationship records.

1898 –

The accepted 1944 naturalization certificate card records Concetta Iaciofano at 1849 Woodlawn in East Cleveland and states that she was naturalized in the U.S. District Court at Cleveland on 17 November 1944. The accepted NARA naturalization packet records Concetta's exact birth date, arrival as Concetta Perrone, marriage to Mike Iaciofano, children Lawrence and Mary, and naturalization. The same-address Mike/Concetta household is now canonical, but no document yet connects that household to Arthur Joe Iacofano, Mary J. Laurenzo/Iacofano, or Tony Iacofano's line.

1898 –

An accepted 1949 Cuyahoga County naturalization card records Domenico Laurienzo of 825 Woodview, Cleveland Heights, age 51, naturalized in U.S. District Court on 3 December 1926. He may be associated with the Woodview address-note artifact and broader Laurienzo cluster, but no family connection is established.

1898 –

An accepted 1939 Cuyahoga County naturalization card records Maria Laurienzo of 866 Whitcomb, Cleveland, age 41, naturalized herself in U.S. District Court on 8 March 1939. The address matches Michele Laurienzo's 1928 card, but the relationship is not stated.

1899 –

A proposed 1944 Cuyahoga County naturalization card records Concetta Laurienzo of 951 Royal Rd, Cleveland, age 45, naturalized in U.S. District Court on 31 March 1944. She is a possible collateral Laurienzo/Laurenzo surname lead, but is not linked to any canonical person.

1899 –

A proposed 1923 derivative naturalization card records John A. Laurienzo of 12302 Mayfield, Cleveland, age 24, as recorded through father Francesco Laurienzo's Common Pleas papers from 27 October 1900. This creates a Francesco Laurienzo father clue that may be relevant to the Laurienzo/Lorenzo surname cluster, but no link to Mary J. Laurenzo Iacofano is established.

1900 –

Two proposed Cuyahoga County cards appear to describe Carmine Nicolo Laurienzo: a 1933 derivative/father's-papers card at 2063 Murray Hill naming Nicolo Laurienzo, and a 1947 U.S. District Court naturalization card at 2072 Murray Hill Rd. The pair may describe a Murray Hill Laurienzo household, but no accepted source connects it to Mary J. Laurenzo Iacofano.

1900 –

An accepted 1947 Cuyahoga County naturalization card records Mrs. Mariannicola Laurienzo of 2072 Murray Hill Rd, Cleveland, age 47, naturalized herself in U.S. District Court on 25 July 1947. A proposed 1933 husband's-papers card at 2063 Murray Hill naming Nicolo Laurienzo may describe the same person, but the name forms and relationship context require confirmation.

1904 –

A proposed 1936 Cuyahoga County naturalization card records Jessie Laurienzo of 12302 Mayfield Rd, Cleveland, age 32, naturalized herself in U.S. District Court on 26 June 1936. The same address appears on John A. Laurienzo's father's-papers card, but their relationship is unproven.

1914 –

The proposed 1920 census lists Anna Yaciofano, age read as 6 and born in Ohio, as a daughter of John and Mary Yaciofano. If this is the same family as Arthur Joe Iacofano's parents, Anna is a likely collateral sibling who may generate marriage, obituary, or death evidence naming the same parents.

1919 –

The proposed 1941 Cuyahoga County naturalization card records Mrs. Olga M. Iacofano, age 21, at 2017 Random Rd in Cleveland, naturalized at age 7 through father Domenico Mancini's papers. Domenico Mancini's NARA naturalization packet confirms the father-paper certificate number, petition/record number, 16 September 1927 naturalization date, and daughter Olga in the household. The card states that Olga married John Iacofano in 1937 and that John was born in Cleveland, matching proposed 1942 and 1943-1944 city-directory entries for John L. and Olga Iacofano at 2017 Random Rd. This remains a useful same-surname Cleveland collateral lead, but it is not yet connected to Arthur Joe Iacofano's family.

1926 –

A proposed 1960 Cuyahoga County naturalization card records Antonio Mario Laurienzo, born 8 September 1926, of 15726 Halliday Ave, as naturalized in the U.S. District Court on 3 July 1957. He may be part of the broader Cleveland Laurienzo/Laurenzo collateral surname cluster, but no document yet connects him to Mary J. Laurenzo Iacofano.

1927 –

A 1950 Detroit border crossing manifest card records Catherine (Kathrya) Margaret Ponceby, born in Edmonton, Alberta, on 7 June 1927, entering the United States to reside permanently with father Donald Ponceby at 9715 Logan Court, Cleveland, Ohio. She may be Donald Edwin Ponceby's daughter, stepdaughter, adopted daughter, foster daughter, or another relative using the Ponceby surname; the same card names Peter Cook of Cranbrook, British Columbia, as her brother. A Cuyahoga County Probate Court marriage index entry for Kathryn Margaret Ponceby and Robert Ray Johnson may be the same woman under a variant spelling, but it does not name parents, so the identity should remain a lead until corroborated.

1928 –

The proposed 1961 naturalization certificate card records Francesco Iaciofano, born 13 October 1928, of 11117 Woodland, Cleveland, as naturalized in the U.S. District Court at Cleveland on 24 February 1961. A proposed Dignity Memorial obituary found in a 26 April 2026 public-web search gives the same birth date, a 3 December 2013 death date, wife Antonietta (nee Primiano), parents Giusepe Iaciofano and Maria Albanese, and a sibling cluster including Domenico Iaciofano. This establishes a promising Woodland/Mayfield Heights collateral family, but not yet a documented bridge to the Arthur/Mary Iacofano line.

1930 –

The accepted 1956 naturalization certificate card records Antonietta Iaciofano, born 1 October 1930, of 11807 Woodland Avenue, Cleveland, as naturalized in the U.S. District Court at Cleveland on 16 November 1956. The card establishes a same-surname Cleveland naturalization subject but does not identify parents, spouse, birthplace, or a relationship to the Arthur/Mary Iacofano line.

1947 –

The 1965 Euclid High School Euclidian yearbook senior index records "LYNDA LEE IACOFANO" with nickname Lynn, and the senior portrait page records "LINDA IACOFANO" beside Anthony Iacofano. The same surname, same school, and same graduating class make Lynda a plausible Iacofano-family connection, but her relationship to Tony/Anthony, Arthur J. Iacofano Sr., and Mary Ricciardi Iacofano is unknown until another household, obituary, birth, marriage, or directory source corroborates it.

1952 –

The accepted 2018 obituary for Mary Ricciardi Iacofano names a son "Art (Cheryl) Iacofano." Three 1973-1974 Euclid News-Journal notices name Art Iacofano, twice at 373 East 232 St., the same household address recorded for Anthony L. Iacofano in the accepted 1971 Euclid News-Journal notice. The college graduation and student-teaching context make this likely a younger Art/Arthur Jr. in Arthur Sr. and Mary's family, rather than Arthur J. Iacofano Sr., but direct birth, marriage, obituary, or household evidence is still needed before promotion.

Dates not yet resolved

A public ItalianGenealogy Busso thread reports Anna Maria Santangelo, born 13 February 1846 in Busso, as the woman who married Biase Iaciofano on 5 July 1866. A user-supplied FamilySearch Family Tree source-list excerpt separately reports a 1910 Cuyahoga County, Ohio marriage-index clue for Lorenzo Taciofano that names parents Biagio and A. Maria Santangelo. If original Busso and Ohio records verify those claims, Anna Maria may be the mother of the Busso Giovanni/Lorenzo comparison candidates, but there is no document-backed bridge to Tony Iacofano's Cleveland John/Giovanni line.

Dates not yet resolved

The Ohio Death Record Index lists Dorothy D. Ponceby dying in Cuyahoga County on 20 February 1956. A Cuyahoga County Probate Court historical marriage index entry separately records Donald E. Ponceby as groom and Dorothy Pastis as bride, case 1900ML947317, volume 474, page 0358. Dorothy Pastis may be the same person as Dorothy D. Ponceby, a prior or later spouse in Donald's Ohio trail, or a different Dorothy entirely; the full marriage record and death certificate are needed before accepting the connection.

Dates not yet resolved

Edwin Pownceby may be the London-born father of Walter George Pownceby/Ponceby. The accepted 1901 Boston marriage record for Walter Pownceby names Walter's parents as Edwin Pownceby and Constance Koziell. An accepted 1840 English birth index places an Edwin Pownceby in St George in the East, and a FreeBMD 1860 Hackney marriage-index page lists Edwin Pownceby on the same page as Eugenia Constance Koziell.

Dates not yet resolved

Eugenia Constance Koziell may be the "Constance Koziell" named as Walter Pownceby's mother in Walter's accepted 1901 Boston marriage record. A FreeBMD 1860 Hackney marriage-index page lists Eugenia Constance Koziell on the same page as Edwin Pownceby, but page-level civil-registration indexes do not prove the bride-groom pairing.

Dates not yet resolved

A Cuyahoga County Probate Court historical marriage index entry records Donald E. Ponceby as groom and Helen L. McDonald as bride, case 1900ML1056660, volume 530, page 0235. A separate 1957 passenger manifest lists Donald E. Ponceby with Helen M. Ponceby. These likely describe the same later Donald spouse, but the middle-initial conflict and missing full marriage record keep her at lead level.

Dates not yet resolved

A 1957 S.S. Santa Rosa passenger manifest lists Donald E. Ponceby and Helen M. Ponceby on adjacent lines as first-class passengers returning to New York. Helen M. may be Donald Edwin Ponceby's later wife after Catherine Mackie Horne's 1927 death, but no marriage or identity record has been accepted yet.

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The 1940 Cleveland City Directory lists Donald D. or Donald E. Ponceby with Jane N. at 1890 E. 97th, apartment 2. The 1942 Cleveland City Directory lists Donald E. Ponceby with "Jane N" in parentheses at 9715 Logan Ct, and a following entry lists Jane as a nurse at University Hospital residing at the same address. An accepted 1941 NARA naturalization file identifies her as Jane Nevin Ponceby, born 4 August 1900 in Clinton, Ontario, Canada; it says she married Donald Ponceby at Calgary, Alberta, on 15 June 1936 and entered the United States at Buffalo, New York, as Janie MacGregor on 14 August 1923 by Grand Trunk Railway. Jane N. is represented by canonical person-jane-nevin-ponceby-1900 as Donald Edwin Ponceby's documented 1936 spouse between Catherine Mackie Horne's 1927 death and the 1957 passenger manifest that lists Helen M. Ponceby.

Dates not yet resolved

A user-supplied FamilySearch source-list excerpt reports a 1910 Ohio marriage index record for Lorenzo Taciofano, born in Italy, marrying Palmino Tanno in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. The index reportedly names Lorenzo's parents as Biagio and A. Maria Santangelo. Public search snippets viewed 26 April 2026 also surfaced a forum-derived claim for Lorenzo born 8 December 1887 in Busso. This may be an Ohio-side bridge for the Busso Biase/Biagio Iaciofano and Anna Maria Santangelo family, but the agent could not retrieve the FamilySearch indexed Ohio record or the original Busso birth record directly.

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A user-supplied FamilySearch indexed birth entry for Domenico Ricciardi, born 29 August 1891 in San Giuliano del Sannio, names Maria di Niro as Domenico's mother. If verified from the original birth image and linked to Tony's Mary Ricciardi line, Maria di Niro would be Tony Iacofano's maternal great-grandmother on the Ricciardi side.

Dates not yet resolved

An Alberta vital statistics deaths index entry (record no. 102-875, Edmonton, 1932) records Marjorie Eleanor Ponceby, who died in Edmonton on 8 December 1932. Marjorie could be a later spouse, sibling, or other collateral relative in Donald Edwin Ponceby's Alberta network. Earlier notes treated her as a possible child of Donald Edwin Ponceby and Catherine Mackie Horne, but a separate Edmonton Journal catalog search result viewed on 23 April 2026 appears to give born-about 1907 and a married-style entry beginning "Mrs. Do"; because that catalog page was not accessible for verification, treat the spouse clue as unconfirmed.

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An accepted naturalization name cross-reference card for Mary Laurienzo says her papers were recorded under "Laurenzo," the court record reads Francisco Laurienzo as father-in-law, and recording/registration cards were signed Mary Laurienzo. This is surname-variant and possible family-context evidence, but it is not enough to identify her with canonical Mary J. Laurenzo Iacofano.

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A user-supplied FamilySearch indexed birth entry for Domenico Ricciardi, born 29 August 1891 in San Giuliano del Sannio, names Nicolangelo Ricciardi as Domenico's father. If verified from the original birth image and linked to Tony's Mary Ricciardi line, Nicolangelo would be Tony Iacofano's maternal great-grandfather on the Ricciardi side.