Muscogee County GaArchives Biographies.....Angelo Spano October 13 1867 - August 9 1941
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Robert Spano bob@spano.com July 23, 2003, 9:30 pm

Author: Vincenza Spano Sykes

	My father, Angelo Spanó, was born in Lipari on October 13, 1867.  At 
the age of 12 he joined the Italian navy and served for ten years.  After his 
discharge, he returned to Lipari where he met Pappina (Josephine)  Palmisano.  
She was standing in the doorway of her parents’ home as he approached with his 
brother, Antonio, who was engaged to Pappina.  She turned to her mother and 
told her that she was going to marry the man in the navy uniform.  She had 
turned down several suitors who had plans to go to America, but had no 
reservations about going with Angelo.

	In 1892 Angelo emigrated to America, coming first alone.  He arrived at 
Ellis Island on March 31 aboard the “Plata”.  He went to Apalachicola, Florida 
where an uncle was in the seafood business.   He began bringing Oysters up the 
Chattahoochee River to Columbus, Georgia and selling them to the bars.  Soon he 
had established a prosperous business.

	In 1895, he returned to Italy for his bride.  He took his bride to 
Apalachicola.  Pappina contracted malaria while there, so they soon moved to 
Columbus and opened a market on the corner of 10th street and Broadway, living 
in the rooms over the store.  Angelo would sell oysters and shrimp to the bars 
and hotels and Pappina would make candy and tend the market.  Soon the market 
was moved to 10th street next to the Shackleford Drugstore.  Soon the market 
included a delicatessan, which by 1898 had become Spano’s Restaurant.

	Angelo and Pappina had nine more children.  By 1910 they had moved to 
737 3rd Avenue where they lived the rest of their lives.  Every time another 
child came along, another room was added to the house.  Eventually it reached 
almost through the block.

	Angelo died August 9, 1941 and is buried in Riverdale Cemetery.  
Pappina died March 14, 1955 and is buried in Riverdale Cemetery beside her 
husband.

excerpted from 
SPANO OF APALACHICOLA, FL, COLUMBUS, GA AND BIRMINGHAM, AL 
 copyright 2003, Robert Spano

Additional Comments:
Very little is known of Antonino Spanó, the father of Angelo Spano.  He was the 
son of Angelo Spanó and Vincenza Lo Giudice of Lipari.  He married Anna 
Sciacchitano on January 09, 1867 in Lipari according to church records there.  
Anna was the daughter of Angelo Sciacchitano and Anna Iacono.  Anna was born 
March 3, 1831 in Lipari and died July 30, 1936 in Ensley, Alabama.  They had 
one daughter and five sons.  The daughter, Vincenza, died at about the age of 
20 of a stomach tumor.  The five sons all emigrated to the United States in the 
1890s.

Antonino had two brothers that I have been able to identify.  They were 
Salvador Spanó and Giuseppe Spanó.  Giuseppe married Concetta Pittari on 
February 28, 1870 in Lingua, Salina, Italy.  Concetta Pittari was the daughter 
of Giuseppe Pittari and Caterina Coma.  That is all that is known of Giuseppe 
Spanó at this time.

The five sons of Antonino Spanó and Anna Sciacchitano were Salvadore,  Nicola, 
Bartolomeo. Angelo and Antonio.  Angelo and Antonio settled in Columbus, Ga.,  
Salvadore and Bartolomeo settled in Birmingham, and Nicola remained in 
Apalachicola.

excerpted from 
SPANO OF APALACHICOLA, FL, COLUMBUS, GA AND BIRMINGHAM, AL 
 copyright 2003, Robert Spano


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