Cerini Family History, Part J3: Bertelli Children

Olga Rosalia (Cerini) Cerine^Δ (1891-1991)

1173233551. Olga Rosalia Cerini^Δ was born in Giumaglio, Ticino canton, Switzerland, on December 5, 1891, and baptized there on December 8. Her godparents were named as Joseph Piezzi and Lucia Cerini.^{[Bap 1891]} Olga was the illegitimate daughter of Carolina Cerini and a man from Austria, likely an ethnic Italian from the northeast region of Trentino-Alto Adige, then controlled by the Austro-Hungary Empire. She immigrated to America at the age of 16 in 1907 and married Enrico “Henry” F. Cerine^Δ, said to be a third cousin, who had changed the spelling of his name after he immigrated to the United States. Together they had three daughters:

Olga immigrated to America at the age of 16 from Switzerland via Cherbourg, France, aboard the Saint Paul, arriving at Ellis Island on December 15, 1907^{[Pass 1907]}. She rejoined her father, Prisiliano, in Petaluma, Sonoma County, California, but by 1910 was living with her cousin Mary (Tognotti) and her husband Felix Phillips in Bolinas Township, Marin County.^{[Cen 1910]}

Olga married Enrico “Henry” F. Cerine, said to be her third cousin, on May 9, 1910, in Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California. She was 18 years old, he was 28.

Henry

Henry was the son of Antonio & Maria (Felice) Cerini from Giumaglio, Ticino canton, Switzerland. He had an elder brother, Severino (“Sem”), who immigrated in October 1897. They had two sisters, Corrina and Malena, who stayed back in Giumaglio with their parents. Henry left Giumaglio at the age of 17, departing from Le Havre, France, aboard the La Champagne and arriving at Ellis Island on June 4, 1899.^{[Pass 1899]}

By the 1900 census, Henry had taken up residence at Angelo and Mary Bulletti's hotel on Western Avenue in Petaluma, Sonoma County.^{[Cen 1900]} On September 26, 1904, Henry was naturalized as a U.S. citizen in Humboldt County, California.

Olga & Henry

Soon after they wed, the Cerines moved to Oregon and began a family. They first lived at Shaniko, Wasco County, in north-central Oregon. Their first-born, Alice, was later born in Portland, Multnomah County, in 1911. About a year later, the Cerine family moved west to Lincoln County in the Coast Range mountains about 90 miles southwest of Portland. There they settled on a dairy farm a few miles up a creek that became known as Cerine Creek, which meets Mill Creek just before it joins the Siletz River at Logsden.^{[Cen 1920-1940]}. Two years after the Cerines settled in Logsden, Henry's brother Sam is recalled to have stopped by and helped Henry build a barn. Daughters Henrietta and Maybell were both born in Logsden and attended Siletz High School.

Eldest daughter Alice moved to San Francisco, California, in 1938, and lived with her uncle Emil Bertelli and his family. She attended the University of San Francisco (USF). Maybell followed two years later, after graduating high school, and also lived with the Bertelli family.

Henry and Olga returned to Sonoma County, California, and settled on a farm at 5573 Volkerts Road in Analy Township (Sebastopol) in 1941.

Henry F. Cerine died on June 15, 1960, in Santa Rosa, at the age of 78. He is buried at Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Petaluma.

Daughter Alice retired from Westinghouse in 1978 and moved to Sebastopol to help Olga tend the farm on Volkerts Road.

Olga R. (Cerini) Cerine died June 27, 1991, just five months shy of her 100th birthday, in Sebastopol. She is also buried at Calvary Catholic Cemetery.

Giulia (Bertelli) Magnaghi (1895-1933)

1173233552. Giulia “Julia” Bertelli was born in 1895 in Preore, Trentino-Alto Adige, then under the Austro-Hungary Empire and now Italy. She and her family later moved to Giumaglio, Ticino canton, Switzerland. She immigrated, accompanied by her father, arriving in New York on March 11, 1911. She married Augusto “Gus” Magnaghi on August 2, 1915, in Stockton, San Joaquin County, California. The had two children:

Julia immigrated, accompanied by her father who had previously settled in Petaluma, Sonoma County, California. They departed Le Havre, France, aboard the La Provence on March 4, 1911, and arrived in New York on March 11. She was naturalized in 1915.^{[Pass 1911, Cen 1920]}

Julia and Augusto were married on August 2, 1915, in Stockton, by Hugh J. Tye, Justice of the Peace. The recorded witness to their marriage was C. J. Cadlolo of Stockton. Both Julia and Augusto resided in San Francisco at the time of their marriage and Augusto worked as a stone cutter.^{[Mar 1915]}

August naturalized as citizen in 1918 and rented at 102 G Street in San Rafael, Marin County, California, by 1920, where August worked as a stone cutter at a marble works.^{[Cen 1920]}

During the 1930 census, children Roy and Inez were enumerated with their maternal aunt Marie (Bertelli) Mazzina in Nicasio Township (Point Reyes Station), Marin County.^{[Cen 1930A]} Julia, on the other hand, appears to have been enumerated at 1076 Rhode Island Street in San Francisco where she and August are inexplicably listed as the “Grandi” family and August's age is off by 10 years. Furthermore, with them was enumerated Julia's younger brother, Emil, who at that time was a truck driver for August's coal business and erroneously recorded as August's son-in-law.^{[Cen 1930B]}

Julia (Bertelli) Magnaghi died on May 12, 1933, at about the age of 38. She was buried at Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery in San Rafael, Marin County.^[Grave]

August bought 109 G Street in San Rafael by 1935 where he lived with son Roy. August worked as a sculptor of monuments and Roy worked as a salesman for the monuments.^{[Cen 1940]}

Augusto “Gus” Magnaghi died on September 4, 1944, and was also buried at Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery.^[Grave]

Maria (Bertelli) Mazzina (1896-1992)

1173233553. Maria “Mary” Bertelli was born in Giumaglio, Ticino canton, Switzerland on July 19, 1896. She was baptized six days later in Giumaglio as “Blanca Maria” and her godparents named as Franciscus Giumini and Maria Tognetti.^{[Bap 1896]} Mary immigated to America in May 1912^{[Pass 1912, Cen 1930]} and married Alemanno “Mike” Marco Mazzina on October 3, 1915, in San Francisco.^{[Bap 1896, Mar 1915]} They had two sons, both born in Petaluma, Sonom County, California^{[Nat 1950]}:

Maria left her mother in Giumaglio, Ticino, Switzerland, departing Le Havre, France, aboard the S.S. France on May 18, 1912, and arriving in New York on May 25, nearly a year after her father and elder sister emigrated, to join them in Petaluma, Sonoma County, California.

Maria and Marco were wed in San Francisco on October 3, 1915, by Father F. Garassino. The recorded witness to their marriage was Fred Genazzi, for whom Marco worked as a farm laborer in 1910^{[Cen 1910]}. At the time of their marriage, Maria and Marco lived at 1618 Mason Street in San Francisco. Marco worked as a dairyman and Maria as a housekeeper.^{[Mar 1915]}

Marco registered for the draft during World War I in San Francisco. He put his home address as 528 Broadway Street in San Francisco but corrected that to Live Oak, California, where he worked on a dairy. He claimed exemption from the draft to support his father. Marco was described as 5' 9" tall, 200 pounds, with chestnut hair and chestnut eyes.^{[Draft 1917]}

After Mary and Mike married they lived in Petaluma around the time that their second son was born and afterward moved to Point Reyes Station (Nicasio Township^{[Cen 1930]}), Marin County, where Mike worked for the Northwestern Pacific Railroad (NWP), which ran 300 miles between the North Bay Area and Arcata on the northern coast of California. While living at Point Reyes Station, Maria's nephew and niece, Roy and Inez Magnaghi, lived with them for a while.^{[Cen 1930]}

In 1929, Maria was driving her maternal aunt Annonziatta (Cerini) Marci to Santa Rosa to visit a sick friend when they were struck by a fire truck racing to a brush fire in Bodega at the intersection of South A Street and Sebastopol Avenue in Santa Rosa. Her aunt died, reportedly of fright, soon after arriving at General Hospital in Santa Rosa.

The railroad transferred Mike to San Rafael about 1930 and they bought a house on Park Street where the boys grew up and attended San Rafael High School.^{[Obit 2009]}

Marco was naturalized on September 2, 1943, in San Rafael.^{[Nat 1950]}

Maria petitioned for naturalization at the age of 53 on June 19, 1950, in San Francisco. At the time she was living at 128 Park Street in San Rafael. She described herself as 5' 2" tall, 115 pounds, with light complexion, brown eyes, and black and gray hair. Witnesses on her affidavit were Angelina Abatangelo of San Francisco and sister-in-law Laurette Bertelli of Daly City.^{[Nat 1950]}

Alemanno “Mike” Marco Mazzina died on June 20, 1959, in San Francisco County. He was 71 years old.

Maria “Mary” (Bertelli) Mazzina died on September 21, 1992, in Marin County, California. She was 96 years old.

Vittoria Claudina (Bertelli) Pandiani^Δ (1898-1935)

1173233554. Vittoria Claudina Bertelli^Δ was born July 4, 1898, in Giumaglio, Ticino canton, Switzerland. She was baptized there on July 9 and her godparents named as Jacobus Pozzi and Victoria Piezzi.^{[Bap 1898]}

She emigrated to California and married Mario J. Pandiani of Aveno, Italy in Cotati, Sonoma County, California, in 1921. They had one child:

Pandiani Children

	Name	Birth	Death	Age
11732335541.	James “Jim” Mario PandianiΔ	21 Jun 1923	21 Feb 2010	(86)

Claudina immigrated with her brothers Emil and Doro, under the name of “Giovanni” (“John”). They departed Cherbourg, France, aboard the Olympic, the first of three sister ships that included the ill-fated Titanic, on June 25, 1920, and arrived at Ellis Island, New York, on July 2. All reported to be from Giumaglio, Switzerland, and relatives of a “Mr. C. Bertelli” of Giumaglio, Switzerland.

After Claudina and Mario wed they lived at the Lucas Valley ranch, Marin County, where son Jim was born.^{[Obit 2010]}

The whole family took a return trip to Europe, presumably back to Switzerland, in 1930. They returned home via Cherbourg, France, via the Aquitania, in July.

Vittoria Claudina (Bertelli) Pandiani died in San Rafael, Marin County, on January 14, 1935. She was only 36 years old.

Claudina's cousin Hazel (Malugani) Goss recalled that Claudina was one of Aurelia (Cerini) Malugani's favorite nieces--a real sweetheart.

After Claudina's death, 11-year old son Jim is believed to have lived with his maternal aunt Maria (Bertelli) Mazzina. Jim went on to serve in the European Theater of World War II as a radioman and gunner aboard a B-26 Marauder bomber.^{[Obit 2010]}

Mario J. Pandiani died on August 3, 1975, in Marin County at the age of 78 years.

Giacomo Antonio Bertelli (1900-1907)

1173233555. Giacomo Antonio Battista Bertelli was baptized on April 22, 1900, as “Jacobus Antonius Baptista” in Giumaglio, Ticino canton, Switzerland. He died at the age of 7 from a fall off a mountain in 1907.

Giacomo Giovanni Doro Bertelli (1905-2000)

1173233556. Giacomo Giovanni Doro Bertelli was born in January 21, 1905, in either Trione, Italy, or Switzerland, likely in Giumaglio, Ticino canton, as at least two of his sisters had been. He married Linda L. Cesio but had no children.

Doro (“Giovanni”) with his brother Emil and sister Vittoria (Claudina). They departed Cherbourg, France, aboard the Olympic on June 25, 1920, and arrived at Ellis Island, New York on July 2. All reported to be from Giumaglio, Switzerland, and relatives of a “Mr. C. Bertelli” of Giumaglio, Switzerland.

During the 1930 census, Doro was living with his widower uncle Luca S. Marci along Gravenstein Highway (Highway 116) in Analy Township, Sonoma County, California.^{[Cen 1930]}

Doro and Linda were married Monsignor Henry J. M. Wientjes on April 4, 1936, in Carson City, Ormsby County, Nevada. They both had been residing in Cotati, Sonoma County, at the time.

The Bertellis settled along Mountain View Avenue above Petaluma in Sonoma County. Doro worked as a warehouseman for a condensed milk factory.^{[Cen 1940]}

Doro and Linda moved to 747 Boyce in San Francisco, by 1950. (747 Boyce was enumerated between 155 Blake Street and 630 Anza Street, perhaps referring to the modern-day 747 Spruce Street.) Doro worked as a scavenger for Sunset Scavenger.^{[Cen 1950]}

Doro J. Bertelli died at the age of 95 on June 29, 2000, in Sonoma County.

Emilio Bertelli^Δ (1906-1994)

1173233557. Emilio “Emil” Bertelli^Δ was born on August 31, 1906, in Giumaglio, Ticino canton, Switzerland and emigrated to America with his elder sister and elder brother in 1920. He settled in San Francisco, California, and married Laurette Emma Allen on July 15, 1934, at St. John's Rectory in San Francisco.^{[Mar 1934]} They had five children:

Emil Bertelli immigrated at the age of 14, departing Cherbourg, France, aboard the Olympic on June 25, 1920, and arriving at Ellis Island, New York, on July 2. He was traveling with his sister Vittoria (Claudina) Bertelli, age 22, and brother Giovanni (Doro), age 15. All reported to be from Giumaglio, Switzerland, and relatives of a “Mr. C. Bertelli” of Giumaglio, Switzerland.

Emil was enumerated with his elder sister Julia (Bertelli) Magnaghi in the 1930 census of San Francisco where they lived at 1076 Rhode Island Street and Emil worked as a truck driver for a coal dealer.^{[Cen 1930]} Two weeks later Emil filed his declaration of intention for natuarlization in San Francisco.^{[Nat 1930]} Emil went on to file his petition for naturalization on January 20, 1936, and three months later swore his oath of allegiance on May 4, 1936.^{[Nat 1936]}

Emil and Laurette were married on July 15, 1934, by Father Thomas J. Browne at St. John's Rectory (St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church) on St. Mary's Avenue in San Francisco. At the time, Emil was working as a butcher and had been living at 27 Rotteck Street, about four blocks west of the rectory; and Laurette had been living at 17 Bepler Street in Daly City, San Mateo County.^{[Mar 1934]}

The Bertellis moved to 76 Santa Marina Street by 1935, where Emil continued work as a butcher in a retail store in 1940.^{[Cen 1940]}

The Bertellis moved about three and a half miles southwest to 34 Bepler Street in Daly City by 1950. Emil continued to work as a butcher and Laurette served as witness to the petition of naturalization for Emil's sister Maria.^{[Cen 1950, Nat 1950]}

Emil Bertelli died on October 29, 1994, in Morgan Hill, Santa Clara County, California. He was 88 years old.

Laurette E. (Allen) Bertelli died 12 years later on April 9, 2009. She was 96 years old.

Giuseppina Maria Bertelli (1909-2016)

117323355A. Giuseppina “Pinotta” Maria Bertelli was born in 1909, a twin with Tridolena who died in infancy. By the time Giuseppina was about 11 years old, her older siblings all emigrated to America between about 1907 and 1920. She, her mother, and her younger brother stayed behind in Giumaglio.

Giuseppina's grandnephew Dell visited her in Giumaglio in 1986. She lived in a facility there and worked in the kitchen. A Bertelli relative (nephew?), who showed Dell the sites of Giumaglio, noted that she was “always happy.”

Giuseppina Bertelli died in 2016 at the astounding age of 107.

Giacomo Bertelli (1911-1985)

117323355B. Giacomo “Giacomino” Bertelli was born in 1911, likely in Giumaglio, Ticino canton, Switzerland, as at least two of his sisters had been. He was likely named after an older brother, who died in childhood before his birth, and was called “Giacomino” (“Jimmy”). All of his older siblings, except Giuseppina and his mother, emigrated to America between about 1907 and 1920.

Giacomo married Angelica Zapella.

Angelica (Zapella) Bertelli died in 1979 at about the age of 72 and is buried in Giumaglio.

Giacomo Bertelli died in 1985 at about the age of 74 and is buried with Angelica in Giumaglio.