The Costa
11 people called Costa are published in this archive, from 1750 to 1840. This page gathers them under the name, and shows how they are — and are not — joined to one another and to the other families.
Costa: the line, generation by generation
Documented from 1790 · the oldest generation drawn is itself on a document- Gen. 1
Giuseppe Costad. before 1790from Scillam. Giacoma Turco, of Scilla - Gen. 2Giovanni Costac. 1750 – 1790from Scillam. Marta Alfonzetti, of Scilla
- Gen. 3Domenica Costab. 1787from Scillam. Filippo Arena, of Scilla
Flags at a card's top: each place's state then, and today's where it differs (hover for which place).Flags: Flags Atlas, by David Defranceski, drawn for this project.
How our line connects
Not connected to our line yet. No Costa married a man of the Mazza name line or was a parent of one or of his wife: the Costa come into the children's descent through Rocco Arena, whose side meets that line only in its living generations. Domenica Costa is the mother of Francesco Antonio Arena, the father of Giovanni Arena, the father of Giuseppe Arena, the father of Rocco Arena.
Cardssolid: documenteddashed: inferreddotted: family memory or the family's treetinted = our direct line
11 people, 6 descent groups
A descent group is every bearer of the name who can be reached from one another through parent, child and marriage links between bearers — the rule the Mazza and Arena pages use. Two groups are two groups until a record joins them, however alike their names and their towns.
| Group | People | Years | Born mainly at | Direct ancestors | With a record read |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 3 | 1750–1790 | Scilla | 3 | 3 |
| B | 3 | 1802 | Scilla | 2 | 3 |
| C | 2 | 1840 | Italy, Scilla | 2 | 2 |
| D | 1 | 1805 | Giarre | — | 1 |
| E | 1 | — | Giarre | — | 1 |
| F | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
The living. The tree holds no living person of this name.
7 ancestors of the two children this archive is for
Generation 1 is their parents; the generation counts back from there (The Ancestors). The quarter is the grandparent whose parent links lead up to the person (The Four Quarters).
| Gen | Name | Dates | Born at | Through | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Giuseppe Costa | d. before 29 March 1790 | Scilla | Arena quarter | Documented |
| 8 | Giovanni Costa | c. 1750 – 29 March 1790 | Scilla | Arena quarter | Documented |
| 8 | Rocco Costa | — | Scilla | Arena quarter | Documented |
| 7 | Domenica Costa | b. 16 June 1787 | Scilla | Arena quarter | Documented |
| 7 | Maria Costa | c. 1802 – before 24 April 1908 | Scilla | Arena quarter | Documented |
| 6 | Antonio Costa | b. c. 1840 | Scilla | Arena quarter | Documented |
| 5 | Generosa Costa | — | Italy | Arena quarter | Documented Disputed |
Where the name is recorded
Counted from the places recorded for these 11 people (birth, death, burial), as the archive's gazetteer spells them.
| Place | People | Born | Died or buried | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scilla (the town page) | 7 | 7 | — | 1750–1840 |
| Giarre (the town page) | 2 | 2 | — | 1805 |
| Italy | 1 | 1 | — | — |
The families it is joined to
Every parent, child or marriage link from one of these people to a person of another surname, as the archive draws it. A living person on the other end is left out. The surname is the other person's, not a claim about their family.
| Family | Marriages | Child of | Parent of | The people |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicotra | — | — | 8 | Angela Costa parent of Rosario Nicotra; Anna Costa parent of Teresa Nicotra; Anna Costa parent of Venera Nicotra; Anna Costa parent of Rosario Nicotra and 4 moreAnna Costa parent of Caterina Nicotra; Anna Costa parent of Maria Nicotra; Anna Costa parent of Santo Nicotra; Anna Costa parent of Concetta Nicotra |
| Arena | 1 | — | 4 | Generosa Costa married Rocco Arena; Generosa Costa parent of Anna Arena; Generosa Costa parent of Maria Arena; Generosa Costa parent of Antonio Arena |
| Arlotta | — | 1 | 4 | Generosa Costa child of Anna Arlotta; Maria Costa parent of Serafina Arlotta; Maria Costa parent of Domenico Arlotta; Maria Costa parent of Anna Arlotta |
| Idone | — | 2 | — | Candida Costa child of Pasqualina Idone; Maria Costa child of Pasqualina Idone |
| Alfonzetti | — | 1 | — | Domenica Costa child of Marta Alfonzetti |
| Turco | — | 1 | — | Giovanni Costa child of Giacoma Turco |
The wider picture, family by family, is on The Marriages.
All 11 people of the name, oldest first
Each has a page of their own. 5 have no date in the data; they are known because a tree entry or a record names them.
| Name | Dates | Born at | Group | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giovanni Costa ancestor | c. 1750 – 29 March 1790 | Scilla | A | Documented |
| Domenica Costa ancestor | b. 16 June 1787 | Scilla | A | Documented |
| Maria Costa ancestor | c. 1802 – before 24 April 1908 | Scilla | B | Documented |
| Angela Costa | b. c. 1805 | Giarre | D | Documented |
| Antonio Costa ancestor | b. c. 1840 | Scilla | C | Documented |
| Anna Costa | — | Giarre | E | Documented |
| Candida Costa | — | Scilla | B | Documented |
| Generosa Costa ancestor | — | Italy | C | Documented |
| Giuseppe Costa ancestor | d. before 29 March 1790 | Scilla | A | Documented |
| Lorenzo Costa | — | — | F | Documented |
| Rocco Costa ancestor | — | Scilla | B | Documented |
What rests on a record and what rests on the tree
11 of the 11 have at least one record read for them (Documented); none is known from the family tree alone. Of the 27 parent, child and marriage links that touch these people, 25 are proved by a register or an index this archive has read; the other 2 come from the tree alone. 1 person has a register reading that disagrees with the tree (Disputed): it is on their own page and the Corrections.
The five words are explained on Method.
What the archive has already written about this name
Open questions that name it
- Filippo Arena's marriage to Domenica Costa — ANSWERED, 20 September 2026
On the work list
- SCILLA — Filippo Arena × Domenica Costa: all four years read, and the line stops here (done)
- Giovanni Arlotta × Maria Costa — found, 7 September 1828 (done)
- Filippo Arena and Domenica Costa — alive in February 1851, and the window is 1851–1888 (next)
- Generosa Costa's documented parents now reach the reader — and she was the only case (done)
- Generosa Costa's death — absent from the Arena index, so look under Costa (done)
- Filippo Arena × Domenica Costa's marriage — the only route to generation nine (done)
26 corrections name this family in their heading. Corrections →
That everyone who bears this name is one family. They are gathered here by the name, and a line is drawn between two of them only where the tree or a register draws it. Where this page says "group", it means exactly that and no more.
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