The Donato
25 people called Donato are published in this archive, from 1783 to 1937. This page gathers them under the name, and shows how they are — and are not — joined to one another and to the other families.
Donato: the line, generation by generation
Documented from 1783 · the registers stop at Candeloro Donato- Gen. 1
Candeloro Donatob. c. 1783from Scillam. Marta Paladino, of Scilla - Gen. 2Domenico Donatofrom place not known (family's tree)m. Annunziata Sofi, place not known
- Gen. 3Michele Donatob. 1851from Scillam. Maria Sofi, of Scilla
- Gen. 4Nunnziata Donatob. 1892from Scillam. Giovanni Polistena, 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 Donato married a man of the Mazza name line or was a parent of one or of his wife: the Donato come into the children's descent through Angela Polistena, whose side meets that line only in its living generations. Nunnziata Donato is the mother of Angela Polistena.
Cardssolid: documenteddashed: inferreddotted: family memory or the family's treetinted = our direct line
From the personal name Donato — "given". Common everywhere in the south.
As The Name puts it. A surname is a label, not a family: the lines below are the ones this archive can draw, and no others.
How this family reaches the children
The Donato come in through Nunnziata Donato, mother of Angela Polistena (generation 2): the same line as on the Polistena page. Living people are not named on family pages. The line the family is named for is on the front page.
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Brothers and sisters · 11 show ↓ hide ↑
25 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 | 20 | 1783–1933 | Scilla | 4 | 5 |
| B | 1 | 1847 | Scilla | — | 1 |
| C | 1 | 1918 | New York | — | — |
| D | 1 | 1888–1891 | Scilla | — | 1 |
| E | 1 | 1937 | — | — | 1 |
| F | 1 | — | Scilla | — | — |
The living. The tree holds no living person of this name.
4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Candeloro Donato | c. 1783 – alive at Scilla, July 1844 | Scilla | Polistena quarter | Documented |
| 6 | Domenico Donato | — | — | Polistena quarter | Documented Disputed |
| 5 | Michele Donato | b. 1851 | Scilla | Polistena quarter | Documented Disputed |
| 4 | Nunnziata Donato | b. 1892 | Scilla | Polistena quarter | Documented Disputed |
Where the name is recorded
Counted from the places recorded for these 25 people (birth, death, burial), as the archive's gazetteer spells them.
| Place | People | Born | Died or buried | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scilla (the town page) | 21 | 21 | — | 1783–1933 |
| New York | 1 | 1 | — | 1918 |
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.
The wider picture, family by family, is on The Marriages.
All 25 people of the name, oldest first
Each has a page of their own. 11 have no date in the data; they are known because a tree entry or a record names them.
| Name | Dates | Born at | Group | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candeloro Donato ancestor | c. 1783 – alive at Scilla, July 1844 | Scilla | A | Documented |
| Michele Donato | b. c. 1814, at Messina | Scilla | A | Documented |
| Candeloro Donato | b. c. 1847 | Scilla | B | Documented |
| Michele Donato ancestor | b. 1851 | Scilla | A | Documented |
| Giovanni Donato | b. 1878 | Scilla | A | Family |
| Maria Donato | c. October 1888 – 16 February 1891 | Scilla | D | Documented |
| Nunnziata Donato ancestor | b. 1892 | Scilla | A | Documented |
| Michele Donato | b. 1900 | Scilla | A | Family |
| Concetta Donato | b. 1902 | Scilla | A | Family |
| Domenica (Minni) Donato | b. 1918 | New York | C | Family |
| Giovanni Donato | b. 1925 | Scilla | A | Family |
| Rocco Donato | b. 1930 | Scilla | A | Family |
| Deborah Donato | b. 1933 | Scilla | A | Family |
| Domenico Donato | — | Scilla | A | Family |
| Domenico Donato ancestor | — | — | A | Documented |
| Giovanni Donato | — | Scilla | A | Family |
| Madelena Donato | — | Scilla | A | Family |
| Micelle Donato | — | Scilla | A | Family |
| Pasquale Donato | d. 20 April 1937 | — | E | Documented |
| Peppe Donato | — | — | A | Family |
| Peppino Donato | — | Scilla | A | Family |
| Santa Donato | — | Scilla | A | Family |
| Tattina Donato | — | Scilla | A | Family |
| Teresa Donato | — | Scilla | F | Family |
| Teresa Donato | — | Scilla | A | Family |
5 names here are borne by more than one person and the archive does not decide which is which: Giovanni Donato (3), Michele Donato (3), Candeloro Donato (2), Domenico Donato (2), Teresa Donato (2). Every name →
What rests on a record and what rests on the tree
8 of the 25 have at least one record read for them (Documented); the other 17are known only from the family tree this archive was built from (Family), which cites little and is not evidence. Of the 57 parent, child and marriage links that touch these people, 8 are proved by a register or an index this archive has read; the other 49 come from the tree alone. 3 people have 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
- Where is Michele Donato? — ANSWERED, 14 September 2026: Scilla, 3 October 1855
On the work list
- Reading the Scilla registers for the Donato and Arena lines (running)
- Domenico Donato's own birth — Scilla, 1816 to 1818 (done)
- The other children of Domenico Donato and Nunziata Sofi — Scilla, 1845 to 1860 (next)
- Settle whether Domenico Donato's mother was Marta or Maria Paladino (next)
- Test the Pinnaroo Donato against the Queensland index — done: named like us, not of us (done)
- SCILLA — when and where did Michele Donato die? (done)
- SCILLA — Nunziata Donato × Giovanni Polistena's marriage, about 1916 (next)
- Michele Donato came back from America — find the return crossing (next)
3 more. The work list →
16 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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