Casa Emigranti Italiani 

I recently ( June 2014) met Jacky Willametz , a direct descendant of the Pallotti family and she is giving me material which I will reproduce here together with material from the historical Courant.

The Nicola Pallotti family was, according to a 1915 Courant article, the third Italian family to arrive in Hartford, the first two, always according to the same article, being the Garibaldi and Brancieri ( spelled Bracieri in the article). Nicola died in 1914 and was then the richest Italian in Hartford and one of its wealthiest overall. His son Francis became a well known judge

Below are the obituaries of Nicola and his children ( obituaries being the best source about family ties) as well as correspondence from Jacky about her family.

To Paul Pirotta, Casa Emigranti Italiani

From Jacki Willametz

Narrative of historical connections to Hartford Pallotti Family

Nicola Pallotti was my Great grandfather’s Uncle.
Donato Pallotti was my great grandfather and Nicola’s sons were his first cousins.
My great grandparents were both married to someone else before their marriage.
We believe Great grandpa’s 1st wife ‘s last name was Corleda
My great grandmother was Isabella Marino Pallotti, born in Italy , died in 1927.
Their children:
Francesco [ Frank ] Pallotti, from Donato’s first marriage
Anna Corleda Pallotti, from Isabella Marino Pallotti’s first marriage
Arthur Rocco Pallotti, died in 1916 at Sheepshead Bay race track in race car accident. He was a well
known race mechanic in the USA and in Europe. He was never married
William [ Biaso] Pallotti, died in early 60’s in Corpus Christi , Texas where he migrated and had a farm
with his 3rd wife
Maria Carmella Pallotti Petrone Bianculli, Born in 1896 and died in ? 1995
Maria Lucia Pallotti Carson [ Carusone] Born in 1898 and died in 1991
Maria Antonia Pallotti DiTunno, Born in 1900,died in 1996
More info provided in 1978 from my cousin Eleanor Petrone Weworski , Married Ted Weworski and
worked for City of Hartford for the mayor. She is dead now . sometime in the early 2000’s. Her mom was
the keeper of all our family history and pictures etc. and so those are now gone , who knows where.
They lived on Brown St. for many years across from the Lastrina Family. The Lastrinas owned a grocery
store.
More on my great grandfather Donato:
Donato died in 1921, He came from Corleto, Province of Patenza. Not sure on spelling.
According to Ellie, the Pallotti burial site at St. Benedict Cemetary has all the records on births and deaths for many relatives including my greatgrandparents and children. My grandmother is buried in Rocky Hill at Rose Hill. But most of the Pallottis are at St. Benedict Cemetary.
Donato’s siblings as follows and their children.
Rocco Pallotti, lived on Otis Street in Hartford, and owned an insurance company and real estate as well.
His wife’s name was Anna Maria, but I don’t know her maiden name.
Children were: Millie Pallotti Fogg, a graduate of New Britain teachers college, now CCSU,lived in Manchester , and had two sons , Daniel and Joe , I think from my cousins notes.
Anthony Pallotti, no other info
Francesco Pallotti, was a lawyer
Domenic Pallotti, brother to my great grandfather
Children were: Rocco ,Frank, Nellie Pallotti Perrone, Lucia Pallotti, Sadie Pallotti, and Mary Pallotti Banelli, who lived in Lyme Ct.
They had large homes alongside my great Aunt Mary and Aunt Mamie , my grandmothers sisters, at Giants Neck, next door to the Rocky Neck State park , up on a hill. Beautiful views . Don’t know if some of family still there. Some sold off in late 90’s, by my cousin Deanna DiTunno Gallucci. She got early onset Alzheimers Disease and she and my great aunt Mamie [Mary Antonia] died on the same day , so we had a double funeral. Both caskets in Desopo Funeral Home.
There used to be a park or still is a park in Hartford, called Riverside Park, my cousin Ellie told me that there is or was a swimming pool there known as Pallotti Pool, It is park that runs parrellel to I91 going North. There is a foot bridge connecting the park to the North end of Hartford which was called Pallotti Bridge, honoring Rocco Pallotti, who was an Alderman in that district for many years.
In 1923 my grandmothers’ brother Frank, went to Italy to take over the family farm. He married Anna Sarlo. They had 4 children. Twins died. One son lived in Africa, and their daughter Bridget married Rocco Ambrozio. Their two children were Joanna and Danielle. They owned a store in Italy in the town of Corleto where my great grandparents came from according to Ellie. In the province of Portenza. Frank died in 1944. His wife died in 1965.
I have more but I may just scan it next week and send it to you. Hope this is a little help. As I said I need Annettes info. I have a feeling some of the ladies in the club I just joined will have some connections to other Hartford families.
Bottom line is all these Pallotti’s are from a family that emanated from Rome and Norcia in the early 1700’s. Fairfield University has a couple of books written about St. Vincent Pallotti. And because he was canonized they had to trace the family line way back and list all his siblings. I have read the books . I ordered them through my local library and Fairfield University sent them there about 10 or 20 years ago.
If you google St. Vincent Pallotti , you will see he has a strong presence in current catholic schools in the USA and the organization in Rome is quite opulent. Nicola was his brother or his nephew.
Best regards, and as I get info I will send it. Remember I was a teacher and a nurse during my career , I have run for political office and am a public speaker if you need a moderator or want me to share . I am trying for the fall to gather as many Pallottis as I can together for a meet up. Jacki

This area is described as the back of the Pallotti block near Morgan and Front St in 1900. 

 From Encyclopedia of Connecticut Biography

 1920 wedding of Lucy Pallotti and Nick (Carusone) Carson.



   



OBITUARY SKETCH OF FRANCIS A. PALLOTTI,

December 1946

Judge Francis A. Pallotti died at the St. Raphael Hospital, New Haven, on December 21, 1946, ending a distinguished career as a lawyer, public servant and jurist. He was born at Hartford on August 21, 1886. His parents, Nicholas and Maria Antonia Pallotti, came to Hartford from Italy in 1866. He attended the public schools of Hartford and then entered Holy Cross College, Worcester, Massachusetts, where he graduated with the class of 1908. In 1911, he was graduated from the Yale Law School.

As a youth at Holy Cross College and the Yale Law School his warm personality and rare character endeared him to his classmates and marked him as one who was to achieve success in the years that followed. At Holy Cross College he was an outstanding athlete and earned his letters in football and baseball. As indicative of his ability as an athlete, it is worthy to note that the late Major Cavanaugh, who was then coach of football at Holy Cross College and later at Boston College and Fordham University, named Judge Pallotti on his All-Time Football Team. This tribute Judge Pallotti cherished very highly in the late years of his life. At the Yale Law School he was elected president of his class, and after graduation he presided at all the class reunions.

Upon his graduation from the Yale Law School he commenced the practice of law in the office of the late John W. Coogan in Hartford and continued as an active practitioner until his appointment as a judge of the Superior Court on July 6, 1945.

On April 12, 1915, Judge Pallotti married Mary Agnes Verdi, of New Haven, who survives. He is also survived by a son, Nicholas A. Pallotti, who served for

four years in World War II and who is now a student at the University of Connecticut School of Law, and by a daughter, Rosemary Leone.

Throughout his life, Judge Pallotti took an active interest in the affairs of his city, state and country. He served the city of Hartford and the state of Connecticut, with the utmost honesty and distinction, in many and varied offices. From 1911 to 1917 he was a member of the board of street commissioners of the city of Hartford; from 1917 to 1921 he was a judge of the Hartford Police Court; from 1922 to 1928 he was secretary of the state of Connecticut; and from 1938 until July 6, 1945, when he was appointed to the Superior Court bench, he was attorney general of the state.

He was a member of the National Association of Attorney Generals and served this association as president during the year 1943. He was also a member of many business, social and civic organizations. The ones which were closest to his heart, however, were those which afforded him opportunity to be of help to others. The Disabled Veterans' Camp Fund, of which he was chairman, St. Francis Hospital, of which he was director, and St. Anthony's Church of Hartford, of which he was trustee, always played a prominent part in his life, for they presented to him the greatest opportunity to help those in need of spiritual as well as physical and financial aid.

Judge Pallotti considered the practice of law a privilege, and in his career as a lawyer he was faithful and loyal to his clients, just to his adversaries, and frank and open with the court. He considered the holding of public office a trust, and in the discharge of his duties in the many offices which he held he was always moved by a desire to do those things which were for the public good. As a judge of the Hartford Police Court, he was kind and considerate to the unfortunate who appeared before him and who deserved consideratio

n, yet he was firm with the hardened criminal and those who habitually violated rules of decency as well as man-made laws. As secretary of state, he acted in a manner which made those who had occasion to deal with him feel that he was a true servant of the people. As attorney general, he gave of his time and energy without stint and was often to be found working in his office in the late hours of the night. His office was always open to all who sought his advice, and no one, whatever his station in life may have been, ever found it difficult to see him. In his brief career as a judge of the Superior Court, he earned the respect and affection of his colleagues on the bench as well as the respect of the members of the bar. His decisions were just, and his treatment of those who appeared before him was such that it inspired in them confidence in and respect for our courts.

It is difficult to reduce to writing in a memorial the many noble characteristics possessed by Judge Pallotti. Perhaps the outstanding of these was his desire to help those in need and his devotion to duty. No person in need was ever turned away from his office. On many occasions he served clients in important litigation without compensation. He contributed liberally in order to help boys obtain an education, and on many occasions he paid the tuition of a number of boys attending college without their knowing of his contributions. His devotion to duty could only be surpassed by his devotion to his family, and this was best exemplified by the fact that in the last days of his life, though sick and physically weak, he persisted in holding court. He completed his short calendar work in New Haven in the afternoon of Friday, December 20, 1946; he was driven to his home in Hartford; and on the morning of December 21, 1946, he was taken to the St. Raphael Hospital, where he died in the same evening.

Judge Pallotti was a firm believer in our democratic way of life. In his passing, the state of Connecticut has lost a good citizen, a learned judge, and a sincere public servant.

1917 Encyclopedia of Biography Connecticut