The Aloi Family

Raffaele Aloi was born in 1870 in  Santa Maria di Catanzaro in Italy . He made his first trip to the United States in 1890 aboard this ship" The Lahn". 

In the United States his first name became Ralph. He began working in the construction of railroads both on Shawmut and Pennsy Railroads. Soon he returned to Italy and married his wife Angela. Everyone called her Angelina. This name in Italian means little Angela. Ralph returned to the United States to work even though his wife was pregnant. A baby girl was born but died in infancy. Again Ralph made a return trip to Italy . On November 1, 1899 a son named Felix was born to the couple. Ralph returned to the United States again to work. In 1903 he returned to Italy to escort his wife and son to Clermont. They arrived in Ellis Island on March 4,1903 aboard the " Hohenzollern" shown here.

As soon as they arrived by train they found a house in the "Patch" and Ralph went back to work with the railroad. 1904 brought two important events for the Aloi family. The first was the opening of the factory and the second was the birth of a son. They decided to name the boy John but the Clermont people called him Jack most of the time. Soon the family moved into the John Steinhauer home and eventually bought it. Three more children were born to the family.  They were named Teresa, Frank and Sam.  Here is a photo of the Aloi family.

John passed away several years ago and is buried in St Elizabeth Cemetery in Smethport. In fact Esther Aloi, John's widow, lived in the Aloi house until recently.  She became ill and in 2004 she resides in a nursing home in St Marys, PA. John and Esther Aloi have two sons and are named Jim and Ralph. One named for each of their grandparents, Jim Sample and Ralph Aloi.  They both live in St Marys, are married and have both children and grandchildren.