The Italian family tree

The Radice and Fabrizio families of San Fele, followed by Pop and Teresa’s family in Washington, D.C. The direct family line runs from Donato to Domenico “Pop” Radice to Dr. Daniel “Big George” Radice.

This text version lists the same 32 people as the interactive tree. It groups the existing family branches by generation. Dates and later lives that remain uncertain are marked below.

Generation 1: Earliest recorded names

The Ricigliano family

Parents of Teresa Ricigliano.

The earlier Pietropinto family

Parents of Domenicoantonio Pietropinto.

Sebastiano Pietropinto

Dates not recorded

One of the earliest named ancestors on the San Fele side of the family.

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Generation 2: The earlier families

Donato’s parents

Pietro Radice

Dates not recorded

Named as Donato’s father in the 1848 San Fele birth register index (act no. 303, Antenati).

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Maria Rosa Lorenzo

Dates not recorded

Named as Donato’s mother in the 1848 San Fele birth register index (act no. 303, Antenati).

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Rosa’s parents

Francesco Fabrizio’s parents

Maria Michela’s parents

Generation 3: The San Fele households

Donato Maria Radice and Rosa Fortannascere

Married in San Fele on 16 November 1876. Their eleven children are listed in the next generation.

Francesco Fabrizio and Maria Michela Pietropinto

Married in San Fele on 6 October 1887. Their daughter Teresa married Domenico “Pop” Radice.

Generation 4: The Radice children and Pop’s household

Donato and Rosa’s eleven children

Listed in birth order, using Francesco’s provisional birth year of about 1891.

  4. Domenico Antonio “Pop” Radice

    18 Feb 1886 – 8 Oct 1970

    Parents: Donato Maria Radice, Rosa Fortannascere.

    He came to America at 16 on the SS Aller from Naples and settled in Washington, D.C. He married Teresa Fabrizio on 8 August 1910. He was born in San Fele on 18 February 1886 and died in Washington on 8 October 1970. Family papers say the name was originally spelled Radici. The San Fele birth records we’ve read spell it Radice.

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Teresa, Pop’s wife

Teresa is the daughter of Francesco Fabrizio and Maria Michela Pietropinto. She married Domenico “Pop” Radice on 8 August 1910; she is not one of Donato and Rosa’s children.

Generation 5: The Washington family

Pop and Teresa’s three children

Dr. Daniel Francis “Big George” Radice

8 Feb 1913 – 20 Sep 2001

Parents: Domenico Antonio “Pop” Radice, Teresa Maria Fabrizio.

Daniel was born in Washington, D.C. Family papers give his birth name as “Donato Francesco Radici.” Interpretation: as Pop and Teresa’s first son, he was likely named for his grandfather Donato, following the southern Italian custom. Known as Big George and Doc, he graduated from Georgetown University in 1932 and Georgetown’s dental school in 1936, according to family papers. His dental office was behind the Capitol. The papers say he met Laurel Katherine “Peggy” Taylor on a blind date on 6 January 1939 and married her exactly one year later, on 6 January 1940. He died on 20 September 2001 in Poolesville, Maryland; family papers say his ashes were spread around Kakie’s lilac tree.

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Peggy, Big George’s wife

Laurel Katherine “Peggy” Taylor married Daniel “Big George” Radice on 6 January 1940. Her Taylor ancestry is outside this Italian-side tree.

Laurel Katherine “Peggy” Taylor Radice

22 Oct 1916 – 31 Dec 1994

Family papers give Peggy’s name as Laurel Katherine “Peggy” Taylor and her birthplace as Elkins, Randolph County, West Virginia. Her family moved to Washington, D.C. when she was two. Family papers say she was the Daily News’ Inquiring Photographer; her memorial remembers her singing in Washington’s nightclubs and jazz clubs. She was Peggy to her husband and relatives, Kakie to her grandchildren, and Piggy to her father. Family papers say she met Daniel Radice on a blind date on 6 January 1939 and married him exactly one year later, on 6 January 1940. She died on 31 December 1994 in Poolesville, Maryland, and was buried in West Virginia, according to the family papers.

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