by PolackTony » Wed Feb 12, 2025 5:04 pm
Dr031718 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 12, 2025 3:06 pm
Honk wrote: ↑Wed Feb 12, 2025 2:58 pm
Was Nove a first or second cousin to Jake Tocco? He references Joe Zerilli as being his grandfather (I think) so I’m confused on the family relationship.
Second cousins. His mother and jack Tocco were 1st cousins
I could be wrong and there are, of course, dense connections between some of these Detroit families. But Nove said himself that he is only related quite distantly to the other Toccos from back in Favarotta, Terrasini.
This matches with what I’ve found when looking into some of these people in the past. Nove’s dad was Paul J Tocco, whose dad in turn was Onofrio “Louis” Tocco of Favarotta (Nove’s namesake). I was able to trace back the genealogy of this family for several generations and saw no relation to Giacomo Tocco, father of Black Bill and grandfather/namesake of Jack Tocco. Now, Paul Tocco’s older brother Peter did marry Nicolina “Evelyn” Tocco (so, she was Evelyn Tocco Tocco lol), a daughter of Black Bill’s brother Giacomo Tocco Jr. Thus, Nove’s aunt by marriage was a first cousin of Jack Tocco. As people probably already know, Nove’s mother, Josephine Dolores Zerilli was a daughter of *the* Joe Zerilli. Joe Z’s mother, in turn, was Rosalia Tocco (lol). I’m unaware of the exact relation she would have add to either of this other Tocco families, though given that her father was named Pietro, I’d venture that she may have been related to Onofrio Tocco’s branch.
Again, I could be wrong but what I found seems to have been supported by Nove himself. Tocco, is, of course, one of the single most common surnames in the comune of Terrasini.
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Was Nove a first or second cousin to Jake Tocco? He references Joe Zerilli as being his grandfather (I think) so I’m confused on the family relationship.
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Second cousins. His mother and jack Tocco were 1st cousins
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I could be wrong and there are, of course, dense connections between some of these Detroit families. But Nove said himself that he is only related quite distantly to the other Toccos from back in Favarotta, Terrasini.
This matches with what I’ve found when looking into some of these people in the past. Nove’s dad was Paul J Tocco, whose dad in turn was Onofrio “Louis” Tocco of Favarotta (Nove’s namesake). I was able to trace back the genealogy of this family for several generations and saw no relation to Giacomo Tocco, father of Black Bill and grandfather/namesake of Jack Tocco. Now, Paul Tocco’s older brother Peter did marry Nicolina “Evelyn” Tocco (so, she was Evelyn Tocco Tocco lol), a daughter of Black Bill’s brother Giacomo Tocco Jr. Thus, Nove’s aunt by marriage was a first cousin of Jack Tocco. As people probably already know, Nove’s mother, Josephine Dolores Zerilli was a daughter of *the* Joe Zerilli. Joe Z’s mother, in turn, was Rosalia Tocco (lol). I’m unaware of the exact relation she would have add to either of this other Tocco families, though given that her father was named Pietro, I’d venture that she may have been related to Onofrio Tocco’s branch.
Again, I could be wrong but what I found seems to have been supported by Nove himself. Tocco, is, of course, one of the single most common surnames in the comune of Terrasini.