Amedeo Belli

Iris’s father · class of 1896 · b. 19 February 1896

Amedeo Belli — Iris’s father — was born on the 19th of February, 1896, in the hill town of Monte San Giovanni Campano, and came of age just as Italy marched into the First World War. His was the class of 1896 — the boys called up for the Alpine passes and the bloody line of the Isonzo.

Whatever the war asked of him, he came through it, and made his life in Rome. There he married Palmira Giarrocchi, and in 1923 a daughter was born to them — Iris, who would one day carry the Belli name clear across the Atlantic.

Note. His WWI service is expected from his conscription class but not yet documented; the ruoli matricolari of the Frosinone military district (classes 1877–1914) are the record to pull.

Family

Father Angelo Belli Lynn’s great‑great‑grandfather Mother Giovina Gargari Twice‑married mother of two families Spouse Palmira Giarrocchi Iris’s mother Child Iris Belli War bride, 1946 · A.T. Algonquin Sibling Giuseppe Belli Amedeo’s brother · class of 1895 Half-sibling Angela Paolessi Half‑sister of Amedeo & Giuseppe Half-sibling Umberto Domenico Tommaso Paolessi Half‑brother of Amedeo Half-sibling Dante Paolessi Half‑brother of Amedeo Half-sibling Umberto Paolessi Half‑brother of Amedeo

Documents & sources

Iris Belli Gondorchin — U.S. Social Security NUMIDENT

FamilySearch

b. 1 Dec 1923, Rome; parents Palmira Giarrocchi & Amedeo Belli.

Reference

Ruoli matricolari (military service registers), Distretto militare di Frosinone, classi 1877–1914

Archivio di Stato di Frosinone · Portale Antenati

Where the WWI service records of Giuseppe (1895) & Amedeo (1896) Belli should live.

Reference