Diomede Caputo Mystery Cache
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A cache placed to celebrate my Great-Great Grandparents Diomede and Lucrezia Grazia Caputo. You’re gonna have to work for this one, just like ME.
Two years ago I began helping my Aunt Gracie, my Grandfather’s youngest sister, research our family tree. Armed with lots of stories and very little facts, it has been an awesome task: fun, frustrating and exciting! I have gone through dusty boxes, talked with cousins from all over the East Coast I have never met and had to deal with government agencies in 2 countries.
Here’s what I got so far. According to Diomede Caputo's declaration to be a citizen filed in the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County, Pa., which I found in the Montgomery County Historical Society, he said he arrived in the Port of New York on March 5, 1879. Which means he came through Castle Gardens, Ellis Island had not been built yet. He was 38 years old (Born in Italy May 25, 1850). He signed his declaration with an X because he could not write. The date of naturalization was blank, indicating he never became a citizen. In the 1910 census he reported he arrived in1876. His wife was Lucrezia (Grazia) Farrara. She went by Grace, but Diomede always called her “His Lizzie”. They were married in Italy, in a village near Salerno. During World War II, the town was destroyed along with all vital records kept there. They lived a few years on the Lower East Side in NY and then moved to the Manayunk section of Philadelphia. (He had a brother named Pasquale who remained in NY, probably Brooklyn.) In 1890 Diomede Caputo changed his name to Frank Renner. There are a few versions of the story as to why he did this: Italians couldn’t get work, he wanted to break ties with la famiglia, he and Paul (Pasquale) had a falling out. He worked as a foreman at the Penncoyd Iron Works (later Midvale Steel) until he died on Sept. 24, 1915. They had eight kids, four boys and four girls: Louis, Anthony, Julius (my Great Grandfather), Charles, Lucia (called Lizzie), Rosa, Annie and Teresa.
In order to sign the log, you will need to answer a few questions. Once you have your answers, Diomede’s cache container con il log can be found here:
N 43 AB.CDE W 070 FG.HIJ
Buona Fortuna and happy caching
Le Domande (The Questions)
A: Use the numerical value of the month Diomede arrived in the USA.
B: During WWII, The Allied landing at Salerno, code named Operation Avalanche, took place when? Use the numerical value of the month. You’ll have to think “outside” gc.com for this one.
C: Subtract 21 from the day Diomede was born.
D: The number of years ME has been researching her Great Great Grandparents?
E: Use the last digit of the year Diomede was born
F: Use the month of Diomede’s Declaration and subtract the number windowpanes visible behind Grace. Then subtract 3 more. You’ll need to use the photos ME uploaded to the cache description page.
G: Use the 3 digit of the year Diomede arrived in the USA according to the 1910 census.
H: Use the second digit of the year Diomede became Frank Renner
I: The number of reasons ME has found for why Diomede used the name Frank Renner.
J: The number of children Frank and Grace had.
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