Gaspare di Mercurio
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Gaspare di Mercurio is the author of La settimana dell'anarchia del 1866 a Palermo. Also, he has an honorary title of "Cav. di Vittorio Veneto" as mentioned at his burial site in Partinico
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Family

Gaspare is survived by one son, Ivan di Mercurio, and two grandsons. He is also survived by a younger brother, Biagio DiMercurio, and a younger sister, Benedetta di Mercurio.

Biagio DiMercurio

Biagio was born in Partinico as Biagio di Mercurio. He married in 1955 to Caterina Greco (born 1937). In 1957, his first son Salvatore di Mercurio was born and, in 1960, his second son Domenico di Mercurio was born. Around 1962, Biagio moved to the United States
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 with his wife and kids. After the emigrated, they lived in Queens
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 and, in approximately 1972, became American citizens. They changed their surname to DiMercurio, as was commonly done with other Italian surnames beginning with "di". Domenico's was the only one in the family to change his given name, which was changed to Dominick. Salvatore DiMercurio married Jean Roher in 1988 and had four children: Erica (born 1990), Kristen Norma (born 1992), Michael (born 1995), and Phillip (born 1997). Dominick DiMercurio married Donna Sandano (born 1961) in 1984 and had three children: Melissa (born 1989), Dominick II (born 1993), and Nicholas (born 1997). The entire family currently resides in Hagerstown, Maryland
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, except Caterina who died in 2007.

Benedetta di Mercurio

Gaspare's younger sister, Benedetta, is married to Gaspare Manno and currently lives with her husband in Alcamo
Alcamo
Alcamo is the fourth largest city in the province of Trapani, in north-western Sicily, southern Italy.-History:Alcamo was founded in 828 by the Muslim commander al-Kamuk , though other sources date its origin to c. 972...

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