Domenico Saponara, son of Luca Filippo Saponara and Nicole Maria Dibuono, & Rosamaria Provenzano,  daughter of Francesco Provenzano and Isabella Panella, were married in San Luca Abbate Roman Catholic Church in Armento on February 10, 1900.     Their first child Filippo was born February 20, 1901 in Armento however, Domenico was not in attendance for the birth of his first son as he had gone to the United States on September20, 1900.   At this time of the great emigration from Italy, wives being left behind was such a common occurrence they became known as "white widows." 

As of this date, ship passenger records for Rosamaria and Filippo have not been found but mother and son arrived in New York sometime before September, 1902.  

Saponaro Descendants