Seventh Generation

55. Joseph (Giuseppe) (Sepl) DEJACO⁸² was born on 6 Feb 1834 in Campill/Longiarü in Tyrol (Crownland of Austria) at Seres.

He sent a letter to his brother Franz Dejaco in America on 2 Jun 1903. He was upset: "About four years ago I sent to you one long letter and a picture of me and my daughter, Caterina [Dejaco 1868-1949]. I have told you about our relatives and I want you to write a letter. You have been away for a long time but you have not sent any letter. I didn't hear from you for many years. Not even one. I don't know if you have received the letter with my picture and now I'm going to send you another letter. I hope you will answer me as soon as possible and tell me why you haven*t written to me. You are silent. I do not understand why you do not want to know about your family." He then provided a family update: "My son [Josephus Dejaco 1868-1933] and all my children [illegible], except Caterina is a nun in Innsbruck. Josephus got married and wrote a letter to you after the wedding and is living in my house with [grandchildren] Maria [b.1871], Anna [b.1901], and Elizabet [b.1903]. My daughter Brigitta [Dejaco b.1873] married a school teacher [Peter Detomaso] and has one daughter and one son. Elizabeth [Dejaco b.1871] married a [John.] Evangelist Pescoller, and had a daughter right away. Everyone is doing and living well. The nun is happy too. One year ago Maria [Dejaco Costa 1865-1902], my daughter, died and left four children. Our brother and sisters [illegible] Ludwig [Dejaco 1840-1910] and Johann [Dejaco 1838-1906] are in Gardenia, Peter [Dejaco 1846-1917] is in Posteria, Marianna [Dejaco Tschaffert 1851-1929], and Brigitta Dejaco Pescoller 1842-1923] all struggle to live. Barbara is home from school due to illness. Marianna [Tschaffert] is a widow and lives in Bolzano. She works in a restaurant. She is a cook. She is in good health, but she is getting old and doesn't have the energy like she used to have to work." Finally he states "I now finish writing my letter with much hope to hear from you. Two times I have written to you. We cannot see each other on this earth again, but I hope to receive one of your letters."

He was visited by his brother, Franz Xavier Dejaco in 1909 in Campill/Longiarü, Tyrol (Crownland of Austria). Grandson Josef Dejaco (b1904) remembered that visit as he was a little boy at the time. He stated that his grandfather and Franz Xavier DeJaco spoke Ladinish, and that his granduncle had not forgotten his mother tongue. This was the last opportunity that the two brothers had to visit with one another.

He died on 4 Mar 1917 in Campill/Longiarü, Tyrol (Crownland of Austria).

Joseph (Giuseppe) (Sepl) DEJACO and Maria DAPORTA were married on 14 Apr 1863 in Campill/Longiarü, Tyrol at St. Lucia Church. Maria DAPORTA⁸³ (daughter of Joseph DAPORTA and Maria Katherine FRENER) was born on 9 May 1837 in Campill/Longiarü, Tyrol (Crownland of Austria). She died on 3 Jun 1892.

Joseph (Giuseppe) (Sepl) DEJACO and Maria DAPORTA had the following children:

84	i.	Maria DEJACO84 was born on 23 Feb 1864 in Campill/Longiarü in Tyrol (Crownland of Austria) at Seres. She died on 23 Mar 1864 in Campill/Longiarü, Tyrol (Crownland of Austria) at Seres, Haus Nr. 35. She was only a month old when she died.
+85	ii.	Maria DEJACO Costa.
86	iii.	Catterina DEJACO85 was born on 28 Jul 1866 in Campill/Longiarü in Tyrol (Crownland of Austria) at Seres. She died on 13 Dec 1867. She was only 18 months old when she died.
87	iv.	Catherina DEJACO was born on 25 Mar 1868 in Campill/Longiarü in Tyrol (Crownland of Austria) at Seres. On 13 Jun 1892 she is a nun in a Convent in Innsbruck, Austria. She died on 18 Jul 1949 in Merano.
+88	v.	Josef (Giuseppe) DEJACO.
+89	vi.	Elisabetta (Lisl) DEJACO Peskoller.
+90	vii.	Brigetta DEJACO DeTomaso.
91	viii.	Franz Xav. DEJACO86 was born on 3 Dec 1879 in Campill/Longiarü in Tyrol (Crownland of Austria) at Seres. He died on 11 Apr 1884 in Campill/Longiarü, Tyrol (Crownland of Austria) at Haus Nr. 36. He was only 4 years old when he died.