[senior citizen]

The Hill St. Louis - The Official Website of "The Hill" Neighborhood in St. Louis, Missouri

THE HILL NEIGHBORHOOD, ST. LOUIS MO. THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF "THE HILL" HYPERLINK ABOVE....

USE DROP DOWN MENU AT THE TOP TO GO TO THE "NEIGHBORHOOD" , ETC., ETC.

GREAT RESOURCE :http://stlouis.about.com/od/neighborhoodscities/ss/The_Hill_Tour.htm
WALKING TOUR OF THE HILL
http://www.cuggionogenealogy.net/stlouis.html
One person doing the Italian research with regard to "The Hill" neighborhood in St Louis, MO.
Perhaps they can steer you in the right direction.....as to where to do your research on Italians in St. Louis, MO. You just might find something with regard to your grandmother's surname of Marcella (unless that was her first name; you did not distinguish). Good luck. See below.......
http://www.cuggionogenealogy.net/researchstl.html
RESEARCHING ST. LOUIS ITALIANS
　
FOR THOSE NOSTALGIC FOR LIFE ON THE HILL......OR RESEARCHING THEIR ANCESTOR'S LIVES....

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Marseiler, Josephine-360 15 Dec 1865 10 Dec 1944 0 Death: St. Louis, Missouri (1944)
Marriage: St. Louis, Missouri (1898)


Marseiler, Louisa-359 28 May 1881 1 May 1953 0 Death: St. Louis, Missouri (1953)


Marseiler, Philomena-580 28 May 1881 22 Jul 1964 0 Death: St. Louis, Missouri (1964)

DO NOT FORGET TO LOOK AT ALTERNATE SPELLING OF NAMES YOU ARE NOT SURE OF. FOR INSTANCE, MARCELLA COULD BE MARSEILER.

WITH A SOUTHERN ACCENT, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.

To me, Marseiler (as above) appears to be of French ethnicity, however, I myself have Italians in my tree with French surnames. Sicily, ditto, has a lot of Greek influence. The Sicilians who married into my southern Italian families definitely had Greek blood in them.

Since you have NO RECORDS , just hearsay........hopefully, you might reconnect with some older family member who has a better memory of names and places.

THIS IS WHY ALL OF THE ELLIS ISLAND RECORDS OF IMMIGRANTS' ARRIVAL ALSO OFFER "SOUNDEX" FOR HOW THE NAME MIGHT HAVE SOUNDED TO THE ENGLISH SPEAKING CLERK........GETTING PAST THE HEAVY ACCENTS OF THE VARIOUS IMMIGRANTS.........ARRIVING FROM MANY NATIONS. EVEN THE SHIPS' MANIFESTS HAD ERRONEOUS SPELLINGS.

The above three women died in Saint Louis, MO.

Also, for that "Dowl" surname.........it could have been Dowling or another surname such as "Dalton"..........only you know for sure (if you have anything at all in writing).

Philomena/Filomena is an Italian woman's first name.......my own Italian grandmother's mother's name was Philomena, as were many in her ancestry.......