I decided to spring for a few months of Ancestry.com while I was doing all the research. I thought I might be able to find some clues on that site, and I was right. The first clue came with Guiseppe’s draft card, which I found through Ancestry.
It was dated 1912. The card did not list his nationality.
I also found the 1910 census. At this point, Guiseppe and Angela had 5 kids: Mary, Charlie, John, Frank and Sam. On the census form, there is a column for citizenship information. It lists Guiseppe’s naturalization status as Alien.
This is critical information for my quest as the John listed on that census form, the 3 year old little boy whose name fills the last line of the Census page… he is my grandfather.