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Iommi family

You've omitted a couple that you had on your other list.

There is no birth reg. for Adolfo and there doesn't seem to be enough gap between the births of Luigiuccia and Peter for him.

It seems likely that all the Iommi's (various spellings) on the 1911 census are related. Peter Jommi, listed as a lodger of Nicolas Tavolieri and Nicola Yommi, listed as a cousin of Guiseppe (the model) appear to be brothers, the sons of a Gaetano Iommi.
 
There is one more Iommi who lived in Bham but doesn't appear on the censuses, an Eleuterio Iommi who married an Eleonora Nardone in 1904. Sadly she died in 1905 and he emigrated to Philadelphia in 1907.

He appears to have re-married a Rosa Cerrone. They had at least 2 children - Eleonora in 1909 and Michael in 1913. There are a few more mentions of Michael - marriage and death - but nothing for the rest, possible due to name variations.
 
In this news cutting from September 1902, Felice Iommi gives his address as 3 back of 21 Fox Street. I can't find him or any mention of his address in the 1901 census. However, his alleged assailant, an ice cream maker, was there at 2 back of 22 Fox Street.
 

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In this news cutting from September 1902, Felice Iommi gives his address as 3 back of 21 Fox Street. I can't find him or any mention of his address in the 1901 census. However, his alleged assailant, an ice cream maker, was there at 2 back of 22 Fox Street.
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After Musolini declared war on Britain in June 1940, thousands of Italians were classified as 'enemy aliens' and interned. This happened to Giuseppe Iommi b.1882 (the artist's model) and his cousin Nicola Iommi b.1887 (also artist's model, ice cream vendor and labourer). Giuseppe was released in September 1940 but Nicola's application for release was turned down and he remained at an internment camp in the Isle of Man until his release in July 1943. Despite this he applied for a British Naturalisation Certificate that was granted in 1948. He is listed as Nickoli Iommi, a confectioner, in the 1955 Kelly's at 169 Booth Street. He is on the electoral register (1955-1960) at 75 Maxwell Avenue Handsworth with a Maria Iommi. He died in Birmingham on 21 July 1978.
 

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A few later a probable nephew of Ferdinando married Loreda/Nellie Musticone, who was a relative of Felice and possibly the 'niece' that registered Felice's death.
 
Yes, that's her.

Her marriage was before Felice's death, so she would have been a Secondini by then but I can't see any other N Musticone it could be.
 
In post 32 Guiseppe"s death is registered in June qtr 1927 by "a niece". Nellie's marriage wasn't registered until Sept qtr 1927. So it fits I think
 
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