Two of their sons, Antonio and Fillipi died of tuberculosis and were buried at North Road Burial Ground. Antonio died aged 9 (his grave reference is unknown) on the 12th July 1908. His brother Fillipi died aged 25 in 1919 and Mariantonia, their mother died in 1928 aged 67. Tragically, when the Second World War broke out Orazio, still an Italian national, was interned in a prisoner of war camp. Despite having lived the UK for most of his long life and being in his late 70s he was still considered a risk by the British Government. He died in 1943 at the age of 80 in Ely, Cambridgeshire. However, his body was brought back to Southend so that he could be buried with his wife and sons in North Road.