When Francesco Altomare was born on 19 July 1881, in Molfetta, Bari, Puglia, Italy, his father, Giambattista Altomare, was 49 and his mother, Maria Minutillo, was 43. He married Isabella Rosa Squeo in March 1906, in Molfetta, Bari, Puglia, Italy. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 12 December 1943, at the age of 62.