Biagia (Bonanno) Baglio (1876 - 1966)

Born 7 Apr 1876 in Corleone, Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Ancestors

Wife of Giuseppe Baglio — married 19 Jun 1898 in Corleone, Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Died 13 Dec 1966 at age 90 in Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

Biagia Bonanno is born 7 April 1876 in Corleone, the daughter of Pietro Bonanno and Serafina Misuraca, and baptized on 9 April. Her godparents are Luciano Paternostro and Bernarda Finocchio, a married couple.^[1] Biagia is named after her maternal grandmother.

Biagia Bonanno, daughter of Pietro Bonanno and Serafina Misuraca, marries Giuseppe Baglio, son of Ignazio Baglio and the late Maria Paternostro, on 19 June 1898 in Corleone.^[2]

More sources are needed to fill in the details of Joseph and his family's emigration, and the births of their children. It appears from the 1940 census that they have at least six children: Maria (1901), Ned (c. 1904), Pete (c. 1911), Dominic (c. 1914), Nuncio (c. 1916), and Mike (c. 1920).

Mary, born in 1901 in Franklin, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, marries in 1929 in Houston, Texas, to Bernardo Petranella, whose parents are from Corleone. Bernardo, called Ben, is a salesman with an unusual history of violence and kidnapping that suggests organized criminal activity. His brother, Barney, is a bootlegger and narcotics trafficker.

Ned, their neighbor in 1940, is likely to be their son. His address suggests it is on the same property with Joe's. Based on their birthplaces, the family lived in Louisiana from around 1904 until sometime before 1914, when they were in Texas. They came to California sometime before 1935.

In the 1940 federal census of Los Angeles, CA, AD 62, taken in April, Joe Baglio heads a household at 5743 Bandera St. He owns his home, worth $7500. Joe, 74 (b. 1866), and his wife Bessie, 62 (b. 1878), were born in Italy. Their children at home are Pete, 29 (b. 1911), born in Louisiana; and Dominic, 26 (b. 1914); Nuncio, 24 (b. 1916); and Mike, 20 (b. 1920); all born in Texas. Joe is a machinist helper in a machine shop. Dominic is a laborer at general work. Nuncio is an inspector in a machine shop.

The next family in the census is Ned Baglio, at 5743 1/2 Bandera St. Ned, 36, was born in Louisiana, and his wife Josephine, 23, was born in Texas. Their daughter, Bessie Ann, 1, was born in California. Ned owns his home, worth $1500. In 1935, Josephine lived in Los Gatos, Santa Clara, California. Ned is a machinist in a shop.^[3]

Joseph dies on 29 May 1963 in Los Angeles. He is 95. ^[4][5]

Bessie Bonanno Baglio was born in Sicily in 1877. She died in Los Angeles County, California on 13 December 1966.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism of Blasiam Bonnano. (1876, April 9). "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DYM7-WQY?cc=2046915&wc=MG37-K6D%3A351041801%2C351041802%2C351142201 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Battesimi 1872-1877 > image 371 of 419; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
2. ↑ Marriage of Joseph Baglio and Blasia Bonanno. (1898, June 19). Record no. 42, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DYDX-7M?cc=2046915&wc=MG37-L23%3A351041801%2C351041802%2C351112201 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Matrimoni 1888-1902 > image 324 of 445; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9MT-2Q2L?cc=2000219&wc=QZX5-459%3A790105301%2C796133301%2C802704701%2C802725301 : accessed 15 January 2020), California > Los Angeles > Los Angeles Township, Los Angeles, Councilmanic District 8 > 60-565 Los Angeles Township, Los Angeles City Councilmanic District 8 (Tract 256 - part) in Assembly District 62 > image 30 of 38; citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012.
4. ↑ "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VP4W-VK4 : 26 November 2014), Joseph Baglio, 29 May 1963; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
5. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JGWX-XMX : 20 May 2014), Joseph Baglio, May 1963; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
6. ↑ "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VP42-7NV : 26 November 2014), Bessie B Baglio, 13 Dec 1966; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.