Leoluca Bonanno, son of Giuseppe Bonanno, laborer (bracciale), and Rosa Lombardo, is born on December 25, 1859 in his parents' home on via Santa Rosalia in Corleone.[1] His godparents are Luciano Chiarello and Maria Lombardo, both single.[2]
He marries Giovanna di Palermo, daughter of Gaetano di Palermo and Maria Rosa Cascio, on 9 April 1888.[3] This record calls Giovanna innuba, meaning she has never married, but there is a marriage record for Giovanna the previous year, to Biagio Pomilla.
Leoluca and Giovanna have at least two children, Rosalia (1895) and Giovanni (c. 1900).
Rosalia is born 11 April 1895 and baptized two days later. Her godmother is Caterina di Palermo, who is unmarried.[4]
These passengers sail from Palermo on the Wanderer in 1898 and are destined for New Orleans:
163. Mariano Gulotta, 38 (b. 1860), from Corleone, a farmer
↑ "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-159314-42080-15?cc=2046915 : accessed 11 January 2016), Corleone > San Martino > Documenti matrimoniali 1900-1910 > image 450 of 460; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
↑ Marriage of Leolucas Bonanno and Joanna di Palermo, record no. 25, 9 April 1888, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11622-15389-44?cc=2046915&wc=MG37-L23:351041801,351041802,351112201 : accessed 21 January 2015), Corleone > San Martino > Matrimoni 1888-1902 > image 10 of 445; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo [Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo].
↑ Baptism of Rosalia Bonanno, record no. 185, 13 April 1895, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-12350-76953-13?cc=2046915 : accessed 5 October 2015), Corleone > San Martino > Battesimi 1895-1899 > image 11 of 309; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
↑ Death of Joannes Bonanno, record no. 326, 31 October 1901, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11742-34884-7?cc=2046915 : accessed 9 January 2016), Corleone > San Martino > Morti 1889-1910 > image 330 of 546; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
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