Giuseppa Cascio (1885)

Born 15 Sep 1885 in Corleone, Palermo, Italy

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Biography

Giuseppa Cascio is the daughter of Biagio Cascio and Caterina Morello. Born and baptized on 15 September 1885 in Corleone, her godparents are Antonino la Barba and Giovanna Grizzaffi, a married couple.^[1]

Giuseppa, age 18, sails from the port of Napoli on 16 September 1903 with her brother, Calogero, age 25, and sister, Maria, age 20. They sail on the S.S. Nord-America to New York, arriving on 1 October 1903. According to the manifest, Calogero is a worker and his sisters are servants. They are all literate. They are joining their cousin Giuseppe Morello.^[2]

Calogero, 25 (b. 1877, he is 28) and his sisters Marietta, 20 (b. 1882: she is 23), and Josephine, 18 (b. 1885, she is 19), appear in the 1905 state census for New York, living in Manhattan. Calogero is a laborer. It says here that Marietta "Silks Waists" and Josephine is a Collar Maker.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism of Josepha Cascio, 15 September 1885, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-12332-70412-7?cc=2046915&wc=MG34-SP6:351041801,351041802,351287601 : accessed 04 Apr 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Battesimi 1884-1888 > image 151 of 398; citing Archivio della Diocesi di Palermo.
2. ↑ Ship manifest, S.S. Nord-America, 1 October 1903, S.S. Nord-America 1 October 1903
3. ↑ "New York State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-YSR9-G95?cc=1463113&wc=Q69N-863%3A42719801%2C43004401%2C44869201 : 22 September 2016), New York > Manhattan > image 64 of 78; county offices, New York.