Giuseppe Cascio (1875)

Born 10 Feb 1875 in Corleone, Palermo, Italy

Ancestors

Husband of Biagia Cascio — married 18 Nov 1902 in Corleone, Palermo, Sicily

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Biography

Giuseppe Cascio is born and baptized Joseph on 10 February 1875. He is the son of Biagio Cascio and Caterina Morello. His godfather is also his namesake and maternal grandfather, Giuseppe Morello.

Giuseppe's older cousin is the infamous gangster Giuseppe Morello (b. 1867), named after the same grandfather.

Giuseppe marries Biagia Cascio, his first cousin, on 18 November 1902. This record contains a dispensation due to second degree consanguinity. Both his parents are living at this time.

According to family lore, Giuseppe's family produces olive oil, which he and Biagia send to her family in New York, to sell to their neighbors there.

Sources

Baptism of Joseph Cascio, 10 February 1875

• "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11610-137838-93?cc=2046915&wc=MG37-K6D:351041801,351041802,351142201 : accessed 16 Jul 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Battesimi 1872-1877 > image 240 of 419; citing Archivio della Diocesi di Palermo.

Marriage of Joseph Cascio and Blasia Cascio, record no. 74, 18 November 1902

• "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11622-12760-97?cc=2046915&wc=MG37-L23:351041801,351041802,351112201 : accessed 8 April 2015), Corleone > San Martino > Matrimoni 1888-1902 > image 443 of 445; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo [Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo].