Salvatore Cutrera (1874 - abt. 1959)

Born 15 Jul 1874 in Corleone, Palermo, Sicilia

Ancestors

Husband of Calogera (Lanza) Cutrera — married 8 Oct 1899 in Corleone, Palermo, Sicilia, Italia

Descendants

Died about 20 Mar 1959 at about age 84 in Chicago, IL

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Biography

Salvatore Cutrera is born and baptized 15 July 1874 in Corleone, the son of Gioachino Cutrera and Giuseppa lo Bello. His godparents are Francesco and Marianna Salpetra, brother and sister, both unmarried.^[1] Both of his parents were born in Corleone of officially unknown parents.

Salvatore marries Calogera Lanza, daughter of Bernardo Lanza and Biagia Saltaformaggio, on 8 October 1899 in Corleone.^[2]

They have at least two children: Giacomo (c. 1901), Bernard (c. 1905), Joseph (c. 1907), Brigitta (c. 1909), Mary (c. 1911), Rosie (c. 1914), Angelina (1915), Biagio (c. 1917), and Constanzia (1924).

At least 53 passengers from Corleone sail on the SS Citta’ di Napoli, and arrive 20 October 1902 in Ellis Island. All are going on to the port of New Orleans. Among them are Salvatore and his brother-in-law, Giovanni Ficarrotta:

12. Giovanni Ficarrotta, 28 (b. 1874), married, going to NOLA, joining uncle Saverio Guagliardo in NOLA (Saverio is also his godfather)

13. Leoluca Lisotta, 20 (b. 1882), single, going to NOLA, joining brother Calogero Lisotta in Bayou Goula, LA

14. Nicolo’ Jemmola, 34 (b. 1868), married, going to NOLA, joining BIL Giuseppe Provenzano in Labadieville, LA

15. Salvatore Cutrera, 28 (b. 1874), married, joining cousin Giuseppe Montalbano at 522 Basin St., New Orleans.^[3]

In the 1920 federal census of Chicago, IL, Salvatore Cutrera, 45 (b. 1874), heads a household at 1016 Cambridge Ave with his wife, Calogera, 35 (b. 1884), and children Giacomo, 18 (b. 1901), Bernard, 14 (b. 1905), Joseph, 12 (b. 1907), Brigida, 10 (b. 1909), Mary, 8 (b. 1911), Rosie, 5 (b. 1914), Angelina, 4 yrs 4 mos. (b. Oct 1915), and Biagio, 2 yrs 1 mo. (b. Dec 1917) Salvatore, Calogera, and Giacomo were born in Italy, the children Bernard through Angelina were born in Louisiana, and the youngest, Biagio, was born in Illinois. Salvatore emigrated from Italy in 1905, and Calogera and Giacomo in 1906. Salvatore is a laborer on the railroad. Giacomo and Bernard are fillers in a feather factory.^[4]

Costanzia is born 23 March 1924 in Chicago, IL. She is the daughter of Salvatore Cutrera, 50 (b. 1874) and Calogera Lanza, 42 (b. 1882), both born in Italy.^[5]

Angelina dies in 1931 at age 15-6. She is buried with her parents in Mount Carmel Catholic Cemetery in Hillside, Cook County, IL.^[6]

Calogera Cutrera, born in 1882, dies in 1938 at age 55-6. She is buried in Mount Carmel Catholic Cemetery in Hillside, Cook County, IL, with her husband, Salvatore, and their daughter, Angelina.^[7]

Salvatore dies in 1959 at age 84-5.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism of Salvatorem Cutrera, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DYM7-QZ1?cc=2046915&wc=MG37-K6D%3A351041801%2C351041802%2C351142201 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Battesimi 1872-1877 > image 208 of 419; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
2. ↑ Marriage of Salvator Cutrera and Calogera Lanza, record no. 67, 8 October 1899, Index. "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DTMW-7F4?cc=2046915&wc=MG37-4WL%3A351041801%2C351041802%2C351563301 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Indice (Matrimoni) 1529-1951 > image 396 of 584; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
3. ↑ "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9T4-QSYC-6?cc=1368704&wc=4X1L-QZM%3A1600482420 : 26 January 2018), Roll 304, vol 524-525, 19 Oct 1902-20 Oct 1902 > image 209 of 600; citing NARA microfilm publication T715 and M237 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ Year: 1920; Census Place: Chicago Ward 22, Cook (Chicago), Illinois; Roll: T625_333; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 1226
5. ↑ "Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1940," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVPC-ZT7H : 18 May 2016), Salvatori Cutrera in entry for Costanzia Cutrera, 23 Mar 1924; Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, reference/certificate 30360, Cook County Clerk, Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm 100,510,686.
6. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 18 November 2018), memorial page for Angelina Cutrera (1915–1931), Find A Grave Memorial no. 155282650, citing Mount Carmel Catholic Cemetery, Hillside, Cook County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave (contributor 8) .
7. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 18 November 2018), memorial page for Cologera Cutrera (1882–1938), Find A Grave Memorial no. 155282632, citing Mount Carmel Catholic Cemetery, Hillside, Cook County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave (contributor 8) .
8. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 18 November 2018), memorial page for Salvatore Cutrera (1874–1959), Find A Grave Memorial no. 155282617, citing Mount Carmel Catholic Cemetery, Hillside, Cook County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave (contributor 8) .