Anthonina (d'Anna) Gremaldi (1855 - 1930)

Born 15 Aug 1855 in Corleone, Palermo, Sicilia

Ancestors

Wife of Calogero Grimaldi — married 21 Feb 1881 (to 25 Aug 1922) in Corleone, Palermo, Sicilia, Italia

Descendants

Died 10 Jul 1930 at age 74 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States

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Biography

Anthonina d’Anna is born 15 August 1855 in Corleone, the daughter of Antonio d’Anna and Rosa Gennaro^[1], who married in 1850. She is named after her paternal grandmother.

Antonina marries Calogero Grimaldi, son of the late Francesco Grimaldi and Clemenza Palazzo, on 21 February 1881 in Corleone. Her father has died by this time.^[2] In the United States, Calogero is known as Carlo L. Gremaldi.^[1]

Carlo and Anthonina have four known children: Clemenza (1882), Francesco/Frank (1886), Rosa (1888), and Mary (1898).

Clemenza is born and baptized on 17 December 1882 in Corleone. Her godparents are Giuseppe Milone and Gaetana Serra, a married couple.^[3]

On 17 October 1894, the Kronprinz Friedrich Wilhelm, sailing from Palermo via Naples, arrives in Ellis Island, in New York with at least 65 passengers from Corleone. Among them are Antonina, her mother, and her children:

299 Antonina d’Anna, 49 (b. 1845)

300 Rosa Gennaro, 61 (b. 1833)

301 Clemenza Grimaldi, 12 (b. 1882)

302 Francesco Grimaldi, 8 (b. 1886)

303 Rosa Grimaldi, 6 (b. 1888)^[4]

Clemenza marries Calogero "Carlo" Piranio, a Corleone native, in Louisiana when she is 18 years old (around 1900).^[5]

Her mother's obituary calls Anthonina "Mrs. C.L. Greenhall" of Dallas.

Death of Anthonina

Anthonina dies on 10 July 1930 in Dallas, Texas, where she has been a resident for 27 years (since 1903). She has been a US resident for 37 years (since 1893). The address where she last lived and died is 3100 South Boulevard. She died from a cerebral hemorrhage which occurred a year before her death. She also suffered arteriosclerosis. Anthonina was 74 years old, born 15 August 1855 in Italy, the daughter of Antonio Danna and Rosa Gennaro, both of Italy. She was a retired housewife. Informant is Mrs. Lena Gremaldi of the same address. Anthonina is buried in Oakland Cemetery on 11 July 1930.^{[6] [1]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 03 March 2019), memorial page for Anthonina Danna Gremaldi (15 Aug 1855–10 Jul 1930), Find A Grave Memorial no. 74989332, citing Oakland Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by Anne Scamardo (contributor 47163013) .
2. ↑ Record no. 44."Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DYDJ-73?cc=2046915&wc=MG37-L29%3A351041801%2C351041802%2C351107101 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Matrimoni 1872-1887 > image 281 of 535; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
3. ↑ Baptism of Clementia Grimaldi, record no. 671, 17 December 1882, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6LSS-GZW?cc=2046915&wc=MG34-SP8%3A351041801%2C351041802%2C351280701 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Battesimi 1879-1883 > image 268 of 354; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
4. ↑ Accessed manifest (lines 296-328) on EllisIsland via Steve Morse on 24 Oct 2018.
5. ↑ Hunt, Thomas. “The Mafia of Dallas: 1910-1970.” Published July 2010 in Informer Journal. Pp. 16+.
6. ↑ "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GB9Z-SBFT?cc=1983324&wc=9THP-4WL%3A263835801%2C267288601%2C267381301 : 22 July 2014), Death certificates > 1930 > Vol 068, certificates 033501-034000, Jul, Dallas-El Paso counties > image 97 of 508; State Registrar Office, Austin.