Paola di Palermo (1869)

Born 21 Sep 1869 in Corleone, Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Ancestors

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Biography

Paola, the first child of Sebastiano di Palermo and Maria Tufanio, is born and baptized on 21 September 1869 in Corleone. Her godmother is Carolina Tufanio, who is unmarried.^[1] Contrary to tradition, she is not named after her paternal grandmother.

Paola, age 26, her sister, Bernarda Di Palermo, age 23, their maternal aunt, Barbara Tufanio, and her husband, Vincenzo Soldano, arrive in New Orleans from Palermo in 1895 on the SS Montebello.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism of Paulam di Palermo, page 188, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DYMQ-RPZ?cc=2046915&wc=MG37-K66%3A351041801%2C351041802%2C351131001 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Battesimi 1864-1871 > image 444 of 576; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
2. ↑ "Louisiana, New Orleans Passenger Lists, 1820-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-22145-5662-36?cc=1916009 : accessed 12 March 2016), 1820-1902 (NARA M259) > 081 - 1 Apr 1895 - 31 Dec 1895 > image 85 of 343; citing NARA microfilm publication M259 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).