Bernarda di Palermo (1872)

Born 11 Mar 1872 in Corleone, Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Ancestors

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Biography

Bernarda, the daughter of Sebastiano di Palermo and Maria Tufanio, is born and baptized in March 1872 in Corleone. Her godparents are Salvatore Colletto and his wife, Paola lo Liggio.^[1]

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

"Bernardina" marries Giacomo Bonaccorso, a plasterer, at St. Lucy's Church Manhattan on 25 February 1917.^[3] Witnesses to the marriage are Antonino Patti and Teresa Patti.

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism of Bernardam di Palermo, page 35, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DYMQ-R7X?cc=2046915&wc=MG37-K6D%3A351041801%2C351041802%2C351142201 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Battesimi 1872-1877 > image 71 of 419; 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.).
3. ↑ "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24QK-ZVB : 10 February 2018), Giacomo Bonaccorso and Bernardina Di Palermo, 25 Feb 1917; citing Marriage, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York City Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,614,657.