Nicolina Catherine Ferraiolo (1923 - 2022)

Born 23 Mar 1923 in San Pietro a Maida, Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy

Ancestors

Daughter of Vincenzo Ferraiolo and Maria Tedesco

Wife of Walter Jans — married 21 Jul 1945 in Shelby, Tennessee, United States

Died 17 Sep 2022 at age 99 in Eads, Shelby, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Nicolina Ferraiolo migrated from Italy to USA.

This profile is part of the San Pietro a Maida, Calabria One Place Study.

This profile is part of the Haverhill, Massachusetts One Place Study.

Nicolina Ferraiolo has Italian Roots.

Nicolina was born in 1923 in San Pietro a Maida, Italy. At a young age, she and her family moved to Haverhill. She joined the army in 1944 and was transferred to Kennedy Veterans Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, where she was an orthopedic mechanic and met her husband, Walter Jans. They were married shortly thereafter and had one daughter together.

She was an avid collector of antiques and has been on the Antiques Roadshow on PBS. She was the owner of Nicole's Midtown Galleries, specializing in period French and English antiques.

She passed away on September 17th, 2022.

DNA

Paternal and maternal relationships are confirmed with an AncestryDNA test match between Chris Ferraiolo and his great-aunt, Nicolina Ferraiolo. Their MRCAs are Vincenzo Ferraiolo and Maria Tedesco, the great-grandparents of Chris Ferraiolo and the parents of his great-aunt. Predicted relationship reported by AncestryDNA: close family, based on sharing 1303 cM across 43 segments; Confidence: Extremely High.

Sources

• "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24FW-2F9 : 12 March 2018), Nicolina Ferraiolo, 1929; citing Immigration, New York, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQLN-21T : accessed 15 November 2020), Nicolina Feriraiolo in household of James Feriraiolo, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 66, sheet 29B, line 72, family 560, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 896; FHL microfilm 2,340,631.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4X8-6ZV : 25 May 2020), Nicolina Ferriolo in household of James Ferriolo, Ward 5, Haverhill, Haverhill City, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 5-121, sheet 12A, line 30, family 241, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1580.

• "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHS-9WYK : 22 December 2016), Walter John Jans and Nicolina Catherine Ferraiola, 21 Jul 1945; citing Shelby, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,784,679.

• "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FSH-4YCC : Tue Sep 05 01:09:32 UTC 2023), Entry for Walter J Jans and Nicolina C Jans, 4 April 1950.

• Find a Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/194426415/nicolina-catherine-jans

• Obituary: https://www.commercialappeal.com/obituaries/mca063807