Caterina Gabriele (abt. 1849)

Born about 1849 in Palermo, Palermo, Sicilia

Ancestors

Wife of Biagio Mondello — married 8 Feb 1864 in Corleone, Palermo, Sicilia, Italia

Descendants

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Biography

Caterina Gabriele is born in Palermo, the daughter of Maestro Francesco Gabriele and Cira Criscione, a couple from Corleone who married there in 1848. I estimate Caterina is born the following year, making her sixteen at marriage. Caterina lives in Corleone from childhood.

She marries Maestro Biagio Mondello, son of the late Maestro Nicolo’ Mondello and the living Lucia Mosca, on 8 February 1864 in Corleone. Third and fourth degree consanguinity is detected and a dispensation obtained on 28 January 1864 for this union.^[1]

Caterina and Biagio have at least two children, Leoluca (c. 1873) and Michelangelo/Michele (1877).

Leoluca is born around 1873 in Corleone, based on his reported age at marriage.

Michaelangelo is born 29 September 1877 in Corleone and baptized the next day. His godparents are Francesco Cusimano and Angela Rossello, a married couple.^[2]

Michele, a fifteen year old barber, migrates to New York City in 1892.^[3]

Leoluca marries Caterina Liggio, who is also from Corleone, on 19 January 1898 in Manhattan. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage of Blasii Mondello and Catharina Gabriele, record no. 1550, 8 February 1864, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DYDV-64?cc=2046915&wc=MG37-L2S%3A351041801%2C351041802%2C351102301 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Matrimoni 1856-1871 > image 168 of 356; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
2. ↑ Baptism of Michaelangelum Mondello, 30 September 1877, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6LSS-XW2?cc=2046915&wc=MG34-SPX%3A351041801%2C351041802%2C351275901 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Battesimi 1877-1879 > image 44 of 182; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
3. ↑ Manifest accessed EllisIsland via SteveMorse 3 November 2018.
4. ↑ "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24ZC-BGL : accessed 26 February 2016), Lucia Buccheri in entry for Leoluca Mondello and Caternia Liggio, 19 Jan 1898; citing Marriage, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York City Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,503,767.