Bernardo Gagliano, son of Maestro Giuseppe Gagliano, a shoemaker, and Palma di Liberto, is born on 19 April 1831 in his parents' home in Corleone.[1] His godparents are Maestro Antonino Berlingeri and Francesca Marsala, who are both unmarried.[2]
Bernardo marries twice, first to Rosa lo Curto, daughter of Maestro Pietro lo Curto and Liboria Triolo, on 29 January 1850. His father has died by this time.[3]
Bernardo and Rosa have at least two children, Giuseppe (1855) and Pietro (c. 1868).
Bernardo remarries to Ignazia Serra, daughter of Vincenzo Serra and Maria Agnese Cammarata, and widow of Bernardo Colletto, on 28 November 1875.[5]
Bernardo and Ignazia have at least four children: Vincenzo (1875), Angelo (1878), Simone (1883), and Francesco (1886).
Vincenzo is born 30 November 1875 and baptized the next day. His godparents are Giuseppe Cerniglio and Angela Serra, a married couple.[6]
Angelo is born 11 April 1878 and baptized three days later. His godfather is Nicolo' Marullo, who is unmarried.[7]
Simone is born 31 March 1883 in Corleone.[8] He is baptized 1 April. His godparents are Giovanni Caviglia and Giovanna Sarzana, a married couple.[9]
Liboria marries when she is seventeen, to Antonino Rao, on 1 November 1885.[10]
On 9 November 1886, Bernardo Gagliano, age 52 (b. 1824), brickmason (murifabro), reports the birth on 8 November of a baby to Ignazia Serra, his wife, in their home in via Misericordia, #23, Corleone. The baby is a boy and is named Francesco Gagliano.[11]
Francesco is baptized the day after his birth. His godparents are Domenico Serra and his sister, Vincenza, both unmarried.[12]
Pietro, a stone mason (murifabbro), marries Pasqua Governali on 17 November 1894 in Corleone. Pietro is 26 (b. 1868) and Pasqua is 25.[13]
Vincenzo, a falegname (carpenter), marries for the first time at the age of 18 to Marianna Ortoleva, civile (landowner), in November 1894 in Corleone.[14]
In the 1905 New York state census, Ignazia lives with her sons in New York City.
Francesco is 20 (b. 1886) when he marries Rosina Colletti, 18 (b. 1888), on 5 April 1906 in Manhattan.[15]
Giuseppe marries Pasqua Governali, his brother, Pietro's widow, on 26 April 1908 in Corleone.
↑ Marriage of Bernardi Gagliano and Ignatia Serra, 28 November 1875, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11622-14608-56?cc=2046915 : accessed 28 April 2016), Corleone > San Martino > Matrimoni 1872-1887 > image 139 of 535; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
↑ Baptism of Vincentium Gagliano, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11610-133857-16?cc=2046915 : accessed 28 April 2016), Corleone > San Martino > Battesimi 1872-1877 > image 292 of 419; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
↑ Baptism of Angelum Gagliano, 14 April 1878, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-12332-72102-96?cc=2046915 : accessed 29 May 2016), Corleone > San Martino > Battesimi 1877-1879 > image 80 of 182; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
↑ "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2W1S-G3D : 10 February 2018), Bernardo Gagliano in entry for Timone Gagliano, 24 Dec 1928; citing Death, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 2,056,886.
↑ "Italia, Palermo, Palermo, Stato Civile (Tribunale), 1866-1910," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-32361-4738-8?cc=2051639 : accessed 1 March 2016), Palermo > Corleone > Nati, pubblicazioni, matrimoni, cittadinanze, morti 1893-1895 > image 360 of 743; Tribunale di Cagliari (Cagliari Court, Cagliari).
↑ "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2497-21L : 10 February 2018), Bernardo Gagliano in entry for Francesco Gagliano and Rosina Colletti, 05 Apr 1906; citing Marriage, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York City Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,558,586.
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