Orsola Gagliano (1888)

Born 26 Jan 1888 in Corleone, Palermo, Italy

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Biography

Orsola Gagliano is born and baptized Ursulam on 26 January 1888 in Corleone. She is the daughter of Luciano Gagliano and Lucia Oliveri. Her godparents are Ignacio Milone and Agnes, his unmarried sister.^[1]

Orsola marries Salvatore Pennino, son of Carmelo Pennino and Girolama di Puma, on 29 October 1912.^[2]

Orsola and Salvatore have at least four children a son, Carmelo (c. 1914), and three daughters, Lucia (c. 1924), Girolama (c. 1921), and Maria (c. 1925).

Salvatore is a known member of the mafia. Their son, Carmelo, also becomes a member of the mafia.^[3]

On the manifest of the SS M/N Vulcania sailing from Naples on 10 Jan 1930, is this family from Corleone:

Orsola Pennino Gagliano, 41 (b. 1889), married, and her children Girolama Pennino, 9 (b. 1921), Lucia, 6 (b. 1924), Maria, 5 (b. 1925), and Carmelo, 16 (b. 1914). Carmelo is a student. Their visas were issued on 14 Dec 1929. Their nearest relative in Sicily is Orsola's brother in law, Antonio Pennino. Orsola has $50. They are going to join Orsola's husband, Salvatore Pennino, at 638 E. 227 St in New York and plan to be there for six months. Orsola is 5'2" with gray hair and brown eyes. The children all have brown hair and brown eyes. Only two of their heights are listed, Orsola's and Antonino, who is 5'1". All are listed with a "natural" complexion.^[4]

Lucia marries Antonio Mancuso Marcello on 24 February 1946.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism of Ursula Gagliano, record no. 58, 26 January 1888, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-12332-71573-49?cc=2046915&wc=MG34-SP6:351041801,351041802,351287601 : accessed 05 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Battesimi 1884-1888 > image 328 of 398; citing Archivio della Diocesi di Palermo.
2. ↑ Marriage of Salvator Pennino and Ursula Gagliano, 29 October 1912, record no. 110, index, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11580-174787-60?cc=2046915 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Indice (Matrimoni) 1529-1951 > image 580 of 584; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
3. ↑ Senato della Repubblica. V Legislatura. Commissione parlamentare d’inchiesta sul fenomeno della Mafia in Sicilia. 20 December 1962. Accessed https://www.senato.it/service/PDF/PDFServer/BGT/906940.pdf 27 December 1016.
4. ↑ Lines 12-16; Page 1: "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-G5HS-DMS?cc=1923888&wc=MFKM-QTL%3A1029922901 : 2 October 2015), > image 613 of 1075; citing NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). And page 2 of manifest: "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-G5HS-8BS?cc=1923888&wc=MFKM-QTL%3A1029922901 : 2 October 2015), > image 614 of 1075; citing NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ Record no. 14. Index. "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11580-174429-79?cc=2046915 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Indice (Matrimoni) 1529-1951 > image 494 of 584; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).