Leoluca Grizzaffi (1889)

Born 13 Sep 1889 in Corleone, Palermo, Italy

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Leoluca Grizzaffi is born 13 September 1889 in Corleone and baptized the next day. He is the son of Liborio Grizzaffi and Biagia Orlando. His godparents are Giuseppe di Miceli and Oliva di Palermo, a married couple.^[1]

On the same ship in which "Mr. Vincent" Collura's wife and brother are sailing to join him in Ramos, LA, siblings Leoluca and Serafina Grizzaffi are going to Bryan, TX, home to a thriving Sicilian community. The Morello-Terranova family lives here for a time, until they contract malaria and return to New York, by 1903.

Leoluca is single, 19 years old, 4'11" with fair complexion and chestnut eyes and hair. He has a scar on his upper lip. Neither of the siblings is literate. His sister is also single, 21 years old, 5'0", fair, chestnut, no scars. Their father, Liborio, is still living in Corleone.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism of Leolucas Grizzaffi, record no. 413, 14 September 1889, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-12332-74263-48?cc=2046915 : accessed 22 November 2015), Corleone > San Martino > Battesimi 1889-1895 > image 38 of 427; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
2. ↑ SS Liguria, Page 4 of 16, Departing Palermo, Sicily, Italy 24 September 1908, Arriving at Port of New Orleans 13 October 1908. Transcribed by ISTG. http://www.immigrantships.net/v13/1900v13/liguria19081013_04.html#104 Accessed 7 March 2015.