Calogero La Sala (1890)

Born 24 Jul 1890 in Corleone, Palermo, Sicilia, Italia

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Biography

Calogero la Sala is born 24 July 1890 and baptized on 4 August in Corleone. He is the son of Biagio la Sala and Vincenza Liggio. His godparents are his paternal uncle Giuseppe Liggio and aunt Maria Rosa, his sister, both unmarried.^[1]

Calogero immigrates with his family in 1897 on the SS Clive. The manifest available online is seriously damaged and much of it is illegible:

1010 Maria Morello, 56? (b. 1841)
1011 Biagio La Sala, 44 (b. 1853), laborer
1012 Vincenza Ligio, 31 (b. 1866)
1013 Stefano la Sala, 8 (b. 1889)
1014 Domenico La Sala, 5 (b. 1892)
1015 Vi... La Sala, 3 (b. 1894) (a match for Vito, born in 1893)
1016 Antonio? La Sala, 1 yr 6 mos (b. 1895)
1017 ... La Sala, 7 (b. 1890) (age is a match for Calogero)^[2]

In the 1920 census, Biagio La Sala is called Benjamin La Salle. He heads a household in the Bronx, matching the ED for 2130 Washington Ave near 181st St. E. The address is now a public school.

Benjamin, 68 (b. 1853) immigrated in 1897 with his family. His wife is Vinnie, 60 (b. 1861). Their children at home are Stephen, 31 (b. 1888), Charles (Calogero), 29 (b. 1890), Dominick, 27 (b. 1892), Victor, 25 (b. 1893), Frances, 19 (b. 1901), Rose, 14 (b. 1905), and Florence, 8 (b. 1912). The three daughters were born in New York. Dominick naturalized in 1918, and Victor in 1914. Benjamin and Vinnie are not employed. Stephen and Charles are house plasterers. Dominick works in ladies' hats on Long Island. Victor is a house bricklayer. Frances is a dressmaker employed at 485 E. 181st St.

Based on their surname, the neighbors may be related. Lenard Liggio, 57, a shoemaker, and his wife Beatrice, 47, immigrated in 1886 and 1888 respectively.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism of Calogerus la Sala, record no. 358, 4 August 1890, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6LSS-JCS?cc=2046915&wc=MG34-SPD%3A351041801%2C351041802%2C351292901 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > image 90 of 427; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
2. ↑ Manifest of the SS Clive arriving 26 May 1897 accessed via the SteveMorse.org website on 18 February 2017.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRJZ-1ZP?cc=1488411&wc=QZJY-57D%3A1036473601%2C1040103701%2C1040119101%2C1589335301 : 14 December 2015), New York > Bronx > Bronx Assembly District 7 > image 3 of 41; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).