Salvatore La Scala (1843)

Born 14 Jul 1843 in Mezzomonreale, Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in The Bronx, New York City, New York, United States

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Biography

Salvatore La Scala is born 14 July 1843 in Mezzomonreale, Palermo, Sicily, the son of Baldassare La Scala and Maria Teresa Porselli.^[1]

Salvadore La Scala, age 27 (b. 1843), from Palermo, son of Baldassare La Scala and the late Maria Teresa Porselli; and Provvidenza Virga, age 17 (b. 1853), from Monreale, daughter of the late Ignazio Virga and the living Gaetana Salerno, marry on 25 April 1870 in Monreale.^[2]

Salvatore and Providenza have seven known children: Maria Teresa (1871), two sons named Baldassare (1872 and 1881), Gaetana (1874), Ignazio (1877), Rosa (1879), and Rosario (1885).

Maria Teresa is born 31 January 1871 in Mezzomonreale, a district of Palermo.^[3]

The first son named Baldassare is born 29 March 1872 in Mezzomonreale.^[3]

Gaetana is born 4 April 1874 in Mezzomonreale.^[3]

Ignazio is born 9 March 1877 in Mezzomonreale.^[4]

Rosa is born 27 August 1879 in Mezzomonreale.^[4]

A second son named Baldassare is born 19 November 1881 in Baida, one of the old districts of Palermo.^[4]

Rosario is born 16 December 1885^[5] in Italy. A primary record of Rosario's birth has not been found in the civil ten-year birth index for Palermo, nor in the Church index of births for Monreale, 1880-85.^[6][4]

Rosario La Scala, age 21 (b. 1883), born in Palermo, Italy, son of Salvatore La Scala and Providenza Virga, marries Rosalia Catania, age 17 (b. 1887), born in Monreale, Palermo, Italy, daughter of Calogero Catania and Anna Mandala, on 27 November 1904 in Manhattan.^[7]

In the 1930 federal census of the Bronx, taken 7 April, Rosario La Scala, 46 (b. 1884), heads a household at 3714 White Plains Road with his wife, Rose, 40 (b. 1890). They married at ages 21 and 16, respectively. They were born in Italy and immigrated in 1901 and 1902 respectively. They are naturalized citizens. Rosario is a self-employed retail merchant in the bakery industry. Their children live with them (they’re on the next page). Salvator, 24 (b. 1906), James, 21 (b. 1909), and Anna, 17 (b. 1913), all born in NY. Also living with them is Rosario’s father, Salvator Sr., 91 (b. 1829), a widower. Salvatore Sr. came in 1909 from Italy. The children all work for the bakery: Salvator is a baker, James does deliveries, and Anna is a clerk.^[8]

Rosario dies on 7 May 1941 in the Bronx. HIs address is 3714 White Plains Rd., Bronx. He was 55, married, a baker, born 16 December 1885 in Italy. He is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery on 10 May 1941. Rosario is the son of Salvatore La Scala and ...iolenza Virga, both born in Italy. His spouse’s name is Rosalia.^[5] Rosario's memorial page on FindAGrave says he’s buried in the La Scala Mausoleum in Larch, Section 111 of Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.antenati.san.beniculturali.it/ark:/12657/an_ua877226/Lo6em8R/ Retrieved 9 March 2021.
2. ↑ "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-YMF9-B1V?cc=2046915&wc=MG3S-PYM%3A351041201%2C351041202%2C351732001 : 20 May 2014), Monreale > Santa Maria Nuova > Matrimoni 1857-1876 > image 184 of 300; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} https://www.antenati.san.beniculturali.it/ark:/12657/an_ua877231/5gr7XQZ/ Retrieved 9 March 2021.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} https://www.antenati.san.beniculturali.it/ark:/12657/an_ua877233/LexVZqo/ Retrieved 9 March 2021.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WP4-P8R : 3 June 2020), Rosario La Scala, 1941.
6. ↑ "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-YMFS-HX7?cc=2046915&wc=MG33-W3D%3A351041201%2C351041202%2C351200401 : 20 May 2014), Monreale > Santa Maria Nuova > Battesimi 1880-1885 > image 167 of 207; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
7. ↑ "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24MP-48J : 10 February 2018), Rosario La Scala and Rosalia Catania, 27 Nov 1904; citing Marriage, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York City Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,556,922.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRC6-N86?cc=1810731&wc=QZF7-7XG%3A649437801%2C652307101%2C652324701%2C1589284871 : 10 December 2015), New York > Bronx > Bronx (Districts 251-500) > ED 500 > image 18 of 64; citing NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002).
9. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 04 March 2021), memorial page for Rosario La Scala (16 Dec 1885–7 May 1941), Find a Grave Memorial no. 205269069, citing Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, Bronx County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Bobby Kelley (contributor 46959922) .