Maria Antonia lo Cascio is born 1 April 1889 in Corleone and baptized the next day. She is the daughter of Leoluca lo Cascio and Lucia Raja. Her godmother is Giacinta Mancuso, who is unmarried.[1] Giacinta may be related to Antonio Mariano Mancuso, who marries Maria Antonia's older half sister, Maria Concetta, later the same month.
Her father, Leoluca, dies aged 73 on 15 April 1907. [2]
The summer after her sister, Pietra, marries, Antonia, Pietra, and Pietra's husband, immigrate to the United States together. Passengers from Corleone arriving 10 June 1907 in New York on the S.S. Nord-America, sailing from Palermo 25 May 1907 include:
26. Vincenzo Puimolino, 30 (b. 1877), married. Dest. uncle Concettino Birtone. 27. Pietra Cascio, 28 (b. 1879), married. Dest. uncle Concettino. 28. Antonia Cascio, 18 (b. 1889), single. Dest. uncle Concettino.[3]
Concettino is married to Angela Cascio, first cousin, once removed, of Pietra and Antonia.
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