Lucia (Mancuso) Pecoraro (1850 - 1927)

Born 25 Mar 1850 in Valledolmo, Palermo, Sicily

Ancestors

Wife of Antonino Pecoraro — married 15 Apr 1892 in Valledolmo, Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Descendants

Died 4 Nov 1927 at age 77 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States

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Biography

Lucia (Mancuso) Pecoraro has Italian Roots.

Birth Date and Place

• March 1850
• Sicily

Parents

• Giuseppe Antonino Mancuso
• Antonina (Guarino) Mancuso

Marriage

• Antonino Pecoraro
• by 1878
• Sicily

Children

• Charles Pecoraro, 1879–
• Joseph Pecoraro, 1881–
• Maria Antonia Pecoraro, 1883–1965
• Russell Pecoraro, 1885–
• Rosa Lucia "Lucy" Pecoraro, 1894–1958

Death Date and Place

• 04 November 1927
• Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States

Passenger Manifest ^[1]

This record shows that she traveled alone under her maiden name, even though by that time she was married with children. Presumably when she reached the United States she was forced to use her husband's surname, as was the custom in the U.S.

Name Lucia Mancuso

Event Type Immigration

Event Date 02 Feb 1894

Event Place Ellis Island, New York City, New York, United States

Residence Place Valledolmo

Gender Female

Age 43

Marital Status Married

Nationality Italy, Italian

Birth Year 1851

Departure Port Naples

Ship Name Britannia

Page Number 136

Affiliate Line Number 0165

1900 United States Federal Census ^[2]

Name: Lucy Pecoraro

Age: 50

Birth Date: Mar 1850

Birthplace: Sicily

Home in 1900: Mount Morris, Livingston, New York

Sheet Number: 19

Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 431

Family Number: 468

Race: White

Gender: Female

Immigration Year: 1892

Relation to Head of House: Wife

Marital Status: Married

Spouse's Name: Toney Pecoraro

Marriage Year: 1871

Years Married: 29

Father's Birthplace: Sicily

Mother's Birthplace: Sicily

Mother: Number of Living Children: 0

Mother: How Many Children: 0

Years in US: 8

Can Read: No

Can Write: No

Can Speak English: No

Neighbors: View others on page

Household Members: Name Age

Toney Pecoraro 51

Lucy Pecoraro 50

Mary Pecoraro 19

Maruigga Pecoraro 16

Leucia Pecoraro 11

Toney Pecoraro 5

Joe Pecoraro 17 [cousin of Antonino Pecoraro]

Lucia Pecoraro 15 [cousin of Antonino Pecoraro]

1910 United States Federal Census ^[3]

Name: Lucy Pegoraro [sic] Pecoraro

Age in 1910: 60

Birth Year: abt 1850

Birthplace: Italy

Home in 1910: Rochester Ward 18, Monroe, New York

Street: Niagara

Race: White

Gender: Female

Immigration Year: 1893 [1890]

Relation to Head of House: Wife

Marital Status: Married

Spouse's Name: Antonio Pegoraro

Father's Birthplace: Italy

Mother's Birthplace: Italy

Native Tongue: Italian

Able to Read: No

Able to Write: No

Years Married: 40

Number of Children Born: 8

Number of Children Living: 4

Neighbors: View others on page

Household Members: Name Age

Antonio Pegoraro 60

Lucy Pegoraro 60

Joseph Pegoraro 17

Lucy Pegoraro 20

1915 New York State Census ^[4]

Name Lucy Cecoraro [sic] Pecoraro

Event Type Census

Event Date 1915

Event Place Rochester Ward 18, A.D. 02, E.D. 06, Monroe, New York, United States

Gender Female

Age 66

Relationship to Head of Household Wife

Birth Year (Estimated) 1849

Years in United States 22

House Number 3

Page 42

1920 United States Federal Census ^[5]

Name: Lucia Pecoraro [Lucia Pecorino]

Age: 69

Birth Year: abt 1851

Birthplace: Italy

Home in 1920: Rochester Ward 18, Monroe, New York

Street: Neagara St

Residence Date: 1920

Race: White

Gender: Female

Immigration Year: 1893

Relation to Head of House: Wife

Marital Status: Married

Spouse's Name: Anthony Pecoraro

Father's Birthplace: Italy

Mother's Birthplace: Italy

Native Tongue: Italian

Home Free or Mortgaged: Mortgaged

Naturalization Status: Naturalized

Able to Read: Yes

Able to Write: Yes

Neighbors: View others on page

Household Members: Name Age

Anthony Pecoraro 70

Lucia Pecoraro 69

Joe Pecoraro 25

Marriage Record for Son Joseph Pecoraro ^[6]

Name Joseph Pecoraro

Event Type Marriage

Event Date 19 Jan 1926

Event Place Monroe, New York, United States

Gender Male

Age 29

Birth Year (Estimated) 1897

Father's Name Antonio Pecoraro

Mother's Name Lucie Mancuso

Spouse's Name Mary Russotti

Spouse's Gender Female

Spouse's Age 20

Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1906

Spouse's Father's Name Salvatore Russotti

Spouse's Mother's Name Loretta Marceno

Find A Grave Burial Record ^[7]

Name Lucia M. Pecoraro

Event Type Burial

Event Date 1927

Event Place Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States of America

Photograph Included N

Plot Section: No3 Plot: Grave: 47

Death Date 04 Nov 1927

Affiliate Record Identifier 174031171

Cemetery Holy Sepulchre Cemetery

Sources

1. ↑ "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J611-J6T : 30 January 2018), Lucia Mancuso, 1894.
2. ↑ 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Mount Morris, Livingston, New York; Page: 19; Enumeration District: 0032. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
3. ↑ 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Rochester Ward 18, Monroe, New York; Roll: T624_990; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 0180; FHL microfilm: 1375003. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
4. ↑ "New York State Census, 1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9X7-Q1V : 8 November 2014), Lucy Cecoraro, Rochester Ward 18, A.D. 02, E.D. 06, Monroe, New York, United States; from "New York, State Census, 1915," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing p. 42, line 7, state population census schedules, 1915, New York State Archives, Albany.
5. ↑ 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Rochester Ward 18, Monroe, New York; Roll: T625_1124; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 216. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
6. ↑ "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ94-V3C : 27 September 2017), Lucie Mancuso in entry for Joseph Pecoraro and Mary Russotti, 19 Jan 1926, Monroe, New York, United States; citing ref. ID , county clerk’s office,; FHL microfilm 831,358.
7. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #174031171, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 24 June 2018), memorial page for Lucia M. Pecoraro (unknown–4 Nov 1927), Find A Grave Memorial no. 174031171, citing Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Cheryl Ayres (contributor 46935923).