Vincenza Milone (1875)

Born 29 Mar 1875 in Corleone, Palermo, Sicilia, Italy

Ancestors

Wife of Giuseppe Vasi — married 31 Jan 1897 in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States

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Biography

Vincenza Milone is born and baptized on 29 March 1875 in Corleone. She is the daughter of Giuseppe Milone and Gaetana Serra. Her godparents are Bernardo Cardella and Rosa Jovino, a married couple.^[1]

On the Birmania, sailing from Naples, arriving 16 August 1892 in New York:

204. Ignazio Milone, 30 (b. 1862), going to New York

205. sister Vincenza, 17 (b. 1875)^[2]

Four days after their arrival, Vincenza's godfather, Bernardo Cardella, a borgese and the son of a farm manager, is murdered in Corleone. Vincenza's godmother, Rosalia's sister, Biagia, is married to Michaelangelo Gennaro, the Mafia boss in Corleone from 1920-24. Rosalia later emigrates, living in Los Angeles in the 1930 census. Her death is recorded the same year in Dallas, TX.

A note on her baptismal record tells us that Vincenza marries in New York at the Chiesa di Carmine, to Giuseppe Vasi, son of Francesco Paolo Vasi and Salvatrice Berlingeri, on 31 January 1897.^[1] This is confirmed in the civil record.^[3]

Giuseppe and Vincenza have at least one child, Francesco (1898), named after his paternal grandfather.

Francesco is born 15 February 1898 in Manhattan.^[4]

Giuseppe's brother, Leoluca, immigrates in 1905 with his wife's family. He is arrested in connection with Giuseppe Morello's counterfeiting operation in 1910.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Baptism of Vincentiam Milone, 29 March 1875, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DYMQ-BR3?cc=2046915&wc=MG37-K6D%3A351041801%2C351041802%2C351142201 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Battesimi 1872-1877 > image 248 of 419; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
2. ↑ Manifest accessed on EllisIsland via SteveMorse 3 November 2018.
3. ↑ "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24C4-S3K : accessed 27 February 2016), Giuseppe Vasi and Vincenza Melone, 31 Jan 1897; citing Marriage, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York City Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,487,629.
4. ↑ "New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WWM-5F2 : accessed 18 March 2016), Vincenza Milone in entry for Francesco Vati, 15 Feb 1898; citing Birth, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,953,125.