Vita Provenzano (abt. 1883)

Born about 1883 in Corleone, Palermo, Sicilia, Italia

Ancestors

Wife of Tommaso Gagliano — married 27 Sep 1903 (to before 1943) in Corleone, Palermo, Sicilia, Italia

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Biography

Vita Provenzano, daughter of Simone Provenzano and Carmela Provenzano, marries Tommaso Gagliano, son of Giovanni Gagliano and Antonia Oliveri, on 27 September 1903.^[1]

Tommaso immigrates to Houston, TX, sailing on the SS Canada and arriving 5 November 1913. He is 39 years old, an illiterate laborer. He is joining his father, Giovanni. His wife, Vita Provenzano, is still living in Corleone.^[2]

A note on his baptismal record says that Tommaso marries Domenica Genovese in Corleone on 26 June 1943. He would be 68 years old.

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage of Thomas Gagliano and Vita Provenzano, record no. 60, 27 September 1903, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11580-177364-69?cc=2046915 : accessed 2 October 2015), Corleone > San Martino > Matrimoni 1903-1911 > image 26 of 284; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
2. ↑ Tommaso Gagliano, Line 29, Passenger manifest of the SS Canada, 5 November 1913, Accessed online 22 February 2016.