Gaetana Rao (abt. 1871)

Born about 1871 in Corleone, Palermo, Sicilia, Italia

Ancestors

Wife of Michelangelo Birtone — married 14 Jun 1891 in Corleone, Palermo, Sicilia, Italia

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Biography

Gaetana Rao, daughter of the late Gaetano Rao and the living Anna Maria Panepinto, marries Michaelangelo Birtone, son of the late Antonio Birtone and Vittoria Castro, on 14 June 1891.^[1]

Michaelangelo and Gaetana have at least two children, Vittoria (1892) and Antonino (1895). The records of their children's births both call Michaelangelo a borgese.

Vittoria is born in October 1892. They live at via San Giuseppe, 29.^[2]

Antonio is born in September 1895. They live at via Birtone, 17.^[3]

In 1899, Gaetana's nephew, the future gangster Calogero Rao, arrives in New York City with his parents and siblings.

In the 1905 New York state census, taken 1 June, Michaelangelo Bertone, 39 (b. 1866), heads a household at 108th St. in NYC with his wife, Gaetana, 33 (b. 1872), and children Victoria, 12 (b. 1893), and Michael, 5 (b. 1900), all born in Italy. Michaelangelo is a laborer and Gaetana is a cigar maker.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage of Michaelangelus Birtone and Cajetana Rao, record no. 39, 14 June 1891, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11622-16361-52?cc=2046915&wc=MG37-L23:351041801,351041802,351112201 : accessed 21 January 2015), Corleone > San Martino > Matrimoni 1888-1902 > image 105 of 445; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo [Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo].
2. ↑ "Italia, Palermo, Palermo, Stato Civile (Tribunale), 1866-1910," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-32358-14674-33?cc=2051639 : accessed 10 March 2016), Palermo > Corleone > Nati, pubblicazioni, matrimoni, cittadinanze, morti 1882-1893 > image 2408 of 3063; Tribunale di Cagliari (Cagliari Court, Cagliari).
3. ↑ "Italia, Palermo, Palermo, Stato Civile (Tribunale), 1866-1910," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-32361-4869-3?cc=2051639 : accessed 2 March 2016), Palermo > Corleone > Nati, pubblicazioni, matrimoni, cittadinanze, morti 1893-1895 > image 510 of 743; Tribunale di Cagliari (Cagliari Court, Cagliari).
4. ↑ "New York State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-YSR9-G4M?cc=1463113&wc=WHBW-LDR%3A42719801%2C43004401%2C1590034052 : 22 September 2016), New York > Manhattan > A.D. 33, E.D. 4 > image 22 of 42; various county clerk offices, New York.