Teresa (Saltaformaggio) Calamia (1882 - 1963)

Born 9 Jul 1882 in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Santo Calamia — married 30 Jan 1901 (to 5 Apr 1922) in Pointe-a-la-Hache, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States

Died 13 Jun 1963 at age 80 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Teresa Saltaformaggio is born 9 July 1882 in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.^[1], the daughter of Serafino Saltaformaggio and Caterina Loiacono.^[2] Her parents are immigrants from Corleone, Sicily.

In the 1900 census of St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, taken 7 June, Catherine Saltaformaggio, 44, heads a household. She was born 26 October 1855 in Italy and is a widow. She has had 11 children, 7 still living. At home with her are Charles, 22, born 5 April 1878; Bernard, 19, born 18 July 1890 (10 years difference between reported age and DOB); Teresina, 16, born 9 July 1883 (she is 17, born in 1882); “Philas,” a daughter, 13, born 1 September 1886; and Mary, 12, born 11 February 1888; all born in Louisiana. Catherine immigrated in 1875 and is a naturalized citizen. Charles is a farm manager and Bernard is a farm laborer.^[3]

Note: While Teresa appears as "Teresina" and variations on this name in several records, she is not ever known as "Tessie," a nickname Critchley offers in his history. (Calamia, C. Personal communication, 14 February 2019.) Cascio-10 13:56, 14 February 2019 (UTC)

Teresina, age 18 (b. 1883), marries Santo "Joseph" Calamia, age 25 (b. 1876), son of Giuseppe Calamia and Antonina Fontana, a Gibellina native (in Trapani, Sicily), on 30 January 1901 in Orleans Parish, Louisiana.^[4]

Teresa and Santo have seven known children: Joseph T. (1901), Anna Teresa (1902), Catherine A. (1904), Camille Veronica (1905), Mary S. (1907), Serafino John (1910), and Ignatius Roy (1912).

Santo is a known associate of Giuseppe Morello, the half-brother of Teresa's sister-in-law, Lucia Terranova. Lucia and Teresa's brother, Antonio, married in 1894, at the beginning of the Morello-Terranova family's year in Louisiana sugar cane country.

Joseph T. is born 28 November 1901.^[1]

Anna Teresa is born 27 November 1902.^[1]

Catherine is born 3 February 1904.^[1]

As Joseph Calamia, Teresa's husband becomes a naturalized citizen in October 1904.^[5]

Camille Veronica is born in 1905.^[1]

Mary is born 2 January 1907.^[1]

In the 1910 federal census of New Orleans, Ward 5, taken 16 April, Giuseppe Calamia, age 35 (b. 1875), heads a household at 925 Decatur St. with his wife of 9 years (m. 1901), Teresina, 24 (b. 1886). She has had 5 children, all living. This is their first marriage. Giuseppe was born in Italy, emigrated in 1889, and is a naturalized citizen. He is an employer, the keeper of a bar room. His wife and children were born in Louisiana. Their children at home are Giuseppe, 8 (b. 1902), Amee (Anna), 7 (b. 1903), Carrie (Catherine), 6 (b. 1904), Carmila (Camille), 5 (b. 1905), and Mamie (Mary), 3 (b. 1907). Also living with them are Giuseppe’s father, also named Giuseppe Calamia, 65 (b. 1845), a widower, born in Italy, who emigrated in 1907; his sister Carmela Calamia, 28 (b. 1882), single, born in Italy, emigrated in 1907; aunt Francesca Fontana, 47 (b. 1863), single, born in Italy, emigrated in 1906; and cousin Antonio Calamia, 20 (b. 1890), single, born in Louisiana of Italian parents. All three of his Italian relations are alien residents. Antonio is a helper in a bar room. Close neighbors, John Radetich, an Austrian, and his boarder Mitchel Perovich, are bartenders in a bar room. Another neighbor, Giuseppe Manzella is also a bar keeper; two of his family members are helpers in a bar room.^[6]

In February 1910, Santo's father is arrested in New Orleans, in connection with the murder of New York police lieutenant Petrosino in Palermo.

Serafino John is born 8 September 1910.^[1]

Ignatius Roy is born 28 March 1912.^[1]

Santo visits Giuseppe Morello in federal prison in Atlanta, in 1917. By this time, the family lives at 4435 Laurel St. This is one door away from the address at which Santo's father is arrested in 1910.

In the 1920 federal census of New Orleans, Santo Catania, 44 (b. 1876), heads a household at 4435 Laurel St. He owns his home. Also in his household are his wife, Tresina, 33 (b. 1887), and children: Joseph T, 18 (b. 1902), Anna T, 17 (b. 1903), Catherine A, 15 (b. 1905), Camile V, 14 (b. 1906), Mary S, 13 (b. 1907), Serafino, 9 (b. 1911), and Ignatius, 8 (b. 1912), and Santo’s cousin, Anthony Fiorenza, 25 (b. 1895). Santo, born in Italy, immigrated in 1889 and became naturalized in 1904. His wife and children were born in Louisiana. Tresina’s parents were both born in Italy. Anthony, who is single, immigrated in 1912 (this year is obscured) and was naturalized in 1918. Santo is a drummer in a brewery. Anthony is a barber.^[7]

In 1921, Santo's father dies in Gibellina. Santo applies for a passport two months later, to settle the estate. Santo asks his passport be sent to him at 4435 Laurel St., NOLA.^[8]

After applying for a passport, Santo sells some property in Bogalusa for $1800.^[9]

Santo dies on 5 April 1922 in Gibellina, at age 47 (b. 1875).^[10]

Catherine's married name is "Bonnevai." She dies 19 May 1927.^[1]

Camille marries Edward P. Lamare.^[1]

In the 1940 federal census of New Orleans, LA, taken 15 April, Santo Calamia, female, (this must be Teresa, Santo’s widow) heads a household at 3867 Gentilly Rd. She is 57 (b. 1883), a widow, born in Louisiana, as were her family at home: Serafino, 29 (b. 1911), also a widower, Carol, granddaughter, 5 (b. 1935), son Ignatius, 28 (b. 1912), son in law Edward Lamare, 32 (b. 1908). Serafino is a fruit shipping checker. Ignatius owns a movie theater. Edward is an automobile salesman.^[11] Santo and Teresa's daughter, Camille Lamare, 32 (b. 1908), married, appears on the next page of the census. She is a stenographer in a law firm.^[12]

Ignatius Roy Calamia, of 2545 Lavender St., New Orleans, LA, registers for the draft for WWII on 16 October 1940.^[13]

Camille dies in 1940.^[1]

Ignatius Roy, age 33 (b. 1913), marries Shirley Lorraine Appolonia, age 23 (b. 1923), on 27 March 1946 in Orleans parish, LA.^[14]

Joseph T. dies 17 February 1949.^[1]

Anna Teresa marries Paul Bivona. She dies 13 September 1949.^[1]

Death of Teresa

Teresa dies on 13 June 1963 in NOLA at age 79. She is buried in Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans, in the Calamia Tomb. According to the grave marker, these people are all buried together:

Helen Teresa Arthur, wife of S. Albert Calamia, 1914-1938

Camille Veronica Calamia, wife of Edward P. Lamare, 1905-1940

Joseph T. Calamia, 28 November 1901-17 February 1949

Anna Teresa Calamia, wife of Paul Bivona, 27 November 1902-13 September 1949

Teresa S. Calamia, 9 July 1882-13 June 1963

Ignatius Roy Calamia, 28 March 1912-11 June 1971

Catherine Calamia Bonnevai, 3 February 1904 - 19 May 1927

Mary Calamia Rihner, 2 January 1907 - 12 March 1982

Serafino John Calamia, 8 September 1910 - 11 October 1984

Cary Roy Calamia, 16 April 1956 - 17 June 2012 [son of Ignatius]^[1]

Ignatius Cairo "Roy" Calamia dies 11 June 1971 at age 59 in Louisiana. He last resided in Orleans parish.^[15]

Mary's married name is "Rihner." She dies 12 March 1982.^[1]

Serafino John dies 11 October 1984.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15} Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 18 January 2019), memorial page for Teresa Saltaformaggio Calamia (1883–13 Jun 1963), Find A Grave Memorial no. 162642410, citing Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA ; Maintained by Erik (contributor 46874878) .
2. ↑ "Louisiana, Parish Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJ4-QNT2 : 12 March 2018), Santo Calamia and Teresina Saltaformaggio, 14 Feb 1901; citing Orleans, Louisiana, United States, various parish courthouses, Louisiana; FHL microfilm 907,709.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6797-HZZ?cc=1325221&wc=9B73-YW1%3A1030552101%2C1033532701%2C1033535601 : 5 August 2014), Louisiana > St. Bernard > ED 46 Wards 3-4 > image 16 of 33; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ "Louisiana, Parish Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJH-WDNP : 12 March 2018), Sante Calamia and Teresina Saltaformaggio, 30 Jan 1901; citing Orleans, Louisiana, United States, various parish courthouses, Louisiana; FHL microfilm 911,492.
5. ↑ "Louisiana Naturalization Records, 1831-1906", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q23J-XBGS : 9 March 2018), Joseph Calamia, 1904.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RVF-QBZ?cc=1727033&wc=QZZW-NL5%3A133638601%2C134935101%2C138902201%2C1589088854 : 24 June 2017), Louisiana > Orleans > New Orleans Ward 5 > ED 71 > image 6 of 50; citing NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GR6G-VLM?cc=1488411&wc=QZJP-T29%3A1036471301%2C1037714401%2C1037836401%2C1589332979 : 14 December 2015), Louisiana > Orleans > New Orleans Ward 13 > ED 223 > image 2 of 36; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
8. ↑ "United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9965-N4SN?cc=2185145&wc=3XZM-VZ7%3A1056306501%2C1056487601 : 22 December 2014), (M1490) Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925 > Roll 1712, 1921 Aug, certificate no 73500-73875 > image 415 of 764; citing NARA microfilm publications M1490 and M1372 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
9. ↑ “Real Estate Deals.” The Era-Leader (Franklinton, LA). 15 September 1921.
10. ↑ "Italia, Trapani, Stato Civile (Archivio di Stato), 1906-1928," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2HH-7Q84 : 16 March 2018), Santo Calamia, 05 Apr 1922; citing Death, Gibellina, Trapani, Italy, certificate number 1, Archivio di Stato di Trapani (Trapani State Archives, Trapani).
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9MR-P3FH?cc=2000219&wc=QZXP-WC7%3A790102701%2C791269701%2C792112401%2C792204701 : accessed 2 February 2019), Louisiana > Orleans > New Orleans City, New Orleans, Ward 8 > 36-219 New Orleans City Ward 8 (Tract 25 - part) > image 17 of 48; citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012.
12. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9MR-PQ4K?cc=2000219&wc=QZXP-WC7%3A790102701%2C791269701%2C792112401%2C792204701 : accessed 2 February 2019), Louisiana > Orleans > New Orleans City, New Orleans, Ward 8 > 36-219 New Orleans City Ward 8 (Tract 25 - part) > image 18 of 48; citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012.
13. ↑ "Louisiana First Registration Draft Cards, compiled 1940-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GT7K-9XLT?cc=1916286&wc=MKZG-FM9%3A986762001 : 10 September 2014), Caillouet, Sidney Paul-Calbert, Frank > image 901 of 1012; National Archives and Records Administration, Southwest Region, Fort Worth, Texas.
14. ↑ "Louisiana, Parish Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJZ-8L1J : 13 March 2018), Ignatius Roy Calamia and Shirley Lorraine Appolonia, 27 Mar 1946; citing Orleans, Louisiana, United States, various parish courthouses, Louisiana; FHL microfilm 2,321,123.
15. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JYPB-KYF : 20 May 2014), Ignatius Calamia, Jun 1971; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).