Philomena (Villarelli) Pesce (1878 - 1967)

Born 6 Feb 1878 in Italy

Wife of Leonardo Pesce — married 20 Jul 1895 (to 1954) in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

Died 29 Mar 1967 at age 89 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Philomena (Villarelli) Pesce migrated from Italy to Pennsylvania.

Philomena (Villarelli) Pesce has Italian Roots.

Philomena was born in 1878. She passed away in 1967.

Birth

1878. ^[1], ^[2]
Note: LNAB spelling based on spelling in handwritten marriage docket; the index for one of the familysearch records has a variant spelling of Vittarelli.
1895 marriage record lists DOB as 6 Feb 1878" on 15 July 1895. She was underage; this makes her (1895 - 1878 =) 17 on her last birthday. If she was born in 1879, she would have turned 16 on her last birthday (1895 - 1879 =16), and still underage.
FindAGrave gravestone photo shows a birth year of 1879.

Immigration

Immigrated to Pennsylvania from Italy.
1891. ^[3]

Marriage

Spouse: Leonardo Pesce.
1895. ^[2], ^[4]
Note: Surname spelled as Vittarelli instead of Villarelli.
Note: Residence: Allegheny City.
Note: Since she was underage, she had the consent of Felidio Canuti, unknown relationship.

Census Records

1900 - US ^[3]
Note: Occupation: Not listed.
Note: Listed as mother of two children, of which one is living and listed in the census family group.
Note: Pesce is italian for Fish.
1910 - US ^[5]
Note: Listed as mother of six children, of which five are living; all five are listed in the census family group.
Note: Occupation: None.
1920 - US ^[6]
Note: Surname spelled as Pesco instead of Pesce.
Note: Occupation: None.
1930 - US ^[7]
Note: Surname spelled as Pesec instead of Pesce.
Note: Occupation: None.
1940 - US ^[8]
Note: Surname spelled as Besce instead of Pesce.
Note: Occupation: Not listed.

Death

1967. ^[1]

Burial

1967.
Saint Mary Cemetery.
McKees Rocks, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA.
Plot: .
Find A Grave: Memorial #103372447. (Accessed 03 November 2018) ^[9]

Research Notes

1. Check Italy birth/christening records.
2. Check Italy census records.
3. Parents born in Italy. Source: 1900 US Census. ^[3]

Sources

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1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Source: #FAGM Find A Grave memorial.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFMY-SWQ : 18 October 2017), Leonarda Pece and Flomena Villarelli, 1895.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3MD-39X : accessed 3 November 2018), Philomena Fish in household of Lonorda Fish, Stowe Township (south side, excl. McKees Rocks Borough), Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 507, sheet 10A, family 165, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,371.
4. ↑ "Pennsylvania Marriages, 1709-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2XF-TBT : 11 February 2018), Leonarda Pece and Filomena Vittarelli, 20 Jul 1895; citing Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; FHL microfilm 1,299,339.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MG75-5WY : accessed 3 November 2018), Philomena Pesce in household of Leonard Pesce, Stowe, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 239, sheet 18A, family 351, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1297; FHL microfilm 1,375,310.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFRW-XFV : accessed 4 November 2018), Philomena Pesco in household of Leonard Pesco, Stowe, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing ED 820, sheet 17A, line 2, family 360, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1529; FHL microfilm 1,821,529.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCC1-8F9 : accessed 4 November 2018), Philamina Pesec in household of Leonardo Pesec, Stowe, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 811, sheet 5B, line 72, family 96, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1991; FHL microfilm 2,341,725.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ8S-BTR : 15 March 2018), Philomena Besce in household of Leonard Besce, Stowe Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 2-526, sheet 9B, line 75, family 162, 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, roll 3418.
9. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLB-H3VQ : 13 December 2015), Philomena Pesce, ; Burial, McKees Rocks, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Saint Mary Cemetery; citing record ID 103372447.