Anna (Albano) Fiore (1893 - 1966)

Born 16 May 1893 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Vincenzo Fiore — married 28 Nov 1912 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 11 Mar 1966 at age 72 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Anna Albano is born 16 May 1893 in Springfield, Massachusetts, the daughter of Louis Albano and Francesca Izzo, recent immigrants from Bracigliano, Italy. The record of her death gives a different birthdate.

The record of her birth calls Anna "Gaetano," a boy's name.^[1] However, the age is a match for "Anna," who appears in the next two federal censuses as a daughter. She may have been christened "Gaetana."

In the 1900 federal census of Springfield, taken on the 12/13 of June, Louis Albano, 42 (b. 1857), heads a household on Union Street with his wife Francesca, 38 (b. 1862), and children Tony, 12 (b. 1888), Pasqualina, 10 (b. 1890), Annina, 7 (b. 1893), Josie, 3 (b. 1897), and Rosie, an infant (b. 1899). Louis was born in August 1857. Francesca was born in February 1862. They have been married for 14 years and have had six children, five still living. Tony was born in August 1888. Pasqualina in April 1890. Gaetano (Anna) in December (actually, May) 1893. Josie in March 1897. And Rosie in October (actually, November) 1899. She is eight months old. Louis and his wife and 2 older children immigrated in 1890. No occupation has been entered for Louis or Francesca. The three oldest children are in school.^[2] Louise (b. 1891) and Francesca (b. 1894) do not appear.

In the 1910 federal census, taken 22 April, Louis Albano, 52 (b. 1857), heads a household on Union St. in Springfield (on the South End: I-91 now passes through the address) with his wife of 25 years, Francesca, 48 (b. 1862), and six children: Anthony, 23 (b. 1888), Pasqualina, 20 (b. 1890), Anna, 17 (b. 1893), Josephine, 14 (b. 1897), Rose, 12 (b. 1899), and Lowey (a daughter), 10 (b. 1900). Louis, his wife, and the two oldest children were born in Italy and immigrated in 1890, and the younger children were born in MA. According to her answers in this census, Francesca has had a total of 8 children, six of them living. Louis and Francesca are both laborers for a contractor. I can’t make out what Anthony or Anna do, but Anthony and Josephine both work in a general store, Josephine as a bookkeeper.^[3]

A few months after her older sister, Pasqualina, marries, Annie marries at age seventeen, to Vincenzo Fiore, age 22 (b. 1890 in Italy), a barber, on 28 November 1912.

Vincent is the son of James Fiore and Immaculata Troisi. It is the first marriage for either of them. Vincenzo lives at 62 William St in Springfield and is a barber. Annie lives at 21 Union St and is a clerk. They are married by the priest, Anthony Dalla Porta.^[4]

Anna and Vincenzo have six known children: Germano/James/Nino (1913), Anna Immacolata (1915), Guglielmo (c. 1917), William Michael/Billy (1920), Anna Rita/Nina (1922), Mario (c. 1925).

Germano is born 13 September 1913 at 91 Union St. His father is a barber. According to this record, both his parents were born in Italy.^[5]

Anna Immacolata is born 26 July 1915 at 91 Union St. This record also indicates her parents were both born in Italy.^[6]

Vincenzo, age 27, registers for the draft for WWI. He is an alien resident born 5 June 1890 in Mercato San Severino, Salerno province, Italy. Vincenzo lives at 91 Union St in Springfield. He is a master barber, working at 288 Water St, in Springfield. He has a wife and two children. The registrar describes Vincenzo on 5 June 1917 as being of medium height and slender build, with brown eyes and black hair.^[7]

Guglielmo is born around 1917-18, based on his reported age at death.

Two of Vincenzo’s young children die, three days apart, during the Influenza Epidemic^[8]:

• Guglielmo, one year old (b. 1917), dies on 25 October 1918.^[9]

• Anna, age 3 (b. 1915), dies on 28 October.^[10]

In the 1920 federal census, Vincent, 29 (b. 1891), heads a household on Water Street in Springfield with his wife, Anna, 25 (b. 1895), James, 6 (b. 1913), and a boarder, Joseph Russo, 47 (b. 1873). Vincent and Joseph were born in Italy, and Anna and James in Massachusetts. Vincent is a barber who works from his home. He immigrated in 1908. His boarder is a shoveler for the city; Joseph immigrated in 1900. Vincent’s neighbor, Angelo De Carlo, is also a barber.^[11]

William Michael, called Billy, is born 30 June 1920.^[12]

When Prohibition is enacted, Annie's sister, Pasqualina, and her husband, Carlo, become bootleggers, an occupation she continues with her second husband.

Anna Rita, called Nina, is born 4 July 1922.^[13]

In the 1930 federal census, taken 10 April, Vincent, 39 (b. 1891), born in Italy, heads a household with his wife, Anne L., 35 (b. 1895), on Union Street in Springfield, MA. His wife and their children were all born in Massachusetts:, James, 16 (b. 1914), William, 10 (b. 1920), Anna, 7 (b. 1923), and Mario, 5 (b. 1925), all born in MA. They rent their home for $2300/mo. (This seems high, but is not out of proportion for the neighborhood.) Vincenzo emigrated in 1910. He is a grocer.^[14]

Pasqualina is killed in 1932. Her children from her first marriage go to live with their married sister, Josie.

In the 1940 federal census, taken April 11/12, Vincent, 49 (b. 1891), heads a household on Union St. His wife, Anna, is 44 (b. 1896). The children at home are Germaine, 26 (b. 1914), William, 19 (b. 1921), Anna, 17 (b. 1923), and Mario, 15 (b. 1925). Vincent is a barber in a shop. Germaine is a salesman for a grocery. William is a power drill press operator in a magnet factory.^[15]

Nino marries Theresa Cicchello in October 1940.^[16][13]

Vincenzo lives at 75 Union St. when he registers for the draft for WWII. He is 52.^[17]

Billy marries Augustina “Tina” Maenzo around 1946.^[12]

Anna marries Rex W. Cunningham.^[13]

Mario marries Anne, whose surname is not yet known.^[13] He is a "made man" in the Genovese crime family^[18], of which the Springfield Crew is a part.

Around December 1949, Nino is killed in a hit-and-run.^[19] He is buried with family in St. Michaels Cemetery.^[20]

Vincenzo dies in 1957, according to Anna's obituary. Their grave gives his year of death as 1958.^[21]

Death of Anna

Mrs. Anna M. (Albano) Fiore, 71, of 78 Massreco St., died Friday (11 March 1966) at 1400 State St. She was born 21 November 1894 in Springfield, daughter of the late Luigi Albano and Francesca Izzo Albano. Widow of Vincenzo Fiore, who died in 1957. 2 sons, William M and Mario A, daughter Anna Cunningham, with whom the elder woman lived, and 3 sisters survive her: Mrs. Josephine Sarno and Mrs. Rose Daunaise, all of this city, and Mrs. Lucy Zieviello in Italy.^[22] Anna and Vincenzo are buried with Fiore and Cicchello family members in St. Michaels Cemetery in Springfield.^[23]

Billy dies, a widower, at age 87, on 5 November 2007. Nino has died by this time.^[12]

Anna dies 16 November 2013 at age 91.^[13] By this time, Mario is the only surviving child.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FX6R-CLT : 1 March 2016), Louis Albano in entry for Gaetano Albano, 1893.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9RL-7JG : accessed 22 May 2017), Louis Albano, Springfield city Ward 6, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 588, sheet 9A, family 185, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,652.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2VM-M5X : accessed 22 May 2017), Louis Albano, Springfield Ward 6, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 631, sheet 9A, family 150, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 593; FHL microfilm 1,374,606.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DRLS-VT2?cc=1469062&wc=3PMS-MNL%3A1063291701 : 17 February 2016), > image 493 of 1212; State Archives, Boston.
5. ↑ Record no. 2081. "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXVF-9RZ : 1 March 2016), Vincenzo Fiore in entry for Germano Fiore, 1913.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXKZ-J3M : 1 March 2016), Vincenzo Fiore in entry for Anna Immacolata Fiore, 1915.
7. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZNW-G17 : 12 December 2014), Vincenzo Fiore, 1917-1918; citing Springfield City no 2, Massachusetts, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,674,437.
8. ↑ Owen, Ryan W. “1918: Spanish Influenza Invades Massachusetts.” https://forgottennewengland.com/2011/12/17/1918-spanish-influenza-invades-massachusetts/ Accessed 27 May 2017.
9. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:23TH-9VG : 4 December 2014), Vincenzo Fiore in entry for Guglielmo Fiore, 25 Oct 1918; citing Death, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States, certificate number 2083, page 88, State Archives, Boston.
10. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:23TH-9WY : 4 December 2014), Vincenzo Fiore in entry for Anna Fiore, 28 Oct 1918; citing Death, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States, certificate number 2138, page 143, State Archives, Boston.
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXB8-4BJ : accessed 28 May 2017), Vincent Fiore, Springfield Ward 3, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States; citing ED 121, sheet 22B, line 78, family 438, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 703; FHL microfilm 1,820,703.
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1 12.2}
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4} Obituary: Anna R. Cunningham (Fiore). Published 19 November 2013 in The Republican (Springfield, MA).
14. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQGF-GGY : accessed 28 May 2017), Vincent Fiore, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 38, sheet 15A, line 42, family 122, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 909; FHL microfilm 2,340,644.
15. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9M1-8V69?cc=2000219&wc=QZXB-NP6%3A790102901%2C795106701%2C796107101%2C796184401 : accessed 28 May 2017), Massachusetts > Hampden > Springfield City, Springfield, Ward 3 > image 21 of 25; 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.
16. ↑ “Miss Tessie Cicchello wed to James Fiore.” Springfield Republican. 22 October 1940.
17. ↑ "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V12D-YCX : 8 April 2016), Vincenzo Fiore, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)..
18. ↑ Barry, Stephanie. “Read The FBI’s John Bologna Documents.” Published 23 May 2017. http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/05/fbi_john_bologna_documents.html
19. ↑ “Gerald Girard Is Accused of Driving Auto That Killed James Fiore.” Springfield Union. 26 December 1949.
20. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 March 2018), memorial page for Theresa Cicchello Fiore (1917–1991), Find A Grave Memorial no. 175334199, citing Saint Michaels Cemetery, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by In the Dust of Stars (contributor 47374189) .
21. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 March 2018), memorial page for Theresa Cicchello Fiore (1917–1991), Find A Grave Memorial no. 175334199, citing Saint Michaels Cemetery, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by In the Dust of Stars (contributor 47374189) .
22. ↑ Obituary: Mrs. Vincenzo Fiore. Published 12 March 1966 (Sat) in The Springfield Union. P. 46.
23. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 March 2018), memorial page for Theresa Cicchello Fiore (1917–1991), Find A Grave Memorial no. 175334199, citing Saint Michaels Cemetery, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by In the Dust of Stars (contributor 47374189) .