Giovanni Augustus Bernero (1856 - 1917)

Born 26 Dec 1856 in Genoa, Italy

Descendants

Died 13 Jul 1917 at age 60 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

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Biography

John (born Giovanni) Bernero was a "House Painter" born in Italy in December of 1856.^[1] John's dates of birth and death are on his gravestone in Mount Carmel Catholic Cemetery, Hillside, Cook County, Illinois. ^[2]

John Bernero was the son of Domenico Bernero and Maria Pudista, both born in Italy. ^[3]

According to the 1900 U.S. Census, John had arrived in the United States in 1875 and had married 2 years later. John and Maria had eight children of whom Virginia was the youngest in 1900 and still in 1920. By the 1920 U.S. Census, Maria (listed as Ann) was widowed and living with Joseph, Mildred, Edith and Virginia.

1900 U.S. Census, Chicago, Illinois - Family of John Bernero:

John Bernero Head Male 43 Italy

Mary Bernero Wife Female 39 Kentucky

Virginia Bernero Daughter Female 4 Illinois

Edil Bernero Daughter Female 8 Illinois [Edith]

Neata Bernero Daughter Female 10 Illinois [Anita]

Ameali Bernero Daughter Female 13 Illinois [Millie or Mildred]

Mammie Bernero Daughter Female 15 Illinois [Mayme]

Joseph Bernero Son Male 19 Illinois

Rosey Bernero Daughter Female 21 Illinois [Rose]

Jennie Bernero Daughter Female 23 Illinois

Many of John's children are buried in Mount Carmel Catholic Cemetery, Hillside, Cook County, Illinois. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS31-HVH : accessed 20 March 2021), Virginia Bernero in household of John Bernero, Precinct 15 Chicago city Ward 17, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 550, sheet 11B, family 228, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,268.
2. ↑ Gravestone of John Bernero, Mount Carmel Catholic Cemetery
3. ↑ from John's great-great-grandson J. Bates, by e-mail, 14 Jan. 2022.
4. ↑ Cemetery Bernero listing

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKZW-X1X : accessed 20 March 2021), Virginia H Bernero in household of Jno A Bernero, Chicago Ward 18, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 804, sheet 7A, family 145, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 262; FHL microfilm 1,374,275.