Luigi Albano (abt. 1858)

Born about 18 Aug 1858 in Bracigliano, Salerno, Campania, Italy

Ancestors

Husband of Francesca (Izzo) Albano — married 30 Dec 1885 (to about 1912) in Bracigliano, Salerno, Campania, Italy

Descendants

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Biography

On 19 August 1858 in Bracigliano, Michele Albano, son of Raffaele, age 33, bracciale, presents a baby boy born to Angela Sarno, age 32, on 18 August in their home. The baby is named Luigi.^[1]

Luigi is also called Louis Albano. His petition to become a naturalized citizen gives the seventeenth as his date of birth, and his passport application, in 1907, correctly says he was born on the eighteenth.

Luigi's oldest brother, Giovanni, immigrates in 1879 or 1880 and settles in Springfield, Massachusetts.

First Marriage

Luigi Albano, age 27 (b. 1858), contadino, born in Bracigliano and a resident there, son of Michele Albano and the late Angela Sarno; and Francesca Izzo, age 24 (b. 1861), contadina, born and resident of Bracigliano, daughter of Gaetano Izzo and Fortunata Albano; all residents of Bracigliano, register their marriage in the commune of Bracigliano on 30 December 1885. Witnesses are Federico Sarno, age 55, possidente, and Domenico Amato, age 69, servente.^[2]

Luigi and Francesca have seven known children: Antonio Luigi/Anthony (1888), Pasqualina (1890), Gaetana (1893), Francesca (1894), Josephine (1897), Rosie (1899), and Lucy (1901).

Anthony is born 29 August 1888 in Bracigliano, Italy.^[3]

Immigration

Louis' naturalization petition gives his approximate date of arrival in New York on 27 May 1889. According to his passport application, he arrived on the Red Star Line from Anversa, France, around 22 May 1890.

Pasqualina is born in April 1890 in Italy. Her grave gives her birth date the following year, as 14 April 1891.

"Gaetano" is born 16 May 1893 in Springfield.^[4] Although this records the birth of a boy, Gaetano, the age is a match for "Anna," who appears in the next two federal censuses as a daughter. No son named Gaetano appears in any subsequent records for this family.

Francesca is born 21 November 1894 in Springfield. Louis is a gardener.^[5]

Josephine is born 17 March 1897 in Springfield.^[6]

Rosie is born 26 November 1899 at 21 Union St in Springfield. Her father is a laborer.^[7]

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 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.^[8] Francesca (b. 1894) does not appear. Her death record has not been found. Cascio-10 10:59, 24 May 2017 (EDT)

Naturalization

Luigi Albano of 21 Union St, Springfield, a grocer, born in Bracigliano (Braciliana), Salerno, Italy on 17 August 1858, age 44, petitions for naturalization from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on 2 August 1900. He arrived in New York City on 27 May 1889. His final hearing is held on 4 October 1902.^[9]

Lucy is born 12 December 1901 in Springfield, MA.^[10]

In the 10 May 1904 Springfield Republican on page 10, there’s a notice that H.G. Webster has sold for Elizur P. Sullivan the store and tenement property at 21 Union Street to Luigi Albano.

Luigi Albano, age 49, born 18 August 1858 in Bracigliano, and living at 21 Union St, Springfield, MA, applies for a passport, issued 22 August 1907. According to this record, he arrived on the Red Star Line from Anversa, France, around 22 May 1890. He is a grocer, butcher, and baker. He plans to visit abroad and return by July 1908.

The applicant is described as 49 years old, 5’10”, with a regular forehead, gray eyes, a pointed nose, regular mouth and chin, dark brown hair, light complexion and a long face. This application does not have an attached photo.^[11]

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 Lucy (looks like "Lowey"), 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.^[12]

Second Marriage, to Anna Nardi Aiello

Luigi Albano, age 54, a widower born 1858 in Italy, son of Michele Albano and Angela Sarna, marries Anna (Aiello) Nardi, 46, also a widow, born 1866 in Italy, the daughter of Domenico Aiello Nardi and Fortunata Cleico, on 23 September 1912 in Springfield, MA. Luigi and Anna are neighbors and are both store keepers. Luigi’s home address is 21 Union St, and Anna’s is 24 Union St.^[13]

Three days later, Pasqualina marries for the first time, to Carlo (Carluccio) Siniscalchi, on 26 September 1912 in Springfield, MA. Pasqualina is 21. It is the first marriage for them both. Carlo lives at 221 Union Ave, Brooklyn, NY, and is a saloon keeper. Pasqualina lives at 21 Union St, Springfield, MA, and is a clerk. They are married by a priest, Anthony Dalla Porta.^[14]

The same year, Annie, who is seventeen, marries Vincenzo Fiore, age 22 (b. 1890 in Italy), a barber, on 28 November 1912.^[15]

Antonio (Anthony) marries Pasqualina Botta on 5 February 1914 in Springfield, MA. This record calls his father "Luigi."^[16]

When Luigi travels in 1926, he says he lived in Springfield, MA from 1888-1915. Based on available records, Luigi and his second wife live in Italy, possibly in Mercato San Severino, from 1915-1926.

When Anthony registers for the draft for WWI in 1917, he lives at 28 Union St.^[3]

Josephine marries Carlo Sarno on 14 June 1917 in Springfield, MA.^[17]

Rose Victoria is eighteen when she marries Felice Santaniello on 7 June 1918 in Springfield, MA. She lives at 303 Water St and works as a machine operator.^[18]

Anthony dies on 20 April 1953. He is buried in St. Michaels Cemetery.^[19]

Pasqualina remarries to Antonio Miranda in 1924.

On the SS Providence departing Naples on 23 June 1926 and arriving in the port of New York

3. Luigi Albano, age 67 (b. 1859), married, merchant, not literate, last permanent residence in Mercato San Severino, where he leaves his wife Ana Aiello. He is going to Springfield, MA. He was there from 1888-1915. He is joining his son Antonio Albano at 63 Wilcox St., Springfield MA, where intends to permanently reside and become a US citizen. Luigi is 5’8” with a fair complexion, brown hair/eyes. Born in Bracigliano, Italy.^[20]

Pasqualina is killed 12 November 1932.^[21] The children from her first marriage go to live with Pasqualina's sister, Josephine, and her family in Longmeadow.

Sources

1. ↑ Atto di nascita, Luigi Albano. (1858, Agosto 19). Record no. 46. Archivio di Stato di Salerno > Stato civile della restaurazione > Bracigliano > 1858 > Nati https://antenati.cultura.gov.it/ark:/12657/an_ua692143/LqpEleB Img 54 of 91.
2. ↑ Atti di matrimonio, Luigi Albano and Francesca Izzo. (1885, December 30). Record no. 32. https://www.antenati.san.beniculturali.it/ark:/12657/an_ua243991/03ezXK4/ Retrieved 6 Feb 2021.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZNW-VPN : 12 December 2014), Anthony Albano, 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 1,674,436.
4. ↑ "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.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXXM-NMQ : 1 March 2016), Louis Albano in entry for Francesca Izza Albano, 1894.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHB3-4J6 : 4 December 2014), Louis Albano in entry for Josephine Albano, 17 Mar 1897; citing Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, p 97; FHL microfilm 480,763.
7. ↑ Record no. 276. "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXX1-B7T : 1 March 2016), Louis Albana in entry for Rosie Albana, 1899.
8. ↑ "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.
9. ↑ National Archives at Boston; Waltham, Massachusetts; ARC Title: Copies of Petitions and Records of Naturalization in New England Courts, 1939 - ca. 1942; NAI Number: 4752894; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004; Record Group Number: RG 85
10. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHBC-1YZ : 4 December 2014), Luigi Albano in entry for Lucy Albano, 12 Dec 1901; citing Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, p 28; FHL microfilm 480,763.
11. ↑ National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; NARA Series: Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925; Roll #: 45; Volume #: Roll 0045 - Certificates: 39114-40013, 08 Aug 1907-03 Sep 1907
12. ↑ "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.
13. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4XP-BB7 : 17 February 2016), Luigi Albano and Anna Aiello Nardi, 23 Sep 1912; citing Springfield, , Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,409,943.
14. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4XP-Y13 : 17 February 2016), Carluccio Siniscalchi and Pasqualina Albano, 26 Sep 1912; citing Springfield, , Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,409,943.
15. ↑ "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.
16. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N461-QLZ : 17 February 2016), Luigi Albano in entry for Antonio Albano and Pasqualina Botta, 05 Feb 1914; citing Springfield, , Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,409,947.
17. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:23Y5-8F5 : 4 December 2014), Carlo Sarno and Josephine Albano, 14 Jun 1917; citing Marriage, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States, certificate number 765, page 227, State Archives, Boston.
18. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:23YK-ZQK : 4 December 2014), Francesca Izzo in entry for Felice Santaniello and Rose Victoria Albano, 07 Jun 1918; citing Marriage, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States, certificate number 510, page 489, State Archives, Boston.
19. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DK-STWK : 6 December 2016), Antonio L Albano, 1953; Burial, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States of America, Saint Michaels Cemetery; citing record ID 170687764, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
20. ↑ "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9535-9GV?cc=1923888&wc=MFVY-6NL%3A1029859101 : 2 October 2015), 3881 - vol 8764-8765, Jul 4, 1926 > image 789 of 904; citing NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
21. ↑ “Woman Is Slain By Machine Gun: Companion in Parked Car at Springfield Wounded Mrs. Miranda’s Husband Killed in Same Manner 10 Years Ago.” Daily Boston Globe. PP 1, 19. 12 November 1932.