Giuseppe was born in 1831 to Giuseppe Abruzzo and Maria Maggio[1]. In 1868 at age 36, he married Leonarda Artale [2] and they had several children.
Giuseppe and Leonarda traveled to NY in 1904 [3]. Leonarda had been there earlier in 1897. At least one of their children permanently emigrated from Sicily and settled in NY.
Marriage 1868 to Leonarda Artale: "Italia, Agrigento, Sciacca, Stato Civile (Tribunale), 1861-1929," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-894S-WHKZ?cc=2043548&wc=MC5P-968%3A349457201%2C349547101%2C349553501 : 22 May 2014), Agrigento > Santa Margherita di Belice > Pubblicazioni 1882-1905 Matrimoni 1862-1896 > image 1316 of 3091; Tribunale di Sciacca (Sciacca Court, Sciacca). ... Date of marriage 31 Jan 1868. ... Giuseppe Abruzzo, single, 36, profession agriculture, living in Santa Margarita, son of the late Francesco and of the late Anna Maria Maggio, AND Leonarda Artale, single, 20, profession 'industriosa' worker, living in Santa Margarita, daughter of Giacomo of profession agriculture, living in Santa Margarita, and of the late Antonina Saitta, ...
1904 Ship Roster to NY: Ancestry.com. "New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957." ... Giuseppe Abruzzo, age 73, married, day laborer, cannot read/ write, Santa Margherita origin to Brooklyn, $40 with him, to visit his son [? brother?] Giacomo at 249 Bushwick Ave; followed by Leonarda Artale, age 58, married, seamstress, cannot read/write, ...
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Giuseppe by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Giuseppe: