Giacomo Abruzzo (1885 - 1936)

Born 24 May 1885 in Santa Margherita di Belice, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy

Ancestors

Died 29 Aug 1936 at age 51 in Nassau Co., New York, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Jacob Abruzzo migrated from Sicily to New York.

Giacomo was born in 1885 in Sicily to Giuseppe Abruzzo and Leonarda Artale. In 1897 Giacomo, age 12, traveled to New York with his mother, his younger brother and a young man with a different surname. They may have remained in the US, as Jacob appears in various US censuses as an adult. His mother's obituary states that she was living with her son Jacob on Long Island at her death in 1936. It is assumed that he remained there and died there.

Sources

• Birth 1885: FamilySearch.org. "Italia, Agrigento, Sciacca, Stato Civile (Tribunale), 1861-1929." Image 1045. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-994S-WWM2?i=1044&wc=MC5P-9NL%3A349457201%2C349547101%2C349552002&cc=2043548 ... Giuseppe Abruzzo, 56, manual laborer living in S. Margarita, told me that on 24 May 1885 in the house on Via Sant Isidoro, to Leonarda Artale, his wife, 'fatigatrice' [factory worker?], with whom he lives, was born a baby boy ... to whom he gives the name of Giacomo.
• 1897 travel to NY: Ancestry.com. "New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957."
• Death: the obituary for his mother Leonarda states that she was living with her son Jacob at her death in August 1936. It is not clear whether that home was in Seaford (per the obit) or in Hempstead, where her death occurred. It is assumed that he remained on Long Island and died there.