Paul Busheme (1889 - 1951)

Born 23 Jan 1889 in Priolo, Siracusa, Sicily

Husband of Rose Bordieri — married 30 Mar 1913 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 23 Apr 1951 at age 62 in Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts

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Biography

Born 23 JAN 1889. Priolo, Siracusa, Sicily. ^{[1] [2]} Died 23 APR 1951. Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Note: of rectal cancer||at the Lathrop Home||. ^[3] Buried 26 APR 1951. Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Note: at Holy Cross Cemetery. ^[3] Note: He was born Paolo Buscema or Buscemi, but later in life anglicized his name to Paul Busheme. His descendants continued that spelling of the surname. According to a ship's manifest from his second trip to America in 1912, Paul lived in Connecticut from 1906 to 1909, probably with his brother Giuseppe/Joseph, who came to this country in either 1906 or 1907. There is a record for a Paolo Buscema who arrived at Ellis Island on June 21, 1907 on board the ship Re D'Italia, which departed from Naples, Italy. This Paolo was 18 and a laborer, and had resided in Priolo, Sicily bound for New Britain, Connecticut. It said his passage was paid for by his brother, and that his brother's name was Paolo and lived at 1110 or 1116 Wilder(?) St. in New Britain. Obviously his brother's name wasn't Paolo too, so is likely a mistake by the clerk, and probably was supposed to Giuseppe if this is our Paul. This Paolo was said to have been born in Pachino, but the entry above says Priolo, which agrees with the next passenger list mentioned below, so perhaps the scribe erred as this was in the far right column of the page. He apparently moved to New Britain with his brother and lived there until 1909 when he went back to Sicily to visit family. While there he was drafted to serve in the Italian army and didn't return to America until 1912. On October 18th of that year he arrived at Ellis Island again on board the S.S. Italia out of Palermo, Sicily. The passenger manifest, which can be found on www.ellisisland.org under the name of Paolo Buscema, says he was single and a 23-year-old labourer, and that he could read and write. His last place of residence was given as Priolo, Sicily, which was also given as his birthplace. He was 5 feet 6 inches tall, in good health, and was headed to live with his brother Giuseppe (Joseph) at 28 Lafayette Street in New Britain. He and his wife Rosa were both from the small town of Priolo in Sicily, and their parents lived on the same street for a time, so presumably they knew each other growing up. When they married in March 1913 Paolo was living at 12 Unity Street in Boston and working as a laborer. Rosa lived at 103 Kneeland Street in Boston and was a dressmaker. When the 1920 census was taken Paul and Rosa and their first four children were living with his brother Giuseppe at 11 Queen Street in New Britain. Paul worked as a laborer in a factory. Paul and his brother both gave their first four children the same names of Frank, Paul, Fanny and Josephine. Giuseppe owned the house and Paul rented. Their surname was spelled 'Pushine' in that census. The 1922 New Britain city directory lists Paolo Buscemi at 46 Queen Street. He is listed as Paolo Buscine at 72 Queen Street in 1926, with wife Rosa, under the last name Buscine, and was an employee of Stanley Works, which at the time was the world's oldest and largest manufacturer of wrought steel hardware. When the Depression struck Paul lost his job at Stanley Works so the family moved to East Boston, Mass. so he could take a job in the construction industry working for his wife's brother. The 1930 census finds them living in Ward 1 of Boston (which was East Boston) at 39 Trenton Street. Living in the same house with them was the family of Rocco and Angelina Aliberti, whose daughter Antoinetta married Paul Busheme Jr. a few years later. When their daughter Anna was born in December 1930 their address was given as 20 Trenton Street. Paolo was naturalized as an American citizen in Boston on 22 May 1933. By January 1934, when their daughter Rosemarie was born, they were living at at 279 Lexington Street, in East Boston. According to the Boston city directories, in 1938 and 1939 Paul and Angelina Bordieri were also living at this address. In 1938 the Bushemes moved to Dorchester, Mass., but their son Frank and his new wife Antonina Bordieri, daughter of Paul and Angelina, remained at 279 Lexington. When Paul Busheme died in 1951 the family was living at 189 Trenton Street in East Boston. He had been staying in Fall River at the Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Home, the cancer center where he died, for 14 days. File Format: JPEG. PaoloBuscemiItalianArmy1910 File: (removed). File Format: JPEG. PaulAndRoseBushemeMerged File: (removed). Format: JPEG. BushemeFamilySummer1938or1939 File: (removed). Marriage Husband Paul Busheme. Wife Rose Bordieri. Child: Paul Busheme. Child: Frank R. Busheme. Child: Sarafina Busheme. Child: Josephine Patricia Busheme. Child: Salvatore Busheme. Child: Edward Sebastien Busheme. Child: Joseph Busheme. Child: Ann Marie Busheme. Child: Rosemarie Antoinette Busheme. Child: Anthony Busheme. Marriage 30 MAR 1913. Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. ^[4] Census: 01 JAN 1920. New Britain, Hartford County, Connecticut.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S43 His age at death on 23 Apr 1951 was given as 62 years 3 months, which calculates to exactly 23 Jan 1889.
2. ↑ Source: #S43 When Paolo petitioned for U.S. citizensip in March 1927 and when he was granted citizenship in Feb 1933, he gave his birthdate as 23 Jan 1889 in Priolo. The Priolo birth records have been checked and while there are siblings with the correct parents born there in the years before and after that date, his birth on that date is not recorded. Another Paolo was born to those parents in March 1886 but the date is too far off and is likely an older sibling who died young.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Source: #S20 1951, v.41, p.335
4. ↑ Source: #S3 1913, v.621, p.67, no.1513

• Source: S20 Mass. VR, Deaths, Type Of Record: Deaths, Location: Massachusetts Vital Records
• Source: S43 Miscellaneous Source