Josie was first of the Carrabs sisters born in the United States. She married Ugo Messa and had a few children. She was an accomplished cook and made the best eggplant parmesan!
Sources
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXYZ-KTX : accessed 27 September 2020), Josephine Carebs in household of Joseph Carebs, Haverhill Ward 5, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; citing ED 66, sheet 1B, line 65, family 13, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 691; FHL microfilm 1,820,691.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XQLF-B93 : accessed 3 December 2017), Josephine Carrabs in household of Joseph Carrabs, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 67, sheet 19A, line 13, family 439, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 896; FHL microfilm 2,340,631.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K4X8-NXB : accessed 3 December 2017), Josephine Carrabs in household of Joseph Carrabs, Ward 5, Haverhill, Haverhill City, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 5-127, sheet 2A, line 2, family 18, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1580.
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QV2G-61ZZ : 11 July 2016), Josephine Carrabs Messa, 1997; Burial, Lawrence, Essex, Massachusetts, United States of America, Bellevue Cemetery; citing record ID 73192457, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Josephine by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Josephine: