Lena Cortimiglia Gremaldi is born 8 August 1893 in New Orleans, the daughter of Louis and Mary Danna Cortimilia.[1]
Lena marries Frank Gremaldi (1886-1956). Frank and Lena have three known children: Margueritte Marie (1923), Dorothy, and Eva.[2]
Frank's sister is married to Carlo Piranio, founder of the Mafia in Dallas, Texas. Lena has two sisters married to members of the Dallas Mafia.
Margheritte dies at one and a half months of age from bronchopneumonia and malnutrition. She is buried in the same grave with her sisters, Dorothy and Eva Walker.[2]
Death of Lena
Lena dies 9 December 1955 at age 62 in Dallas. She is buried in Grove Hill Memorial Park in Dallas.[1]
Sources
↑ 1.01.1 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 03 March 2019), memorial page for Lena Cortimilia Gremaldi (8 Aug 1893–9 Dec 1955), Find A Grave Memorial no. 64772829, citing Grove Hill Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by Andrea Maloney (contributor 46812465) .
↑ 2.02.1 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 03 March 2019), memorial page for Margueritte Marie Gremaldi (5 Feb 1923–22 Mar 1923), Find A Grave Memorial no. 191059568, citing Oakland Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by Virginia Paredes-Tijerina (contributor 47577940) .
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lena by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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 Lena: