Giuseppe di Miceli (1878 - 1936)

Born 2 Mar 1878 in Corleone, Palermo, Sicilia, Italia

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Died 22 Mar 1936 at age 58 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

Giuseppe di Miceli is born 2 March 1878 in Corleone and baptized the next day. He is the son of Cosimo di Miceli and Marianna Gulotta. His godparents are Leoluca Grizzaffi and Lucia Labruzzo, a married couple.^[1] Giuseppe is named after his paternal grandfather.

The family emigrates at an unknown date and settles in Morgan City, LA..^[2]

Joseph Dimiceli of St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, is naturalized on 24 September 1903.^[3]

Giuseppe marries Anna Streva, possibly in Louisiana, where their children are born. Anna and Joseph have at least four children: Cosimo (c. 1904), Leonardo (c. 1906), Andrew (1907), and Rosa (c. 1910).

Andrew is born 2 August 1907 in Louisiana.^[4]

In the 1910 federal census of the city of Los Angeles, Precinct 87, taken 18 April, Marie Streva, 58 (b. 1852), heads a household at 1358 Channing St. with her sons Tony, 27 (b. 1883), Samuel, 24 (b. 1886), and Ross, 22 (b. 1888). Also in this household are Marie’s daughter, Anna, 30, her husband Joseph Dimiceli, 32 (b. 1878), their children Cosimo, 6 (b. 1904), Leonardo, 4 (b. 1906), and Andrew, 2 (b. 1908). Anna has had three children, all living. Also in the household are Marie’s grandchildren, Lucy Dicarlo, 13 (b. 1897), and Vincent Dicarlo, 7 (b. 1903). Marie is a widow of Italian birth. She has had six children, five of them living. Her children and son in law in the household were all born in Italy. The Di Miceli children, and Vincent Di Carlo, were born in Louisiana. Lucy Di Carlo was born in Italy. Marie and the four children of hers listed in this household all immigrated in 1897. Her son in law came in 1889. Mary’s sons and son in law are naturalized citizens. Tony is the proprietor of a grocery store. Samuel is a laborer in a railway yard. Ross is a laundryman in a laundry. Joseph Di Miceli is a fruit merchant who owns his own market.^[5]

Joseph Di Miceli, age 40, born 2 March 1878 in Italy, registers for the draft for WWI. He lives at 833 E. 29th St. (Los Angeles, CA). He works for LA Drydock Co. in San Pedro, CA, as a bolter. Joseph is a naturalized citizen. His nearest contact is Anna di Miceli at the same home address. The registrar describes Joseph on 12 September 1918 as being short and stout with brown eyes and black hair.^[6]

In the 1920 federal census of Los Angeles, taken on 8 January, Joseph D. Miceli, age 41 (b. 1879), and his wife, Anna, 40 (b. 1880), head a household at 1446 48th St. They both became naturalized citizens in 1904. Joseph immigrated in 1890 and Anna in 1897. Their children at home are Cosimo, 16 (b. 1904), Leonard, 14 (b. 1906), Andrew, 12 (b. 1908), and Rosa, 10. (b. 1910) The children were all born in Louisiana. Joseph is a core maker for an iron foundry.^[7]

Giuseppe dies at age 58 (b. 1878) on 22 March 1936 in Los Angeles.^[8]

Andrew dies 24 September 1980 in Los Angeles. He is 73.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6LSS-L7T?cc=2046915&wc=MG34-SPX%3A351041801%2C351041802%2C351275901 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Battesimi 1877-1879 > image 73 of 182; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
2. ↑ Francesca Mannina in the Sicilian and Aeolian Islands Genealogy group on Facebook. 13 May 2017. https://www.facebook.com/groups/siciliangenealogy/permalink/1560329457334052/
3. ↑ "Louisiana Naturalization Records, 1831-1906", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q23J-F31S : 9 March 2018), Joseph Dimiceli, 1903.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VP8X-2WG : 26 November 2014), Streva in entry for Andrew Dimiceli, 24 Sep 1980; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV2T-7KW : accessed 30 August 2017), Joseph Streva, Los Angeles Assembly District 71, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 132, sheet 5A, family 110, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 81; FHL microfilm 1,374,094.
6. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-G1SL-835?cc=1968530&wc=9FHP-MNL%3A928312301%2C928548101 : 14 May 2014), California > Los Angeles City no 10; Caballaro, Jesus-Z > image 630 of 5844; citing NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH73-SYJ : accessed 21 September 2017), Leonard Miceli in household of Joseph D Miceli, Los Angeles Assembly District 73, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing ED 394, sheet 7B, line 62, family 180, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 114; FHL microfilm 1,820,114.
8. ↑ "California Death Index, 1905-1939," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKSM-BFMY : 5 June 2015), Giuseppi Dimiceli, 22 Mar 1936; citing 16453, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento; FHL microfilm 1,686,048.