Rosa Giandalone (abt. 1903)

Born about 1903 in Corleone, Palermo, Italy

Ancestors

Biography

Rosa Giandalone is born around 1903 in Corleone, based on her age at immigration. She is the daughter of Giuseppe Giandalone and Francesca Ligotino. Rosa is named after her maternal grandmother.

Giuseppe, 45 (b. 1868), his wife Francesca, 33 (b. 1880), and two of their daughters, Rosa, 10 (b. 1903), and Vincenza, 11 (b. 1902), immigrate on the SS Argentina, arriving in New York on 23 May 1913. None of them can read or write. They are joining Francesca's brother, Calogero.^[1]

Rosa (or Rose) marries Giuseppe Buscemi, a native of Palermo, the son of Vincenzo Buscemi and Maria Gioia, on 25 June 1933 in Manhattan.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Passenger Manifest, Lines 21-24, 23 May 1913, Accessed online 23 February 2016.
2. ↑ "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24DJ-KTT : accessed 4 March 2016), Giuseppe Buscemi and Rose Giandalone, 25 Jun 1933; citing Marriage, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York City Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,684,746.