Giovanni Leone (abt. 1878)

Born about 1878 in Corleone, Palermo, Sicilia, Italia

Ancestors

Husband of Giovanna Zabbia — married 16 Jan 1898 in Corleone, Palermo, Sicilia, Italia

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Biography

John, or Giovanni Leone is born around 1878 in Corleone, the son of Giovanni Leone and Biagia Pomara.

Giovanni marries Giovanna Zabbia, daughter of Giuseppe Zabbia and Maria Felicia Lorello, on 16 January 1898 in Corleone.^[1]

Giovanni and Giovanna have five known children: Bessie (probably Biagia, c. 1900), Mary (probably Maria Felicia, c. 1901), Lucia/Lucy (c. 1906), Josie (possibly Giuseppa, c. 1907), and John (probably Giovanni, c. 1909).

Open issue: According to the 1910 census, the family immigrates in 1904, but Mary, born around 1901, is born in New York.

In the 1910 federal census of Manhattan, Ward 12, taken 26 April, John Leone heads a household on East 106th St. He is a laborer at odd jobs.

John Leone, 32 (b. 1878), his wife of 12 years (m. 1898) Jennie, 32 (b. 1878), and children Bessie, 10 (b. 1900), Mary, 9 (b. 1901), Lucy, 4 (b. 1906), Josie, 3 (b. 1907), and John, six months (b. Oct/Nov 1909). Jennie has had 5 children, all living. John, Jennie, and Bessie were born in Italy and immigrated in 1904. The younger children were born in New York. ^[2]

Lucia marries Salvatore Spatafora on 1 September 1926 in New York City.^[3] Salvatore's parents are from different comuni in Palermo province.

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage of Joannes Leone and Joanna Zabbia, record no. 10, 16 January 1898, Index. "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DTMW-72H?cc=2046915&wc=MG37-4WL%3A351041801%2C351041802%2C351563301 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Indice (Matrimoni) 1529-1951 > image 479 of 584; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RVJ-N3R?cc=1727033&wc=QZZW-282%3A133641301%2C133751301%2C143128001%2C1589091847 : 24 June 2017), New York > New York > Manhattan Ward 12 > ED 340 > image 62 of 92; citing NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:247T-1LM : 10 February 2018), Salvatore Spatafora and Lucia Leone, 01 Sep 1926; citing Marriage, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York City Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,643,849.