Arcangela (Petranella) Paternostro (1866 - 1931)

Born 8 May 1866 in Corleone, Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Ancestors

Wife of Felipe Paternostro — married 8 Jan 1897 in Bryan, Brazos, Texas

Died 13 Mar 1931 at age 64 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States

Biography

Arcangela (Angeline) Petranella Paternostro was the daughter of Francesco Paolo Petranella and Biagia Riina. She was born in Corleone on 8 May 1866. When Arcangela Petranella was 17 years old, she left Corleone, Provincia di Palermo, Sicilia, departing from the Port of Palermo, Provincia di Palermo, Sicilia, Italia on the ship Archimede. The captain of the ship was Domenico Viola. She arrived on October 11, 1883 in America at Castle Garden, in the Port of New York, along with her sister Maria Concetta Petranella was 20 years old and her brother Luca Petranella who was 32 years old and his friend Mike Pomaro. They then traveled south by steamer and railway to Bryan, Brazos County, Texas. Their last name was spelt as Petronella on the ship's manifest. She married Felipe Paternostro in Bryan, Brazos County, Texas on 8 January 1897. She had returned to Sicilia for a while and returned back to America on 18 October 1919. She died in her home at 817 Ann Street in Dallas, Texas on 13 March 1931 at 9:15pm. Her cause of death was attributed to cardiac failure, with secondary causes of cardio-renal failure. She was 63 years, 10 months and 5 days old at the time of her death.

Sources

• "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27T2-J18 : accessed 22 February 2016), Archangela Petronella, 1883; citing NARA microfilm publication M237 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm .

• "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J6WX-CP8 : 6 December 2014), Angela Paternostro, 18 Oct 1919; citing departure port Palermo, arrival port New York, ship name Patria, NARA microfilm publication T715 and M237 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC9M-686 : accessed 30 April 2017), Angeline Paternoster in household of Philip Paternoster, Dallas Precinct 19, Dallas, Texas, United States; citing ED 36, sheet 13B, line 66, family 268, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1792; FHL microfilm 1,821,792.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:C4MW-W6Z : accessed 18 May 2017), Angeline Paternostro in household of Frank Paternostro, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 44, sheet 20A, line 45, family 297, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2315; FHL microfilm 2,342,049

• Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7D6-K1Q : 5 December 2014), Angeline Paternostro, 13 Mar 1931; citing certificate number 12070, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,135,507.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLB-RB81 : 13 December 2015), Angeline Paternostro, ; Burial, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, Oakland Cemetery; citing record ID 106201826, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.