Biagia Pomara (abt. 1844)

Born about 1844 in Corleone, Palermo, Sicilia

Ancestors

Wife of Giovanni Leone — married 4 Sep 1864 in Corleone, Palermo, Sicilia, Italia

Descendants

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Biography

Biagia Pomara is a Corleone native resident, the daughter of Giovanni Pomara and Lucia Ruffino, who married in 1841. She is named after her paternal grandmother.

Biagia marries Giovanni Leone, son of the late Giuseppe Leone and Rosalia Castelli, on 4 September 1864 in Corleone.^[1]

Giovanni and Biagia have at least three children: Rosaria (c. 1866), Giovanni/John (c. 1878), and Vincenzo (c. 1879).

Rosaria marries Nicolo' Pollara on 1 November 1885 in Corleone.^[2]

Giovanni marries Giovanna Zabbia on 16 January 1898 in Corleone.^[3]

Vincenzo marries Lucia Gennaro on 24 September 1899 in Corleone.^[4]

Vincenzo and Lucia migrate to New York City by 1905, when her brother, Antonino, joins them there at 220 E. 97th St.^[5]

Giovanni and Giovanna move to New York in 1904.^[6] Biagia's brother, Salvatore, lives in New York by 1905.

Rosaria moves to New York with her young children in 1906, joining her husband and oldest son.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage of Joannis Leone and Blasia Pomara, record no. 1606, 4 September 1864, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DYDG-V9?cc=2046915&wc=MG37-L2S%3A351041801%2C351041802%2C351102301 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Matrimoni 1856-1871 > image 181 of 356; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
2. ↑ Marriage of Nicolaus Pollara and Rosalia Leone, record no. 82, 1 November 1885, "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DYDJ-74?cc=2046915&wc=MG37-L29%3A351041801%2C351041802%2C351107101 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Matrimoni 1872-1887 > image 456 of 535; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
3. ↑ 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).
4. ↑ Marriage of Vincentius Leone and Lucia Gennaro, record no. 56, 24 September 1899, Index. "Italia, Palermo, Diocesi di Monreale, Registri Parrocchiali, 1531-1998," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DTMW-C3C?cc=2046915&wc=MG37-4WL%3A351041801%2C351041802%2C351563301 : 20 May 2014), Corleone > San Martino > Indice (Matrimoni) 1529-1951 > image 488 of 584; Archivio di Arcidiocesi di Palermo (Palermo ArchDiocese Archives, Palermo).
5. ↑ Manifest accessed at EllisIsland via SteveMorse on 3 November 2018.
6. ↑ "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.).
7. ↑ Manifest accessed at EllisIsland via SteveMorse on 3 November 2018.