Margherita Santaniello (1900 - 1968)

Born 1900 in Quindici, Avellino, Italia

Died 1968 at about age 68 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Margherita Santaniello, also called Margaret, is the twin sister of Annina. They are the daughters of Salvatore Santaniello and Angelina Grasso.

Margherita and her twin sister travel with another sister, Romilda, and their mother, Angela, on the Finland, arriving on 2 June 1909 in New York. They’re going to Springfield, Massachusetts, to join her father, Salvatore, at 16 River St.^[1]

On 10 January, in the 1920 federal census, Salvatore Santaniello, 58 (b. 1861), Angelina, 54 (b. 1865), and their daughters Annie, 20 (b. 1899), and Margaret, 20 (b. 1899), live between the homes of their married children, Adelaida and Joseph, on one side, and Peter and Roma on the other, on Hubbard Ave in Springfield. Philip Santaniello also lives on the street.^[2]

Margaret (1900-1968) and her husband, Anthony Mazzarella (1897-1953), are buried in a family plot in St. Michael's Cemetery in Springfield, MA, with Margaret's sister, Adelaida Santaniello and her husband, Giuseppe Scibelli.^[3] Giuseppe Scibelli is a known associate of the Springfield Mafia under Sam Cufari.

Sources

1. ↑ "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JXBH-7TT : 6 December 2014), Adelaide Santaniello, 02 Jun 1909; citing departure port Naples, arrival port New York, ship name Finland, NARA microfilm publication T715 and M237 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXBZ-DST : accessed 15 May 2017), Frank Seibelli in household of Joseph Seibelli, Springfield Ward 3, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States; citing ED 122, sheet 10B, line 69, family 240, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 703; FHL microfilm 1,820,703.
3. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29Y-3ZN5 : 15 March 2016), Guiseppe Scibelli, ; Burial, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States of America, Saint Michaels Cemetery; citing record ID 150620401, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.