Name |
Serafino Palermo |
Relationship | with Thomas Clark
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Born |
6 Jul 1887 |
Ferrazzano, Campobasso, Abruzzi e Molise [now Molise], Italy [1, 2, 3] |
- date and place from SS applications index. His name is not in the SSDI.
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Gender |
Male |
Arrival |
1903 [4] |
Immigration date |
1903 |
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Residence |
1905 |
Buffalo, Erie Co., New York [5] |
- Relationship to Head: Head
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Residence |
1915 |
Buffalo, Erie Co., New York [6] |
- Relation to Head of House: Head
|
Registered for the Draft |
1917 |
Buffalo, Erie Co., New York [2] |
- Military Marital Status: Married
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Residence |
1925 |
Buffalo, Erie Co., New York [7] |
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Census |
1930 |
Myrtle Ave., Buffalo, Erie Co., New York |
- aged 43, born in Italy, speaks Italian, “labourer, car cleaner”--presumably cable cars?
|
Residence |
1930 |
Myrtle Ave., Buffalo, Erie Co., New York [4] |
- Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head
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Residence |
1935 |
Buffalo, Erie Co., New York [8] |
Residence |
1 Apr 1940 |
Buffalo, Erie Co., New York [8] |
- Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
|
Registered for the Draft |
1942 |
Buffalo, Erie Co., New York [1] |
Immigrant Ancestor |
Y |
Died |
1968 [9] |
Buried |
Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Cheektowaga, Erie Co., New York |
Photos |
 | Serafino Palermo and Maria Battista at their wedding |
Documents |
 | marriage record, Serafino Palermo & Mary Battista
|
Headstones |
 | Palermo family Two brothers who married two sisters. |
Notes |
- Family history says that he immigrated from Abruzzi, that he came over at a very young age (7-10) without his parents, brought over by someone else. He remembered having to work in the potato fields as a boy. He wouldn’t eat potatoes because they were for pigs in Italy—the only way he would eat them was as homefries. He said wouldn’t go back to Italy because it was too a hard of a life there.
He got a job on the Lehigh Valley railroad after his brother Anthony (Epifanio).
In the 1930 census there is also a Michael “Leceno,” (Lacino), aged 41, living in the household as a boarder. He had been married to their sister Dorothea.
Age 31 when married.
- Family history says that he immigrated from Abruzzi, that he came over at a very young age (7-10) without his parents, brought over by someone else. He remembered having to work in the potato fields as a boy. He wouldn’t eat potatoes because they were for pigs in Italy—the only way he would eat them was as homefries. He said wouldn’t go back to Italy because it was too a hard of a life there.
The 1905 New York census says that he immigrated 12 years before, so, in about 1893. The 1915 census also says that he had been in the U.S. for 12 years. This, though, agrees with the 1930 U.S. census, which gives the year 1903. The 1925 NY census says he immigrated 17 years before, in abt. 1908. This last state census also says that he had become a naturalized citizen in Buffalo.
He got a job on the Lehigh Valley railroad after his brother Anthony (Epifanio).
In the 1930 census there is also a Michael “Leceno,” (Lacino), aged 41, living in the household as a boarder. He had been married to their sister Dorothea.
Age 31 when married.
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Person ID |
I138 |
BisantzCaldiero |
Last Modified |
21 Nov 2018 |