Searching for my Great Grandmother's roots

[vj]

from the FamilySearch pilot

two death records with a different maiden name for their mother...

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Name: Vincent Michel
Death Date: 01 Dec 1976
Death Place: Houston, Harris, Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Death Age: 81 years
Birth Date: 22 Jul 1895
Birthplace: Louisiana
Father's Name: Rosario Michel
Mother's Name: Mary Schealone
Occupation: Oyster Opener, Restaurant
Place of Residence: 601 Walton
Cemetery: Houston National
Burial Place: Houston
Burial Date: 6 Dec 1976
Informant: Eleanor L Michel
Film Number: 2243985
Digital Film Number: 4005515
Image Number: 03280
Reference Number: 93182
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
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Name: Mary Miciotto
Death Date: 25 Dec 1949
Death Place: Franklin, St. Mary, Louisiana
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 77
Estimated Birth Year: 1872
Birth Place: New Orleans, Louisiana
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name: Joseph Miciotto
Father's Name: Rosrio Michel
Mother's Name: Mary Schaliona
Film number: 1418367
Image Number: 01527
Certificate Number: 444
Digital Folder Number: 4215556
Collection: Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875; 1894-1954

[Bivalacqua]

where is the best place to search for census records. possibly from 1920 on. Thanks again for all the help. I was stuck on this for a while... Im so new at all this lol

[vj]

1920 free at FamilySearch:
http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsea ... %3A1488411

1930 at ancestry. com
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added two more obituaries to the 1st page of your post

[Bivalacqua]

Thanks so much for the help! Im still trying to find out the death dates or obits for Rosario & Mary Michel. I saw the name spelling on the death certificaates, on the marriage record I have for Jennie and Salvadore has her last name as something other than Michel. I cant really make it out very well but it could be her madien name.

[Bivalacqua]

Mary Schealone
Mary Schaliona

What other surnames could this have been confused with? Can you make out the last name on the marriage certificate on page 1?

[vj]

The marriage record is really too difficult to decipher
Here are a couple of records you may want to look into that may help
Valarie
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Son Vincent's Social Security application will have his mother's maiden name on it

SSDI
Name: Vincent Michel
Date of Birth: Monday July 22, 1895
Date of Death: December 1976
Est. Age at death: 81 years, 4 months
Last known residence:
City: Houston
County: Harris
State: Texas
ZIP Code: 77009
Social Security details:
State of Issue: Texas
Number: 454-05-xxxx

Social Security Application SS-5

His SS# is available here if you don’t already have it:
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/ ... _form=true

About the SS Application:
http://genealogy.about.com/od/online_re ... equest.htm

The SS-5, or Application for Social Security Number is a great resource for learning more about individuals who died after about 1960, and generally includes the following:
- Full name
- Full name at birth, including maiden name
- Present mailing address
- Age at last birthday
- Date of birth
- Place of birth
- Father's full name
- Mother's full name, including maiden name
- Sex
- Race as indicated by the applicant
- Whether the applicant ever applied for Social Security or Railroad Retirement before
- Current employer's name and address
- Date signed
- Applicant's signature

Order form SSA-711 (can be done online):
http://www.ssa.gov/foia/html/foia_guide.htm
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Possible death record for Rosario Michel
- he would have been born abt 1850 (if age is correct)
- daughter Anna born abt 1868...
- the address on this death notice is only around the corner from Rosario and Mary on their 1910 census

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Date: 15 Aug 1912;
Paper: New Orleans Item

from ancestry:

Name: Rosario Michele
Age: 61 yrs
Death Date: 13 Aug 1912
Color: W
Page: 719 Volume: 155

To obtain copies of vital records prior to 1914 you can write the Louisiana State Archives at 3851 Essen Lane PO Box 94125, Baton Rouge, LA 70804.

[Bivalacqua]

im not sure if anyone would be able to look this up for me but I may have found Mary michel's obit from 1918 the website I found it on was http://nopl.minisisinc.com/NOPL/scripts ... 044?RECORD
The dates look off but Im not sure

Also possible obit for Micheal Michel
http://nopl.minisisinc.com/NOPL/scripts ... 982?RECORD

[vj]

...Mary michel's obit from 1978 the website I found it on was http://nopl.minisisinc.com/NOPL/scripts ... 044?RECORD

Vital Statistics
Date: 10 Jul 1918;
Paper: Times-Picayune
(one line from the bottom of the scan)
same address as son's WWI cards
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Mortuary Notice
Date: 10 Jul 1918;
Paper: Times-Picayune
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maiden name SCHONLIA
(probably spelled incorrectly)

[Bivalacqua]

what could a variation be of this last name? The census records states shes and Rosario were from Italy but I cant seem to find what her last name could have been and where possibly they were from. Im almost positive they were married in Italy and moved here together so I have been searching for naturalization records or manifest

[vj]

...Also possible obit for Micheal Michel
http://nopl.minisisinc.com/NOPL/scripts ... 982?RECORD

Found and added to the 1st page of the post with his brothers and sisters obituaries

[suanj]

Mary Schealone
Mary Schaliona

What other surnames could this have been confused with? Can you make out the last name on the marriage certificate on page 1?

my two cents:
Rosario italian surname most probably is MICELI.. (rare possibility: MICHELI)

Maria/mary surname: SCALONE or SCICOLONE or SCICHILONE...SCAGLIONE??

most probably both coming from Sicily..
all the best,
suanj

[Bivalacqua]

Where would be the best place to search for naturalization Records? Or a possible manifest for them both?

[vj]

Mary Schealone
Mary Schaliona

What other surnames could this have been confused with? Can you make out the last name on the marriage certificate on page 1?

my two cents:
Rosario italian surname most probably is MICELI.. (rare possibility: MICHELI)

Maria/mary surname: SCALONE or SCICOLONE or SCICHILONE...SCAGLIONE??

most probably both coming from Sicily..
all the best,
suanj

Thank you suanj!
This should be a huge help
I thought since they probably arrived in New Orleans that they may be from Sicily
Valarie

[vj]

Where would be the best place to search for naturalization Records? Or a possible manifest for them both?

"US Ports of Arrival and their Available Passenger Lists 1820-1957"
http://www.genesearch.com/ports.html

"Resources for Finding Passenger Arrival Records at the Port of New Orleans, Louisiana"
http://www.germanroots.com/neworleans.html

LA Naturalization Records:
http://nutrias.org/~nopl/info/louinfo/louinfo4.htm

[Bivalacqua]

Thanks guys that is very helpful. I believed they were from Sicily as well, just looking for records lol. If possible can the obit for Salvadore Bivalacqua be found anywhere? He passed awy around 1946 age 58 i believe. He was also from New Orleans and was married to Jennie Michel bivalacqua