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Do you have arrival documents for Serafino and Francesca?
I have found an arrival on SS Bolivia, 1898, for Serafino Campisi, 50 and Antonina Campisi, 20 and Ignazia Campisi, 16.
Very little other information - left from Palermo - going to New Orleans.
Have you come across anything for an Antonina Campisi born in 1898 and married Antonio Geraci. Her father was Francesco Campisi. Lived in Assumption Parish Louisiana
Another child named Vincent... death at birth 1925
Name: Vincent Gerace
Death Date: 16 Mar 1925
Death Place: Bayou Current, , St. Landry, Louisiana
Gender: Male
Race (original): White
Race (standardized): White Age: 0
Estimated Birth Year: 1925
Birth Place: Donaldsonville, Louisiana
Marital Status: Single
Spouse's Name: Father's Name: Tony Gerace
Mother's Name: Lena Campise
Film number: 2367880
Image Number: 01696
Certificate Number: 3751
Digital Folder Number: 4219356
Collection: Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875; 1894-1954
Yes this is the correct family. I have this same information of Antonino parents (Louis & Sorophia). I'm trying to get more background on the 2 of them. Antonino was born in America but his parents
Yes, Antonina "Lena" Campisi was born 12.1.1898 and confirmed in Ascension Church in Donaldsonville, LA on 5.27.1909, I assume she was born in the states. She was orphaned to a family member and raised by Vincenzi Marsala and Antonia Giodina(Per 1910 census).
She married in Donaldsonville to Antoninio "Anthony" Geraci 4.27.1921. The marriage license list her parents as Francesco Campisi and Rosa Carona (May not be correct). Stories are that was a relative of Antonia Giodina.
Antoninio "Anthony" Geraci was born 2.10.1898 and baptized at Ascension in Donaldsonville. Parents were Luigi Geraci and Seraphina Boutacadolo
There has been a strong custom in Italy that determines how children are named: The first male is named after his paternal grandfather.The second male is named after his maternal grandfather.The first female is named after her paternal grandmother.The second female is named after her maternal grandm...