Borsenna (Borsina, Borsini), Miceli, Anzalone

[fmrfabby1]

Giuseppe Borsina ( brn 1893, Sicily ..died 1934 Highland NY) and his wife Caroline-- maiden name Mattina ( brn. 1899, Sicily.. died 1974 Garfield NJ). lived in Manhatten and moved to Highland probably late 1920's. They had 8 children: Ida 1917 - 1939, Katherine (married Ed Simpson of Newburgh) 1919-1997, Angie (married James Fabiano of Kingston ) 1921-2003, Margie (married Ray Coons of Highland ) 1923 -1999, Mike (married Helen Batka and moved to NJ), Nat (married to MaryAnn and later to Augusta. He is still living and resides on Leonta Ct. in Highland.) , Joseph (married to Mary Kayal and moved to Patterson NJ while in the Navy) 1930 -1966 and finally Mary( married to Fred Giordano moved to Garfield NJ) 1932-2002.
Giuseppe, Caroline and family lived on New Paltz Turnpike and then on Main Street in Highland. Caroline worked at a local Inn during the 1950's called Hotel Di Prima ( It is still operating today under a different name). We believe Giuseppe is buried in Highland. We would love a photo of his headstone!! ( We do not live in NY any longer so it's difficult to get to do some research.)
The only mention of Giussepe in any records is my husbands mother's birth certificate where the name is spelled Borsenna (o) and not very clearly. Also we did find a census for Loydd, NY with the family in 1930. The strange thing is the last name was written as Basine and Nat was not mentioned but instead Charlie was written on the line. We would love to get the correct spelling. Edwarda's last name was written Borsenna also in her Immigration Manifest. She was married to Frank Anzalone and they moved to Alabama from what we have researched. We are pretty sure they were brother and sister. (On the ship's manifest it stated that she and her Dad were going to meet her mother Colegegia Miceli) Nat has told us that Giussepe's parents' names were Michele and Kate. The ship's manifest stated that her Dad's name was Michele. We would love to trace the Borsina's back in Sicily if at all possible. Would love to hear from anyone who might have known the family or can find any further info. Thanks...

[Tessa78]

Hello and welcome!

Can you post the ship manifest you mention so that we can take a look at it?

T.

[Tessa78]

The names "Borsina" and "Borsenna" do not exist in present day Italy...
http://gens.labo.net/it/cognomi/genera.html


When using the "surnames by region" site, the closest spelling to the above names that IS found in Sicily is "Borsellino".

http://italia.indettaglio.it/eng/cognom ... cilia.html

T.

[fmrfabby1]

Thanks Tessa!
I have heard that Borsina does not exist as a surname in Italy.
I could only get the second page on The familysearch.com site.

https://www.familysearch.org/search/rec ... SHC-9VF/p1

here's the link to pg 1 from ancestry.com. Not sure if you will be allowed access...

http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=Vi ... 4017928364

Hope you can find more info..Thanks again..

[suanj]

Eduarda BORSEMI was born on 25 July 1901 in Racalmuto, daughter of Michele BORSEMI shoemaker, and Calogera MICELI; the informant was the midwife because Michele Borsemi was at childbirth time in foreign coutry

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/232/eduarda.jpg/
by ship's manifest Michele had Borsemi( wrong: Borsenna) surname as a well Esposto surname..

in 1914 Angela Borsemi, ( born in Racalmuto on 13 nov 1898: birthact http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/861/angelal.jpg/ )other daughter and Eduarda's sister came in USA, with the mother Calogera Miceli( second trip) and joining at father/husband Michele

First Name: Angela
Last Name: Borsenni
Ethnicity: Italy South
Last Place of Residence: Racalmuto, Sicily
Date of Arrival: Jan 24, 1914
Age at Arrival: 15y Gender: F Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: Stampalia
Port of Departure: Palermo
Manifest Line Number: 0013

pag 1 http://www.ellisisland.org/EIFile/popup ... &line=0013
pag 2 http://www.ellisisland.org/EIFile/popup ... &line=0013
Michele trips:

First Name: Michele
Last Name: Esposto Porsenno
Ethnicity: Italy, Italian South
Last Place of Residence: Racalmuto, Girgenti
Date of Arrival: Apr 17, 1913
Age at Arrival: 54y Gender: M Marital Status: M
Ship of Travel: Cincinnati
Port of Departure: Palermo
Manifest Line Number: 0029

in travel with Eduarda:
Given Name: Michele Porsenna
Surname: Esposto
Last Place of Residence: Racalmuto, Sicily
Date of Arrival: 06 Jan 1916
Age at Arrival: 56y
Ethnicity: Italy, Italyan South
Port of Departure: Palermo
Port of Arrival: New York
Gender: Male
Marital Status: M
US Citizen:
Ship of Travel: Giuseppe Verdi
pag 1 http://www.ellisisland.org/EIFile/popup ... &line=0004
pag 2 http://www.ellisisland.org/EIFile/popup ... &line=0004

joining at Calogera Miceli...
hoping helpful,
suanj

[Tessa78]

Hi suanj!

Nice find...You beat me to the post!

However, I think Michele Borsemi was a sulfur miner, not a shoemaker...

T.

[suanj]

Hi Tessa!
On the Angela birthact Michele profession was shoemaker....(calzolaio).. hugs,
suanj

[Tessa78]

Hi, suanj

I can see why you read "calzolaio" on Angela's birth act.

Could you take another look at Eduarda's birth record? It still looks like "zolfalaio" (sulfur miner) to me

hugs to you, too

T.

[suanj]

Hi tessa, sorry, yes is "solfataro" profession on Angela birth act; and ditto on Eduarda, the handwriting is a bit unreadable especially abt the profession... and on Eduarda the word is "solfataio" and I read "calzolaio", sorry you are right: sulfur miner!
Hugs,
suanj

[fmrfabby1]

Tessa & suanj,
Just wondering why is Michele's last name different than his daughter Eduarda? Also what is the English translation of Calogera? I am a bit confused. Is Michele Borsemi the same person as Michele Porsenno Esposto? I thought Esposto meant married. From the looks of these documents Eduarda is not related to Giuseppe. But we know an Eduarda Borsina is because she was married to Frank Anzalone and her children supposedly were my mother-in-law's first cousins. The info is interesting and I will try and do some research on these names. Please if you find more keep sending it. Again, I really appreciate the help!

[Tessa78]

Could you explain what you think the relationship is between Giuseppe Borsina and Eduarda Borsemi? Are you thinking that they are siblings?

Just wondering why is Michele's last name different than his daughter Eduarda?

Eduarda Borsemi is the daughter of Michele Borsemi (according to the birth record). There is no notation of "Esposto" on the birth record. We would have to find a birth record for Michele Borsemi to see if there is a notation there.

ON US Censuses there are gross misspellings of names... Not so much on the ship manifest, but definitely when it is transcribed. My thought is that Borsenna, Porsenna, etc. are all misspellings.

There is a Family Tree for "Joseph Borsino" (1893-1934)on Ancestry.com with wife Caroline Mattina (1899-1973) Is that yours? Owner listed as "craftygal23"

T.

[Tessa78]

Possible ship manifest for Giuseppe Borsemi (Borsemi, Borsino)
Arriving NY 1911
Giuseppe Borseme (as spelled on manifest) age 22, from Racalmuto
Leaving father Anselmo in Racalmuto
Going to uncle Salvatore Citrolo in NY

MAYBE a cousin?

Given Name: Giuseppe
Surname: Borseme
Last Place of Residence: Sicily
Date of Arrival: 26 May 1911
Age at Arrival: 22y
Ethnicity: Italy . Italian South
Port of Departure: Palermo
Port of Arrival: New York
Gender: Male
Marital Status: S
US Citizen:
Ship of Travel: Perugia
Collection: New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924

Does the uncle's name sound familiar?

T.

[Tessa78]

Here is the page from the 10-year birth index for Racalmuto (1886-1895)

You will see that there are three children born to Michele Borseme and Calogera Miceli during that time...
Giacomo b.1892
Giuseppe b. 1889
Eduardo b. 1895

Click once to enlarge and again to magnify...



Here is the birth record for Giuseppe (1889, record # 417) - birth on 7 September
Father is Michele Borseme, 33, sulfur miner
Mother is Calogera Miceli, his wife

Bottom right of image



So - yes, Giuseppe(born 1889) and Eduarda (born 1901) are brother and sister --- along with brothers Giacomo and Eduardo

T.

[Tessa78]

Birth Record for Giacomo Borseme, born 2 June 1892
Father - Michele, 34, sulfur miner
Mother - Calogera Miceli, his wife



T.

[Tessa78]

Another brother - Eduardo Borsemi
Born 23 november 1895
Father - Michele, 39, sulfur miner
Mother - Calogera Miceli, his wife.




T.