Over 25 million Italians have emigrated between 1861 and 1960 with a migration boom between 1871 and 1915 when over 13,5 million emigrants left the country for European and overseas destinations.
It seems like Italian women would usually use their maiden last name (even if they were married) when immigrating to the USA. I think I have found an ancestor passenger list, but she has used her maiden last name for the children as well. Her husband already immigrated to the US about 1 year earlier.
Italian women keep their maiden name.
When traveling, her passport or travel papers would reflect this.
Sometimes the clerk just listed her children who accompanied her under that surname.
Yes, I have found the woman's maiden name on ship manifests, but usually it will also say her destination which is the town (in my case, in the USA) where she is headed and her spouse's name. I hope this is helpful
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