Gazlay Family History
Georgina Dyer
Parents
| Father | [unknown] |
| Mother | [unknown] |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 3 April 2011; Last Edited: 4 April 2011 |
| Person ID | 2288 |
| Name | Georgina Dyer |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | December 1870 in South Africa1, 2, 3 |
| Married | ca. 1888 to Salvatore Palmisano2 |
| Emigrated | 12 August 1899 from Castel di Tusa, Messina, Sicily, Italy1 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Salvatore Palmisano |
| Born | January 1859 in Italy |
| Married | ca. 1888 to Georgina Dyer |
| Children | of Georgina Dyer and Salvatore Palmisano: |
| 1. | Giuseppe ‘Joseph’ Palmisano |
| Born | 2 October 1889 in Port Elizabeth, British Colony of East Cape Province, now known as South Africa |
| Married | 8 January 1918 in Bronx County, New York to Martha Zwicke |
| Died | 11 November 1969 in Los Angeles County, California |
| +2. | Cristina Dyer Palmisano |
| Born | 3 March 1893 in South Africa |
| Married | ca. 1920 to William S. Baron |
| Died | 15 November 1986 in Los Angeles County, California |
| +3. | Pietro ‘Peter’ Palmisano |
| Born | 6 March 1898 in Castel di Tusa, Messina, Sicily, Italy |
| Married | in Sicily, Italy to Antonina Lazzara |
| Died | 9 August 1981 in New London, New London County, Connecticut |
| +4. | Rocco Palmisano |
| Born | 23 May 1901 in Phillipsburg, Warren County, New Jersey |
| Married | 1 September 1923 in Manhattan, New York City, New York to Assunta ‘Susie’ Barosa |
| Married | ca. 1969 to Mary _____ |
| Died | 24 January 1980 |
| +5. | Guiseppina ‘Josephina’ Palmisano |
| Born | 25 April 1903 in Phillipsburg, Warren County, New Jersey |
| Married | ca. 1923 to Carmelo ‘Charles’ Torretta |
| Died | 16 November 1988 |
| +6. | Cosimo Palmisano |
| Born | 11 May 1905 in Phillipsburg, Warren County, New Jersey |
| Married | to Rose Mandella |
| Died | 19 November 1975 |
| 7. | Domenica ‘Minnie’ Palmisano |
| Born | 18 February 1907 in Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania |
Sources
- Passenger List, S.S. Victoria, sailing from Palermo, 19 Jul 1899, arriving at Port of New York, 12 Aug, 1899; Line 1: Palmisano [hand-written, and Dyer crossed out], Anna, age 28, married; Nativity: Country: Grt. Brit; Province: S. Africa; Line 2: Palmisano, Cristina, age 6, daughter; Nativity: Country: Grt. Brit; Province: S. Africa; Line 3: Palmisano, Giuseppe, age 9, son; Nativity: Country: Grt. Brit; Province: S. Africa; Line 4: Palmisano, Pietro, age 1, son; Nativity: Country: Italy. Common to all four: Last Residence: Castillo di Tusa; Whether ever before in the U.S.: No; Going to join Salvatore Palmisano, Box 103, Phillipsburg, NJ.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Pennsylvania, Northampton County, Easton, Enumeration Distrct 125, Sheet No. 16B, family of Sylvado Palmius [a misspelling of Salvatore Palmisano] (41, Italy, Jan 1859, laborer), wife of 12 years Georgina (24, Africa, Dec 1870, 5 children, 3 living), son Joseph (10, Africa, Oct 1889), daughter Christina (7, Africa, March 1893), and son Peter (2, Italy, March 1898). The census record indicates that family immigrated to the U.S. in 1899.
- Williams Family Tree, available at ancestry.com; owner: Antonina Williams. Among other information, this tree lists Peter Palmisano (1898-1981) and his wife Antonina Lazzara (1902-1977), Peter’s mother Georgina Dyer, and three of Peter’s siblings: Georgina, Rocco, and Salvatore. However, no source citations are given for the information in this tree.