Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyCarmelo ‘Charles’ Torretta

Parents

Father[unknown]
Mother[unknown]

Personal Information

Record Created: 3 April 2011; Last Edited: 2 December 2012 
Person ID2302
NameCarmelo ‘Charles’ Torretta
GenderMale
Born 26 October 1888 in Prizzi, Sicily, Italy1, 2, 3, 4
Emigrated 17 August 1913 from Prizzi, Sicily, Italy2
Married ca. 1923 to Guiseppina ‘Josephina’ Palmisano4
Died 7 November 1969 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin3, 5
Buried in Wisconsin Memorial Park, Brookfield, Waukesha County, Wisconsin5

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilyGuiseppina ‘Josephina’ Palmisano (daughter of Salvatore Palmisano and Georgina Dyer)
Born 25 April 1903 in Phillipsburg, Warren County, New Jersey
Married ca. 1923 to Carmelo ‘Charles’ Torretta
Died 16 November 1988
  
Children of Carmelo ‘Charles’ Torretta and Guiseppina ‘Josephina’ Palmisano:
  
1.FamilyPauline Torretta
Born ca. 1924 in Wisconsin
  
2.FamilyGeorgette Torretta
Born ca. 1925 in Wisconsin
  
3.FamilyBarbara Torretta
Born ca. 1927 in Wisconsin
  
4.FamilyMichael Torretta
Born 1930 in Wisconsin
  
5.FamilySalvatore Torretta
Born
  
6.FamilyDavid Torretta
Born
  

Sources

  1. Record of Citizenship/Naturalization, U.S. Naturalization Record Index, 1791-1992, available at ancestry.com; Certificate No. 4283867-V209P103; Torretta, Carmelo, born 26 Oct 1888; Date of Arrival: 17 Apr 1913; Date of Naturalization: 17 Sep 1937, #31903.
  2. Passenger List, S.S. König Albert, sailing from Palermo, 5 Apr 1913 arriving at Port of New York, 17 Apr 1913; Line 4: Torretta, Carmelo, age 24; Last Residence: Prizzi, Sicily; father: Torretta, Michele, Prizzi; Final Destination: New York, NY; going to join cousin Leone, Giorgio, 228 E. 75 St., New York; Place of Birth: Prizzi, Sicily.
  3. Social Security Death Index (SSDI), Rootsweb (website). Torretta, Charles; no. 397-01-7086; b. 26 Oct 1888; d. Nov 1969; last residence: Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.
  4. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee, Enumeration District 40-6, Sheet No. 17A, family of Charles Torret (39, Italy, shoe worker, shoe factory, 32 at first marriage, immigrated 1914), wife Josephine (27, PA, 20 at first marriage), daughter Pauline (6, WI), daughter Georgette (5, WI), daughter Barbara (3, WI), son Michael (2w, WI).
  5. Obituary, The Milwaukee Sentinel, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Torretta, Charles; 8 Nov 1969; died 7 Nov 1969, aged 81 years.