Family History - Cristina Dyer Palmisano

1. Cristina Dyer Palmisano,¹ born 3 March 1893 in South Africa, the daughter of Salvatore Palmisano and Georgina Dyer;^{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} died 15 November 1986 in Los Angeles County, California.^{3, 4} Cristina married, ca. 1920, William S. Baron⁶ (born 1886 in Italy, parents not determined⁶).

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Veronica M. Baron, born ca. 1922 in Wisconsin.6

1. 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.
2. Passenger List, S.S. Princess Matoika, sailed from Napoli, Italy, on 19 May 1921, arrived in Boston, Mass., 1 June 1921; Line 25: Lazzara, Antonina, 19 [hand-written over 18], M (i.e., married) [hand-written over S], father Lazzara, Guiseppe, going to New York, not previously in the U.S., going to visit sister-in-law Palmisano, Cristina, 2862 8th Ave., New York, N.Y. [handwritten over a different address], birthplace: Messina, Tusa. Line 26: Palmisano, Pietro, 23, M (i.e., married), father: Palmisano, Salvatore, going to New York, previously in the U.S. 1901-1907, going to visit sister Palmisano, Cristina (same address as for Antonina), birthplace: Messina, Tusa. [Handwritten over each entry are markings that indicate they were both naturalized in 1941.]
3. Social Security Death Index (SSDI), Rootsweb (website). Baron, Christine; no. 559-84-4169; born 3 Mar 1893; died Nov 1986; Last Address: Los Angeles, CA.
4. California Death Index 1940-1997; Ancestry (website), and Familysearch (website). Baron, Christine Dyer; died 15 Nov 1986, Los Angeles County; born 3 Mary 1893, Other Country; Mother’s Maiden Name: Dyer; Father’s Surname: Palmisano.
5. 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.
6. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee, Enumeration District 40-5, Sheet No. 20A, family of William S. Baron (44, Italy, Mgr, barber shop, immigrated 1909, 34 at first marriage), wife Christine Baron (37, S. Africa, immigrated 1894, 26 at first marriage), daughter Veronica M. Baron (8, Wisconsin), border Rosalie U. Sansone (17, Wisconsin).
7. Passenger List, S.S. Taormina, sailing from Palermo, 5 Oct 1912, arriving at Port of New York, 18 Oct 1912; Line 22, Palmisano, Cristina, age 19; [several typewritten entries in this record erroneously indicated that she was an American citizen; this was corrected with hand-written entries; only the correct entries are indicated here, with a few exceptions] Last Permanent Residence: Tusa, Messina; Nearest Relative in Country Whence Came: father Salvatore Palmisano, Via Castello No. 2, Tusa; Final Destination: New Village, NJ [written over Easton, PA; New Village is about 5 miles east of Easton]; Going to Join: friend Giuseppe Creasia [?], New Village, NJ [written over cousin Palmisano, Giuseppe, Easton, PA; this is actually her brother]; Place of Birth: Elizabeth, New York [this is most likely a misinterpretation of Port Elizabeth, at the time in the British Colony of Cape Africa, now South Africa, where she and two of her siblings were believed to have been born].