Gazlay Family History
Salvatore Palmisano
Parents
| Father | [unknown] |
| Mother | [unknown] |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 2 April 2011; Last Edited: 2 April 2011 |
| Person ID | 2287 |
| Name | Salvatore Palmisano |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | January 1859 in Italy1, 2, 3 |
| Married | ca. 1888 to Georgina Dyer3 |
| Emigrated | 28 October 1898 from Tusa, Sicily, Italy1 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Georgina Dyer |
| Born | December 1870 in South Africa |
| Married | ca. 1888 to Salvatore Palmisano |
| Children | of Salvatore Palmisano and Georgina Dyer: |
| 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. California, sailing from Palermo, 2 Oct 1898, arriving at Port of New York, 28 Oct 1898; Line 26, Palmisano, Salvatore [written as Solvotore], age 40, married, last residence: Tusa, Italy, never previously in the U.S.; Line 27, Palmisano, Pietre, age 16, single, last residence: Tusa, Italy, never previously in the U.S. Both going to join a relative, Salve [difficult to read] Palmisano, 410 East 117th St., New York. [No relationship is given between Salvatore and Pietre, but it is not father and son.]
- 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.]
- 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.