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The Life Story of Giuseppa (Josephine) Milazzo DiMartino

Posted on April 16, 2023April 22, 2023 by admin

1860-1944 The Morning Call (Paterson, New Jersey) 23 Feb 1932

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The Life Story of Antonina (Nina, Annie) DiMartino

Posted on April 15, 2023April 30, 2023 by admin

1874–1956 When Antonina (Nina, Annie) DiMartino was born in 1874 in Santa CroceCamerina, Ragusa, Italy, her father, Gaetano, was 19, and her mother, Giuseppa, was 14. She married Giovanni (John) Zisa in 1895 in her hometown. They had ten children in 17 years, . She died on November 29, 1956, in Paterson, New Jersey, at…

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The Life Story of Giuseppe (Joseph) DiMartino

Posted on April 14, 2023May 2, 2023 by admin

1876 – 1949

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The Life Story of Maria (Mary) DiMartino

Posted on April 13, 2023April 22, 2023 by admin

1877 – 1961

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The Life Story of Pietro (Peter) Pelligra

Posted on April 13, 2023April 22, 2023 by admin

1877 – 1965

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The Life Story of Francesco (Frank) DiMartino

Posted on April 12, 2023April 22, 2023 by admin

1881 – 1967

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The Life Story of Giovani (John) DiMartino

Posted on April 11, 2023May 2, 2023 by admin

1885 – 1955 354 E. 27th St. Paterson, NJ

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The Life Story of Elvera (Vera) DiMartino Spagnola

Posted on April 11, 2023April 22, 2023 by admin

-Daughter of John & Antonina DiMartino 1909 ~2021 On February 17, 1983, when Vera Spagnola (Formerly Elvira DiMartino) was 64 years old and living in Paterson, she shot and killed an intruder. Her first shot was meant to scare him away and seemed to succeed. But shorly afterward the intruder returned and Vera took aim…

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The Life Story of Salvatrice (Katie) Mainenti

Posted on April 10, 2023April 22, 2023 by admin

1887 – 1950

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The Life Story of Carmelo (Carmen) DiMartino

Posted on April 9, 2023April 22, 2023 by admin

1888 – 1979

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