Jennifer's Family History

Pietro SCHIMMENTI

Male 1899 - 1973  (74 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Pietro SCHIMMENTI was born on 7 Apr 1899 in Palermo, Palermo, Sicily, Italy (son of Vincenzo SCHIMMENTI and Concetta AIENA); died on 29 Aug 1973 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA; was buried in Middle Village, Queens, New York, USA.

    Notes:

    Feb 18, 1937 applied for SS...resided at 75 E 2 Street, NY---
    From Peter Huller:
    One thing that still puzzles me is how my grandparents got together. The existing tale was that Grandpa came to America with his father around 1922, realized American women weren't for him, and sent for Maria La Rosa, a neighbor girl, to come marry him. She came within a year. My Aunt Connie was born Feb 1, 1924. In light of the fact that Pietro came over in 1913, I'm wondering at what point did the decision for Maria to come over occur?
    How did that "long distance romance" take place? Of course I know that in those days, arranged marriages were common, but still, it's a question mark in my mind.


    A cute side story goes that when Grandma's boat came in, Pietro hopped in a little rowboat and went out to "guide the ship in." When they met on the dock (or wherever), I guess Pietro was chewing gum and Maria asked him what the heck he was chewing for so long and not swallowing! LOL What's sweet about the story is that it's somewhat indicative of their relationship, at least from my perspective - he was always the devoted, loving husband and she was the same, albeit in charge of the family. Again, that's how I saw it.

    Pietro married Marietta LA ROSA on 22 Apr 1923 in Manhattan, New York, New York, USA. Marietta (daughter of Salvatore LA ROSA and Angela AIENA) was born about 1901 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; died about 1991. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Concetta SCHIMMENTI was born on 1 Feb 1924 in New York, New York, USA; died in 2006.
    2. A. SCHIMMENTI
    3. R. SCHIMMENTI

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Vincenzo SCHIMMENTI was born on 15 Apr 1875 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy (son of Pietro SCHIMMENTI and Rosalia LOFRANCO); died after 1918.

    Notes:

    according to 1920 census: Lived at 194 Orchard Street, in Manhattan

    Vincenzo married Concetta AIENA on 24 Apr 1897 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy. Concetta (daughter of Giacomo AIENA and Cristina CERNIGLIA) was born on 29 Dec 1875 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; died after 1918. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Concetta AIENA was born on 29 Dec 1875 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy (daughter of Giacomo AIENA and Cristina CERNIGLIA); died after 1918.

    Notes:

    Came to US on June 13, 1913 aboard the ship Mendoza with Pietro, Rosalia, Celestina. Going to Vincenzo Schimmenti at 295 Elizabeth Street, NY, NY.

    Children:
    1. Pietro SCHIMMENTI was born on 26 May 1897 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; died on 29 May 1898 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy.
    2. 1. Pietro SCHIMMENTI was born on 7 Apr 1899 in Palermo, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; died on 29 Aug 1973 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA; was buried in Middle Village, Queens, New York, USA.
    3. Rosalia SCHIMMENTI was born on 26 May 1904 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; died on 21 Jun 1930 in New York, New York, USA; was buried in Middle Village, Queens, New York, USA.
    4. Giacomo SCHIMMENTI was born on 30 Oct 1906 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; died on 11 Jul 1907 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy.
    5. Giacomo SCHIMMENTI was born on 14 Jul 1908 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; died on 22 Aug 1909 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy.
    6. C. SCHIMMENTI


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Pietro SCHIMMENTI was born on 1 Jul 1851 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy (son of Vincenzo SCHIMMENTI and Caterina PRIOLA); died on 27 Mar 1917.

    Notes:

    According to birth certificate. Father Vincenzo 30, mother 26..but VERY hard to read...

    According to Rose Pizzarusso, possible that Vincenzo Schimmenti married a second
    time. Possible that Caterina Priola came from a wealthy family and "married beneath" her. It is said that Pietro Schimmenti was raised by his stepmother. Also, he had fiery red hair.

    Pietro married Rosalia LOFRANCO about Mar 1872 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy. Rosalia (daughter of Giuseppe LOFRANCO and Domenica CARLINO) was born on 1 Jan 1855 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; died on 16 Jan 1899. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Rosalia LOFRANCO was born on 1 Jan 1855 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy (daughter of Giuseppe LOFRANCO and Domenica CARLINO); died on 16 Jan 1899.
    Children:
    1. Vincenzo SCHIMMENTI was born on 11 Jan 1873 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; and died.
    2. 2. Vincenzo SCHIMMENTI was born on 15 Apr 1875 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; died after 1918.
    3. Caterina SCHIMMENTI was born on 21 Oct 1877 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; was christened on 21 Oct 1877 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; died on 6 Mar 1967 in New Castle, Wilmington, Delaware, USA; was buried on 10 Mar 1967 in Middle Village, Queens, New York, USA.
    4. Cosima Damiana SCHIMMENTI was born on 27 Sep 1882 in Palermo, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; died on 19 Nov 1967 in Long Island, Queens, New York, USA; was buried in Long Island, Queens, New York, USA.
    5. Francesca SCHIMMENTI was born on 22 Feb 1884 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; died on 8 Nov 1967.
    6. Giuseppe SCHIMMENTI was born on 6 Nov 1886 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; and died.
    7. Giuseppe SCHIMMENTI was born on 8 Jul 1889 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; died on 16 Nov 1972 in Miami, Miami-dade, Florida, USA; was buried on 17 Nov 1972 in Miami, Miami-dade, Florida, USA.
    8. Rosalia SCHIMMENTI was born on 24 May 1892 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; died on 14 Sep 1893.
    9. Caterina SCHIMMENTI was born on 17 Feb 1895 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; died on 2 Jun 1980.
    10. Anna SCHIMMENTI was born on 13 Feb 1898 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; died on 18 Jan 1899.

  3. 6.  Giacomo AIENA was born on 2 Dec 1830 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; was christened on 2 Dec 1830 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy (son of Matteo AIENA and Concetta BORGESE); died on 19 Jun 1899 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy.

    Giacomo married Cristina CERNIGLIA on 26 Jul 1863 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy. Cristina (daughter of Natale CERNIGLIA and Antonina DI SPEZIO) was born on 15 Feb 1843 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; died on 8 Apr 1919 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Cristina CERNIGLIA was born on 15 Feb 1843 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy (daughter of Natale CERNIGLIA and Antonina DI SPEZIO); died on 8 Apr 1919 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy.
    Children:
    1. Matteo AIENA was born on 11 Jun 1864 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; was christened on 12 Jun 1864 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; and died.
    2. Natale AIENA was born on 10 Dec 1865 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; was christened on 12 Dec 1865 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; died on 24 Nov 1932 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy.
    3. Giuseppe AIENA was born on 26 Mar 1868 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; was christened on 27 Mar 1868 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; died on 10 May 1948 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA.
    4. Giacomo AIENA was born on 23 Sep 1870 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; and died.
    5. 3. Concetta AIENA was born on 29 Dec 1875 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; died after 1918.
    6. Antonina AIENA was born about 1879; and died.
    7. Rosa AIENA was born on 20 Apr 1884 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; died on 16 Sep 1923 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy.
    8. Matteo AIENA was born on 28 Oct 1887 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; died on 9 Jun 1914 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Vincenzo SCHIMMENTI was born on 23 Dec 1816 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy (son of Pietro SCHIMMENTI and Giroloma BRUNO); died after 1875.

    Notes:

    It is possible that Vincenzo Schimmenti married a second time.

    Vincenzo married Caterina PRIOLA on 22 Sep 1843 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy. Caterina (daughter of Leonardo PRIOLA and Maria Vincenza TRAINA) was born on 6 Nov 1825 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; died on 21 Nov 1862 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Caterina PRIOLA was born on 6 Nov 1825 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy (daughter of Leonardo PRIOLA and Maria Vincenza TRAINA); died on 21 Nov 1862 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy.

    Notes:

    It is possible that this is the link to the "countess". Acc. to Rose Pizzarusso,
    she thought that Caterina Priola was the stepmother to Pietro Schimmenti and that the first (real) mother was the daughter of a wealthy family. (the countess???) The birth certificate for Pietro Schimmenti shows Caterina to be his real mother, so did Vincenzo marry a second time???

    Children:
    1. Pietro SCHIMMENTI was born on 18 Jun 1844 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; died on 23 Jun 1844 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy.
    2. Gaetana SCHIMMENTI was born in Sep 1845 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; died on 7 Mar 1846 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy.
    3. Girolama SCHIMMENTI was born on 14 Feb 1847 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; and died.
    4. Pietro SCHIMMENTI was born on 6 Apr 1849 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; died on 13 Mar 1850 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy.
    5. 4. Pietro SCHIMMENTI was born on 1 Jul 1851 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; died on 27 Mar 1917.
    6. Maria SCHIMMENTI was born on 14 May 1854 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; and died.
    7. Francesca SCHIMMENTI was born on 17 Jan 1857 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; died on 22 Mar 1859 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy.
    8. Francesca SCHIMMENTI was born on 23 Apr 1859 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; and died.
    9. Anna SCHIMMENTI was born on 12 Nov 1861 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; and died.

  3. 10.  Giuseppe LOFRANCO was born between 1823 and 1824 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy (son of Stefano LOFRANCO and Rosalia CALANDRINO); died between 1872 and 1873.

    Giuseppe married Domenica CARLINO on 27 May 1849 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy. Domenica (daughter of Francesco CARLINO and Caterina COSTANTINO) was born between 1827 and 1831 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; died after 1872. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Domenica CARLINO was born between 1827 and 1831 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy (daughter of Francesco CARLINO and Caterina COSTANTINO); died after 1872.
    Children:
    1. Stefano LOFRANCO was born on 29 Jun 1850 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; and died.
    2. Catterina LOFRANCO was born about 1855 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; and died.
    3. 5. Rosalia LOFRANCO was born on 1 Jan 1855 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; died on 16 Jan 1899.
    4. Anna LOFRANCO was born on 9 Feb 1861 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; died on 14 Aug 1862 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy.
    5. Stefano LOFRANCO was born on 24 Jan 1857 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; died in Jul 1857 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy.

  5. 12.  Matteo AIENA was born between 1790 and 1806 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy (son of Giacomo AIENA and Filippa CORRENTI); died between 1868 and 1870.

    Notes:

    Matteo had a third marriage in 1846 to Anna Sancrivito widow of Dimitrio Ippolito. There was a prior attempt at marriage for this pair. There are marriage banns, plus a marriage record dated July 31, 1843, but no church information is filled in, so it appears they never married, but then finally did in 1846.

    Witnesses for wedding to Concetta Borgese: Maestro Giuseppe Passantino, Maestro Nunzio Zorbo?, Vincenzo Di Pisa

    Matteo married Concetta BORGESE on 13 Apr 1823 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy. Concetta (daughter of Giovanni BORGESE and Rosalia FRANZO) was born between 1806 and 1807 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; died between 1830 and 1846. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Concetta BORGESE was born between 1806 and 1807 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy (daughter of Giovanni BORGESE and Rosalia FRANZO); died between 1830 and 1846.
    Children:
    1. Maria AIENA was born on 5 Aug 1824 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; was christened on 5 Aug 1824 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; died on 5 Aug 1824 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy.
    2. Rosalia AIENA was born on 22 May 1825 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; was christened on 23 May 1825 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; died on 23 May 1825 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy.
    3. Giacomo AIENA was born on 27 Jun 1826 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; was christened on 27 Jun 1826 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; died on 19 Sep 1826 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy.
    4. Rosalia AIENA was born on 12 Feb 1828 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; died on 22 Feb 1828 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy.
    5. 6. Giacomo AIENA was born on 2 Dec 1830 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; was christened on 2 Dec 1830 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; died on 19 Jun 1899 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy.

  7. 14.  Natale CERNIGLIA was born between 1810 and 1812 (son of Filippo CERNIGLIA and Cristina MANGIAPANE); died between 1863 and 1868.

    Notes:

    [Famtree.ged]

    at time of Cristina's birth, in 1843, Natale was 31 years old.

    Natale married Antonina DI SPEZIO on 31 Jan 1841 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy. Antonina (daughter of Filippo DI SPEZIO and Giusta Lo BOCCHIARO) was born between 1812 and 1817; died after 1886. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 15.  Antonina DI SPEZIO was born between 1812 and 1817 (daughter of Filippo DI SPEZIO and Giusta Lo BOCCHIARO); died after 1886.

    Notes:

    [Famtree.ged]

    when Cristina was born in 1843, her age was listed as 28.

    Children:
    1. 7. Cristina CERNIGLIA was born on 15 Feb 1843 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; died on 8 Apr 1919 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy.
    2. Filippo CERNIGLIA was born on 1 Jul 1845 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; and died.
    3. Costanza CERNIGLIA was born on 19 Dec 1850 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; and died.
    4. Francesco CERNIGLIA was born on 5 Nov 1853 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; and died.
    5. Giusta CERNIGLIA was born about 1851 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; and died.
    6. Pietro CERNIGLIA was born on 19 Feb 1856 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; and died.
    7. Giusta CERNIGLIA was born on 26 Jun 1848; and died.
    8. Giusto CERNIGLIA was born on 3 Oct 1861 in Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy; and died.