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• Birth	8 Jul 1889	Misilmeri, Palermo Province, Sicily   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	16 Nov 1972	Miami, Florida of Colon Cancer
  Buried	17 Nov 1972	Vista Memorial Gardens, Miami
  Person ID	I0112	Misilmeri Family Ancestry
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2007 08:56:53
  Father	Pietro Schimmenti, b. 1 Jul 1851, Misilmeri, Palermo Province, Sicily
  Mother	Rosalia LoFranco, b. 1 Jan 1855, Misilmeri, Palermo Province, Sicily
  Family ID	F005	Group Sheet
  Family 1	Teresa Pipitone, b. 12 Nov 1893, Palermo
  Married	20 Jul 1912	Borough of Manhattan, New York
  Family ID	F107	Group Sheet
  Family 2	Rachel Catherine Persiano, b. 30 Nov 1893
  Married	27 May 1949
  Family ID	F009	Group Sheet

• Notes

  According to Petition for Naturalization January 1933: Birthdate July 9, 1889. Said his wife left him 20 years earlier and he did not know her wheerabouts. Giovanni Di Pisa was a witness for him. Acc to Rose P, he was called Uncle Smiley. He lived in Lower Manhatten, and then in Florida. He was married twice in America, had a daughter Rosalia. According to step-daughter Dolores C-He was the best grandpa. He married Rachel Persiano 1949 . They met in Bronx, went to church together. Italian Christian Churches of North America. He became a Pentacostal Christian. He had been married previously and had children but didn't see them. Dolores thought it was because he had converted from Catholicism. He had epilepsy and was healed by the Lord. He worked in the latter part of his life at Crestwick, a greeting card company as a porter, where Dolores also worked. He was called Grandpa Joe. Was married to first wife May 16, 1938 when naturalized. Loved Rachel very much. Called her Raquela. Lived in Titusville, FL for one year when first came to Fl. Then went to Miami area. Article in "Il Faro" magazine put out by the Italian Christian Church of NA about how he was cured....

• Sources

  [S02398] Famtree.ged Date of Import: Sep 15, 2000

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