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Caterina SCHIMMENTI

Female 1877 - 1967  (89 years)


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  • Name Caterina SCHIMMENTI 
    Born 21 Oct 1877  Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 21 Oct 1877  Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 6 Mar 1967  New Castle, Wilmington, Delaware, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried 10 Mar 1967  Middle Village, Queens, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I168  Jennifer's Family Tree-All Lines 10-25-2016
    Last Modified 6 Sep 2016 

    Father Pietro SCHIMMENTI,   b. 1 Jul 1851, Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Mar 1917  (Age 65 years) 
    Mother Rosalia LOFRANCO,   b. 1 Jan 1855, Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jan 1899  (Age 44 years) 
    Married Abt Mar 1872  Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F46  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Giuseppe AIENA,   b. 26 Mar 1868, Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 May 1948, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Married 6 Jun 1896  Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. Giacomo AIENA,   b. 16 Jul 1896, Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jul 1974, New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     2. Cristina AIENA,   b. 19 Mar 1899, Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jul 1990, Huntington Station, Suffolk, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
     3. Rosalia AIENA,   b. 23 Aug 1901, Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Oct 1982  (Age 81 years)
     4. Marianna AIENA,   b. 31 Oct 1903, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 May 1905, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
     5. Mary AIENA,   b. 3 Apr 1906, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Aug 1983, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     6. Rosaria AIENA,   b. 1 Jul 1908, Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Aug 2004, Smithtown, Suffolk, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 96 years)
     7. Peter Paul AIENA,   b. 8 Mar 1911, New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Aug 1993, Copaigue, Suffolk, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     8. Biagina AIENA,   b. 25 Apr 1913, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 May 2006, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years)
     9. Matthew AIENA,   b. 21 Mar 1915,   d. 10 Jul 1990, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     10. Francesca "Eleanor" AIENA,   b. 24 May 1917, New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Feb 2000, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     11. Angelina AIENA,   b. 17 Jun 1920, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jun 1952, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 32 years)
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F1  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Buried March 10, 1967 at 88 years of age, St. John's Roman Catholic Cemetary, 80
      -01 Metropolitan Ave, Middle Village, NY in a grave with her daughter Angelina S
      ection 53, Range R, Grave #27

      TROJAN PRINCE
      "Trojan Prince" of 1897-1917. She was built by J. Redhead & Sons of South Shields in 1896 for the British "Prince Line"She was a 3273 gross ton vessel, length 351.4ft x beam 44.6ft, clipper stem, one funnel, three masts, single screw and a speed of 10 knots. Accommodation was provided for 40-1st class and 1,260-3rd class passengers. She was launched for the South American service on 14/5/1896 and sailed from London on her maiden voyage to Montevideo, Rosario, and Buenos Aires on 30/7/1896. She commenced her first North Atlantic run on 25/9/1897 when she sailed from New York to Naples, Genoa, Leghorn, Genoa, Naples and New York. On 25/5/1903 she started her last voyage from Genoa to Leghorn, Naples, Palermo, Gibralter (for repairs to a damaged propeller) and finally arrived at New York on 7/7/1903. On 23/2/1917 she was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine, 5 miles NW of Port Shershel. [North Atlantic Seaway by N.R.P.Bonsor vol.3, p.1233] [Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Ted Finch - 6 October 1997]

      Betty took care of Catherine for the last couple of years of her life. She may have lived in a nursing home for a few months before her death.

  • Sources 
    1. [S196] Funeral Mass Card, Mass Card for Caterina Aiena (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S2] Certificate of Marriage from Archdiocese of Palermo (Reliability: 3).
      Married in Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church, via G. Ferraro 1, 90036 Misilmeri. Giuseppe Arena, born in Misilmeri March 26, 1868 and Caterina Schimmenti born in Misilmeri Oct 21, 1877 were married June 6, 1896 and their marriage is recorded in Vol 21, page 158, Number 62.