Giuseppe AIENA

1868 - 1948  (80 years)

• Name	Giuseppe AIENA  [1]
  Birth	26 Mar 1868	Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy   [1, 2]
  Christening	27 Mar 1868	Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	10 May 1948	Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA   [4, 5, 6, 7]
  Person ID	I331	Jennifer's Family Tree - All Lines 5-29-26
  Last Modified	30 May 2026

  
  

  Father	Giacomo AIENA,   b. 2 Dec 1830, Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy d. 19 Jun 1899, Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy (Age 68 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Cristina CERNIGLIA,   b. 15 Feb 1843, Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy d. 8 Apr 1919, Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	26 Jul 1863	Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy   [8]
  		Aiena Cerniglia Marriage 1863 Page 1
  		Aiena Cerniglia Marriage 1863 Page 4
  		Aiena Cerniglia Marriage 1863 Page 3
  		Aiena Cerniglia Marriage 1863 Page 2
  Family ID	F102	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Caterina SCHIMMENTI,   b. 21 Oct 1877, Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy d. 6 Mar 1967, New Castle, Wilmington, Delaware, USA (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	6 Jun 1896	Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy   [9]
  Children	1. Cristina AIENA,   b. 19 Mar 1899, Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy d. 18 Jul 1990, Huntington Station, Suffolk, New York, USA (Age 91 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Maria AIENA,   b. 3 Apr 1906, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA d. 1 Sep 1983, Teaneck, Bergen, New Jersey, USA (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Rosalia AIENA,   b. 23 Aug 1901, Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy d. 26 Oct 1982 (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Angelina AIENA,   b. 17 Jun 1920, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA d. 27 Jun 1952, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA (Age 32 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Giacomo AIENA,   b. 16 Jul 1896, Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy d. 25 Jul 1974, New York, New York, USA (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Matthew AIENA,   b. 21 Mar 1915, New York City, New York d. 10 Jul 1990, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Biagina AIENA,   b. 25 Apr 1913, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA d. 28 May 2006, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, USA (Age 93 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Peter Paul AIENA,   b. 8 Mar 1911, New York, New York, USA d. 16 Aug 1993, Copaigue, Suffolk, New York, USA (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Francesca "Eleanor" AIENA,   b. 24 May 1917, New York, New York, USA d. 13 Feb 2000, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   10. Marianna AIENA,   b. 31 Oct 1903, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA d. 31 May 1905, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   11. Rosaria AIENA,   b. 1 Jul 1908, Misilmeri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy d. 8 Aug 2004, Smithtown, Suffolk, New York, USA (Age 96 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F134	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 May 2026

  
  

• Photos		Newspapers.com - Brooklyn Eagle - 12 May 1948 - Page 15 Giuseppe Aiena
  		Newspapers.com - Brooklyn Eagle - 12 May 1948 - Page 15 Giuseppe Aiena Obituary

  
  

• Notes

  Came to US 5-17-1902 aboard Gallia. Stayed with cousin Jack Cirrincione, 146 Elizabeth Street, NYC. Giuseppe returned January 28, 1910 aboard the Roma, going to brother Natale Aiena at 251 Elizabeth Street. When they returned in 1910, Caterina was pregnant with Peter and he was born in US. Aiena's owned olive groves in Italy and Giuseppe was a policeman there. In the US Giuseppe was a bricklayer or mason. Buried May 14, 1948 in St. John Roman Catholic Cemetary , 80-01 Metropolitan Ave. Middle Village, NY. Fell down the stairs of house on 70th street and hit his head on radiator at bottom. Jack & family lived on 1st floor. Acc. to Grandma, celebrated birthday 5-19, but acc. to Misilmeri records born 3-26. Came to US 5-17-1902 aboard Gallia. Stayed with cousin Jack Cirrincione, 146 Elizabeth Street, NYC. Giuseppe returned January 28, 1910 aboard the Roma, going to brother Natale Aiena at 251 Elizabeth Street. When they returned in 1910, Caterina was pregnant with Peter and he was born in US. Aiena's owned olive groves in Italy and Giuseppe was a policeman there. In the US Giuseppe was a bricklayer or mason. Buried May 14, 1948 in St. John Roman Catholic Cemetary , 80-01 Metropolitan Ave. Middle Village, NY. Fell down the stairs of house on 70th street and hit his head on radiator at bottom. Jack & family lived on 1st floor. Acc. to Grandma, celebrated birthday 5-19, but acc. to Misilmeri records born 3-26.

  
  

• Sources

  [S24] Ancestry.com, New York, State Census, 1915, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), New York State Archives; Albany, New York; State Population Census Schedules, 1915; Election District: 13; Assembly District: 12; City: New York; County: New York; Page: 43. New York, State Census, 1915 [S19] Film #1915877 Misilmeri Births, Marriages, Deaths 1867-1873 (Reliability: 3). [S20] Certificate of Baptism-Archdiocese of Palermo, Parrocchia San Giovanni Battista, Via G Ferraro, 1, Misilmeri (Reliability: 3). [S21] New York City Death Certificate. [S22] FamilySEarch, "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths 1795-1949," database, FamilySearch, \i FamilySearch\i0, (Name: (FamilySearch.org);), accessed 28 Sep 2016), Giuseppe Aiena, May 10, 1948; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2W2V-7HH. [S21] New York City Death Certificate (Reliability: 3). [S260] FamilySEarch, "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths 1795-1949," database, FamilySearch, FamilySearch ?, (Name: (FamilySearch.org);), accessed 28 Sep 2016), Giuseppe Aiena, May 10, 1948; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2W2V-7HH. (Reliability: 3). [S698] Archivio di Stato di Palermo, Stato Civile della Restaurazione, Misilmeri, (Name: Portale Antenati - Gli Archivi per la Ricerca Anagrafica; Location: https://www.antenati.san.beniculturali.it/;), #38 Marriage of Giacomo Aiena and Cristina Cerniglia. https://www.antenati.san.beniculturali.it/ark:/12657/an_ua527245/LmyBKgM/ [S23] 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.