Paolo Lo Presti1

#30504, (21 March 1859 - 1 August 1937)
Father*Vincenzo Lo Presti2,3 (1828 - )
Mother*Vincenza Militello3 (c 1837 - )

Family

Marianna Ponepinto b. c 1862
Children 1.Vincent Lo Presti11 (c 1888 - )
 2.Rosina Lo Presti11 (c 1890 - )
 3.Caterina Lo Presti11 (1892 - )
 4.Gus Lo Presti+6 (1895 - 1977)
 5.Josephine Lo Presti+12 (c 1899 - )
 6.Vita Lo Presti11 (1903 - )
He was a stone mason.4 
Birth*21 March 1859He was born on 21 March 1859 at Cammarata, Agrigento (then Girgenti), Sicily, ItalyG; (prob., agrees with age and residence on passenger list.)5,3 
Marriage*circa 1885He married Marianna Ponepinto circa 1885 at ItalyG.6 
25 June 1899He and Marianna Ponepinto migrated to New YorkG from Italy on the Hesperia on 25 June 1899.5 
1 June 1905He and Marianna Ponepinto appeared on the census of 1 June 1905 at 314 East 107th Street, New York, Manhattan, New YorkG; (neis. Joseph and Rosalia Gugliotta, res. 328 E. 107th St.)7 
15 January 1920He and Marianna Ponepinto appeared on the census of 15 January 1920 at 655 East 187th Street (nr. Belmont Avenue), Bronx, New YorkG.4 
1 June 1925He appeared on the census of 1 June 1925 in the household of Josephine Lo Presti and Dominick Porrazzo, father, age 68, b. Italy, stone mason.8 
7 April 1930He and Marianna Ponepinto appeared on the census of 7 April 1930 at 2082 Prospect Avenue, Bronx, New YorkG.9 
Death*1 August 1937He died on 1 August 1937 at Bronx, New YorkG, at age 78.10 

Citations

  1. [S358] 1925 New York State Census.
  2. [S1429] New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949, online FamilySearch.org. Death rec. of Paolo Lo Presti, son of Vencenzo Lo Presti, 1937, q.v.
  3. [S2593] Italy, Births and Baptisms, 1806-1900, online FamilySearch.org. Italy Births and Baptisms, 1806-1900. Paolo lo Presti, b. and bapt. 21 Mar 1859, son of Vincenzo lo Presti, age 30, and Vincenza Militello, age 22, of Cammarata, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy. Citing Film no. 1466605.
  4. [S11] 1920 U.S. Federal Census. Paul (61), b. and parents b. Italy, imm. 1900, stone mason; Marion (53), b. and parents b. Italy.
  5. [S620] New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 [images on-line], online Ancestry.com, Passenger List of Alien Immigrants on the Hesperia, sailing from Naples 5 Jun 1899, arr. New York 25 Jun 1899, p. 109, nos. 217-226. Paolo Lo Presti (40), Marianna Panepinto (38), Lo Presti children Vincenzo (10), Rosa (8), Clelia (6), Gaspare (3) and Giuseppa (6 mos.), Giralamo Gugliotti (6) and Concettina Gugliotti (8); all res. Cammarata, dest. New York to join brother Antonino Lo Presti, 303 E. 107th St., New York; passage paid by brother. Source: Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1897-1957. Microfilm Publication T715, NAI 300346. Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service; National Archives at Washington, D.C.
  6. [S520] VWH.
  7. [S31] 1905 New York State Census. Paolo (46), b. Italy, stoneman; Mariaa A (32), b. Italy, at home; in US 7 yrs.
  8. [S358] 1925 New York State Census. Dominic Porrazzi (32), b. Italy, barber; Josephine (26), b. Italy.
  9. [S7] 1930 U.S. Federal Census. Paul (60), b. and parents b. Italy, marr. age 20, imm. 1900, no occ.; Maria Ann (58), b. and parents b. Italy, marr. age 18, imm. 1900.
  10. [S1429] New York City Municipal Deaths 1795-1949, online FamilySearch.org. Paolo Lo Presti, stone mason, b. Italy, husb. of Marianna Lo Presti, son of Vencenzo Lo Presti, b. Italy, mother's name unk., d. Bronx NY 1 Aug 1937, age 72, bur. Fernclif Cemetery 5 Aug 1937; cert. no. 7570, frame no. 1149.
  11. [S31] 1905 New York State Census.
  12. [S2306] Daily News, New York, New York.