Biagio Schillaci

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	~1858
Immigration	3 Jun 1904	Arrived New York City, NY	from Corleone, Italy on SS Calabria
Marriage	~1883	presume Italy	To Antonina Coniglio
Death	<= 1925	New York
Burial

Immediate family in my direct ancestry

 Generation 4          Generation 5         Generation 6
 
                                          +-- Leoluca Schillaci
                                          |   (????-????)
                   +-- Biagio Schillaci --+
                   |   (~1858-1911)       |
 Maria Schillaci --+                      +-- Maria Saporito
 (1885-1974)       |                          (????-????)   
                   +-- Antonina Coniglio
                       (????-????)       
                           

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Children

(all children with Antonina Coniglio)

• Two additional children. Birth order and gender unknown; died prior to 1910.

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Maria Schillaci	F	1885	Italy	Bernardo Lanza	direct line
Leoluca Schillaci	M	~1890	Italy		imigr. 1904
Vito Schillaci	M	~1895	Italy		imigr. 1903 & 1904 (?)
Catherine Schillaci	F	~1900	Italy		imigr. 1903
Giovanni Schillaci	M	~1902	Italy		imigr. 1903
Angelo Schillaci	M	~1906	New York City, NY
Salvatore Schillaci	M	~1908	New York mCity, NY

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Italy	birth to 1904
Ward 12 Manhattan, NY	by 1910

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1910 United States Federal Census, Manhattan Ward 12, Enum. Dist. 0341, New York, New York, page 13. Census dated 18 April 1910. Lines 17-24: Biagio Schillaci, 52, head, married (1st) 27 years, imigr. 1904, laborer, building, rents house, does not read, write or speak English; Antonina, 46, wife, married (1st)27 years, 9 children born, 7 living, imigr. 1904, does not read, write or speak English; Leoluca, 20, son, imigr. 1904, plasterer, does not read, write or speak English; Vito, 15, son, piano polisher, imigr. 1904; Catherine, 10, dau., imigr. 1904, att'd school; John, 8, son, imigr. 1904, att'd school; Angelo, 4, son, b. New York; Salvatore, 2, son, b. New York. Except as noted, all can read and speak English. All except tow youngest (and all parents) b. Italy. The language spoken by the non-English speakers is Italian.
2	1915 New York State Census, New York City, New York, A-D-27-E-D-02, dated 1 Jun 1915, page 18, lines 36-42: Biagio Schillaci, 56, lives with his wife Antonina, 50, their son Vito, 20, daughter Catherine Schillaci, 16, son John, 14, son Angelo, 9, and son Salvatore, 7. Everyone except Angelo and Salvatore was born in Italy, have been in the US for 11 years, and are still resident aliens. Angelo and Salvatore were born in the US. Biagio is a building laborer. Vito is a piano maker. Catherine works with "ladys dresses." They live at 217 E. 107th St. The next family listed (same address), lines 43-46, is Biagio's son, Louis, 24, and his wife Bessie, 19, his mother-in-law Maria Mastara, 44, and his sister-in-law Maria, 16. They were all born in Italy. Louis is a plasterer. Bessie works in "ladys dresses." Both Marias are dress makers. On the facing page, same address, lines 22-27, is Bernardo Lanza, 30, his wife Maria, 30, their son Carmelo, 9, their son Biagio Lanza, 7, their daughter Catarina, 5, and their son, Joseph Lanza, 3. Bernardo and Maria were born in Italy and are both resident aliens. He has been in the US for 17 years, she has been in the US for 14 years. The children were all born in the US. Bernardo is a plasterer.
3	1925 New York State Census, New York City, New York, A-D-18-E-D-23, dated 1 Jun 1925, page 36, lines 42-47: Antonina, 60, is the head of household living with her son William, 29, son John, 23, daughter Katie, 24, son Angelo, 19, and son Salvatore, 17. Everyone except Angelo and Salvatore was born in Italy, have been in the US for 20 years, and are still resident aliens. Angelo and Salvatore were born in the US. William is a contractor. John is a salesman. Catherine is a dressmaker. They live at 217 E. 107th St.
4	New York Passenger Lists 1820 - 1957, SS Calabria, 3 June 1904. Lines 19-20: Biagio Schillace, age 46, father, able to read and write, southern Italian, from Corleone, in good health; Vito, 9, son. Both to live with cousin Velardo Paoli, 527 S. 106th St, New York.
5	1930 United States Federal Census, Manhattan District 820, New York, NY page 13. Census dated 7 Apr 1930. Lines 30-35:Antonina Schillaci, head, 67, widow (for 19 years), imigr. 1904, alien, can nor read, write or speak English, rents home ($24) has radio; William, son, 35, imigr. 1904, naturalized, collector for store; John, son, 28, imigr. 1904, naturalized, plasterer in building trades; Catherine, dau., 30, imigr 1904, naturalized, dress maker in factory; Angelo, son, 24, b. NY, plasterer in building trades; Salvatore, 22, b. NY, button make in factory. Except as noted all can read, write and speak English and all (and all parents) were born in Italy. William is Vito in earlier census.

Research Notes

Vito Schillaci seems to have immigrated twice. He arrived with his mother on 5 Jun 1903, and again here with his father in 1904. This suggests that possibly one of these two passenger lists is not the right people. The Calabria list is the more likely of the two to be incorrect.