Daughter of Teresa Nicotra and Carmelo Bruno. Josephine, her mother and siblings (Angelina and Pietro) emigrated from Italy to the United States in the late 19th century. Her father Carmelo appears to have died in Italy circa 1907.
Josephine was married twice. There were no children via either marriage.
First to Francesco (Frank) Capra in 1897 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are found living as boarders in her mother Teresa Bruno's home in Philadelphia in the 1900 US Federal Census. No occupation is shown for either Frank or Josephine. Teresa was working as a dressmaker.
(Sources: Philadelphia PA Marriage Index and 1900 Census)
Second, she married Giuseppe (Joseph) Parisi on November 12, 1906, in Camden, New Jersey. He was the son of Gaetana Nicotra and Saverio Parisi. Joseph emigrated from Italy in March 1906. He was a merchant in jewelry. She was a tailor. In later years, Joseph was a watchmaker with his own business.
Teresa Bruno lived with them until her death in 1924. Possibly she had one additional child. She reported giving birth to four children in the 1910 census with three living. She is interred with her son Pietro (Peter) Bruno and his family at Holy Cross Cemetery.
(Sources: Copy of original Marriage Certificate, US Census records, naturalization records and death certificates)
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Note1: Josephine's age varies in census records, perhaps due to her several years younger 2nd husband. Her date of birth shown on his naturalization papers is April 8, 1872. On her death certificate, it is March 16, 1869. The DC informant was John Ragona (1903-1972), a grandson of Josephine's sister Angelina Bruno Ragona. Year 1869 'fits' with the years of birth of her two known siblings, 1864 and 1873.
Note2: Parents' names of siblings Angelina, Josephine and Peter differ on each one's death certificate. The correct names (Teresa Nicotra and Carmelo Bruno) appear on Josephine's marriage certificate created for her 2nd marriage in 1906. This is a fancy, suitable for framing, type of certificate and is found on Ancestry.com. The difference in parents' names on the DCs appears to be confusion with other surnames in the family, along with misspellings. John Ragona was informant on two and he put different names on each.
Josephine was married twice. There were no children via either marriage.
First to Francesco (Frank) Capra in 1897 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are found living as boarders in her mother Teresa Bruno's home in Philadelphia in the 1900 US Federal Census. No occupation is shown for either Frank or Josephine. Teresa was working as a dressmaker.
(Sources: Philadelphia PA Marriage Index and 1900 Census)
Second, she married Giuseppe (Joseph) Parisi on November 12, 1906, in Camden, New Jersey. He was the son of Gaetana Nicotra and Saverio Parisi. Joseph emigrated from Italy in March 1906. He was a merchant in jewelry. She was a tailor. In later years, Joseph was a watchmaker with his own business.
Teresa Bruno lived with them until her death in 1924. Possibly she had one additional child. She reported giving birth to four children in the 1910 census with three living. She is interred with her son Pietro (Peter) Bruno and his family at Holy Cross Cemetery.
(Sources: Copy of original Marriage Certificate, US Census records, naturalization records and death certificates)
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Note1: Josephine's age varies in census records, perhaps due to her several years younger 2nd husband. Her date of birth shown on his naturalization papers is April 8, 1872. On her death certificate, it is March 16, 1869. The DC informant was John Ragona (1903-1972), a grandson of Josephine's sister Angelina Bruno Ragona. Year 1869 'fits' with the years of birth of her two known siblings, 1864 and 1873.
Note2: Parents' names of siblings Angelina, Josephine and Peter differ on each one's death certificate. The correct names (Teresa Nicotra and Carmelo Bruno) appear on Josephine's marriage certificate created for her 2nd marriage in 1906. This is a fancy, suitable for framing, type of certificate and is found on Ancestry.com. The difference in parents' names on the DCs appears to be confusion with other surnames in the family, along with misspellings. John Ragona was informant on two and he put different names on each.
Daughter of Teresa Nicotra and Carmelo Bruno. Josephine, her mother and siblings (Angelina and Pietro) emigrated from Italy to the United States in the late 19th century. Her father Carmelo appears to have died in Italy circa 1907.
Josephine was married twice. There were no children via either marriage.
First to Francesco (Frank) Capra in 1897 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are found living as boarders in her mother Teresa Bruno's home in Philadelphia in the 1900 US Federal Census. No occupation is shown for either Frank or Josephine. Teresa was working as a dressmaker.
(Sources: Philadelphia PA Marriage Index and 1900 Census)
Second, she married Giuseppe (Joseph) Parisi on November 12, 1906, in Camden, New Jersey. He was the son of Gaetana Nicotra and Saverio Parisi. Joseph emigrated from Italy in March 1906. He was a merchant in jewelry. She was a tailor. In later years, Joseph was a watchmaker with his own business.
Teresa Bruno lived with them until her death in 1924. Possibly she had one additional child. She reported giving birth to four children in the 1910 census with three living. She is interred with her son Pietro (Peter) Bruno and his family at Holy Cross Cemetery.
(Sources: Copy of original Marriage Certificate, US Census records, naturalization records and death certificates)
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Note1: Josephine's age varies in census records, perhaps due to her several years younger 2nd husband. Her date of birth shown on his naturalization papers is April 8, 1872. On her death certificate, it is March 16, 1869. The DC informant was John Ragona (1903-1972), a grandson of Josephine's sister Angelina Bruno Ragona. Year 1869 'fits' with the years of birth of her two known siblings, 1864 and 1873.
Note2: Parents' names of siblings Angelina, Josephine and Peter differ on each one's death certificate. The correct names (Teresa Nicotra and Carmelo Bruno) appear on Josephine's marriage certificate created for her 2nd marriage in 1906. This is a fancy, suitable for framing, type of certificate and is found on Ancestry.com. The difference in parents' names on the DCs appears to be confusion with other surnames in the family, along with misspellings. John Ragona was informant on two and he put different names on each.
Josephine was married twice. There were no children via either marriage.
First to Francesco (Frank) Capra in 1897 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are found living as boarders in her mother Teresa Bruno's home in Philadelphia in the 1900 US Federal Census. No occupation is shown for either Frank or Josephine. Teresa was working as a dressmaker.
(Sources: Philadelphia PA Marriage Index and 1900 Census)
Second, she married Giuseppe (Joseph) Parisi on November 12, 1906, in Camden, New Jersey. He was the son of Gaetana Nicotra and Saverio Parisi. Joseph emigrated from Italy in March 1906. He was a merchant in jewelry. She was a tailor. In later years, Joseph was a watchmaker with his own business.
Teresa Bruno lived with them until her death in 1924. Possibly she had one additional child. She reported giving birth to four children in the 1910 census with three living. She is interred with her son Pietro (Peter) Bruno and his family at Holy Cross Cemetery.
(Sources: Copy of original Marriage Certificate, US Census records, naturalization records and death certificates)
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Note1: Josephine's age varies in census records, perhaps due to her several years younger 2nd husband. Her date of birth shown on his naturalization papers is April 8, 1872. On her death certificate, it is March 16, 1869. The DC informant was John Ragona (1903-1972), a grandson of Josephine's sister Angelina Bruno Ragona. Year 1869 'fits' with the years of birth of her two known siblings, 1864 and 1873.
Note2: Parents' names of siblings Angelina, Josephine and Peter differ on each one's death certificate. The correct names (Teresa Nicotra and Carmelo Bruno) appear on Josephine's marriage certificate created for her 2nd marriage in 1906. This is a fancy, suitable for framing, type of certificate and is found on Ancestry.com. The difference in parents' names on the DCs appears to be confusion with other surnames in the family, along with misspellings. John Ragona was informant on two and he put different names on each.
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