Josie/Giuseppa Fiorentino

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Josie/Giuseppa Fiorentino (Ruffino)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Caltavuturo, Sicily, Italy
Death: United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Gaetano Ruffino and Angelina Ruffino
Wife of Mike/Michele Fiorentino
Mother of Calogera/Kate Fiorentino; Angela/Jean Fiorentino and Molly Piacente
Sister of Antonio Charles Ruffino; Morris Ruffino; Lena Mazzarisi; Mary Cusamano; Rose/Rosina Leone and 2 others

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About Josie/Giuseppa Fiorentino

"Aunt Josie", per the recollections of her niece Eleanor Ruffino Prato, was married to Mike Fiorentino ("no relation to Jean's husband" of the same name). Josie probably first immigrated at 5, around 1895, with her mother and 8 yr-old Antonio. Father Gaetano, the shoemaker, left in 1893.

There is record of a return to Caltavuturo in 1903; then a return to NY in 1910 at age 20 as the wife of "Michele Fiorantino".

This "Giuseppa " had two small daughters with her in 1910: "Calagera & Angela Fiarentino", ages 4 and 3.. This corresponds to Eleanor's recollections of her "Cousins Kate and Jean" on the Ruffino side.

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Josie/Giuseppa Fiorentino's Timeline

1890
1890
Caltavuturo, Sicily, Italy
1906
1906
Caltavuturo, Sicily, Italy
1907
1907
Caltavuturo, Sicily, Italy
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United States