Cecilia Garite

Female 1902 - 1984  (82 years)


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  • Name Cecilia Garite 
    Born 28 Apr 1902  Chicago, Cook Co, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 01 Dec 1984  Arlington Heights, Cook Co, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I952  Little Chute Genealogy
    Last Modified 6 Feb 2006 

    Father Pietro Gariti,   b. 21 Jul 1849, Alta Villa, Palermo, Italy Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1937, Alta Villa, Palermo, Italy Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Mother Loretta Favina,   b. 17 Dec 1863, Alta Villa, Palermo, Italy Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F22174  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Philip DeFranco,   b. 08 Nov 1899, Alta Villa, Palermo, Italy Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 May 1981, Chicago, Cook Co, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Children 
     1. Salvatore V DeFranco,   b. 01 Dec 1931, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jan 2006, Hillside, Cook Co, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 
    Family ID F403  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Cecilia's mother, Loreta Farina, came to America along with her son, Antonino, and daughter, Anna, aboard the S.S. Duchessa DiGenova, which left from Palermo. The ship arrived in New York on March 18, 1901. It is assumed that Loreta and the children stayed in Chicago with Pietro for a period of time where Cecilia was born.

      Although Cecilia was born in Chicago, she lived some of her life in Italy. She may have come to America with her sisters Anna and Antonina, and her mother, Loreta Farina, aboard the S. S. Calabria that left from Palermo and arrived at the port of New York on April 27, 1906. Her name along with the other family members' names have a line through them along with several other people on the same page of the manifest. I don't know if they were denied entry or if the line through their name was some way of "checking off" individual's names.

      Another ship's manifest shows that Cecilia came to America aboard the Duca D'Aosta which left from Naples and arrived in New York on September 3, 1920. On the manifest just above her name are the names of Caterina and Allesandro Quattrocchi, residents of Altavilla Milicia, who were probably her traveling companions.

      Burial: December 3, 1984, St. Joseph's Cemetery, River Grove, Cook, Illinois