Gazlay Family History
Antonina Lazzara
Parents
| Father | Guiseppe Lazzara ( - ) |
| Mother | (unidentified) ( - ) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 28 March 2010; Last Edited: 28 March 2011 |
| Person ID | 1052 |
| Name | Antonina Lazzara |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | 28 August 1902 in Castel di Tusa, Messina, Sicily, Italy1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
| Married | in Sicily, Italy to Pietro ‘Peter’ Palmisano4, 6 |
| Emigrated | 1 June 1921 from Tusa, Sicily, Italy1 |
| Died | 11 September 1977 in New London, New London County, Connecticut2, 3 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Pietro ‘Peter’ Palmisano (son of Salvatore Palmisano and Georgina Dyer) |
| Born | 6 March 1898 in Castel di Tusa, Messina, Sicily, Italy |
| Married | in Sicily, Italy to Antonina Lazzara |
| Died | 9 August 1981 in New London, New London County, Connecticut |
| Children | of Antonina Lazzara and Pietro ‘Peter’ Palmisano: |
| +1. | Salvatore Samuel Palmisano |
| Born | 15 February 1922 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut |
| Married | 19 June 1948 in Montville, New London County, Connecticut to Jessie Myrtle Sisson |
| Died | 3 February 2011 in West Haven, Connecticut |
| +2. | Georgina ‘Gina’ Palmisano |
| Born | 7 July 1924 in Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island |
| Married | 18 April 1947 in Windham, Windham County, Connecticut to Dr. Joseph Peter Castagna |
| Married | 29 September 1984 in Williamson County, Texas to Floyd H. Anderson |
| Married | 29 June 1996 in Williamson County, Texas to Elmer H. ‘Corky’ Coughran |
| Died | 11 April 2015 |
| +3. | Angelina Marie Palmisano |
| Born | 16 September 1927 in New London, New London County, Connecticut |
| Married | 14 August 1954 in New London, New London County, Connecticut to James Delhart Jackson |
| Died | 14 December 2005 in Fishers, Hamilton County, Indiana |
| +4. | Joseph Palmisano |
| Born | 31 August 1929 in New London, New London County, Connecticut |
| Married | 31 July 1950 in Lexington, Davidson County, North Carolina to Mary Alice Beebe |
| Died | 16 September 1988 in South Pasadena, Pinellas County, Florida |
| +5. | Roseanna Mary Palmisano |
| Born | 7 November 1931 in New London, New London County, Connecticut |
| Married | 24 June 1950 in New London, New London County, Connecticut to Frank Leonard Abell |
| Died | 26 July 2017 |
| +6. | Gloria Jean Palmisano |
| Born | 8 August 1934 in New London, New London County, Connecticut |
| Married | 2 October 1954 in New London, New London County, Connecticut to Ronald Edgar Abell |
| Died | 21 November 2006 in Groton, New London County, Connecticut |
| +7. | Mary Jean Palmisano |
| Born | 24 August 1937 |
| Married | to Joseph Edward Mullen |
Sources
- Passenger List, S.S. Princess Matoika, sailed from Napoli, Italy, on 19 May 1921, arrived in Boston, Mass., 1 June 1921; Line 25: Lazzara, Antonina, 19 [hand-written over 18], M (i.e., married) [hand-written over S], father Lazzara, Guiseppe, going to New York, not previously in the U.S., going to visit sister-in-law Palmisano, Cristina, 2862 8th Ave., New York, N.Y. [handwritten over a different address], birthplace: Messina, Tusa. Line 26: Palmisano, Pietro, 23, M (i.e., married), father: Palmisano, Salvatore, going to New York, previously in the U.S. 1901-1907, going to visit sister Palmisano, Cristina (same address as for Antonina), birthplace: Messina, Tusa. [Handwritten over each entry are markings that indicate they were both naturalized in 1941.]
- Social Security Death Index (SSDI), Rootsweb (website). Antonina Palmisano, no. 043-58-2568
- Connecticut Death Index, 1949-2001, available at Ancestry.com and familysearch.org, Antonina Palmisano, 11 Sep 1977
- U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Connecticut, New London County, New London, Enumeration District 6-33, Sheet 12B, family of Peter Pamiscino [a misspelling of Palmisano] (31, Pennsylvania, 23 at first marriage), wife Anna (28, Italy, 20 at first marriage), son Samuel (7, Connecticut), daughter Georgina (5, Connecticut), and son Joseph (8/12, Connecticut). It is not known why Angelina, born in 1927, is not shown with the family in this census.
- Williams Family Tree, available at ancestry.com; owner: Antonina Williams. Among other information, this tree lists Peter Palmisano (1898-1981) and his wife Antonina Lazzara (1902-1977), Peter’s mother Georgina Dyer, and three of Peter’s siblings: Georgina, Rocco, and Salvatore. However, no source citations are given for the information in this tree.
- The Day, New London, Connecticut, 11 Nov 1970, Palmisanos Wed 50 Years.